Michael Margotta
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Michael Margotta is an American
United States
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 actor of Italian
Italy
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 descent who currently serves as Artistic Director of The Actor's Center—ROMA after an industry appreciated but popularly under noticed career in Hollywood. He was nominated for an Emmy award for his appearance on Kojak
Kojak
Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the popular Cannon series, which was moved one hour earlier...

in 1976.

He appeared in the film that was Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is renowned for his often dark portrayals of neurotic characters. Nicholson has been nominated for an Academy Award twelve times, and has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice: for One Flew Over the...

's directorial debut, Drive, He Said
Drive, He Said
Drive, He Said is an American motion picture released by Columbia Pictures, based upon the 1964 novel of the same title by Jeremy Larner...

(1971). In the year of its release, the film cause a stir because of Margotta appearing fully nude in a mental break down scene. Censors at the time attempted to give the film an X rating.

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