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
The Sopranos (The Sopranos episode) feels jealous of Tony's ascendancy in the family. Junior wants to kill turncoat "Little Pussy" Malanga in Artie Bucco's restaurant. Tony, a friend of Artie's since childhood, fears that a mob hit could hurt Artie's business. After Junior refuses to move the hit to another location, and Artie's wife Charmaine refuses Tony's offer of cruise tickets, Tony has his trusted right-hand man, Silvio Dante, bomb the restaurant in the hopes that Artie can claim insurance money without becoming aware of the gangland conflict. At his son A.J.'s birthday party, Tony and his crew comfort Artie about the loss of his