Michael Imperioli is an American actor. Imperioli appeared in Goodfellas and began an ongoing association with director Spike Lee when he appeared in Jungle Fever. He is best known for his role in The Sopranos from 1999 to 2007, for which he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Imperioli later appeared in Talking Sopranos, the podcast he co-hosted, Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, and This Fool. He also directed and wrote The Hungry Ghosts, produced and co-wrote the film Summer of Sam, and narrated the series American Godfathers: The Five Families.