The sopranos mafia james gandolfini. Gandolfinis other notable roles include a pornographer eddie poole in 8mm woman beating mob enforcer virgil in the quentin tarantino written thriller true romance a gay hitman in the mexican enforcerstuntman bear in get shorty and a martinet military prison commander in the last castle. Actor james gandolfini who is known by many as mob boss tony soprano from the hbo series the sopranos passed away from a suspected heart attack while in italy. Gandolfinis performance as tony soprano is widely regarded as among the greatest performances in television history. He won three emmy awards three screen actors guild awards and one golden globe award.
In the final season of the sopranos tony soprano james gandolfini becomes very close to agent harris of the fbi. Husband father and mob boss whose professional and private strains land him in the office of his therapist. The cause was not immediately announced. James gandolfini performs in a scene from hbos the sopranos getty images chase seemed determined to do something completely different with the sopranos.
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. He is best known for his highly acclaimed role as tony soprano in the hit hbo tv series the sopranos about a troubled crime boss struggling to balance his family life and his career in the mafia. Hailed as one of televisions essential dramas the sopranos follows james gandolfini as tony soprano. Gandolfini began acting in the new york theater.
Gandolfini may have had a heart attack. September 18 1961 june 19 2013 was an american actor best known for his role as tony soprano the italian american crime boss in hbos television series the sopranos. An hbo press representative said that mr. The 51 year old gandolfini was on holiday when he suddenly passed away.
James gandolfini is dead at 51. Gandolfini who grew up in park ridge in bergen county nj came to embody the resilience of the garden state on the sopranos which made its debut in 1999 and ran for six seasons on hbo.