| James Gandolfini | |
|---|---|
 Gandolfini at the Toronto International Film Festival (2011) | |
| Born | September 18, 1961 (age 63) Westwood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University-New Brunswick (BA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Marcy Wudarski (m. 1999; div. 2002) Deborah Lin (m. 2008) |
| Children | 3, including Michael Gandolfini |
James Joseph Gandolfini Jr. (born September 18, 1961) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his role as Tony Soprano, the Italian-American Mafia crime boss in HBO's television series The Sopranos, for which he won three Emmy Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Golden Globe Award. Gandolfini's portrayal of Tony Soprano has been described as one of the greatest performances in television history. Gandolfini's notable film roles include mob henchman Virgil in True Romance (1993), Lt. Bobby Dougherty in Crimson Tide (1995), Colonel Winter in The Last Castle (2001), and Mayor of New York in The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009). Other roles are enforcer and stuntman Bear in Get Shorty (1995), impulsive "Wild Thing" Carol in Where the Wild Things Are (2009), and supervillain/mob-boss the Penguin in The Caped Crusader: Part II (2021).
In 2007, Gandolfini produced Alive Day Memories: Home from Dixie, a documentary in which he interviewed injured American War veterans and in 2010, Wartorn: 1861–2010 examining the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder on soldiers and families throughout several wars in U.S. history from 1861 to 2010. In addition to Alive Day Memories, he also produced the television film Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012), which gained him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series nomination. Gandolfini also had significant input on the production of the 2021 Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark.
Biography[]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Shock! Shock! Shock! | Orderly | |
| 1991 | The Last Boy Scout | Marcone's Henchman | Uncredited |
| 1992 | A Stranger Among Us | Tony Baldessari | |
| 1993 | Money for Nothing | Billy Coyle | |
| 1993 | True Romance | Virgil | |
| 1993 | Mr. Wonderful | Mike | |
| 1993 | Italian Movie | Angelo | |
| 1994 | Angie | Vinnie | |
| 1994 | Terminal Velocity | Stefan / Ben Pinkwater | |
| 1995 | New World | Will Caberra | |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide | Lieutenant Bobby Dougherty | |
| 1995 | Get Shorty | 'Bear' | |
| 1996 | The Juror | Eddie | |
| 1997 | Night Falls on Manhattan | Joey Allegretto | |
| 1997 | She's So Lovely | Kiefer | |
| 1998 | The Mighty | Kenny Kane | |
| 1999 | A Whole New Day | Vincent | Short film |
| 2001 | The Mexican | Winston Baldry | |
| 2004 | Surviving Christmas | Tom Valco | |
| 2005 | Romance & Cigarettes | Nick Murder | |
| 2005 | Stories of Lost Souls | Vincent | Segment: "A Whole New Day" |
| 2019 | Trouble in Union City | Murray Franklin |
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