James Gandolfini

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Biography

James Gandolfini was born in Westwood, New Jersey, to Santa (Penna), a high school lunchlady, and James Joseph Gandolfini, Sr., a bricklayer and head school janitor. His parents were both of Italian origin. 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 (1993), but the role that brought him worldwide fame and accolades was as complex Mafia boss Tony Soprano in HBO's smash hit series The Sopranos (1999). He died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 2013 while vacationing in Italy.

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Filmography

The Drop 2014 • 1h 46m
Enough Said 2013 • 1h 33m
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 2013 • 1h 40m
Killing Them Softly 2012 • 1h 37m
Not Fade Away 2012 • 1h 52m
Cinema Verite 2011 • 1h 26m
Violet & Daisy 2011 • 1h 28m
Welcome to the Rileys 2010 • 1h 50m
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak 2009 • 39m
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 2009 • 1h 46m
Where the Wild Things Are 2009 • 1h 41m
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq 2007 • 57m
All the King's Men 2006 • 2h 8m
Lonely Hearts 2006 • 1h 48m
Romance & Cigarettes 2005 • 1h 45m
Surviving Christmas 2004 • 1h 31m
The Last Castle 2001 • 2h 11m
The Man Who Wasn't There 2001 • 1h 56m
The Mexican 2001 • 2h 3m
8MM 1999 • 2h 3m
A Civil Action 1998 • 1h 55m
Fallen 1998 • 2h 4m
Dance with the Devil 1997 • 2h 6m
Night Falls on Manhattan 1996 • 1h 53m
Crimson Tide 1995 • 1h 56m
Get Shorty 1995 • 1h 45m
Angie 1994 • 1h 47m
Terminal Velocity 1994 • 1h 42m
Money for Nothing 1993 • 1h 40m
True Romance 1993 • 2h