Michael Imperioli (born January 1, 1966 in Mount Vernon, New York) is an Italian-American actor who presently plays a role of Christopher Moltisanti on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos. He too appears when Detective Ed Green's irregular replacement, Detective Nick Falco, in the popular TV drama series Law & Order.

Additionally to his role on The Sopranos, Imperioli has likewise appeared around the total of films, including Goodfellas, Bad Boys (the 1995 film with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence), The Basketball Diaries, Clockers, Dead Presidents, Last Man Standing, Shark Tale and Summer of Sam, which he also co-wrote & co-produced. Additionally, he has as well written the total of episodes for The Sopranos. Possibly non coincidently, his character on the series has been an wishful film writer.

Around Goodfellas, Imperioli plays a character (known as Spider) whom Joe Pesci's character shoots in the foot for not incurring him the ingest & late kills for talking back. In The Sopranos he gets to pass the favor in, shooting the shop assistant in the foot for "showing no respect".

Imperioli has been nominated for 2 Emmy Awards for his work on The Sopranos.

Filmography (partial)
Goodfellas (1990) - Spider Jungle Fever (1991) - James Tucci Malcolm X (1992) - Reporter at Fire Bombing Postcards from America (1994) - The Hustler Bad Boys (1995) - Jojo The Basketball Diaries (1995) - Bobby Clockers (1995) - Detective Jo-Jo Dead Presidents (1995) - D'ambrosio Girl 6 (1996) - Scary Caller #30 Last Man Standing (1996) - Giorgio Carmonte The Sopranos (1999-Present) - Christopher Moltisanti Summer of Sam (1999) - Midnight ''My Baby's Daddy (2004) - Dominic Shark Tale (2004) - Frankie (voice) The Five People You Meet in Heaven'' (TV) (2004) - Captain