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James Gandolfini (1961–2013)

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New Jersey-born James Gandolfini began acting in the New York theater. His Broadway debut was in the 1992 revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" with Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin. James' breakthrough role was his portrayal of Virgil the hitman in Tony Scott's True Romance, but the role... See full bio »

Born:

James Joseph Gandolfini Jr.
in Westwood, New Jersey, USA

Died:

(age 51) in Rome, Lazio, Italy
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2014 Animal Rescue (post-production)
 
2013 Enough Said (completed)
Albert
 
2013 Criminal Justice (TV series) (completed)
Jack Stone
– Episode #1.1 (2013) … Jack Stone
 
2013 Nicky Deuce (TV movie)
Bobby Eggs
 
2013 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Doug Munny
 
2012 Zero Dark Thirty
C.I.A. Director
 
2012 Not Fade Away
Pat
 
2012 Killing Them Softly
Mickey
 
2011 Violet & Daisy
Michael
 
2011 Cinema Verite (TV movie)
Craig Gilbert
 
2011 Down the Shore
Bailey
 
2010 Mint Julep
Mr. G
 
2010 Welcome to the Rileys
Douglas Lloyd 'Doug' Riley
 
2009 Where the Wild Things Are
Carol (voice)
 
2009 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Mayor
 
2009 In the Loop
Lt. Gen. George Miller
 
2007 Stories USA
The Man (segment "Club Soda")
 
1999-2007 The Sopranos (TV series)
Tony Soprano
– Made in America (2007) … Tony Soprano
– The Blue Comet (2007) … Tony Soprano
– The Second Coming (2007) … Tony Soprano
– Kennedy and Heidi (2007) … Tony Soprano
– Walk Like a Man (2007) … Tony Soprano
See all 86 episodes »
 
2006 The Sopranos: Road to Respect (Video Game)
Tony Soprano (voice)
 
2006 Club Soda (short)
The Man
 
2006 All the King's Men
Tiny Duffy
 
2006 Lonely Hearts
Det. Charles Hilderbrandt
 
2005 Romance & Cigarettes
Nick Murder
 
2004 Surviving Christmas
Tom Valco
 
2001 The Last Castle
Col. Winter
 
2001 The Man Who Wasn't There
Big Dave Brewster
 
2001 The Mexican
Winston Baldry
 
1999 8MM
Eddie Poole
 
1999 A Whole New Day (short)
Vincent
 
1998 A Civil Action
Al Love
 
1998 The Mighty
Kenny Kane
 
1998 Fallen
Lou
 
1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Diner cook #2 (uncredited)
 
1997 Perdita Durango
Willie 'Woody' Dumas
 
1997 12 Angry Men (TV movie)
Juror #6
 
1997 She's So Lovely
Kiefer
 
1997 Gun (TV series)
Walter Difideli
– Columbus Day (1997) … Walter Difideli
 
1996 Night Falls on Manhattan
Joey Allegretto
 
1996 The Juror
Eddie
 
1995 Get Shorty
Bear
 
1995 Crimson Tide
Lt. Bobby Dougherty
 
1995 Le nouveau monde
Will Caberra
 
1994 Terminal Velocity
Ben Pinkwater
 
1994 Angie
Vinnie
 
1993 Mr. Wonderful
Mike
 
1993 True Romance
Virgil
 
1993 Money for Nothing
Billy Coyle
 
1993 Italian Movie
Angelo
 
1992 A Stranger Among Us
Tony Baldessari
 
1991 The Last Boy Scout
Marcones Henchman (uncredited)
 
1987 Shock! Shock! Shock!
Orderly
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1999-2007 The Sopranos (TV series)
– Made in America (2007) (performer: "Gonna Fly Now Theme from Rocky")
– Walk Like a Man (2007) (performer: "Comfortably Numb")
– Soprano Home Movies (2007) (performer: "Under the Boardwalk")
– Live Free or Die (2006) (performer: "Aqualung")
– The Telltale Moozadell (2001) (performer: "Sixteen Candles" - uncredited)
See all 9 episodes »
 
2005 Romance & Cigarettes (performer: "The Girl That I Marry")
 
2004 Surviving Christmas (performer: "O Christmas Tree")
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
2013 Criminal Justice (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode) (completed)
– Episode #1.1 (2013) (executive producer)
 
2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2010 Wartorn: 1861-2010 (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2007 Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2013 The Cinema Snob (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Shock! Shock! Shock! (2013) (in memory of)
 
2013 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Especial Ironía: Crepúsculo (2013) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (42 titles)
2014 King Cake: A Big Easy Story (documentary) (filming)
Himself
 
2013 Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (documentary)
Himself
 
2013 The Making of 'Killing Them Softly' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2010 Guys Choice (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 The Cove: My Friend is... (short)
Himself
 
2009 Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 The 63rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Featured Actress in a Play & Nominee: Best Leading Actor in a Play
 
2009 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2007 The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2007 Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 September 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 The Making of 'Lonely Hearts' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 Guys Choice (TV movie)
Himself - Kingpin Award Winner
 
2007 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 The Sopranos: A Sitdown (TV documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 20/20 (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Life After... (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2005-2006 Corazón de... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 September 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2006 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2006 HBO: The Making of 'The Sopranos: Road to Respect' (TV movie)
Himself / Tony Soprano
 
2004 Moving Image Salutes John Travolta (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)
Himself
– James Gandolphini (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Surviving Christmas: Unwrapping the Comedy (TV short)
Himself
 
2004 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself / Unidentified New Jersey Resident
– Ben Affleck/Nelly (2004) … Himself (uncredited) / Unidentified New Jersey Resident (uncredited)
 
2004 The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter
 
2004 The Tony Danza Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (2004) … Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2004) … Himself
– Episode #1.1 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 May 2004 (2004) … Himself (uncredited)
 
2001-2004 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 'Surviving Christmas': Unwrapping the Comedy (2004) … Himself
– Inside the Walls of 'The Last Castle' (2001) … Himself
– The Making of 'The Mexican' (2001) … Himself
 
2003 The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
 
2002 MTV Video Music Awards 2002 (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2002 Rank (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 25 Toughest Stars (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Making 'The Man Who Wasn't There' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Sesame Street (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #33.50 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Television Series Drama
 
2001 Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
 
2001 The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Actor in a TV-Series Drama & Presenter: Best Actress/Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
 
2000 The 5th Annual GQ Men of the Year Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2000 The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2000 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2000 The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a TV-Series Drama & Presenter: Best Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical
 
1999 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (14 titles)
2013 Democracy Now! (TV series)
 
2013 Días de cine (TV series)
 
2008 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)
 
2008 Just In with Laura Ingraham (TV series)
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2008 El último golpe de Tony Soprano (TV documentary)
Himself/Tony Soprano
 
2008 Reinventando Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 American Breakdown
 
2007 De 'Los Serrano' a 'Cuenta atrás' (TV movie)
Tony Soprano
 
2007 Al rojo vivo con María Celeste (TV series)
 
2007 Making 'Cleaver' (TV documentary short)
Tony Soprano
 
2005 Stories of Lost Souls
Vincent (segment "A Whole New Day")
 
2004 Sex and the City: A Farewell (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Brilliant But Cancelled (TV documentary)
 

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(2012) TV commercial for "Empowered UCLA Extension" at "empowered.com". Also appearing are Sally Field, George Lopez, Geena Davis. See more »

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Height:

6' 0½" (1.84 m)
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Personal Quote:

We'd get accused, back then, of glamorizing mobsters, but we were all half miserable you know. I don't think the violence looks appealing at all. Everybody paid for it in a lot of ways. I heard sometimes that we were making cute, cuddly mobsters, but i know for a fact that David wrote an incredibly violent episode... See more »

Trivia:

Once worked as a bouncer. See more »

Trademark:

Large, chunky bear-like frame See more »

Nickname:

Jimmy See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo