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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 stuntma…
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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.
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James Gandolfini's Filmography
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Sopranos Behind-The-Scenes Volume 2 of 2
as Self
Sopranos Behind-The-Scenes Volume 1 of 2
as Self
The Drop
as Cousin Marv
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
as Self (archive footage)
Enough Said
as Albert
Violet & Daisy
as Michael
Nicky Deuce
as Bobby Eggs
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
as Self
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
as Doug Munny
Not Fade Away
as Pat Damiano
Zero Dark Thirty
as C.I.A. Director
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
as Self
Killing Them Softly
as Mickey
Cinema Verite
as Craig Gilbert
Down the Shore
as Bailey
Wartorn: 1861-2010
as Self
Welcome to the Rileys
as Doug Riley
Mint Julep
as Mr. G
Where the Wild Things Are
as Carol (voice)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Mayor
In the Loop
as Lt Gen. George Miller
Stories USA
as The Man (segment "Club Soda")
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
as Self
Club Soda
as The Man
No Poster
HBO: The Making of 'The Sopranos: Road to Respect'
All the King's Men
as Tiny Duffy
Lonely Hearts
as Det. Charles Hilderbrandt
Romance & Cigarettes
as Nick Murder
Stories of Lost Souls
as Vincent
Surviving Christmas
as Tom Valco
No Poster
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
as Self
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Big Dave Brewster
The Last Castle
as Col. Winter
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
The Mexican
as Leroy
Gun: Fatal Betrayal
No Poster
A Whole New Day
as Vincent
8MM
as Eddie Poole
A Civil Action
as Al Love
The Mighty
as Kenny Kane
Fallen
as Lou
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as Diner Cook #2 (uncredited)
Dance with the Devil
as Dumas
She's So Lovely
as Kiefer
12 Angry Men
as Juror 6
Night Falls on Manhattan
as Joey Allegretto
The Juror
as Eddie
Get Shorty
as Bear
Crimson Tide
as Lt. Robert 'Bobby' Dougherty
The New World
as Will Caberra
Terminal Velocity
as Ben Pinkwater
Italian Movie
as Angelo
Angie
as Vinnie
Mr. Wonderful
as Mike
Money for Nothing
as Billy Coyle
True Romance
as Virgil
A Stranger Among Us
as Tony Baldessari
The Last Boy Scout
as Marcone's Goon (uncredited)
No Poster
Shock! Shock! Shock!
as Orderly