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James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini

Birthday: 1961-09-18 | Place of Birth: Westwood, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Gandolfini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Fart Central

as    Gabagool

2014
The Drop

as    Cousin Marv

2013
Enough Said

as    Albert

2013
Nicky Deuce

as    Bobby Eggs

2013
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

as    Doug Munny

2013
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

as    Himself

2013
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend

as    Himself (archive footage)

2013
Violet & Daisy

as    Michael

2012
Killing Them Softly

as    Mickey

2012
Not Fade Away

as    Pat Damiano

2011
Down the Shore

as    Bailey

2011
Cinema Verite

as    Craig Gilbert

2010
Welcome to the Rileys

as    Doug Riley

2010
Wartorn: 1861-2010

as    Himself

2010
Mint Julep

as    Mr. G

2009
Where the Wild Things Are

as    Carol (voice)

2009
In the Loop

as    Lt Gen. George Miller

2009
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

as    Mayor

2007
Romance & Cigarettes

as    Nick Murder

2007
Stories USA

as    The Man (segment "Club Soda")

2006
Lonely Hearts

as    Det. Charles Hilderbrandt

2006
All the King's Men

as    Tiny Duffy

2004
Surviving Christmas

as    Tom Valco

2001
The Man Who Wasn't There

as    Big Dave Brewster

2001
The Last Castle

as    Col. Winter

2001
The Mexican

as    Winston Baldry

1999
The Sopranos

as    Tony Soprano