Actor James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Gandolfini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of birth
Westwood, New Jersey, USA Westwood, New Jersey, USA
Date of birth
18th September 1961
Date of death
19th June 2013
Movies that starred James Gandolfini (17 in total)
The Drop poster

The Drop [2014]

Cousin Marv
Welcome to the Rileys poster

Welcome to the Rileys [2010]

Doug Riley
Where the Wild Things Are poster

Where the Wild Things Are [2009]

Carol (voice)
In the Loop poster

In the Loop [2009]

Lt Gen. George Miller
Lonely Hearts poster

Lonely Hearts [2006]

Det. Charles Hilderbrandt
All the King's Men poster

All the King's Men [2006]

Tiny Duffy
Romance & Cigarettes poster

Romance & Cigarettes [2005]

Nick Murder
Surviving Christmas poster

Surviving Christmas [2004]

Tom Valco
The Mexican poster

The Mexican [2001]

Winston Baldry
The Last Castle poster

The Last Castle [2001]

Col. Winter
The Man Who Wasn't There poster

The Man Who Wasn't There [2001]

Big Dave Brewster
8MM poster

8MM [1999]

Eddie Poole
Fallen poster

Fallen [1998]

Lou
Dance with the Devil poster

Dance with the Devil [1997]

Willie 'Woody' Dumas
The Juror poster

The Juror [1996]

Eddie
Crimson Tide poster

Crimson Tide [1995]

Lt. Bobby Dougherty
Get Shorty poster

Get Shorty [1995]

Bear
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