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James Gandolfini

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James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini in 2006

Born

James J. Gandolfini, Jr.
September 18, 1961 (age 46)
Westwood, New Jersey, U.S.

Awards won
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series 2000, 2001, 2003 The Sopranos
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor in a Television Drama Series 2000 The Sopranos
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series 1999, 2002, 2007 The Sopranos Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble - Drama Series 1999, 2007 The Sopranos

James J. Gandolfini, Jr. (born September 18, 1961) is a Golden Globe-, three-time Emmy- and four-time Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor known for multifaceted portrayals of conscientious yet often inherently sinister characters. He is best known for his highly acclaimed role as Tony Soprano in the hit HBO TV series The Sopranos, about a crime boss struggling to reconcile his family life with his underworld dealings. Gandolfini's 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, enforcer/stuntman Bear in Get Shorty, and a martinet military prison commander in The Last Castle. He also played James Goss in Yemar on the Disney Channel.