Where You Recognize Michael Rapaport from Before The Traitors Season 4
The Traitors Season 4 star boasts an impressive Hollywood career.
From the jump, Michael Rapaport has made his presence known on The Traitors Season 4. And viewers and players alike are quickly learning that whether he's a Traitor or not, the 55-year-old actor is one of the loudest voices in the room.
Rapaport has established himself as a polarizing force in Ardoss Castle, never afraid to voice his opinion — or even the slightest annoyance — to the players, no matter the setting. Whether it's mid-mission, eating breakfast, or sitting at the Roundtable, when Rapaport has something to say, he speaks up.
However, while Rapaport's big personality on The Traitors makes him a player who keeps everyone on their toes, his impressive resume in TV and film throughout his decades-long acting career speaks for itself.
Read on to find out everything to know about Rapaport's acting career, including the biggest TV shows and movies you've seen him in before The Traitors.
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Michael Rapaport got his start in television
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Rapaport's first role was in the war drama TV series China Beach in 1990 at only 20 years old. After playing guest roles on shows like Murphy Brown, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and ER, Rapaport landed what many fans consider his breakout role as Gary in Season 5 of Friends in 1999, playing Phoebe's love interest, Gary the police officer. (Yes, he played the cop who shot a bird.)
After his run on Friends, Rapaport nabbed recurring roles in series like Boston Public and My Name Is Earl, before moving on to starring roles in The War at Home and Prison Break in the mid-2000s.
Since then, Rapaport has appeared in a long list other television shows, from lending his voice to The Simpsons to guest-starring in The Big Bang Theory and Fallout. You may also recognize him from his recurring roles in Amy Schumer's series Life & Beth and Only Murders in the Building.
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And based on his confessions over the years, there is still one franchise we're sure he'd like to appear on at some point — with any luck, he'll accomplish that goal with a successful run this season on The Traitors.
What movies has Michael Rapaport been in?
Rapaport's extensive filmography started with a minor role in 1992's Zebrahead and continues to this day, with his latest project being 2025's October 8.
Some of his most notable movies include The Basketball Diaries, Live Free or Die, Men of Honor, True Romance, Dr. Dolittle 2, and The Heat.
One of Rapaport's movie roles — as Paul Kirkwood in 1996's Beautiful Girls — lives on in popular music as his character's inspirational monologue from the film was immortalized in the 2002 Taking Back Sunday song, "Great Romances of the 20th Century."
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Cheer along — or root against — Rapaport every Thursday at 9/8c when new episodes of The Traitors Season 4 drop every week on Peacock.
