James Gandolfini was an American actor who was born on September 18, 1961, in Westwood, New Jersey. He grew up in a working-class family and attended Rutgers University, where he earned a degree ...

Lorraine Bracco appeared on "The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon," where she shared how she and James Gandolfini initially reacted to learning how "The Sopranos" would end.

The US Department of Health and Human Services said it will require that all new vaccines be tested in placebo-controlled trials before they’re licensed for use, raising urgent questions about ...

James Gandolfini was so much more than Tony Soprano In a new biography, “Gandolfini,” Jason Bailey seeks to find the real man behind the beloved gangster on HBO’s “The Sopranos.” ...

The book also looks at the ups and downs in the actor’s life prior to his death. Gandolfini died from a heart attack at age 51 in June 2013. Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend is ...

David Chase Wasn’t Sure James Gandolfini Was ‘Threatening Enough’ to Play Tony Soprano The "Sopranos" creator was hesitant to cast the actor in the HBO series' lead role. By Samantha Bergeson ...

The tension between James Gandolfini, the actor, and Tony Soprano, the character, was often hard for the star to live with, Jason Bailey writes in his biography on the 'Sopranos' actor.

Gandolfini himself wasn’t confident that he would land the role of Tony Soprano. He recalled in the excerpt, “I think my exact words were, ‘I could kick this guy right in the ass, but I’ll ...

More than 25 years later, it seems impossible to imagine anyone other than James Gandolfini in the role of Tony Soprano. But The Sopranos creator David Chase was initially worried the actor wasn ...

‘Sopranos’ Creator David Chase Worried James Gandolfini Wasn’t “Threatening Enough” to Play Tony Soprano “When he finally settled down and really did a reading, it was just obvious ...

But The Sopranos creator David Chase was initially worried the actor wasn’t “threatening enough” to play the mafia boss in the acclaimed HBO drama series that ran for six seasons from 1999 ...

James Gandolfini was unknown to most TV viewers when he got the role of Tony Soprano. But if you were a connoisseur of character actors in the mid-’90s, he was already on your radar.