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.
Acting
Movie
Zero Dark Thirty
as C.I.A. Director
2012
TV
The Sopranos
as Tony Soprano
1999
Movie
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Mayor
2009
Movie
True Romance
as Virgil
1993
Movie
The Drop
as Cousin Marv
2014
Movie
Killing Them Softly
as Mickey
2012
Movie
8MM
as Eddie Poole
1999
Movie
The Last Boy Scout
as Marcone's Goon (uncredited)
1991
Movie
Where the Wild Things Are
as Carol (voice)
2009
Movie
Crimson Tide
as Lt. Robert 'Bobby' Dougherty
1995
Movie
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Big Dave Brewster
2001
Movie
The Mexican
as Winston Baldry
2001
Movie
Fallen
as Lou
1998
Movie
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
as Doug Munny
2013
Movie
The Last Castle
as Col. Winter
2001
Movie
Get Shorty
as Bear
1995
Movie
Enough Said
as Albert
2013
Movie
In the Loop
as Lt Gen. George Miller
2009
Movie
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as Diner Cook #2 (uncredited)
1997
Movie
Surviving Christmas
as Tom Valco
2004
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Movie
A Civil Action
as Al Love
1998
Movie
The Juror
as Eddie
1996
Movie
12 Angry Men
as Juror 6
1997
