Michael Badalucco (born December 20, 1954) is an American actor most famous for his role as lawyer Jimmy Berluti on the ABC legal drama The Practice. He won the 1999 Emmy for Best Supporting Actor for his role on the aforementioned show.
Badalucco, an Italian American, was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jean, a homemaker, and Joe Badalucco, a set dresser, movie set carpenter and property person. His brother is Joseph Badalucco Jr., whose most notable role was Jimmy Altieri in the show The Sopranos.
Michael is the son of Joe Badalucco, a movie set carpenter, and Jean, a homemaker. Known for being shy, he nonetheless found he could have a release by acting in school productions. He attended the State University of New York at New Paltz. For two decades he worked as a prop master on New York based movies. He caught the occasional minor acting role along the way. He was noticed on the set of Michelle Pfeiffer's "One Fine Day" movie set. She touted him to her husband, David Kelley for "The Practice" television series he was putting together. Initially Michael was just being considered for one episode as a flasher, but his permanent role as Jimmy quickly materialized.
