James Gandolfini

Known for ActingBorn 1961-09-18Died 2013-06-19Westwood, New Jersey, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Sopranos Behind-The-Scenes Volume 2 of 2

Sopranos Behind-The-Scenes Volume 1 of 2

The Sopranos

Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

The Night Of

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

A Whole New Day

12 Angry Men

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend

Inside the Actors Studio

The Man Who Wasn't There

True Romance

The Last Castle

The Mighty

Crimson Tide

In the Loop

Zero Dark Thirty

The Drop

Italian Movie

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

Enough Said

Fallen

The Last Boy Scout

Saturday Night Live

Welcome to the Rileys

Where the Wild Things Are

Nicky Deuce

Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music

8MM

Dance with the Devil

Get Shorty

A Civil Action

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

The Tony Danza Show

Night Falls on Manhattan

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Hemingway & Gellhorn

The New World

Violet & Daisy

Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq

Killing Them Softly

Lonely Hearts

Romance & Cigarettes

The Mexican

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

She's So Lovely

All the King's Men