Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index James Gandolfini (born September 18, 1961) is an American actor . Although he acted on Broadway and in various films in the 1990s, Gandolfini's most-acclaimed role is that of Tony Soprano, the Mafia boss and family man in the multi-award-winning HBO series The Sopranos, which debuted in 1999. He has since starred in films such as 8 MM and The Mexican. He was born in Westwood, New Jersey, grew up in New Jersey, and currently lives in New York City. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.