James Gandolfini
James J. Gandolfini, Jr. (September 18, 1961 - June 19, 2013) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO TV series The Sopranos, about a troubled crime boss struggling to balance his family life and career in the Mafia. For this role, Gandolfini garnered enormous praise, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series three times, along with the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series three times. Gandolfini's other roles include the woman-beating mob henchman Virgil in True Romance, enforcer/stuntman Bear in Get Shorty, Lt. General Miller in In the Loop, and the impulsive Wild Thing Carol in Where the Wild Things Are. In 2007, Gandolfini produced the HBO documentary "Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq" in which he interviewed 10 injured veterans from the Iraq War. In 2010, Gandolfini produced another HBO documentary "Wartorn: 1861-2010" in which Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and its impact on soldiers and families is analyzed throughout several wars in American history from 1861 to 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Gandolfini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Sep 18, 1961 In Westwood, New Jersey, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 50
- First Appeared:
- In the series Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie Never Fuggedaboutit 2023-03-11
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Never Fuggedaboutit | Tony Soprano (voice) (uncredited) | 2023-03-11 |
| Movie | The Drop | Cousin Marv | 2014-09-12 |
| Movie | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | Doug Munny | 2013-03-14 |
| Movie | Nicky Deuce | Bobby Eggs | 2013-05-27 |
| Movie | Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me | Himself | 2013-04-09 |
| Movie | James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend | self-archive footage | 2013-12-22 |
| Movie | Enough Said | Albert | 2013-09-18 |
| Movie | Killing Them Softly | Mickey | 2012-07-30 |
| Movie | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Zero Dark Thirty | C.I.A. Director | 2012-12-19 |
| Movie | Not Fade Away | Pat Damiano | 2012-12-21 |
| Movie | Down the Shore | Bailey | 2011-01-06 |
| Movie | Cinema Verite | Craig Gilbert | 2011-04-23 |
| Movie | Violet & Daisy | Michael | 2011-09-15 |
| Movie | Mint Julep | Mr. G | 2010-05-22 |
| Movie | Welcome to the Rileys | Doug Riley | 2010-10-29 |
| Movie | Wartorn: 1861-2010 | Himself | 2010-11-11 |
| Movie | In the Loop | Lt Gen. George Miller | 2009-01-22 |
| Movie | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Mayor | 2009-06-10 |
| Movie | Where the Wild Things Are | Carol (voice) | 2009-10-16 |
| Movie | Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq | Self | 2007-09-09 |
| Movie | Stories USA | The Man (segment "Club Soda") | 2007-11-10 |
| Movie | Lonely Hearts | Det. Charles Hilderbrandt | 2006-04-30 |
| Movie | All the King's Men | Tiny Duffy | 2006-09-10 |
| Movie | Surviving Christmas | Tom Valco | 2004-09-21 |
| Movie | Stories of Lost Souls | Vincent | 2004-11-12 |
| Movie | The Mexican | Winston Baldry | 2001-03-01 |
| Movie | Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music | 2001-10-02 | |
| Movie | The Last Castle | Col. Winter | 2001-10-19 |
| Movie | The Man Who Wasn't There | Big Dave Brewster | 2001-10-26 |
| Series | The Sopranos | Tony Soprano | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | 8MM | Eddie Poole | 1999-02-26 |
| Movie | The Mighty | Kenny Kane | 1998-06-01 |
| Movie | Fallen | Lou | 1998-01-16 |
| Movie | A Civil Action | Al Love | 1998-12-25 |
| Series | Gun | 1997-04-12 | |
| Movie | Night Falls on Manhattan | Joey Allegretto | 1997-03-21 |
| Movie | 12 Angry Men | Juror 6 | 1997-08-17 |
| Movie | She's So Lovely | Kiefer | 1997-08-29 |
| Movie | Dance with the Devil | Willie 'Woody' Dumas | 1997-10-31 |
| Movie | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Diner Cook #2 (uncredited) | 1997-11-21 |
| Movie | The Juror | Eddie | 1996-02-02 |
| Movie | Crimson Tide | Lt. Robert 'Bobby' Dougherty | 1995-05-12 |
| Movie | The New World | Will Caberra | 1995-02-22 |
| Movie | Get Shorty | Bear | 1995-10-20 |
| Movie | Angie | Vinnie | 1994-03-04 |
| Movie | Terminal Velocity | Ben Pinkwater | 1994-09-23 |
| Movie | Money for Nothing | Billy Coyle | 1993-09-10 |
| Movie | A Stranger Among Us | Tony Baldessari | 1992-07-17 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |