James Gandolfini James Gandolfini James Joseph Gandolfini Jr. (September 18, 1961 – June 19, 2013) was an American actor best known for his role as Tony Soprano, the Italian-American crime boss in HBO's television series "The Sopranos". He was widely hailed for his performance, winning three Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Golden Globe Award. His notable film roles include mob henchman Virgil in "True Romance" (1993), Lt. Bobby Dougherty in "Crimson Tide" (1995), 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
Tony Young (actor) Tony Young (actor) Carleton L. Young (June 28, 1937 – February 26, 2002), known as Tony Young, was an American character actor in film and television. In 1961, he starred at the age of twenty-three in the title role of "Cord" in the 12-episode CBS western television series "Gunslinger", a replacement for "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater". Young was born in New York City, the son of Carleton G. Young, a film and television character actor and the radio voice of the original Ellery Queen detective program. The Youngs moved to California in the 1940s, and Tony graduated from Los