Cast & creator
James Gandolfini
Best known for Saturday Night Live, The Sopranos, The Tony Danza Show
James Joseph Gandolfini Jr. (September 18, 1961 – June 19, 2013) was an American actor and producer. He was best known for his role as Tony Soprano, the Italian-American crime boss in HBO's television series The Sopranos, for which he won three Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Golden Globe Award. Gandolfini's portrayal of Tony Soprano is widely regarded as among 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) and impulsive "Wild Thing" Carol in Where the Wild Things Are (2009). For his performance as Albert in Enough Said (2013), Gandolfini posthumously received much critical praise and several awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination and the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2007, Gandolfini produced Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq, a documentary in which he interviewed injured Iraq 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 television film Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012), which gained him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series nomination. In 2013, Gandolfini died of a heart attack in Rome at the age of 51.
Also known as: Джеймс Гендольфіні, Джеймс Джозеф Гандольфини-младший, James Joseph Gandolfini Jr, جیمز گاندولفینی, James Joseph Gandolfini Jr.
62
film credits
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television credits
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1975–2024 · acting roles
6.5
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (70)
Showing 70 of 70 credits
Saturday Night Live
Self / Unidentified New Jersey Resident (uncredited)
1975
The Sopranos
Tony Soprano
1999The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
The Night Of
Executive Producer
2016
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
2006
Crimson Tide
Lt. Robert 'Bobby' Dougherty
1995
True Romance
Virgil
1993
Zero Dark Thirty
C.I.A. Director
2012
The Drop
Cousin Marv
2014
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Mayor
2009
Fallen
Lou
1998
The Last Castle
Col. Winter
2001
Gun
Walter
1997
Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos
Self (archive footage)
2024
The Last Boy Scout
Marcone's Goon (uncredited)
1991
All the King's Men
Tiny Duffy
2006
Killing Them Softly
Mickey
2012
12 Angry Men
Juror 6
1997
Where the Wild Things Are
Carol (voice)
2009
Enough Said
Albert
2013
8MM
Eddie Poole
1999
The Man Who Wasn't There
Big Dave Brewster
2001
The Mexican
Leroy
2001
Get Shorty
Bear
1995
The Juror
Eddie
1996
Lonely Hearts
Det. Charles Hilderbrandt
2006
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Doug Munny
2013
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Executive Producer
2012
A Civil Action
Al Love
1998
Welcome to the Rileys
Doug Riley
2010
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Diner Cook #2 (uncredited)
1997
She's So Lovely
Kiefer
1997
Night Falls on Manhattan
Joey Allegretto
1997
In the Loop
Lt Gen. George Miller
2009
Romance & Cigarettes
Nick Murder
2006
Money for Nothing
Billy Coyle
1993
Surviving Christmas
Tom Valco
2004
Dance with the Devil
Dumas
1997
Terminal Velocity
Ben Pinkwater
1994
The Mighty
Kenny Kane
1998
Stories USA
The Man (segment "Club Soda")
2007
A Stranger Among Us
Tony Baldessari
1992
Stories of Lost Souls
Vincent
2004
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Violet & Daisy
Michael
2013
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Self (archive footage)
2013
Not Fade Away
Pat Damiano
2012
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Self
2012
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Self
2013
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
2001
Mr. Wonderful
Mike
1993
Cinema Verite
Craig Gilbert
2011
Angie
Vinnie
1994
Sopranos Behind-The-Scenes Volume 2 of 2
Self
2015
Club Soda
The Man
2006
Sopranos Behind-The-Scenes Volume 1 of 2
Self
2015
Wartorn: 1861-2010
Self
2010Wartorn: 1861-2010
Executive Producer
2010Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
Self
2002
Italian Movie
Angelo
1994
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
Self
2007Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
Executive Producer
2007
Nicky Deuce
Bobby Eggs
2013HBO: The Making of 'The Sopranos: Road to Respect'
2006
The New World
Will Caberra
1995
Down the Shore
Bailey
2011
Gun: Fatal Betrayal
2000A Whole New Day
Vincent
1999Shock! Shock! Shock!
Orderly
1987
Mint Julep
Mr. G
2010