Michael Imperioli  Michael Imperioli (; born March 26, 1966) is an American actor, writer and director best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on "The Sopranos", for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He also appeared in the TV drama series "Law & Order" as NYPD Detective Nick Falco. Imperioli spent the 2008-09 television season as Detective Ray Carling in the US version of "Life on Mars". He starred as Detective Louis Fitch in the ABC police drama "Detroit 1-8-7" in 2010-11. He wrote and directed his first feature film, "The Hungry Ghosts", in 2008. In 2015, he starred in "Mad Dogs", a dark-comic thriller television series released on Amazon's Prime Video streaming platform. Imperioli was born in Mount Vernon, New York on March 26, 1966. His grandparents were from Lazio and Calabria. He is the son of Dan Imperioli, a bus driver and amateur actor, and Claire Imperioli, an amateur actress. Imperioli has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards as well as for five Emmy Awards for his work as Christopher Moltisanti on "The Sopranos"; he won one Emmy, for the show's fifth season in 2004. In addition to his role on "The Sopranos", Imperioli has appeared in a number of films, including "Goodfellas", "Jungle Fever", "Bad Boys", "Malcolm X", "The Basketball Diaries", "Clockers", "Dead Presidents", "Girl 6", "My Baby's Daddy", "Lean on Me", "I Shot Andy Warhol", "Last Man Standing", "Shark Tale", "", and "Summer of Sam", which he also co-wrote and co-produced. He also wrote a number of episodes for "The Sopranos". He served as artistic director of Studio Dante, an Off-Broadway theater he formed with his wife. He is also the lead singer/guitarist for a rock band named La Dolce Vita. He makes a brief appearance in the video for the 1983 hit 'Shiny Shiny' by British performance group Haysi Fantayzee. Imperioli is an active member of The Jazz Foundation of America and co-hosted their May 2009 annual benefit concert, "A Great Night in Harlem", at the Apollo Theater, which celebrated the foundation's 20th anniversary.