Michael Badalucco remains best known for playing working-class lawyer Jimmy Berluti on "The Practice," yet he wasn't initially a part of the show. After unsuccessfully auditioning to play a flasher in the series' pilot, he subsequently landed a small role — as a police officer — in the film "One Fine Day." The film's star, Michelle Pfeiffer, was so impressed by Badalucco's acting that she raved about him to her husband, David E. Kelley — who remembered Badalucco from his earlier audition and brought him back to audition for Jimmy. He got the part and went on to win a 1999 Emmy. As Badalucco told Radiance in a 1999 interview, Jimmy was his dream role. "If I had all the money in the world and I asked a guy to write a part for me, I don't think he could do as good a job," he declared.

Following "The Practice," Badalucco appeared in various TV series, guest starring on the likes of "Joan of Arcadia," "Monk," and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." He also appeared on "Boardwalk Empire," and several episodes of "The Young and the Restless." More recently, he played a recurring role on Netflix's "Never Have I Ever" and voiced a character in the film "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem." 

Post-"Practice," Badalucco has racked up numerous big screen roles as well, including the films "The Eagle and the Albatross," "The Hammer," "Rules Don't Apply," and "The Resident."