Big Pussy Bonpensiero Big Pussy Bonpensiero Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero, played by Vincent Pastore, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series "The Sopranos". Not to be confused with fellow fictional New Jersey mobster known as "Little Pussy" Malanga, Big Pussy was a close friend and mob enforcer for Tony Soprano. The son of Lino Bonpensiero, Salvatore Bonpensiero started out as a cat burglar, and was affectionately known as Pussy, in reference to a pussycat. He was called "Big Pussy" to distinguish from Gennaro "Little Pussy" Malanga. Sal looked after his wife Angie and their three children, and was a long-time friend
FBI on The Sopranos risking getting too close to Bonpensiero himself. He believes that Bonpensiero is starting to suffer from "one of the worst cases of Stockholm syndrome since Patricia Hearst, the worst he's ever seen". He repeatedly tells Sal that he is not an FBI employee but a cooperating witness. During a meeting at a party store, Sal coincidentally is seen by mob associate 'Jimmy Bones' and introduces Skip as "Joe from Dover, Delaware" without much success in holding up the story. This later leads to Bonpensiero murdering Jimmy to cover up his connection with the FBI. Sal tries to trap Christopher in