James Gandolfini
- Born: 18 Sep, 1961
An unlikely leading man and even more unlikely sex symbol, balding, bearlike James Gandolfini was touted as both after his starmaking portrayal of mobster Tony Soprano, a family man (in both senses) undergoing a mid-life crisis in the hit HBO drama "The Sopranos" (1999- ). Although he came to an acting career late in life, he was already a well-respected character player--one whom the audience perhaps recognized by sight if not by name--when he read the script for "The Sopranos". Sensing the quality of the writing and responding to the well-drawn character, Gandolfini was firmly convinced he wouldn't be cast, certain a more conventionally handsome "Irish-looking" guy would land the role. He confessed to being "shocked" when he actually nailed the rol...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father : Italian immigrant
- mother : Italian immigrant; Gandolfini told the London Times that she regularly beat him
- sisters : has two
- son : born in summer 1999
- wife Marcy Gandolfini: met c. 1995; married in 1999; Gandolfini filed for divorce on March 4, 2002; divorce finalized on December 18, 2002
- Lora Samoza: assistant to director Gore Verbinski, who directed "The Mexican"; rumored to have started their romance during taping in Mexico in 2000, still dating as of August 2002
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