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Birthday: Sep 18, 1961
Place of Birth: Westwood, New Jersey, USA

James Gandolfini

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Gandolfini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
True Romance Virgil 1993
Lonely Hearts Det. Charles Hilderbrandt 2006
The Last Castle Col. Winter 2001
All the King's Men Tiny Duffy 2006
The Man Who Wasn't There Big Dave Brewster 2001
Welcome to the Rileys Doug Riley 2010
The Mexican Winston Baldry 2001
Get Shorty Bear 1995
8MM Eddie Poole 1999
12 Angry Men Juror 6 1997
Crimson Tide Lt. Robert 'Bobby' Dougherty 1995
A Civil Action Al Love 1998
Terminal Velocity Ben Pinkwater 1994
Shock! Shock! Shock! Orderly 1987
The Juror Eddie 1996
The Mighty Kenny Kane 1998
Romance & Cigarettes Nick Murder 2005
Surviving Christmas Tom Valco 2004
She's So Lovely Kiefer 1997
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq Self 2007
Where the Wild Things Are Carol (voice) 2009
Cinema Verite Craig Gilbert 2011
Night Falls on Manhattan Joey Allegretto 1997
Killing Them Softly Mickey 2012
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Mayor 2009
Club Soda The Man 2006
Wartorn: 1861-2010 Himself 2010
In the Loop Lt Gen. George Miller 2009
Stories USA The Man (segment "Club Soda") 2007
Stories of Lost Souls Vincent 2004
Angie Vinnie 1994
Violet & Daisy Michael 2011
Zero Dark Thirty C.I.A. Director 2012
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Doug Munny 2013
Not Fade Away Pat Damiano 2012
The Drop Cousin Marv 2014
Down the Shore Bailey 2011
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music 2001
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me Himself 2013
Enough Said Albert 2013
Nicky Deuce Bobby Eggs 2013
The New World Will Caberra 1995
Gun: Fatal Betrayal 2000
Dance with the Devil Willie 'Woody' Dumas 1997
Fallen Lou 1998
A Stranger Among Us Tony Baldessari 1992
Never Fuggedaboutit Tony Soprano (voice) (uncredited) 2023
Money for Nothing Billy Coyle 1993
Mint Julep Mr. G 2010
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend self-archive footage 2013
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief Self 2012
Mr. Wonderful Mike 1993
Italian Movie Angelo 1993
A Whole New Day Vincent 1999
Sopranos Behind-The-Scenes Volume 1 of 2 Himself 2015
The Sopranos: Behind-The-Scenes Himself 2015
The Last Boy Scout Marcone's Goon (uncredited) 1991
Series Cast Year
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
The Sopranos Tony Soprano 1999
The Tony Danza Show Self - Guest 2004
Gun 1997
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions Narrator (voice) 2006
The Bee Tony Soprano (archive footage) 2020
Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos Self (archive footage) 2024
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