Acting
James Gandolfini
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.
Filmography
Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos
Series · 2024
Sopranos Behind-The-Scenes Volume 1 of 2
Film · 2015
Sopranos Behind-The-Scenes Volume 2 of 2
Film · 2015
The Drop
Film · 2014
Violet & Daisy
Film · 2013
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Film · 2013
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Film · 2013
Enough Said
Film · 2013
Nicky Deuce
Film · 2013
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
Film · 2013
Killing Them Softly
Film · 2012
Zero Dark Thirty
Film · 2012
Not Fade Away
Film · 2012
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Film · 2012
Cinema Verite
Film · 2011
Down the Shore
Film · 2011
Welcome to the Rileys
Film · 2010
Wartorn: 1861-2010
Film · 2010
Mint Julep
Film · 2010
Where the Wild Things Are
Film · 2009
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Film · 2009
In the Loop
Film · 2009
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
Film · 2007
Stories USA
Film · 2007
Lonely Hearts
Film · 2006
All the King's Men
Film · 2006
Romance & Cigarettes
Film · 2006
Club Soda
Film · 2006
HBO: The Making of 'The Sopranos: Road to Respect'
Film · 2006
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Series · 2006
Surviving Christmas
Film · 2004
Stories of Lost Souls
Film · 2004
The Tony Danza Show
Series · 2004
Making "The Man Who Wasn't There"
Film · 2002
The Last Castle
Film · 2001
The Man Who Wasn't There
Film · 2001
The Mexican
Film · 2001
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
Film · 2001
Gun: Fatal Betrayal
Film · 2000
8MM
Film · 1999
A Whole New Day
Film · 1999
The Sopranos
Series · 1999
A Civil Action
Film · 1998
The Mighty
Film · 1998
Fallen
Film · 1998
12 Angry Men
Film · 1997
She's So Lovely
Film · 1997
Night Falls on Manhattan
Film · 1997
Dance with the Devil
Film · 1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Film · 1997
Gun
Series · 1997
The Juror
Film · 1996
Get Shorty
Film · 1995
Crimson Tide
Film · 1995
The New World
Film · 1995
Terminal Velocity
Film · 1994
Angie
Film · 1994
Italian Movie
Film · 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Series · 1994
True Romance
Film · 1993
Money for Nothing
Film · 1993
Mr. Wonderful
Film · 1993
A Stranger Among Us
Film · 1992
The Last Boy Scout
Film · 1991
Shock! Shock! Shock!
Film · 1987
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975