James Gandolfini

American actor

Photo by: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:September 18, 1961

Died:June 19, 2013

Age at death:51

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Cause of death:Myocardial Infarction

Zodiac Sign:Virgo

Height:1.84 m (6′0″)

Children:2

Born in:Westwood, United States

Languages:English

Actor Film Actor Television Actor

Links

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Famous For

Movies & TV

The SopranosZero Dark ThirtyExtremely Loud and Incredibly CloseTrue RomanceThe Man Who Wasn't There

Awards

New Jersey Hall of Fame (2014)Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (2003)Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (2001)Golden Globes (2000)Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (2000)

James Gandolfini

American actor

Biography

James John Gandolfini (Italian: [ɡandolˈfiːni]; September 18, 1961 – June 19, 2013) 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 history. Gandolfini was featured in numerous films including True Romance (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Get Shorty (1995), A Civil Action (1998), The Last Castle (2001), Romance & Cigarettes (2005), All the King's Men (2006), In the Loop (2009), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), Not Fade Away (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and The Drop (2014). He received acclaim for playing against type while starring in the romantic comedy Enough Said (2013). For the role, he earned numerous critics' awards including an Actor Award nomination. Gandolfini is also known for his roles on Broadway in A Streetcar Named Desire (1992), On the Waterfront (1995), and God of Carnage (2009), the latter earning him a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He also produced the war documentaries Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq (2007) and Wartorn: 1861–2010 (2011) as well as the HBO film Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012), which earned him a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie.

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Photos

100331-N-0696M-279 Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is greeted by Deborah K. Jones, U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait and Chief of the Kuwaiti Army Lt. Gen. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Khaled in Kuwait City on March 31, 2010. Mullen is accompanying a USO tour in the region with celebrities James Gandolfini and Tony Sirico from HBO's "The Sapranos", New Orleans Saint Jon Stinchcomb and actress Rose McGowen. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist Chad J. McNeeley/Released)

100331-N-0696M-280 Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is greeted by Deborah K. Jones, U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait and Chief of the Kuwaiti Army Lt. Gen. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Khaled in Kuwait City on March 31, 2010. Mullen is accompanying a USO tour in the region with celebrities James Gandolfini and Tony Sirico from HBO's "The Sapranos", New Orleans Saint Jon Stinchcomb and actress Rose McGowan. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist Chad J. McNeeley/Released)

Army Col. Casper P. Jones III (left), commander of the 86th Combat Support Hospital, poses with actor James Gandolfini at a screening of the new HBO documentary "Baghdad ER" at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, May 15. Gandolfini, star of the HBO series "The Sopranos," has visited U.S. troops in Iraq.

Obviously not a seasoned skirt wearer

Actor James Gandolfini on New Orleans Mardi Gras float to reign as Bacchus XXXIX.

Gangster King. Actor James Gandolfini on New Orleans Mardi Gras float to reign as Bacchus XXXIX.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2011.

James Gandolfini at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

100331-N-0696M-201 Tony Sirico and James Gandolfini from HBO's "The Sopranos" pose for photos with service members stationed in Kuwait on March 31, 2010. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is accompanying a USO tour in the region with New Orleans Saint Jon Stinchcomb and actress Rose McGowen. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist Chad J. McNeeley/Released)