James Gandolfini
☼ Born on 18 December 1961, in Westwood, New Jersey, USA
† Died on 19 December 2013, in Rome, Lazio, Italy, cause heart attack
BiographyJames Gandolfini was born in Westwood, New Jersey, to Santa (Penna), a high school lunchlady, and James Joseph Gandolfini, Sr., a bricklayer and head school janitor. His parents were both of Italian origin. Gandolfini began acting in the New York theater. His Broadway debut was in the 1992 revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" with Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin. James' breakthrough role was his portrayal of Virgil the hitman in Tony Scott's True Romance (1993), but the role that brought him worldwide fame and accolades was as complex Mafia boss Tony Soprano in HBO's smash hit series The Sopranos (1999). He died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 2013 while vacationing in Italy.
In the role of actor
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (18/03/2013)
In The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Steve Carrell and Steve Buscemi play Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton, who were once the most popular magic act in Las Vegas. However, after a decade of doing the exact same act, they have started to become stale and have been losing their audience to an extreme street magician named […]
Killing Them Softly (02/12/2012)
It is obvious from the opening credits that Killing Them Softly is more art film than crime film. Sure, the film focuses on a hitman named Jackie (Brad Pitt), who is called in to kill those responsible in a robbery. However, the film moves at quite a slow pace, which features much more talking than […]
Where the Wild Things Are (17/10/2009)
Where the Wild Thing Are is one of the most beloved children’s books and I am sure that there are many people (myself included) that have beloved memories of the story from their childhood. Spike Jonze (one of most imaginative directors currently out there) was given the task of converting this very pictorial story to […]
the Taking of Pelham 123 (13/06/2009)
I always believe that a good thriller can be a quite entertaining film that you don’t have to put too much thought into. That’s what this film happens to be. The only Tony Scott film I really saw before this was Top Gun, however I may now be willing to check out some of the […]