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James Gandolfini
James John Gandolfini was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Tony Soprano, the Italian-American mafia crime boss in HBO's television series The Sopranos (1999–2007). For this role, he won three Primetime Emmy Awards, five Actor Awards, and one Golden Globe Award. His role as Tony Soprano is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential performances in television histo…
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entertainment · American actor (1961–2013) · actor · television actor · film actor · also James Gandolfini, James Joseph Gandolfini Jr., James John Gandolfini, Jr., James Gandolfini, Jr., James J. Gandolfini Junior, Gandolfini
Born 18 September 1961 · Died 19 June 2013 · Q308722
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2026· 2 entries
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2024· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “In May 2024, the Max streaming service announced a prequel series for "The Sopranos" starring Michael Gandolfini as Tony Soprano.” Labeled Satire.
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In the weeks leading up to the release of his longtime passion project Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola revealed to Rolling Stone that Gandolfini gave him a lot of great suggestions for the film back when he read for th
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2022· 1 entry
The Montvale service area on the Garden State Parkway was renamed for Gandolfini
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2019· 1 entry
His son Michael was cast as the younger version of Tony Soprano in the prequel film The Many Saints of Newark
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2017· 1 entry
Entertainment Weekly listed him as the 42nd Greatest TV Icon of All Time
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2014).
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Gandolfini was posthumously inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame
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2013· 4 entries
Died 2013-06-19.
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Gandolfini died suddenly at the age of 51
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David Chase in a Fresh Air interview said that, "without Jim Gandolfini, there is no Sopranos
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But the network ultimately decided not to go ahead with the show
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2012· 1 entry
Gandolfini reunited with The Sopranos creator David Chase for Not Fade Away, a music-driven production set in 1960s New Jersey, and the latter's feature film debut
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2010· 1 entry
Gandolfini produced another documentary with HBO, which analyzed the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder throughout American history, from 1861 to 2010
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2009· 2 entries
Starring in Yasmina Reza's play God of Carnage on Broadway acting alongside Marcia Gay Harden, Hope Davis, and Jeff Daniels
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Purchased a home in Tewksbury Township, New Jersey
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2007· 1 entry
Gandolfini and HBO produced Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq, a documentary focused on injured Iraq War veterans
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2006· 3 entries
Which pushed the production of the second part of the final season back by several months
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Starred in the musical romance comedy film Romance & Cigarettes
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To develop original programming for the channel
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for The Sopranos (2003).
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And they became engaged before splitting up in 2005
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for The Sopranos (2001).
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Played Winston Baldry, a gay hitman, in the adventure comedy film The Mexican
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for The Sopranos (2000).
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Won Golden Globe Awards (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
And was broadcast until 2007 with Gandolfini playing Tony Soprano throughout all six seasons
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1995· 2 entries
Played United States Navy Lieutenant Bobby Dougherty in the submarine film Crimson Tide
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Television writer and producer David Chase pitched the original idea for The Sopranos to networks such as Fox and CBS before HBO picked it up
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1983· 1 entry
Earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Rutgers University–New Brunswick, where he worked as a bouncer at an on-campus pub
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1979· 1 entry
From Park Ridge High School, where he played basketball, acted in school plays, and was named the "Class Flirt" in his senior yearbook
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1961· 1 entry
Born 1961-09-18.
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