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A major plotline on the fictional HBO drama The Sopranos has been the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's ongoing pursuit of the DiMeo (New Jersey) and Lupertazzi (Brooklyn) crime families. The Bureau's investigations have met with varying degrees of success.[1] This article lists both characters who have acted as F.B.I. informants and F.B.I. agent characters and as such is an expansion of the main article List of The Sopranos characters.


Contents  [hide]
1 F.B.I. informants
2 F.B.I. agents 2.1 Chief Frank Cubitoso
2.2 Agent Ron Goddard
2.3 Agent Ron Gosling
2.4 Agent Frank Grasso
2.5 Agent Dwight Harris
2.6 Agent Skip Lipari
2.7 Agent Joe Marquez
2.8 Agent Robyn Sanseverino
2.9 Agent Smyj
2.10 Agent Deborah Ciccerone-Waldrup
2.11 Agent Mike Waldrup
2.12 F.B.I. Technician
3 F.B.I. investigations & indictments 3.1 Junior Soprano
3.2 John Sacrimoni
3.3 Tony Soprano
4 See also
5 References

F.B.I. informants[edit]
Being an F.B.I. informant on The Sopranos is a risky proposition, often ending in death. Lupertazzi crime family consigliere, James Petrille, and Soprano family capo, Carlo Gervasi, are the only known F.B.I. informants to survive until the series' end. Raymond Curto deserves notice for being a longtime informer before dying of natural causes without ever being suspected. Listed below are characters who are known to have been F.B.I. informants and their respective fates. Note that Albie Cianflone was likely an informant, but he should not be included on the list because his cooperation (if any) is debatable, unconfirmed and unknown.

Informant
Position
Status
Cause
Fabian "Febby" Petrulio aka Fred Peters Former soldier, turned State's Witness, kicked out of witness protection Deceased Executed by Tony Soprano in the first season episode "College".
Jimmy Altieri Capo, DiMeo family Deceased Executed by Silvio Dante in the first season episode "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano".
Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero Soldier, DiMeo family Deceased Executed by Tony Soprano, Silvio Dante, and Paulie Gualtieri in the second season episode, "Funhouse".
Adriana La Cerva Fiancée of Christopher Moltisanti and Crazy Horse club manager in Long Branch, New Jersey Deceased Executed by Silvio Dante in the fifth season episode, "Long Term Parking".
Raymond Curto Capo, DiMeo family Deceased Died as a result of a stroke in the sixth season episode, "Members Only".
Jack Massarone Business associate, Massarone Construction Corp. founder and CEO, Deceased Executed on orders from Tony Soprano in the fifth season episode, "Rat Pack".
Jimmy Petrille Consigliere, Lupertazzi family Unknown, presumably Petrille has since entered the Witness Protection Program (although this has not been mentioned). N/A
Eugene Pontecorvo Soldier, DiMeo family, no-show carpenter Deceased Committed suicide by hanging in the sixth season episode, "Members Only". The amount of information that he contributed, if any, is highly questionable.
Carlo Gervasi Capo, DiMeo family, Unknown. Turned informant on the series finale "Made in America". His future and the ramifications of his testimony against Tony are unknown. Became informant due to son, wannabe mobster Jason being arrested for drug dealing.
F.B.I. agents[edit]
Chief Frank Cubitoso[edit]
Played by: Frank Pellegrino
Appears in: "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano", "The Knight in White Satin Armor", "Funhouse", "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood", "Another Toothpick", "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", "Army of One", "No Show", "Watching Too Much Television", "Rat Pack", "Irregular Around the Margins", "Long Term Parking"
F.B.I. chief of New Jersey division who is constantly looking for new insight on the ongoing Soprano/DiMeo case. He successfully coordinates a mission to put the Soprano residence under surveillance by the use of an old lamp in their basement. The operation ends when Meadow takes the old lamp to college. When Tony is arrested for the stolen airline tickets he tells Frank "to not expect any more deli trays coming your way", alluding to a deli tray sent to Cubitoso on his birthday, which Cubitoso donated to a local charity. He also pressures Adriana La Cerva into wearing a wire which leads to her confession and death. When Agent Sanseverino worries after Adriana disappears, Cubitoso decides it is time to move on. He also was the agent whose idea it was to bug Green Grove Retirement Community when Tony Soprano and several other DiMeo family capos move in their mothers, despite other agents skepticism.

Agent Ron Goddard[edit]
Played by: Michael Kelly
Appears in: "Members Only", "Join the Club", "Stage 5", "Walk Like a Man", "The Second Coming", "Made in America"
Agent Harris' new partner in Counter Terrorism. Along with Harris, approached Tony at his home, requesting that Tony inform them should he come across any terror-related information in his line of work. Harris would often bring Goddard to Satriale's to ostensibly show him that the store makes the best pulled pork sandwiches in the state.

Agent Ron Gosling[edit]
Played by: Matt Pepper
Appears in: "Members Only"
An agent who handled Eugene Pontecervo before his suicide. He hints to Eugene about Ray Curto being an informant.

Agent Frank Grasso[edit]
Played by: Frank Pando
Appears in: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti", "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano", "D-Girl", "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood", "Proshai, Livushka", "Army of One", "Whoever Did This", "Whitecaps", "Rat Pack", "Irregular Around the Margins", "All Due Respect"
An F.B.I. agent who handled mob capo Raymond Curto. During a raid on the Soprano residence, Grasso broke a bowl from the kitchen refrigerator. Immediately after, he and Tony developed a grudge when Tony noted his last name and insulted him in Italian. He is an homage to famous New York City Detective Sonny Grosso who helped reveal the French Connection.

Agent Dwight Harris[edit]
Main article: Dwight Harris
Agent Skip Lipari[edit]
Played by: Louis Lombardi
Appears in: "Do Not Resuscitate", "Commendatori", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "D-Girl", "From Where to Eternity", "Bust Out", "The Knight in White Satin Armor", "Funhouse", "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood"
An F.B.I. agent who handled Big Pussy Bonpensiero. When Pussy begins to confide more and more to Skip as a friend, Skip tries to tell him that he is not his friend and he is there to help the federal government. Chief Cubitoso warns Lipari that he could be risking getting too close to Bonpensiero himself. Lipari may have suspected that Bonpensiero was involved in the Matthew Bevilaqua murder, but apparently did not report it. Skip says that his father was a plumber.

Agent Joe Marquez[edit]
Played by: Gary Perez
Appears in: "House Arrest", "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood"
Agent Harris' partner from 2000 to 2001 while working on the Soprano/DiMeo crime family investigation. Tony makes fun of his Hispanic heritage by asking him "Weren't there any jobs down at the Post Office?" He is a fan of the New York Mets along with Dwight Harris and Tony.

Agent Robyn Sanseverino[edit]
Played by: Karen Young
Appears in: "Pie-O-My", "Watching Too Much Television", "The Strong, Silent Type", "Whitecaps", "Rat Pack", "Where's Johnny?", "Irregular Around the Margins", "Unidentified Black Males", "Cold Cuts", "Long Term Parking", "Members Only"
An F.B.I. agent who handled Adriana La Cerva after she became very resentful against Agent Ciccerone. Agent Sanseverino explains to Adriana that she became an F.B.I. agent because her sister was paralyzed by her boyfriend's reckless use of a gun. In order to take a stand against men like him, she became an agent. She has a daughter which was unknown to Adriana. She also handled capo Raymond Curto just before his death from natural causes.

Agent Smyj[edit]
Played by: Brian Smyj
Appears in: "Proshai, Livushka", "Army of One" "Whoever Did This"
It is never revealed his first name. The last name is pronounced Smy. Agent sometimes present at meetings about the Soprano/DiMeo crime family investigation. Brian Smyj in real life is a Hollywood stuntman and stunt coordinator.

Agent Deborah Ciccerone-Waldrup[edit]
Played by: Lola Glaudini, Fairuza Balk (1 episode, scenes replaced)
Appears in: "Army of One", "For All Debts Public and Private", "No Show", "Christopher", "Pie-O-My", "Watching Too Much Television", "Rat Pack", "Irregular Around the Margins"
Deborah is a special agent who went undercover as "Danielle Ciccolella from Whippany, New Jersey" to befriend Adriana and to find out information about Christopher Moltisanti's relationship with Tony Soprano. She is married to F.B.I. Special Agent Mike Waldrup and has a child with him. She poses as a wealthy, potential trophy-wife, girlfriend or mistress interested in the gangster world. Her usefulness as an undercover agent ended after Christopher made a pass at her causing Adriana to break off their friendship after Christopher lied and said Danielle initiated it. However, she continued to work on the Soprano task force. Tony once asked Adriana about her friend Danielle, as he was attracted to her, she awkwardly tells Tony that she drowned while on a picnic, hence her disappearance. Adrianna later tells Christopher about Deborah's true identity after revealing her own involvement with the F.B.I. to him.

Agent Mike Waldrup[edit]
Played by: Will Arnett
Appears in: "For All Debts Public and Private" and "No Show"
Husband and fellow F.B.I. agent of Deborah Ciccerone-Waldrup. Takes care of their baby when Deborah talks to Adriana on a special phone line hooked up in their bedroom to act as the phone for "Lilac Personal Shopping". He worries about their baby being colicky from it coughing so much while lying in its crib.

F.B.I. Technician[edit]
Played by: Gary Evans
Appears in: "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood", "Proshai, Livushka", "Employee of the Month", "Another Toothpick"
Instrumental in placing a listening device in Tony Soprano's basement hidden inside a lamp. Later involved in monitoring this device until it was unwittingly neutralized by Meadow Soprano as she removed it from the house. Throughout the show he usually dons disguises as a plumber, air conditioning repair man, hydro department employee or gardener.

F.B.I. investigations & indictments[edit]
Junior Soprano[edit]
Corrado "Junior" Soprano has been a major target of the F.B.I. throughout the series. At the end of the first season, the titular head of the DiMeo family was indicted on federal racketeering charges, partly on information derived from snitch Jimmy Altieri. The Bureau attempted to flip Junior and get him to testify that his nephew, Tony Soprano, was the street boss and, in fact, the de facto head of the family. However, being both "old school" and loath to admit that his nephew held the real power, Junior refused. Junior's trial unfolded over the ensuing three seasons of the series.
In the fourth season, the F.B.I. inserted an agent into Junior's physician's office as a nurse - Junior used the office to conduct meetings while under house arrest. Junior learned of this from his attorney and ended his practice of meeting there. After unsuccessfully arguing that he lacked capacity to stand trial as a result of a fall he suffered on the courthouse steps, Junior was able to obtain a mistrial in the fourth season finale thanks to a hung jury which was tampered with by Junior's lieutenant, Bobby Baccalieri. The government quickly announced its intention to retry Junior. However, Junior's mental condition has taken a turn for the worse and he was rendered unfit to stand trial.
John Sacrimoni[edit]
At the end of the fifth season, the F.B.I. conducted a raid on the home of John Sacrimoni, the boss of the Lupertazzi crime family (Brooklyn), while Sacrimoni was having a meeting with Tony Soprano. Soprano was not a target of the raid and was able to escape unscathed. It was revealed that Jimmy Petrille, the Lupertazzi family Consigliere, had been an F.B.I. informant for some time. On the strength of his information, the government undertook major indictments against the Lupertazzi family that would have reached the former boss, Carmine Lupertazzi, himself if he had still been alive. Sacrimoni, the new boss, was held in federal custody awaiting a major Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act trial. His lawyer negotiated a 15 year sentence in exchange for asset seizures and an allocution.
Tony Soprano[edit]



 The F.B.I. searches Tony Soprano's home
The Organized Crime Division of the F.B.I.'s New Jersey office has had Tony Soprano in its crosshairs since the show's inception, yet has been unable to make anything stick against the New Jersey boss.
In the first season, after Tony survives an assassination attempt, the Bureau attempts to flip Tony by revealing to him that it was his uncle and his mother who had orchestrated the foiled hit. Tony, however, refuses to break omerta and seeks his own kind of revenge.
In the second season, Tony and soldier Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero murder mob associate Matthew Bevilaqua in an abandoned shack in Hacklebarney State Park after Bevilaqua attempted a hit on Christopher Moltisanti. Unbeknownst to Tony, a civic-minded civilian was at the park that night, heard the gunshots, and saw Tony drive away, and reported what he saw to the local police. However, the witness recanted when he learned that Tony was in the mob, and Tony was able to evade any charges.
It is also revealed in the second season, that Big Pussy, perhaps Tony's best friend, had been an F.B.I. informant for several years. A major plot point during the season involves Tony's suppressed awareness that his friend is a rat and his reluctance to face that unsavory fact. For his part, Bonpensiero's feelings oscillate from extreme guilt over betraying his close friend to bitterness towards Tony over being passed over for promotion (which, ironically, was because of Tony's suspicions that Pussy was a rat) to touches of Stockholm Syndrome, resulting in delusions of one day having a career in law enforcement. Ultimately, in the second season finale ("Funhouse"), Tony lures his friend out to sea under the pretense that he needs his opinion on a boat he's considering buying. There, Bonpensiero is confronted and executed by the three men who once considered him a "brother": Tony, Silvio Dante, and Paulie Gaultieri.
Tony, however, ran into trouble when his mother was detained at airport security for using tickets he gave her from the Scatino bust out. The F.B.I. acquired a search warrant for the Soprano home and found the rest of the tickets from the bust out in Tony's Chevy Suburban. On the eve of his daughter's high school graduation, Tony was taken into federal custody. Tony made bail and, ultimately, was able to beat the charges (although this is never explicitly shown).
With their major asset within the DiMeo family, Pussy Bonpenseiro, eliminated, the feds took a new approach in the third season in their efforts to build a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) case against Tony Soprano. After getting a warrant to wire the Soprano home, agents broke in while the family was out and place a bugged lamp in the basement, where Tony would often discuss business. However, the plan was derailed when Meadow Soprano, during an argument with her parents, took the lamp to use in her dorm room at Columbia University.
The Bureau then targeted Adriana La Cerva as a possible conduit through which it could ensnare and flip her fianceé, Christopher Moltisanti, to testify against Tony. Special Agent Debora Ciccerone was sent in undercover to get close to Adriana in hopes of gaining information that could be used to turn Christopher. However, the operation came to an abrupt end when Adriana broke off her friendship with Ciccerone, whom she believed had attempted to seduce Christopher. The feds, however, brought Adriana in and presented her with an ultimatum: either turn informant or be sent to prison on drug charges.
Adriana selected the former option. For the most part, Adriana avoided giving up any serious information to the Bureau, primarily because Christopher didn't share the details of his work with her. Nevertheless, the situation proved to be a tremendous strain for Adriana, who would develop irritable bowel syndrome because of her duplicity. In the next-to-last episode of the fifth Season, Adriana was caught on tape (the F.B.I. had her club under surveillance) disposing of evidence in a drug-related homicide that occurred at her club. The Bureau brought her in and threatened to give her up to the Long Branch Police Department as an accessory to murder unless she gave the F.B.I. full cooperation in its investigation of Tony Soprano, including a requirement that she wears a wire. Adriana offered a counter proposal: she claimed Christopher was unhappy with his place within the family and that she could get him to flip if they were given immunity and relocated to another part of the country. The government agreed.
Adriana revealed to Christopher that she had been working as a government informant, and Christopher, awash in anger and shock, responded by strangling and nearly killing his fianceé. Christopher then broke down sobbing and apologized to Adriana. After discussing their possible future in the witness protection program all night, Christopher left his apartment to get some fresh air, leaving Adriana under the impression that he would cooperate. Ultimately, Christopher's loyalty to the family won out over his love for Adriana. Christopher informed Tony of Adriana's status as a rat, and Tony then telephoned Adriana and told her that Christopher had attempted suicide. Tony sent Silvio Dante to pick her up under the pretense Silvio would take her to Christopher. Instead, Silvio drove Adriana out to the woods and executed her.
In the sixth season's first episode ("Members Only"), longtime rat Raymond Curto died of a stroke in the front seat of F.B.I. Agent Robyn Sanseverino's car. Curto is known to have been an informant since at least the beginning of the third season ("Proshai, Livushka"). His final act was to pass on a recording of Tony discussing the Angelo Giacalone murders that may have needed some explanation by Curto himself to be of any use.
In that same sixth season episode, it was revealed that DiMeo soldier Eugene Pontecorvo was an F.B.I. informant. However, Pontecorvo committed suicide at the end of the episode after both Tony and the Bureau refused his requests to retire with his family to Florida. It is not known how long Pontecorvo was an informant or what information he gave the F.B.I.
In the final episode of The Sopranos, "Made in America", it is revealed that Carlo Gervasi (cousin to the late Burt Gervasi) agreed to testify against Tony Soprano. It remains unclear if Carlo Gervasi had been an informant for some time or rather he had been pressured by the F.B.I. using his son's recent legal troubles as a bargaining tool. The ramifications of his testimony and the futures of both him and Tony were left a mystery.
See also[edit]
List of The Sopranos characters
List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family
List of characters from The Sopranos in the Lupertazzi crime family
List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Douglas Howard, "Tasting Brylcreem: Law, Disorder and the FBI in The Sopranos", Reading the Sopranos


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 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
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 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
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"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
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 "Another Toothpick" ·
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 "Second Opinion" ·
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 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
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 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

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 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
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Main article: List of characters from The Sopranos
These Family trees denote the genetic and marital relationships of characters from the fictional television series The Sopranos:





 


 Corrado John Soprano Sr.





 Mariangela Soprano









































 






















Corrado John Soprano Jr.

 Ercoli Soprano

 Giovanni Francis Soprano





 Livia Pollio

































































 














































Eugene

 Janice Soprano

 Robert Baccalieri Jr.

 Karen Baccalieri

 Anthony John "Tony" Soprano Sr.

 Carmela De Angelis

 Barbara Soprano

 Thomas Giglione II









































































































 




















































Harpo

 Domenica Baccalieri

 Sophia Baccalieri

 Robert Baccalieri III

 Meadow Mariangela Soprano

 Anthony John Soprano Jr.

 Tommy Giglione Jr

 Alyssa Giglione


 

Note: An Ercoli Sr. is mentioned to be Corrado Soprano Jr.'s grandfather. There is however, inconclusive information to denote if Ercoli was on the maternal or paternal side of the family tree.


Contents  [hide]
1 Soprano genetic family tree
2 Pollio genetic family tree
3 DeAngelis genetic family tree
4 Blundetto genetic family tree
5 Aprile genetic family tree

Soprano genetic family tree[edit]
 1. Corrado John Soprano I (c1900-?) b. Avellino, Campania, stonemason, emigrated 1910
    Mariangela Soprano née D'Agostino (c1901-?)
    2. Corrado John Soprano II (c1925) aka "Uncle Junior", b. NJ; DiMeo Crime Family
    2. Ercoli Soprano II (c1930-1985) Institutionalized
    2. Giovanni Francis Soprano (c1929-1986), aka "Johnny Boy", aka John b. NJ; DiMeo Crime Family
       Livia Soprano née Pollio (c1929-2001), b. Providence, Rhode Island
       3. Janice Soprano (c1956) "Parvati Wasatch"
          Eugene - Janice Soprano's first husband, from Quebec
          4. Harpo "Hal" (c1980)
          Robert Baccalieri II (c1960-2007) - widower to Karen Baccalieri; DiMeo Crime Family
          4. Robert Baccalieri III (c1992) - from father's marriage to Karen Baccalieri
          4. Sophia Baccalieri (c1995) - from father's marriage to Karen Baccalieri
          4. Domenica Baccalieri (c2004)
       3. Anthony John "Tony" Soprano I (1960) b. Newark, New Jersey; DiMeo Crime Family
          Carmela Soprano née De Angelis (c1961) b. NJ
          4. Meadow Mariangela Soprano (c1982) b. NJ
          4. Anthony John Soprano II (c1986) b. NJ
       3. Barbara Giglione née Soprano (c1967) b. NJ
          Thomas Giglione II
          4. Tommy Giglione Jr.
          4. Alyssa Giglione

Pollio genetic family tree[edit]
 1. Faustino Pollio (c1900-?) b. Avellino, Campania, Italy
    Teresa Pollio née Sasso
    2. Livia Soprano née Pollio (c1929-2001) b. Providence, Rhode Island
       Giovanni Francis Soprano (c1929-1986), aka "Johnny Boy", aka John b. NJ; DiMeo Crime Family
       3. Janice Soprano (c1957) "Parvati Wasatch"
          Robert Baccalieri II (c1960-2007) - widower to Karen Baccalieri; DiMeo Crime Family
          4. Harpo "Hal" Soprano (c1980)**
          4. Robert Baccalieri III (c1992)***
          4. Sophia Baccalieri (c1995)***
          4. Domenica Baccalieri (c2004)
       3. Anthony John Soprano I (1960), aka "Tony-Uncle Johnny", b. Newark, NJ; DiMeo Crime Family
          Carmela Soprano née DeAngelis (c1961) b. NJ
          4. Meadow Mariangela Soprano (c1982) b. NJ
          4. Anthony John Soprano II (c1986) b. NJ
       3. Barbara Giglione née Soprano (c1961- ) b. NJ
          Thomas Giglione II
          4. Tommy Giglione Jr.
          4. Alyssa Giglione
    2. Quintina Blundetto née Pollio (c1930)
       Alberto Blundetto (c1930)
       3. Anthony Blundetto (1959-2004) aka "Tony B.", "Tony-Uncle Al"; DiMeo Crime Family
          Nancy Blundetto (maiden name unknown)   
          4. Kelly Blundetto (c1983)
          4. Jason Blundetto (c1992)
          4. Justin Blundetto (c1992)
    2. Settimia Pollio
    2. Concetta Zio née Pollio (c1934-2004)
       Nicolo Zio (c1930-2004)
       3. Josephine
    2. Gemma Pollio
    2. Mickey Pollio
    2.

DeAngelis genetic family tree[edit]
 1. Orazio DeAngelis b. Napoli, Italy
    Concetta  DeAngelis née Spogato
    2. Lester DeAngelis
    2. Hugo DeAngelis aka "Hugh" (c1929)
       Mary Pellegrino(c1930)
       3. Carmela Soprano née DeAngelis (c1961) b. NJ
       Anthony John Soprano I (c1960) b. Newark, New Jersey; DiMeo Crime Family
          4. Meadow Mariangela Soprano (c1982) b. NJ
          4. Anthony John Soprano II (c1986) b. NJ
    2. Lena DeAngelis
       Joseph Moltisanti
       3. Richard Moltisanti  aka "Dickie"; DiMeo Crime Family
          Joanne Moltisanti née Blundetto
          4. Christopher Moltisanti; DiMeo Crime Family (c1969-2007)
             Kelli Moltisanti née Lombardo (c1980)
             5. Caitlin Moltisanti (c2007) b. NJ

Blundetto genetic family tree[edit]
 1. Unknown
    Unknown
    2. Alberto Blundetto (c1930) aka "Uncle Al"
       Quintina Blundetto née Pollio (c1930- )
       3. Anthony Blundetto (1959-2004) aka "Tony B.", "Tony-Uncle Al"; DiMeo Crime Family
          Nancy Blundetto    
          4. Kelly Blundetto (c1982)
          4. Jason Blundetto (c1995)
          4. Justin Blundetto (c1995)
    2. Patrizio Blundetto aka "Uncle Pat"; DiMeo Crime Family
       3. Louise Blundetto  
    2. Joanne Moltisanti née Blundetto (c. 1948-)
       Richard Moltisanti  aka "Dickie"; DiMeo Crime Family (c1945-1975)
       3. Christopher Moltisanti; DiMeo Crime Family (c1969–2007)
          Kelli Moltisanti (c. 1980-) née Lombardo
          4. Caitlin Moltisanti (c2007) b. NJ

Aprile genetic family tree[edit]
 1. Unknown
    Unknown
    2. Richard Aprile I (c1944-2000); DiMeo Crime Family
       Unknown
       3. Richard Aprile II aka "Little Ricky"
    2. Giacomo Michael Aprile I "Jackie " (1955-1999); DiMeo Crime Family
       Rosalie Aprile (maiden name unknown)
       3. Kelli Aprile (c1975)
       3. Unknown Aprile II (c1976-1977)         
       3. Giacomo Michael Aprile II (c1978–2001); "Jackie Jr." DiMeo Crime Family
    2. Elizabeth La Cerva née Aprile
       Unknown La Cerva
       3. Adriana La Cerva (c1972-2004)
    2. Unknown née Aprile
       Unknown Spatafore
       3. Vito Spatafore (c1965-2006)
          Marie Spatafore
            4.Vito Spatafore, Jr.
            4.Francesca Spatafore
       3. Bryan Spatafore



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Tony Soprano ·
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 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

Secondary
Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



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Cleaver (The Sopranos)
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 Poster for the film Cleaver.
Cleaver is a metafictional film within a TV-series that serves as an important plot element toward the end of the HBO television drama series The Sopranos. Although very little film material is actually shown in the series, its planning and development are discussed at large throughout multiple seasons of the show. The extent to which Sopranos character Christopher Moltisanti mixes confidential and personal information about the Soprano mob family into the story elements of Cleaver is the focal point throughout its development. After the project eventually materializes, Cleaver can be categorized as a direct-to-DVD mafia-slasher film — described alternately as "Saw meets the Godfather II", "the Ring meets The Godfather", and "a story about a young man who goes to pieces and then manages to pull himself together again"[1] —. Several characters are credited for their involvement in the project. The screenplay was written by J. T. Dolan based on a story by Christopher Moltisanti, directed by Morgan Yam and produced by Carmine Lupertazzi, Jr. and Moltisanti. The film starred Jonathan LaPaglia as Michael "the Cleaver" and Daniel Baldwin as mob boss Salvatore ("Sally Boy"). Also starring as Sally-boy's key advisors are George Pogatsia as Frankie and Lenny Ligotti as Nicky. Moltisanti and Lupertazzi initially attempted to recruit Ben Kingsley to fill the role of the mafia don in "Luxury Lounge (6x07)," but Kingsley turned down the part.

Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Development 2.1 Episodes
3 Mockumentary
4 References
5 External links

Plot[edit]
Cleaver—originally titled Pork Store Killer—stars protagonist Michael (a nod to actor Michael Imperioli), nicknamed "the Butcher". When Christopher proposes the plot to writer J.T. Dolan, he says the film is about a "young wiseguy, assassin, gets betrayed by his people. They whack him, leave his body parts in dumpsters all around the city. Long story short, he is put back together, by science...or maybe it's supernatural. And he gets payback on everyone who fucked him over, including the cunt he was engaged to. She was getting porked by his boss the night the hero was killed."
Several episodes in the film are drawn from Moltisanti's own life experiences as a made man in the Soprano Crime Family, including a misinterpreted and overblown rumor concerning a potential affair between Family head Anthony Soprano and Christopher's then-fiance Adriana La Cerva. The film closes on a tight-shot of a crucifix and a cornicello, juxtaposing "the sacred and the profane" (or, as Lupertazzi malaprops, "the sacred and the propane.")
Development[edit]
Moltisanti met Dolan while both were in rehab recovering from heroin addiction. In the episode "In Camelot" (5x07), their friendship was complicated when Christopher introduced J. T. to the underground world of high-stakes poker games, inadvertently giving the writer a new outlet for his addictive personality. Dolan rapidly found himself $60,000 in debt, and soon wound up back in rehab at Moltisanti's prompting.
The film itself originated in "Mayham" (6x03), when Moltisanti offered Dolan a way to clear his debts: write a screenplay for a digital slasher film based on a concept by Christopher. But the story had its genesis long before, when Christopher began his quest to write a screenplay in "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" (1x08). After struggling through 19 pages, Moltisanti became disillusioned and slipped into a depression, throwing away his work. He later had an affair with studio vice-president Amy Safir in "D-Girl" (2x07); through her he met Swingers and Made scribe Jon Favreau, with whom he discussed his film concept.
In "Kaisha" (6x12), he discussed the similarities between Sally Boy and Anthony Soprano with Julianna Skiff, describing both as men who think that everything belongs to them — a notion crystallized by Sally Boy in Cleaver's finale when he tells Michael: "What you have belongs to me" because "what's mine is mine; what's yours is mine."
Episodes[edit]
"The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" (1x08)
"D-Girl" (2x07)
"In Camelot" (5x07)
"Mayham" (6x03)
"Luxury Lounge" (6x07)
"Kaisha" (6x12)
"Stage 5" (6x14)
Mockumentary[edit]
In conjunction with the premiere of "Stage 5," HBO aired the seven-minute mockumentary Making Cleaver, detailing the film's production. Including in-character interviews with Moltisanti, Lupertazzi, Yam, Baldwin, LaPaglia, and special-effects make-up artist Steve Kelly, the behind-the-scenes look is broken up into four segments: "Concept," "Courting Kingsley," "Cast and Crew," and "A 'Family' Production." The mockumentary is included in the Season 6 Part 2 DVD set and in the Complete Series DVD collection.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Lupertazzi's description of the movie at the premiere in "Stage 5"
External links[edit]
Making Cleaver at the Internet Movie Database


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 Friends and family ·
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Characters


Primary
Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
 Carmela Soprano ·
 Christopher Moltisanti ·
 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

Secondary
Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



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Bada Bing
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 The Bada Bing's logo
Bada Bing! is a fictional strip club from the HBO drama television series The Sopranos. It was a key location for events in the series, named for catchphrase "bada bing", a phrase popularized by James Caan's character Sonny Corleone in The Godfather.[1] The popularization of the fictional club benefited the real-life go-go bar where scenes were filmed. The Bada Bing is loosely based on Wiggles, a strip club owned by New Jersey mobster Vincent Palermo before it was shut down.[2]
Strippers at the Bada Bing were portrayed by extras including Elektra, Justine Noelle, Kelly Madison Kole, Luiza Liccini, Marie Athanasiou, Nadine Marcelletti, Rosie Ciavolino and Sonia Ortega. The "Bada Bing Girls" appeared in a photo spread in the August 2001 issue of Playboy magazine.[3][4]


Contents  [hide]
1 Usage and effect on the series 1.1 Alcohol and nudity
1.2 Key scenes
2 Effect on film location
3 References
4 External links

Usage and effect on the series[edit]
The Bing is owned and chiefly operated by Silvio Dante, Tony Soprano's consigliere, in Lodi, New Jersey. Tony's office is in one of the back rooms of the Bing,[5] and the Soprano Family often conducts their business either in the bar or in the office.
The club's title is a stereotypical Italian-American expression, also rendered as "bada bing bada boom" or "bada boom bada bing". "Bada bi; Bada ban" is an expression in Malinke, meaning "it is done, it is good," so it is possible that the phrase "bada bing, bada boom" may have been picked up originally from African-Americans by Italian immigrants.
The use of Bada Bing as the name of the club and elsewhere in the series popularized the catchphrase such that it was added to the 2003 Oxford English Dictionary as an exclamation to emphasize that something will happen effortlessly and predictably.[6] Bada bing is imitative of the sound of a drumroll or rim shot, or may also derive from the "bada-bing" sound effect that James Caan's character, Sonny Corleone, makes to describe an up-close shooting in The Godfather.[7]
Alcohol and nudity[edit]
Being a topless go-go bar selling alcoholic drinks, Bada Bing represents a deviation from reality insofar as real-world New Jersey state law prohibits topless or nude dancing in establishments that sell alcohol.[8] However, New Jersey strip clubs without liquor licenses may opt to permit patrons to bring in their own alcoholic beverages, while full bars with liquor licenses are allowed to feature non-topless or non-nude go-go dancers (i.e. "bikini bars").
Reviewer Paul Levinson heralded the Bada Bing, and its background of nudity, as a key setting for the series:

"The Sopranos's brilliant solution is to situate most of its nudity in the Bada Bing! strip joint run by Tony Soprano's aide-de-camp, Silvio Dante. The setting is an eminently logical place to frequently find Tony and his crew discussing business, and the naked women need no further motivation than that they are dancing in the club...Bada Bing! is an ideal locale – doing for The Sopranos what the diner did for Seinfeld, and the bar owned by Munch, Meldrake, and Bayliss did for Homicide – but with a physically illicit explicitness that gives sexual energy to whatever other story is unfolding.”[9]
Key scenes[edit]
The Bing is where:
Tony Soprano and his crew find out Jackie Aprile, Sr. has died from his illness. One of the dancers vows never to forget where she was the day Jackie died.
Tony Soprano cancels the hit on Don Hauser, his daughter's soccer coach and an uncovered statutory rapist.
Tony and Sil agree to have Richie Aprile killed, but are preempted by a deadly domestic dispute involving Richie and Janice.
Tony Soprano and Paulie Walnuts agree to have Big Pussy whacked if they found out he was wearing a wire for sure.
Ralph Cifaretto beats his pregnant girlfriend Tracee, a Bing dancer, to death in the parking lot just outside the building.
Johnny Sack informs Tony that he is prepared to reconcile with Ralph following an insult to Sack's wife, in turn allowing Tony to cancel a planned hit on him.
Christopher Moltisanti threatens Tony with a gun for allegedly having an affair with his fiancée, but he has already emptied his gun of bullets by shooting Tony's old SUV in the parking lot, a burgundy 1999 Chevrolet Suburban, which Tony presumably is back to driving since totaling his black Escalade.
Tony makes the case for not killing Vito Spatafore over his homosexuality to Silvio and Carlo Gervasi.
Paulie has a vision of the Virgin Mary hovering over the dance floor and reconciles with his aunt and adoptive mother Marianucci.
Silvio Dante is shot several times in the parking lot on an ordered hit from Phil Leotardo. Patsy Parisi accompanies Sil, but flees on foot. Silvio is hospitalized in critical condition.
Matthew Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte desperately and unsuccessfully try to gain the attention of Tony Soprano, angering him by openly boasting of criminal activities in his presence in the washroom.
Silvio Dante arrives at the club to open it in the morning and finds Christopher Moltisanti, coming down from a heroin binge vomiting heavily in the toilet, his hair in the toilet water. He later brings this up at Christopher's rehabilitation intervention.
Effect on film location[edit]
All interior and exterior shots of the Bada Bing were filmed on location at Satin Dolls, an actual go-go bar on Route 17 in Lodi, New Jersey.[10] (Occasionally the neon "Satin Dolls" logo can be seen on an interior wall of the club.)
The popularity of the series and the notoriety of the Bada Bing! resulted in economic benefits through tours and souvenirs for the real-life club.[11]
After the series finale, the owners of the real bar decided to auction off the furnishings.[10][12]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Vanity Fair: The Godfather Wars
2.Jump up ^ Wild Tales from the Police Blotter, by C. J. Sullivan. 2008.
3.Jump up ^ Genovese, Peter (June 30, 2001). "The Bada Bing Girls step out". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
4.Jump up ^ "Girls of Bada Bing!", Playboy, August 2001: 15–20
5.Jump up ^ Bada Bing! Saying goodbye to Tony Soprano The Economist, June 7, 2007
6.Jump up ^ Oxford 'bada bings' its latest dictionary, ABC News Online, August 21, 2003, Accessed August 29, 2007
7.Jump up ^ MP3 of the Godfather scene
8.Jump up ^ New Jersey. Department of Law and Public Safety. Office of the Attorney General. Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. (March 2004). Alcoholic Beverage Control Handbook for Retail Licensees., page 34 ("Go-Go Dancers")and page 38. Trenton, NJ. Accessed December 10, 2010.
9.Jump up ^ Naked Bodies, Three Showings a Week, No Commercials: The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV, By Paul Levinson. Published in This Thing of Ours: Investigating the Sopranos, David Lavery, ed. Columbia University Press & Wallflower Press, 2002, ISBN 1-903364-44-2
10.^ Jump up to: a b Brubaker, Paul. "Bada Bing club, is auctioning 'Sopranos' memorabilia online", Herald News, August 25, 2007. Accessed August 29, 2007.
11.Jump up ^ 'Sopranos' mania means money, By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY, July 15, 2001, Accessed August 30, 2007
12.Jump up ^ "Sopranos club sells strip poles: Fans of mob drama The Sopranos are being offered a piece of the action when the strip club featured in the hit show auctions off its props.", BBC News, August 21, 2007. Accessed August 29, 2007.
External links[edit]
Official website of the Satin Dolls club


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Tony Soprano ·
 Jennifer Melfi ·
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 Junior Soprano ·
 Big Pussy Bonpensiero ·
 Silvio Dante ·
 Paulie Gualtieri ·
 Anthony Soprano, Jr. ·
 Meadow Soprano ·
 Adriana La Cerva ·
 Janice Soprano ·
 Bobby Baccalieri ·
 Livia Soprano
 

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Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



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Satriale's Pork Store
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Satriale's Pork Store is a fictional establishment on the HBO series The Sopranos. During the 1970s, the pork store was taken over by Johnny Boy Soprano, a member of the DiMeo crime Family, when Francis Satriale failed to make payments on a gambling debt. Since then, it has become a regular hangout for current members of the DiMeo crime Family.


Contents  [hide]
1 Location
2 Important events that have occurred in the pork store
3 Production
4 External links

Location[edit]
Satriale's Pork Store is a meat market in Kearny, New Jersey. The interior walls of the storeroom where Emil "E-Mail" Kolar is murdered by Christopher Moltisanti has black and white framed photographs of classic actors and entertainers, like Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson and Dean Martin hanging on the walls. These actors were also known to portray anti-hero mob characters, and in some cases even associated themselves with real mobsters, during their careers which gained them their fame.
Although a mob-owned establishment, Satriale's runs a legitimate business selling a variety of meats, pork and sausage, along with deli-style sandwiches. There is a careless driver known as 'Carmine' who speeds his Chevrolet Camaro up and down the street in front of the market to the disdain of Tony and the others, eventually being involved in a small fender bender outside the front of the store that Silvio Dante and Furio Guinta deals with in the episode 'House Arrest'. FBI Agent Dwight Harris who investigates Tony Soprano and the members of his family throughout the show love their chicken parmesan sandwiches. The store also has a coffee bar which sells pastries and espresso as seen in several episodes. In the large storefront windows hung cured hams and trussed pig carcasses, coils of pink-and-beige sausages, including a denuded chicken with its beak still in place. It is also prominently featured in the video game The Sopranos: Road to Respect. Satriale's is based on Sacco's Meat Market located at 806 3rd Avenue in Elizabeth, New Jersey which served as the unofficial criminal headquarters of "Uncle Joe" Giacobbe, a veteran made man in the DeCavalcante crime family. The Sopranos character, Junior Soprano is based on Giacobbe.
Important events that have occurred in the pork store[edit]
Tony Soprano witnessed a violent encounter involving Mr. Satriale and his father, leading to his first panic attack later that day.
Christopher Moltisanti shot his first victim, Emil "E-Mail" Kolar, in the rear of the store.
Christopher suffers nightmares about killing Kolar which take place in Satriale's.
After an explosive argument where Tony yells at Christopher and Brendan Filone about their successful hijacking of a Comley Trucking transport truck, a trucking company that operates under the "protection" of Tony's uncle Corrado Soprano, Brendan is picked up and thrown out of the back room and into the kitchen where he rolls over a table of fresh meat chops. He made the statement that Tony is really boss of the family since Jackie Aprile Sr. became the "Chemo"sabe, a reference to Jackie's cancer. This greatly angers Tony.
Christopher and Furio Giunta disposed of Richie Aprile's remains by using the meat saw and butchers knives to dismember his body.
Tony and Ralph Cifaretto are forced to make a decision regarding Jackie Aprile, Jr.'s future.
Finn revealed to Tony and other capos and associates his encounter with Vito two years prior where Vito was giving oral sex to a security guard in a car. Finn's story played a pivotal role in determining whether the rumors of Vito's sexuality were factual.
Tony meets with Bobby Baccalieri to discuss the takeover of Corrado Soprano's businesses and where the DiMeo crime family stands at that time.
Silvio Dante and Carlo Gervasi murder Lupertazzi family soldier Fat Dom Giamello after he makes a series of jokes concerning Vito's murder and the sexual preferences of New Jersey men.
Tony Blundetto gives Silvio Dante, Paulie Gualtieri and Vito Spatafore back massages and angers Tony Soprano by speaking back to him in front of his fellow mobsters.
Agent Harris plies Tony for information on suspected terrorists and warns him about the attempt on his life from Phil Leotardo.
Silvio Dante and Paulie Gualtieri beat Ariel, the brother-in-law of Hillel Teittelbaum in a room in the upper floor of the store and debate whether to murder him with Tony
Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero dresses as Santa Claus for the neighborhood children and give out toys every Christmas. During one Christmas Eve Salvatore becomes drunk and temperamental angering some of the children. It is later surmised that Bonpensiero was wearing a secretly hidden FBI wire on his person during the festivities. After he is murdered, Bobby Baccalieri assumes the role as Santa Claus.
In The Sopranos: Road to Respect a Health inspector discovers that the kitchen is filthy and states that he has found rat dropping in the kitchen and wants to report it. LaRocca successfully persuades the health inspector to not write up the citation forcing the restaurant's closure.
In The Sopranos: Road to Respect Joey LaRocca, the illegitimate son of Salvatore Bonpensiero is initiated into the DiMeo crime family led by Tony Soprano.
Shortly after being released from the hospital after being shot by Uncle Junior, Tony, in order to prove to his fellow mobsters that he still has the strength to run things, assaults one of his newly hired bodyguards.
Production[edit]
In the pilot, Satriale's was originally known as Centanni's Meat Market, a real butchery located at 815 2nd Avenue in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The meat market was supposed to be a recurring location but because it was a real business it could not keep closing for shooting. After the show was picked up by HBO, the producers leased a building with a store front in Kearny, New Jersey, a former automotive-parts business, which housed Satriale's throughout the series. The exterior and decor of Satriale's is based on that for Centanni's.
The filming location was at 101 Kearny Ave in Kearny, NJ. In October 2007, the building was demolished and remains vacant. It is used as a public parking lot.
External links[edit]
"New Jersey Online - The Sopranos". NJ.com. Retrieved 2009-09-11.


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Tony Soprano ·
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 Silvio Dante ·
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 Meadow Soprano ·
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 Livia Soprano
 

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Johnny Sack ·
 Artie Bucco ·
 Dwight Harris ·
 Hesh Rabkin ·
 Rosalie Aprile ·
 Phil Leotardo ·
 Ralph Cifaretto ·
 Tony Blundetto ·
 Richie Aprile ·
 Vito Spatafore ·
 Furio Giunta ·
 Patsy Parisi ·
 Carlo Gervasi ·
 Charmaine Bucco ·
 Carmine Lupertazzi ·
 Little Carmine ·
 Benny Fazio ·
 Ray Curto ·
 Eugene Pontecorvo ·
 Little Paulie Germani ·
 Jackie Aprile, Jr. ·
 Mikey Palmice ·
 Brendan Filone ·
 Matthew Bevilaqua ·
 Sean Gismonte ·
 Larry Barese ·
 Butch DeConcini ·
 Albie Cianflone
 


Episodes


Season 1
"The Sopranos" ·
 "46 Long" ·
 "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" ·
 "Meadowlands" ·
 "College" ·
 "Pax Soprana" ·
 "Down Neck" ·
 "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" ·
 "Boca" ·
 "A Hit Is a Hit" ·
 "Nobody Knows Anything" ·
 "Isabella" ·
 "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
 

Season 2
"Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office..." ·
 "Do Not Resuscitate" ·
 "Toodle Fucking-Oo" ·
 "Commendatori" ·
 "Big Girls Don't Cry" ·
 "The Happy Wanderer" ·
 "D-Girl" ·
 "Full Leather Jacket" ·
 "From Where to Eternity" ·
 "Bust Out" ·
 "House Arrest" ·
 "The Knight in White Satin Armor" ·
 "Funhouse"
 

Season 3
"Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" ·
 "Proshai, Livushka" ·
 "Fortunate Son" ·
 "Employee of the Month" ·
 "Another Toothpick" ·
 "University" ·
 "Second Opinion" ·
 "He Is Risen" ·
 "The Telltale Moozadell" ·
 "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power" ·
 "Pine Barrens" ·
 "Amour Fou" ·
 "Army of One"
 

Season 4
"For All Debts Public and Private" ·
 "No Show" ·
 "Christopher" ·
 "The Weight" ·
 "Pie-O-My" ·
 "Everybody Hurts" ·
 "Watching Too Much Television" ·
 "Mergers and Acquisitions" ·
 "Whoever Did This" ·
 "The Strong, Silent Type" ·
 "Calling All Cars" ·
 "Eloise" ·
 "Whitecaps"
 

Season 5
"Two Tonys" ·
 "Rat Pack" ·
 "Where's Johnny?" ·
 "All Happy Families..." ·
 "Irregular Around the Margins" ·
 "Sentimental Education" ·
 "In Camelot" ·
 "Marco Polo" ·
 "Unidentified Black Males" ·
 "Cold Cuts" ·
 "The Test Dream" ·
 "Long Term Parking" ·
 "All Due Respect"
 

Season 6



Part I

"Members Only" ·
 "Join the Club" ·
 "Mayham" ·
 "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" ·
 "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." ·
 "Live Free or Die" ·
 "Luxury Lounge" ·
 "Johnny Cakes" ·
 "The Ride" ·
 "Moe n' Joe" ·
 "Cold Stones" ·
 "Kaisha"
 


Part II

"Soprano Home Movies" ·
 "Stage 5" ·
 "Remember When" ·
 "Chasing It" ·
 "Walk Like a Man" ·
 "Kennedy and Heidi" ·
 "The Second Coming" ·
 "The Blue Comet" ·
 "Made in America"
 



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List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family
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Contents  [hide]
1 Domenica "Nica" Baccalieri
2 Anthony "Tony B." Blundetto
3 Quintina Pollio Blundetto
4 Brian Cammarata
5 Hugo "Hugh" De Angelis
6 Mary Pellegrino De Angelis
7 Alyssa Giglione
8 Thomas "Tommy" Giglione, Jr.
9 Thomas "Tom" Giglione, Sr.
10 Barbara Soprano Giglione
11 Harpo "Hal"
12 Alphonse "Al" Lombardo
13 Rita Lombardo
14 Christopher Moltisanti
15 Kelli Lombardo Moltisanti
16 Joanne Blundetto Moltisanti
17 Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti
18 Anthony John "A.J." Soprano, Jr.
19 Anthony John "Tony" Soprano, Sr.
20 Carmela Soprano
21 Corrado “Uncle Junior” Soprano, Jr.
22 Corrado Soprano, Sr.
23 Ercole "Eckley" Soprano
24 Janice Soprano
25 John Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano
26 Livia Soprano
27 Meadow Soprano
28 Tracee
29 Tony Soprano's mistresses 29.1 Svetlana Kirilenko
29.2 Valentina La Paz
29.3 Irina Peltsin
29.4 Julianna Skiff
29.5 Gloria Trillo
30 Carmela's male friends 30.1 Furio Giunta
30.2 Father Phillip "Phil" Intintola
30.3 Vic Musto
30.4 Robert Wegler
31 Soprano family friends 31.1 Rocco Alatore
31.2 Aaron Arkaway
31.3 Artie Bucco
31.4 Charmaine Bucco
31.5 Carter Chong
31.6 Jeannie Cusamano
31.7 Fanny
31.8 Fran Felstein
31.9 Dov Ginsberg
31.10 George Piocosta
31.11 Roberta "Bobbi" Sanfillipo
31.12 Francis Satriale
31.13 David Scatino
31.14 Yale Shane
32 Soprano crime family relations 32.1 Kelli Aprile
32.2 Rosalie Aprile
32.3 Karen Baccalieri
32.4 Robert "Bobby" Baccalieri III
32.5 Sophia Baccalieri
32.6 Jason & Justin Blundetto
32.7 Kelly Blundetto
32.8 Louise Blundetto
32.9 Angie Bonpensiero
32.10 Edward "Duke" Bonpensiero
32.11 Kevin Bonpensiero
32.12 Matthew Bonpensiero
32.13 Terri Bonpensiero
32.14 Lisa Cestone
32.15 Justin Cifaretto
32.16 Gabriella Dante
32.17 Heather Dante
32.18 Benito "Benny" Fazio, Sr.
32.19 Constanza "Connie" Fazio
32.20 Jennifer "Jen" Fazio
32.21 Jason Gervasi
32.22 Marianucci Gualtieri
32.23 Minn Matrone
32.24 JoJo Palmice
32.25 Donna Parisi
32.26 Jason Parisi
32.27 Patrick Parisi
32.28 Ally Pontecorvo
32.29 Deanna Pontecorvo
32.30 Robert "Robby" Pontecorvo
32.31 Francesca Spatafore
32.32 Marie Spatafore
32.33 Vito Spatafore, Jr.
32.34 MacKenzie Trucillo
32.35 Jim "Johnny Cakes" Witowski
33 Lupertazzi crime family relations 33.1 Eric DeBenedetto
33.2 Charlie Garepe
33.3 Patty Leotardo
33.4 Alexandra Lupertazzi
33.5 Nicole Lupertazzi
33.6 Gianna Millio
33.7 Ronald "Ron" Pearse
33.8 Allegra Marie Sacrimoni
33.9 Catherine Sacrimoni
33.10 Ginny Sacrimoni
33.11 Yaryna
34 Meadow Soprano's friends and associates 34.1 Finn DeTrolio
34.2 Coach Don Hauser
34.3 Caitlin Rucker
34.4 Hunter Scangarelo
34.5 Noah Tannenbaum
34.6 Ally Vandermeed
35 AJ Soprano's friends and associates 35.1 Principal Cincotta
35.2 Rhiannon Flammer
35.3 Egon Kosma
35.4 Hernan O'Brien
35.5 Devin Pillsbury
35.6 Jeremy Piocosta
35.7 Blanca Selgado
35.8 Matt Testa
35.9 Patrick Whalen
36 Christopher Moltisanti's friends and associates 36.1 "J.T." Dolan
36.2 Tina Francesco
36.3 Adriana La Cerva
36.4 Liz La Cerva
36.5 Amy Safir
36.6 Richie Santini
37 Physicians 37.1 Dr. Ba
37.2 Dr. Bruce Cusamano
37.3 Dr. Stokley Davenport
37.4 Dr. Doherty
37.5 Dr. Ira Fried
37.6 Dr. John Kennedy
37.7 Dr. Wendy Kobler
37.8 Dr. Krakower
37.9 Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
37.10 Dr. Mehta
37.11 Dr. Jennifer Melfi
37.12 Dr. Lior Plepler
37.13 Dr. Douglas Schreck
37.14 Dr. Richard Vogel
38 Friends, family and associates of Jennifer Melfi 38.1 Nils Borglund
38.2 Jason LaPenna
38.3 Richard LaPenna
38.4 Aida Melfi
38.5 Joseph Melfi
39 See also
40 References
41 External links

Domenica "Nica" Baccalieri[edit]
Played by: Kimberly and Brianna Laughlin, Avery Elaine and Emily Ruth Pulcher
Appears in: "Members Only", "Join the Club", "The Ride", "Moe n' Joe", "Kaisha', "Soprano Home Movies", "Made in America"
Domenica is the daughter of Janice and Bobby Baccalieri. She was born sometime in 2005, after her parents got married. Getting her registered for a pre-school was the reason why Janice and Bobby were not able to take care of Junior the night he shot Tony. Domenica rode the amusement ride with her mother at the Feast of St. Elzéar when it broke. She longed for another ride and Tony later spun her around at the feast, to her joy. That year, Janice took Domenica to the Bada Bing! to demand that Tony make Bobby a capo. In 2007, Domenica played at the house near the lake when Tony, Carmela, Bobby, and Janice celebrated Tony's birthday. Janice kept her away from the water in fear she could drown.
Anthony "Tony B." Blundetto[edit]
Main article: Tony Blundetto
Tony Soprano's cousin, who was imprisoned and soon thereafter became embroiled in a life of crime. Tony B. gets his massage license and tries to set up a massage business. He sabotages the business before it gets off the ground, and goes back to crime. Tony S. sets him up in the airbag scam, but it is not enough money for Tony B. To earn extra money, he performs a contract hit for Rusty and Angelo. After Angelo is killed, Tony B. kills Billy Leotardo in retaliation, igniting dangerous tensions with the New York crew. To bring peace with Johnny Sack (and to avoid Tony B.'s being tortured to death by Phil Leotardo), Tony S. kills Tony B. by shooting him in the face with a shotgun.
Quintina Pollio Blundetto[edit]
Played by: Barbara Andres and Rae Allen
Appears in: "Funhouse", "Proshai, Livushka", "Rat Pack", "Irregular Around the Margins", "In Camelot", "Marco Polo", "The Test Dream"
Quintina is Livia's younger sister and the mother of Tony Blundetto. Quintina, or "Aunt Quin" as people call her, is first seen when she and Livia are planning to board a plane for Arizona. However, because the tickets are stolen, the FBI questions her and Livia. Tony B. lives with his mother for a short time after being paroled from prison. She is very nervous and always trying to look out for Tony B. and his twin sons, Jason and Justin Blundetto.
Brian Cammarata[edit]
Played by: Matthew Del Negro
Appears in: "The Weight", "Pie-O-My", "Everybody Hurts", "Watching Too Much Television", "Mergers and Acquisitions", "Eloise", "Whitecaps", "Marco Polo", "Chasing It"
Brian is Carmela's cousin and a financial advisor. He assisted her in planning her estate when she worried over her own and her children's futures should anything happen to Tony. Tony and Brian became friends and Brian could later be seen accompanying Tony to parties at Bada Bing (for Paulie's homecoming) and Chief Smith's casino, drinking and enjoying the strippers. Tony set Brian up with Patsy to get cheap designer suits. Brian was also responsible for giving Tony the idea for the HUD scam. Later, he attended Hugh De Angelis' birthday party at Tony's home. Also, he and his wife accompanied Tony and Carmela to an Elton John/Billy Joel concert. Years later, in season 6 part 2, Brian and his pregnant wife bought Carmela's spec house.
Hugo "Hugh" De Angelis[edit]
Played by: Tom Aldredge
Appears in: "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...", "Full Leather Jacket", "Funhouse", "Proshai, Livushka", "Fortunate Son", "Another Toothpick", "University", "Second Opinion", "He Is Risen", "The Telltale Moozadell", "Pine Barrens", "For All Debts Public and Private", "The Strong, Silent Type", "Calling All Cars", "Whitecaps", "Sentimental Education", "Marco Polo", "All Due Respect", "Members Only", "Mayham", "Live Free or Die", "Kaisha", "Chasing It"
Carmela's father who is in his mid 70s. Hugh has been married to Mary for over 40 years and is a resident of West Orange, New Jersey. He is a former sailor in the United States Navy and spent time in Nova Scotia during the war. Although now semi-retired, Hugh had worked as a contractor, and he built Tony and Carmela's house. Almost everyone in the Soprano family consider Hugh a classy, old-school gentleman for whom tradition and respect are very important values. He has an affable and kindly manner, but does not hesitate to speak his mind on points of disagreement with family, particularly his wife. Hugh enjoys hunting and playing with Hot Wheels die cast cars with his grandson Anthony Jr. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus as evidenced by the custom-designed cake presented to him at his birthday celebration. He was considered a "wild man" in his youth; one time he had a physical altercation with a motorcycle gang and another time he disrupted a meeting of the German-American Bund by throwing a cherry bomb at its members.
Hugh and Mary eat Sunday dinner with Carmela and Tony when they are all on good terms. Hugh also has a brother named Lester and a sister named Lena, who is actually the mother of Christopher Moltisanti's father Dickie, thus making Hugh Chris' great uncle. During Carmela and Tony's separation, Hugh was eager to see Tony whenever possible and often took Tony's side in family discussions. This is due to Hugh's strong sense of tradition and respect for the traditional home and family. He did not want to be present at a family gathering if "the man of the house" was not there (in the episode "Marco Polo"). Hugh became involved in a real estate investment with Carmela involving a spec house. However, construction of the spec house was halted after a building inspector found that low-quality wood had been used. Carmela blamed her father for the setback and Hugh became angry that Carmela was treating him as a subordinate rather than a partner. After Tony's shooting, Hugh steals items from the house's storage garage and abandons the house. Carmela discovers this months later and scolds him about the permit - Hugh again becomes enraged at her attitude. Their feud leaves Mary meeting with Tony and Carmela alone while Hugh stays home. Carmela and Hugh reconciled enough for him to attend Christmas celebrations at the Soprano home later that year - after Carmela's spec house started to go ahead again.
Mary Pellegrino De Angelis[edit]
Played by: Suzanne Shepherd
Appears in: "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...", "Full Leather Jacket", "Funhouse", "Proshai, Livushka", "Fortunate Son", "Another Toothpick", "University", "Second Opinion", "He Is Risen", "The Telltale Moozadell", "Pine Barrens", "For All Debts Public and Private", "The Strong, Silent Type", "Calling All Cars", "Whitecaps", "Marco Polo", "Mayham", "Live Free or Die", "Luxury Lounge", "Kaisha", "Chasing It"
Carmela's mother who is in her mid 70s. Mary has been married to her husband Hugh De Angelis for over 40 years. Mary and Hugh have a long marriage, but she does nag her husband quite a bit and tends to treat Hugh as a subordinate rather than a husband, a theme that reappears in Hugh's relationship with both his wife and his daughter Carmela. Shortly after Carmela began dating Tony Soprano, she became extremely protective of her daughter and tried to prevent her from marrying him. After Carmela got married, the De Angelises met Tony's mother, Livia Soprano, with whom they became very angry after Livia told Carmela that "Tony would get bored of her." Mary had a brother named Febby who died of cancer. Mary and Hugh started seeing Carmela more often after Livia was put in a nursing home. Mary has tried to prevent Tony from attending Hugh's 75th birthday party in fear that he would embarrass them in front of Russ and Lena Fegoli, her "cultured Italian friends." Mary wishes to appear as a WASP and is embarrassed by Italian stereotypes. (For example, Mary, when Meadow was born, was disappointed at her granddaughter's dark skin tone.) Carmela became angered at her suggestion to ban Tony from the party but decided to put the issue aside. Mary and Hugh continue to surface during family functions and Sunday dinners at the Soprano home. Mary also suffers from psoriasis.
Alyssa Giglione[edit]
Played by: Madison Connolly
Appears in: "Where's Johnny?", "Walk Like a Man"
Alyssa is the daughter of Barbara and Tom Gigilione, sister of Thomas Giglione, niece of Tony and Carmela Soprano, and cousin of Meadow and AJ Soprano. She is seen during Sunday dinner at Uncle Junior's, witnessing Tony having an outburst because Junior repeatedly said, "He never had the makings of a varsity athlete." Alyssa also attends Chris and Kelly Moltisanti's house-warming party.
Thomas "Tommy" Giglione, Jr.[edit]
Played by: Anthony Piccolo
Appears in: "Where's Johnny?", "Walk Like a Man"
Tommy is the son of Barbara and Tom Gigilione, brother of Alyssa Giglione, nephew of Tony and Carmela Soprano, and cousin of Meadow and AJ Soprano. He is seen at Sunday dinner at Uncle Junior's, witnessing Tony having an outburst because Junior repeatedly said, "He never had the makings of a varsity athlete." Tommy also attends Chris and Kelly Moltisanti's house-warming party.
Thomas "Tom" Giglione, Sr.[edit]
Played by: Ed Vassallo
Appears in: "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...", "The Happy Wanderer", "Funhouse", "Proshai, Livushka", "Where's Johnny?", "In Camelot", "Mayham", "Moe N' Joe", "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi", "Made in America"
Barbara's husband and Tony and Janice's brother-in-law. He and Barbara live in Brewster, New York with their two children. Apparently he is not involved in criminal activities, and he should not be confused with the capo "Gigi" who died in the toilet. The reason Barbara gives Tony for being unable to stay with Uncle Junior in "Members Only" indicates that Tom works in show business. His father is killed one day after retiring, falling off a roof while trying to install a satellite dish. Although not a member of the crime family, Tom's marriage to Tony's little sister Barbara caused Tony to be on excellent terms with him, and he gave a "boost" (envelope with cash) to Tom at his father's funeral. Tony debated the death of Tom's father in therapy, but in front of his family he was genuinely upset at the loss of Tom's father, and angry that Meadow was too casual about the death. Tom originally sported a goatee and beard in the earlier seasons, but shaved in off in favor of a clean shaven look later on.
Barbara Soprano Giglione[edit]
Played by: Nicole Burdette, Danielle Di Vecchio
Appears in: "Down Neck", "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...", "The Happy Wanderer", "Funhouse", "Proshai, Livushka", "Where's Johnny?", "In Camelot", "Members Only", "Join the Club", "Mayham", "Moe N' Joe", "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi", "Made in America"
Barbara is the youngest child of Johnny and Livia Soprano, and sister of Tony and Janice. She is seen infrequently, usually only visiting her siblings for family functions, weddings or funerals. She lives in Brewster, New York and has two children with her husband, Tom. Barbara took part in caring for Junior Soprano as his dementia worsened.
In Season 6, after Tony's shooting by Uncle Junior, Barbara increased the level of contact with her siblings. She took part in keeping a round-the-clock vigil for Tony at the hospital and later attended family Sunday dinners at his home. She accompanied Janice to a viewing when Janice bought the Sacrimoni household and, in the series finale, was seen attending the wake of Janice's late husband, Bobby Baccalieri.
Harpo "Hal"[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Mentioned in: "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...", "Toodle Fucking-Oo", "Proshai, Livushka", "Pie-O-My", "Cold Cuts", "Made in America"
Harpo is the estranged Italian-American-French Canadian, Quebec French speaking son of Janice Soprano born in Seattle, Washington. Janice said he was named from the song "Harpo's Blues" by Phoebe Snow (as opposed to Harpo Marx). His father, named Eugene, took him back to Montreal, Canada and Janice states that she tried to petition the State Department to have him returned to her. In the episode "Proshai, Livushka," Janice mentions that Harpo had become homeless when Tony proposes flying him in for Livia's funeral. In season 5, she says she mentioned Harpo to Bobby once, but that the topic of him is never brought up in the family again. She tells Tony that he now goes by "Hal" instead of "Harpo."
Alphonse "Al" Lombardo[edit]
Played by: Dennis Paladino
Appears in: "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi"
Al is Kelli Moltisanti's father and Christopher's father-in-law. He owns several successful hardware stores in North New Jersey. Christopher pushed "Little Paulie" Germani out of a window because he allegedly stole tools from one of Al's hardware stores. Al appears to like Christopher. However, in episode "Kennedi and Heidi," after Christopher's death, Al expresses his frustration with Chris leaving his daughter a widow and his granddaughter fatherless, by driving a car under the influence of cocaine.
Rita Lombardo[edit]
Played by: Phyllis Kay
Appears in: "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi"
Rita is Kelli Moltisanti's mother and Christopher's mother-in-law. In "Kennedy and Heidi," she mentions that the doctors said it was possible for Christopher to have survived the accident if they had gotten to him sooner.
Christopher Moltisanti[edit]
Main article: Christopher Moltisanti
Kelli Lombardo Moltisanti[edit]
Played by: Cara Buono
Appears in: "The Ride", "Moe N' Joe", "Kaisha", "Stage 5", "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi", "The Second Coming"
Kelli was Christopher's new girlfriend in 2006. She became pregnant and planned to terminate the pregnancy, blaming herself for the lack of contraception. When she told Chris, he was actually overjoyed that Kelli was pregnant. Christopher bemoaned that his former fianceé Adriana could not have children and immediately suggested they go to Atlantic City and get married. Soon after their marriage, Kelli and Chris make an offer on a new home and move in. They also ate Sunday dinner with the Sopranos and Kelli complimented Tony on his (stolen) wine. Kelli became a regular at Soprano Sunday dinners - attending even when Christopher went to an AA meeting. Christopher's interest in Kelli began to drift and he began an affair with Julianna Skiff while his wife was still pregnant. Kelli remained devoted to Christopher and did not complain about his long absences. She attended the Soprano's Christmas celebrations in 2006.
In 2007, Kelli was now a mother, having given birth to her and Christopher's daughter Caitlin. She later attended her baptism when Tony and Carmela Soprano became Caitlin's godparents. In the episode "Walk Like a Man," Kelli had the idea to invite friends and family to her and Christopher's house for a barbecue and party. She was terrorized by Paulie Gualtieri when he drives his Cadillac CTS through their front yard in retaliation for Christopher throwing his nephew Little Paulie Germani out of a window. In the episode "Kennedy and Heidi," when Christopher died, Tony commented that Kelli's behavior at the funeral reminded him of Jackie Kennedy Onassis. She was last seen with Caitlin attending a dinner at the Soprano house with Tony and Carmela.
Joanne Blundetto Moltisanti[edit]
Played by: Nancy Cassaro (one episode) (2000) and Marianne Leone Cooper (2002–2007)
Appears in: "From Where To Eternity", "For All Debts Public and Private", "Watching Too Much Television", "The Strong, Silent Type", "Rat Pack", "Marco Polo", "All Due Respect", "Stage 5", "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi"
Joanne is the widow of Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti. After Christopher got revenge for his father's killing in For All Debts Public and Private he went to his mother's house to look through his father's things. He found an old picture of his father in a U.S. Navy uniform and gave it to his mother, thinking she would cherish such a picture, but she is later seen to put it face down on the table and not look at it. After which, they talked about Dickie, but then proceeded to nag him about his drug abuse, to which Christopher retorted she is in no position to talk given her alcoholism. Joanne attended Adriana La Cerva's bridal shower when she became engaged to Christopher. Later, she took part in an intervention for Christopher's drug addiction during which Christopher called her a whore. When Joanne's cousin Tony Blundetto, killed Billy Leotardo, Christopher hid from Phil Leotardo at her townhouse. She was intimidated to the point of tears by Phil and Jason Masucci, but did not give up her son. The role of Joanne was played by actress Nancy Cassaro in only one episode, "From Where to Eternity," at which point the role was subsequently recast with actress Marianne Leone Cooper playing Joanne Moltisanti for the rest of the series.
Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti[edit]
See separate entry
Anthony John "A.J." Soprano, Jr.[edit]
Main article: Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Anthony John "Tony" Soprano, Sr.[edit]
Main article: Tony Soprano
Carmela Soprano[edit]
Main article: Carmela Soprano
Corrado “Uncle Junior” Soprano, Jr.[edit]
Main article: Junior Soprano
Corrado Soprano, Sr.[edit]
Played by: unseen character
Referenced in: "Whoever Did This", "Remember When"
Corrado was the father of Junior Soprano and Johnny Soprano and Tony Soprano's paternal grandfather (see family tree). He emigrated to America from Avellino, Italy in 1910 and worked as a master stonemason. He helped to build a church in Tony's old neighborhood, to which Tony occasionally brings his children, so that he can tell them about their heritage. Tony also recalls that when he was 13 his grandfather would let him play around on his construction sites, even allowing him to drive heavy machinery. Junior told a story about his old man smacking him in the mouth as a boy for refusing payment from a wealthy woman he helped. As punishment, Junior was forced to walk home, 11 miles away.
Ercole "Eckley" Soprano[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "The Happy Wanderer", "Whoever Did This", "Calling All Cars", "The Second Coming"
Ercole was Tony Soprano's uncle and Junior Soprano's younger brother (between Junior and Tony's father in age). Although described as physically fit and handsome, looking like George Raft, Ercole suffered from mental deficiencies. Junior claimed that Ercole, besides his mental handicap, was born into an immigrant family who had enough problems adjusting to life in the United States and a society that lacked understanding of mental illness unlike society today, which Junior claims that today Ercole could have been trained to do a simple job. As a result, he was institutionalized early in his life and his existence was concealed, even from Tony. Apparently a target for ridicule, Junior remained fiercely defensive of Ercole even after his death, regretting that he could do nothing more than pay for his care. Junior also heaps praise on his mother for sparing no expense and searching for a mental institution that could properly provide for Ercole's care. As Junior grows older he begins to think about his brother and discusses him with Tony. He was named after Corrado and Johnny Soprano's grandfather (Ercole is Italian for Hercules) and shares the same name and nickname, Eckley, as former DiMeo family boss Ercole "Eckley" DiMeo. It is also reported that Ercole died not long before his brother Johnny Boy Soprano did, making his death presumably 1985 or 1986.
Janice Soprano[edit]
Main article: Janice Soprano
John Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano[edit]
Played by: Joseph Siravo
Appears in: "Down Neck", "Fortunate Son", "Calling All Cars", "In Camelot", "The Test Dream", "Remember When"
Tony's deceased father, the former captain of the Soprano crew. Johnny was married to Livia Pollio and they had three children: Janice, Tony, and Barbara. Johnny worked closely with his brother Junior during Tony's childhood. They both went on to become capos in the DiMeo crime family. Johnny was well liked in the organization - boss Ercoli DiMeo was thought to be considering him to take over before his death. Johnny's crew included Paulie Gualtieri and Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero. Sal stood up for Johnny in the unrest of '83 and Johnny's leadership led to Sal becoming a made man shortly afterwards. Both Sal and Paulie followed Johnny's wishes and supported Tony becoming capo after Johnny's death of emphysema. Johnny took Tony and his friend Silvio Dante under his wing and brought them up in the organization as part of his crew.
Johnny made many trips to Florida with Paulie Gualtieri, where Johnny had a piece of a dog track. On Paulie's first trip in the South when Johnny and Paulie were in a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz in Georgia they were pulled over by a state trooper and Paulie, who was 20 at the time and had never been outside of New Jersey, was driving without a driver's license and worried about what to tell the trooper. Johnny told Paulie to tell the state trooper that his cousin was a state trooper and gave Paulie a southern sounding name. When the trooper asked for the cousin's name, Paulie said 'Barney Fife'. The trooper then hit Paulie in the face, while Johnny laughed uncontrollably and resolved the issue by giving the trooper a one-hundred dollar bill.
Paulie also told Tony that his father loved him very much and that the only time he saw Johnny cry was when Tony was born. Tony told Paulie that he "never knew where he stood" with his father but Paulie tells Tony that Johnny trusted him enough to let him make his bones by killing a bookie named Willie Overall when Tony was only 22 years old, on Labor Day of 1982.
Johnny was only seen in flashbacks to Tony's childhood or in Tony's dream sequences. Tony once witnessed Johnny cut the pinky finger off of Mr. Satriale while Junior held him in place in the Fall of 1970; Satriale was a gambler who was avoiding giving Johnny payment. This event contributed to Tony's first panic attack at the kitchen table that evening. Tony also saw his father and Junior attack Rocco Alatore over a debt, then recalled his father discussing a possible move to Reno, Nevada in 1967 to manage a supper club for Alatore (now on good terms with Johnny since the debt was repaid) and his mother refusing, a move that Livia would later sweep under the rug when Mr. Alatore later became a billionaire with his investments. Its revealed in the episode "A Hit Is a Hit" that Johnny was a silent partner in Hesh Rabkin's record company "F-Note Records".
Tony also witnessed Johnny Boy plotting a scheme in 1967 at a children's carnival by bringing Janice along. Tony had originally thought that his father favored Janice over him, but later learned the truth, that mobsters brought their daughters to their meetings as a ruse. When Janice recalled the time Johnny shot through Livia's beehive hairdo while they were driving home, Tony thought the anecdote was shameful and made their family look "dysfunctional". Tony described his mother's relationship with his father as wearing him down to "a little nub". Johnny Boy also kept a mistress named Fran Felstein, whom he had met during Tony's childhood. In 1976, when Tony was 16, Johnny stayed all night at her home when his wife was pregnant and was in the hospital. The next morning Johnny and Tony went to the hospital and Tony lied to his mother saying they went to a New York Yankees baseball game and stayed in New York. Livia saw through Johnny's lie and lost the baby due to bleeding.
Through the various dream sequences and his therapy sessions, it appears Tony's relationship with his father was never as close as he presumed - an issue that Dr. Melfi attempted to engage but which was met with dismissal by Tony, who refused to delve deeply into his relationship with his father. What is clear is that Johnny Soprano exhibited many traits of a shameless narcissist who placed his own carnal needs above those of his family and used his own children as pawns in his criminal activities, a trait that Tony would somewhat copy by indulging in his own carnal appetites with women, but not involving Meadow or Anthony Jr. in his criminal activities.
Throughout the series there is a bit of ambiguity surrounding exactly when Johnny Boy died. Although some Soprano family timelines suggest that he passed in 1986 other references in the series suggests he died much later. In the season one episode College Tony explains to Christopher that Febby Petrulio, a former associate turned Mafia informant who Tony has discovered living in Maine under an alias while accompying Meadow on college visits, had flipped in 1989. Petrillo's testimony was so damning that it put many DiMeo family associates away. Tony explained that his father, already sick, never fully recovered from the betrayal suggesting Johnny Boy was alive as late as 1989. In the season five episode In Camelot Johnny's former mistress Fran Felstein tells Tony a story about a Jersey Shore trip she and Johnny took in the summer of 1992, not long before his passing suggesting Johnny passed sometime in 1992 or 1993. Furthermore in the series pilot Tony refers to Johnny being gone for a few years meaning Johnny could have been alive as late as 1995 before the conviction and imprisonment of DiMeo family boss Ercoli . When Tony visits his father's grave in the episode In Camelot the grave stone reads 1984.
Livia Soprano[edit]
Main article: Livia Soprano
Meadow Soprano[edit]
Main article: Meadow Soprano
Tracee[edit]
Played by: Ariel Kiley
Appears in: "University", "He Is Risen"
Tracee was a young dancer who worked at the Bada Bing strip club. Her boss was Silvio Dante, the owner of the Bing, who extended credit to many of his dancers who wished to undergo breast augmentation. Silvio commented that Tracee had a nice body but poor teeth, and Tracee had run up a debt with Silvio for orthodontia to straighten her jagged teeth. Only 20 years old, she already had a son, who was taken by child protective services after she burnt him with cigarettes. She blamed her abusive behavior on a "lot of repressed anger" which could be traced back to her own abusive upbringing. She was dating Ralph Cifaretto and got pregnant with his child. Her theme song at The Bing as a dancer was "Living on a Thin Line" by The Kinks. She drove a motorcycle. At The Bing, Ralph is seen having a threesome with Tracee, performing anal sex on her while she fellates a police officer in a storage closet.
One day at The Bing, Tracee expressed her thanks to Tony by giving him some homemade bread for advising her to take her sick son to the doctor, but Tony firmly reminded her that he was a superior like Silvio. This did not stop Tracee from seeking his advice on whether to have an abortion or to keep the baby. Tony gave his advice, although reluctantly, that taking her age and situation into account and with Ralph as the father, it would be best to get an abortion. Later, Tracee missed work, and Silvio hunted her down to find her waiting on Ralph hand and foot. As Silvio forced her into his car, he slapped her and threatened Tracee, telling her she is forced to be a dancer until the debt for her braces is repaid. Rather than confront Silvio about abusing Tracee, Ralph watched from the window laughing uncontrollably. The following night, Tracee met Ralph at the Bada Bing VIP lounge, where she insulted him in front of the other associates and capos. Ralph followed her out to the deserted parking lot, where he teased her into thinking he would actually marry and support her. He then abruptly changed his tone and gleefully made snide remarks that her daughter would end up as a "cocksucking slob" just like her. Outraged, Tracee slapped him and insulted his masculinity, which led to Ralph brutally beating her to death. When Tony found out about this, he assaulted Ralph, violating a well-established Mafia code according to which made men were never to strike one another. Tony justified his actions by stating that Ralph "disrespected the Bing". When asked about his opinion on the incident by Tony, Silvio said that Tony would only have been able to physically retaliate if it had involved a woman whom Tony either had a sexual relationship with or who was a blood relative, and Tracee was neither. Although Tony is disappointed that he cannot retaliate against Ralph, Silvio is also angry at Tracee's murder and says some punishment is justified, and tells Tony that Ralph is now blacklisted from the Bada Bing.
Tracee's murder would have some effect on Tony's psyche, as he reports on the depression to Dr. Melfi, but lies that a teenage boy employed with Barone Sanitation died in an accident as Carmela was in joint therapy with him. During Thanksgiving dinner, when Tony sees Meadow in the kitchen, he has a momentary vision of Tracee, arguably as Meadow and Tracee were not that far apart in age. Tony apologizes for the recent rifts between them, and Meadow is more receptive, considering her recent breakup with Noah.
Tony Soprano's mistresses[edit]
Svetlana Kirilenko[edit]
Played by: Alla Kliouka Schaffer
Appears in: "The Knight in White Satin Armor", "Proshai, Livushka", "Fortunate Son", "Whoever Did This", "The Strong, Silent Type", "Calling All Cars", "Whitecaps"
Svetlana Kirilenko (Russian: Светла́на Кириленко) is the maternal cousin of Tony's ex-comàre Irina and is the manager of a home care nursing business. Irina has stated in the past that they have a sister-like rivalry, as Svetlana has a very committed boyfriend, an American fiance named Bill who works for the New York Mets, whereas Irina does not have a fiance or boyfriend. During her childhood, Svetlana developed an osteosarcoma in her leg which was amputated soon afterwards. Tony comments that she looks like the actress Greta Garbo. She was first hired as Livia Soprano's nurse since Janice had left town. When Livia dies, Tony allows Svetlana to remain at Livia's until she can get settled. However, when Janice asks the whereabouts of Livia's phonograph records, Svetlana informs Janice that Livia bequeathed the records to her. In revenge, Janice steals Svetlana's prosthetic leg. Svetlana then sends two Russian mobsters after Janice as a counterattack.
Svetlana resurfaces as Uncle Junior's nurse after he suffers a fall at the courthouse. One afternoon while Uncle Junior is asleep, Tony has sex with Svetlana on Junior's sofa but they are caught by Junior's nurse, Branca. Irina soon finds out about this and informs Carmela about the affair, prompting Carmela's violent confrontation of Tony and their ultimate separation. Svetlana later tells Tony that Branca told Irina about their affair after an argument over Svetlana's withholding Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax and other taxes from her paycheck.
Tony admires Svetlana for her toughness of spirit and her refusal to allow her disability and misfortune to get in the way of her ambitions. Arguably, Svetlana is the most psychologically balanced of all Tony's extramarital affairs.
Valentina La Paz[edit]
Played by: Leslie Bega
Appears in: "Mergers and Acquisitions", "Whoever Did This", "The Strong, Silent Type", "Two Tonys", "In Camelot", "The Test Dream", "Long Term Parking"
Valentina lives in Fairfield in Essex County, New Jersey. She was Tony's mistress during seasons 4 and 5. Of Cuban and Italian descent, she was originally Ralph Cifaretto's comàre but was drawn to Tony after they met at Hesh's horse stable. Over lunch, she disclosed to Tony Ralph's sexual idiosyncrasies. The following day, Tony and Valentina have passionate sex in a hotel room where Valentina plays pranks on him when their lunch arrives; she begins dating Tony behind Ralph's back. Subsequently, after not being able to bear any more of Ralph's masochistic inclinations, she breaks up with Ralph and begins dating Tony exclusively, which Tony later reveals to Ralph. She believes it is good luck to step in horse manure before a race. As Ralph is rather preoccupied with his son's severe medical condition, he shrugs it off and is seemingly indifferent about it. In the Season Five episode "The Test Dream", after she pushes Tony to make a decision about staying with his wife or being committed to her, her robe catches fire while trying to cook eggs for Tony. Tony quickly extinguishes the fire, but Valentina suffers from second degree burns. Although it is soon discovered that Valentina will fully heal from the wounds and return to her beautiful self, Tony breaks the news to her that he is going back to Carmela.
Irina Peltsin[edit]
Played by: Oksana Lada and Siberia Federico (Pilot Only)
Appears in: "Pilot", "Denial, Anger, Acceptance", "Meadowlands", "College", "Pax Soprana", "A Hit Is a Hit", "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "The Knight in White Satin Armor", "Fortunate Son", "Employee of the Month", "Pine Barrens", "Watching Too Much Television", "Whitecaps"
Irina was Tony's Russian comàre during the first two seasons. Tony broke up with Irina because she wanted him to commit to a relationship but he could not because he was still married with children. Irina then attempted suicide but was found by her cousin, Svetlana. As a sign of friendship and apologies, Tony sent Silvio to tell her to move on with her life, and present her with a one-time payoff of $75,000. In Season Four, when Assemblyman Ronald Zellman tells Tony that he has been dating Irina for quite some time, Tony does not care that she is seeing a new man. However, Tony later gets jealous and decides to take matters into his own hands. Tony humiliates Zellman in front of Irina by whipping him with a belt. Svetlana later tells Tony the couple had broken up because, after the emasculating attack, Zellman "could not perform." It was Irina who informed Carmela that Tony was sleeping with Svetlana, which caused their marital separation.
Julianna Skiff[edit]
Played by: Julianna Margulies
Appears in: "Johnny Cakes", "The Ride", "Kaisha", "Kennedy and Heidi"
Julianna was almost Tony's new comàre as he recovered from his gunshot in 2006. They met because she was a realtor working for Century 21 and trying to purchase a building owned by Tony (Caputo's Poultry) in Newark, New Jersey. She was persistent in pursuing the deal, contacting Tony at Satriale's and the Bada Bing and over the phone. At the Bada Bing Tony first made a pass at Julianna but she told him she was going to exercise self-control and decline because she was engaged and everything was going well for her. Despite some misgivings eventually, her third offer was high enough for him to accept the deal; Tony arranged to meet her at home to sign the papers. When he arrived, they got business out of the way and immediately started kissing and began to undress one another. When the undressing reminds Tony of Carmela's devotion in taking care of him after his gunshot wound, Tony abruptly ends the encounter and walks out. Tony later spotted Julianna on a ride at the Feast of St. Elzéar but failed to get her attention.
Following her rejection by Tony, Julianna went to an AA meeting. There, she met Christopher Moltisanti who was also in attendance and who remembered her from when she first approached Tony at Satriale's. He introduced himself after the meeting and invited her for coffee which prompted the beginning of an extramarital affair with Julianna. Tony reinitiated his pursuit of Julianna when they met to close the Caputo's poultry real estate deal and she was initially polite in declining any further contact with him. He arranged to meet with her on the basis of starting another real estate deal and this time she was more angry in rejecting his advances.
Despite warnings from both of their sponsors, (Christopher and Julianna's relationship was enabling for the two recovering addicts) they began smoking heroin together. Christopher revealed to Tony his relationship with Julianna to avoid him investigating for himself and discovering their drug use. After a conversation about Christopher's disappointment with his life in organized crime (because of failure of others to live by the code of omertà), and their return to drug abuse, Julianna worried their relationship was ending and suggested they attend a meeting together. In episode "Kennedy and Heidi," she attended Christopher's wake, encountering Tony and Carmela together as she came to pay her respects, where Tony accidentally introduced her as "Julianna Skiffle".
Gloria Trillo[edit]
Played by: Annabella Sciorra
Appears in: "He Is Risen", "The Telltale Moozadell", "Pine Barrens", "Amour Fou", "Everybody Hurts", "Calling All Cars", "The Test Dream"
Gloria Trillo was a 40-year-old car saleswoman for Globe Motors, a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Fairfield, New Jersey. Tony asks his Uncle Junior, remembering back to his childhood if he knew a tradesman or building contractor with the last name Trillo, Junior vaguely remembers a stonemason or a building contractor named Trillo who had seven daughters. It is never revealed if this is the same Trillo family that Gloria is related to. She was also a patient of Dr. Melfi's. She met Tony Soprano at Melfi's office due to a scheduling mix-up, there was an immediate attraction between the two of them and within days they were having an affair. Although she presented the facade of a strong and independent woman, Gloria is in fact mentally unstable and exhibits signs of Borderline Personality Disorder, which led to occasional violent arguments and physical altercations with Tony, bouts of severe depression and frequent suicidal-thoughts. One such incident occurs after Gloria sees Tony's wife Carmela at her dealership, getting her car serviced, and offer to drive her home. After another clash, Tony is disgusted to realize Gloria has recognized him as a man capable of violence and is trying to provoke him into killing her as a form of surrogate suicide. Instead, he calls it quits and cuts off all contact with her and orders Patsy Parisi to threaten Gloria into staying away from him. Patsy accomplishes this by posing as a customer at the dealership and going on a test drive with Gloria; when they were out of the city, he pulled a gun on her and told her she would never see or talk to Tony or any of his family again, or "the last face you'll see will be mine, not his. It won't be cinematic." This proves to be too much for unbalanced Gloria, and she resorts to suicide, hanging herself in her home just a few weeks later. When Tony hears of this, he feels strong guilt and initially blames Dr. Melfi for Gloria's death, claiming that she did too little to save Gloria, but he also blames himself. Later, he comes to understand that Gloria was beyond salvation, and the relationship was a mistake from the get go. An ongoing theme in their relationship was Gloria's use of the phrase, "poor you" which reminded Tony of his mother and the toxic relationship he had with her.
Carmela's male friends[edit]
Furio Giunta[edit]
Main article: Furio Giunta
Father Phillip "Phil" Intintola[edit]
Played by: Paul Schulze, Michael Santoro (Pilot Only)
Appears in: "Pilot", "College", "Pax Soprana", "Isabella", "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano", "Another Toothpick", "Christopher", "Mergers and Acquisitions", "Whoever Did This", "Sentimental Education", "In Camelot", "Marco Polo", "Mayham", "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request"
A local Catholic priest who is especially fond of Carmela Soprano. Tony feels uncomfortable always having Father Phil over since he thinks Carmela is in love with him. Carmela denies this, saying she is using Father Phil as a spiritual mentor to become a better Catholic. One evening, with Tony and Meadow in Maine and AJ at a friend's house, Father Phil visits Carmela who is sick and the two share ziti and wine together. Father Phil stays the night with some awkwardness during the morning after. Tony later finds out about this and verbally taunts Father Phil several times. Carmela gets jealous when she sees him with Rosalie Aprile, who feeds him a dish she prepared. She ends her close relationship with him, accusing him of manipulating her and the women in the church to get gifts and other favors. Later on, Father Phil is usually seen on the series celebrating Mass (particularly funerals), at Soprano family functions, and at charity functions coordinated by Carmela. Although Father Phil was mostly seen ministering to female parishioners, he would also mentor men. Another noted scene with Father Phil was when he counseled Ralph Cifaretto who was distraught over his son's injury and hospitalization; believing this was a special scourge from God. Father Phil reminds Ralph that although this is a likely chance to change course in life, God does not punish other people for one man's sins. Carmela confesses her adultery to Father Phil, who is disappointed and points out that although Tony is an adulterer, two wrongs do not make a right. He orders Carmela to do a penance by way of doing something nice for Tony, which she later does. When Tony was comatose after being shot, Carmela was once again dependent on Father Phil, as he is seen comforting her and the Soprano children who are at Tony's hospital bed.
Vic Musto[edit]
Played by: Joe Penny
Appears in: "Bust Out", "The Knight in White Satin Armor"
Vic is a certified home contractor whom Carmela Soprano hired to wallpaper the dining room in her home. He is also the brother-in-law of David Scatino, the brother of Dave's wife Christine. He is a widower, his wife was a gourmet cook and died of breast cancer. They did not have children because Christine had problems with her womb. Carmela and Vic once kissed in the powder room Carmela is considering renovating and later made plans for a gourmet lunch date to be prepared by Carmela for Vic's next visit. However, after Vic discovers that Tony has taken over David's sporting goods store as a result of David's gambling addiction (which has subsequently left David bankrupt), Vic cancels his lunch date with Carmela by sending his assistant, Ramon, in his place to complete the redecoration while he finishes a job in Wyckoff, New Jersey. Vic is also seen meeting David Scatino at a bar. At first Vic tries to be supportive of David's problems, but after David badmouths his wife/Vic's sister Christine, Vic loses patience, ordering David to move away and to stay away from Vic's sister at all times; Vic also pledges to pay for Eric Scatino's college education, as David has also gambled away his son's college fund. Carmela and Vic later have an awkward meeting in a paint shop, but part on good terms as Carmela thanks Vic for assigning Ramon to finish her house, as she would have been too tempted to commit adultery, and Vic was being strong for the both of them.
Robert Wegler[edit]
Played by: David Strathairn
Appears in: "All Happy Families...", "Sentimental Education", "Cold Cuts"
Robert Wegler had a relationship with Carmela Soprano while she was separated from her husband Tony. He was AJ's high school guidance counselor and they met through this relationship. It also proved to be their downfall as Wegler felt that Carmela was sexually manipulating him to improve AJ's college prospects. While having other close calls, Wegler was the only man that Carmela committed adultery with during the run of the series. He assigns AJ to read Death in Venice and Billy Budd for book reports and does very well impressing Tony. Meadow Soprano recognizes the signs of her mother and tells her suspicions to AJ, who does not believe her.
Soprano family friends[edit]
Rocco Alatore[edit]
Appears in: "Down Neck"
Rocco Alatore appears in flashbacks to Tony's childhood. Rocco Alatore was a neighbor to the Soprano family in the Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. Tony once witnessed his father and Junior attack Rocco over a debt, then recalled his father discussing a possible move to Reno, Nevada in 1967 to manage a supper club for Alatore (now on good terms with Johnny since the debt was repaid) and his mother refusing, a move that Livia would later sweep under the rug when Alatore later became a billionaire with his investments.
Aaron Arkaway[edit]
Played by: Turk Pipkin
Appears in: "He Is Risen", "The Telltale Moozadell", "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh"
Boyfriend of Janice Soprano in 2001. Aaron was devout evangelical Christian which suited Janice's religious choice of the day (and would occasionally irritate Tony). They tried to make Christian rock music together. Aaron was also narcoleptic, causing him to fall asleep at inopportune times. He was also an occasional Sunday dinner guest at the Soprano residence, which he attended with Janice. He later appeared at the hospital while Tony recovered from his coma, protesting at a "right to life" protest rally.
Artie Bucco[edit]
Main article: Artie Bucco
Charmaine Bucco[edit]
Main article: Charmaine Bucco
Carter Chong[edit]
Played by: Ken Leung
Appears in: "Remember When"
A young Asian-American patient at Junior Soprano's mental institution who becomes friends with and somewhat of an aide to Junior during his stay there. Carter helps Junior organize a card game between patients, aids him in writing a letter to Dick Cheney and provides diversions for him to avoid taking his prescription drugs. He is intelligent (a visitor references his time at M.I.T. and he once mentions being at the top of his class), but has serious anger management issues. He looks up to Junior Soprano as a role model and seems highly impressed by his authority and ability to influence and control other patients, all much to the disappointment of his visiting mother, who asks him to stay away from "that gangster." Eventually, after Corrado comes to terms with his ailments and starts taking his medication, Carter becomes disillusioned and angry at Junior for this sign of defeat and betrayal to him, and gives him a beating.
Carter's father is implied to have been very demanding of him, worked on Wall Street and was at one time subjected to news reports accusing him of something.
Jeannie Cusamano[edit]
Played by: Saundra Santiago
Appears in: "A Hit Is a Hit", "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano", "Full Leather Jacket", "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood", "Soprano Home Movies"
Dr. Cusamano's wife who is a stay-at-home mom. Friend of Carmela, but embarrassed and intimidated by the Soprano family's mafia connections. In "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano", Tony told Dr. Melfi he had fantasized about Jeannie during a dream, rather than admit that Dr. Melfi was the subject of his fantasy. In the same scene Dr. Melfi seems to indicate she is acquainted with the Cusamanos. Jeannie's twin sister, Joan (also played by Saundra Santiago), was harassed into writing a recommendation for Meadow's college application by Carmela in "Full Leather Jacket", although it's never made clear if she actually wrote the letter, or if Jeannie told Carmela it was written just to appease her.
Fanny[edit]
Played by: Marcia Haufrecht
Appears in: "46 Long", "Proshai, Livushka"
She is described by Tony Soprano as the "best friend" of his mother Livia Soprano from when she was married to "Johnny Boy" Soprano and was a regular attendee with Livia to Anthony Soprano, Jr.'s birthday parties. Fanny cannot drive due to physical ailments brought on by her age and relies on Livia to drive her around. Livia accidentally hits her with her 1963 Oldsmobile 88 after driving her home, breaking her hip. Despite this, Fanny was one of the few people with something nice to say about Livia at her wake - that she always kept her informed when someone died.
Fran Felstein[edit]
Played by: Polly Bergen
Appears in: "In Camelot"
Fran was the longterm comàre of "Johnny Boy" Soprano until his death in 1986. She is based on real life John F. Kennedy mistress Judith Exner. Tony met Fran at his mother's and father's graveside and started a short association with her where she told him about her relationship with his father. She worked as a salesperson in the fur department at Bamberger's. She remembered meeting Tony once before as a little boy. "Johnny Boy" told Fran of the verbal abuse that his wife had put her husband and children through when they were together. She is losing her hearing, but says that she is too vain to get a hearing aid. Corrado Soprano was in love with Fran and dated her before his brother took her as his own mistress. He wanted to propose, buying a ring for her, but could not bear to marry and have his marriage affected by his life in organized crime and couldn't bring up the courage to ask her. She was on a date with Corrado at the 500 Club when she first met "Johnny Boy," subsequently falling in love with him. Tony also learned from her that when his mother forced his father to give away his childhood pet, the dog named Tippy, it went to Fran and her own son Bruce (who Fran says is now working for Israel's national airline El Al). She was also involved briefly with President John F. Kennedy and allegedly had sex with him in the Oval Office of the White House. She was extremely attractive in her younger years. Fran appealed to Tony to secure her promised share in a midget car racetrack that was up for sale, which was co-owned by "Johnny Boy" with Hesh Rabkin and Phil Leotardo, which he did. While Tony originally enjoys her company, his fondness for her begins to noticeably wear thin, beginning with the fact that she at one stage spends money given to her by Tony on expensive jewellery rather than utilities, and the revelation that she continued to smoke around his father even after his emphysema diagnosis. Tony apparently finally cuts off contact with Fran when he finds out that "Johnny Boy" was with Fran, rather than at home, on the night Livia was hospitalised for a miscarriage. When Tony and Johnny arrived at the hospital, Tony was forced to lie to Livia to affirm Johnny's assertion he had been at a Yankee's game rather than at Fran's. This situation obviously caused Tony distress in his youth, and Fran is not seen for the remainder of the series.
Dov Ginsberg[edit]
Played by: Michael Hogan
Appears in: "Everybody Hurts", "The Strong, Silent Type"
Dov Ginsberg is one of Tony's financial advisors although as mentioned by Carmela, Ginsberg is actually a CPA. In the episode Everybody Hurts, Carmela's cousin Brian Cammarata, a finance expert, was advising Tony and Carmela about some finance planning but Tony decided to have a second opinion with Ginsberg which Brian fully approved. Later on at the horse track Ginsberg met with Tony and told him that the life insurance that Brian advised him was irrevocable and will only benefit Carmella when he dies. Ginsberg also told Tony that a life trust could be an alternative for him.
George Piocosta[edit]
Played by: Sal Petraccione
Appears in: "Meadowlands", "Fortunate Son"
George is the father of AJ Soprano's one time friend, Jeremy Piocosta and an acquaintance of Tony Soprano. When AJ and Jeremy fight in school in 1999, Tony pays a visit to the Piocostas to get to the bottom of it. Although Tony is civil, and even clearly states that A.J. has a history of unruly behavior and may have instigated the fight, George becomes afraid that Tony will seek revenge and avoids contact with him. In 2001, George seems to have overcome his worries as he watches AJ's high school football game alongside Tony.
Roberta "Bobbi" Sanfillipo[edit]
Played by: Robyn Peterson
Appears in: "Boca"
Roberta was a long-term friend/comare of Junior Soprano. He often took her down to Boca Raton, Florida on weekends and had set her up with an office job with the pipe-fitter's union. Roberta and Junior's relationship ended in 1999 when Tony got word from Carmela that his uncle performed cunnilingus on Bobbi, and Tony then made taunting references to this at a golf game. Bobbi had started the rumor herself by discussing her sex life at a nail parlor also frequented by Gaby Dante. Junior had warned Bobbi never to talk about this aspect of their relationship because it would cost him respect. Realizing that she had ignored his wishes, Junior stormed into her office and ended their sixteen-year relationship. Junior was so furious that Bobbi was afraid he would harm her, but in the end, he just fired her and smushed a lemon meringue pie in her face. In the following season, after Junior's release from prison into house arrest, he asks Bobby Baccala whether any of his acquaintances have called to express sympathy or concern, and specifically asks about Bobbi Sanfillipo. Baccala tells Junior that Sanfillipo has married and moved away.
Francis Satriale[edit]
Played by: Lou Bonacki
Appears in: "Fortunate Son"
Owner of Satriale's Pork Store. We only see Francis in a flashback. He is a successful independent neighborhood businessman who is familiar with the ways of the Mafia and is well liked and known in the neighborhood. Johnny Boy had known Francis for a long time and had been a regular guest at his house. Apparently, he owed Johnny Boy Soprano a sufficient amount of money which he had received through Johnny Boy's loanshark operation. He is a wholesaler who sells a variety of meat products. Johnny Boy informs him that he had been avoiding a meeting with him to discuss his overdue debt. Tony, as a youth, followed his dad to the pork store without his dad knowing. During one of Johnny Boy's final visits with Francis, he attempts to barter with Soprano by informing him of all the fine meats he had given Livia recently free of charge for compensation. Johnny Boy becomes enraged at Francis trying to barter his way out of his debt with the meat deliveries. There, Johnny Boy chopped off Francis' pinky with a cleaver. He half-heartedly apologizes to Francis in having been forced to inflict punishment upon him. In a later episode, "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", Paulie mentions that Francis committed suicide with a gun. It is suspected that Francis committed suicide having been faced with being murdered over his large debt to Johnny Boy. Johnny Boy later is suspected of acquiring the business and therefore ultimately clearing his family of the debt brought upon them.
David Scatino[edit]
Played by: Robert Patrick
Appears in: "The Happy Wanderer", "Bust Out", "Funhouse"
David "Davey" Scatino is a childhood friend of Tony Soprano and Artie Bucco. He is often called Davey. He owns the local sporting goods store (Ramsey Sports and Outdoors) and his son, Eric, was a good friend of Meadow. Reluctantly, Tony allowed David to participate in a high stakes poker game with full knowledge that he did not have the financial assets or poker savvy to win or break even. David quickly became heavily indebted to Tony. Tony took over his business, and took David's son's car as a down payment. The car was given to Meadow, but she quickly rejected it when she realized it once belonged to her friend. Having lost his life savings, his business, his son's college fund, the respect of his family, and his wife (who divorced him), he decided to move out west to work on a ranch near Las Vegas.
In the Season 3 episode, "The Telltale Moozadell", Meadow informs Tony that David later went into a mental facility in Nevada, after a breakdown. Tony told David that he had subconsciously planned to profit from David's gambling habit, in accordance with his "predatory" nature. Tony later took offense when his other high school friend, Artie Bucco, became similarly indebted and suggested exactly the same thing, after Artie had attempted to commit suicide.
Yale Shane[edit]
Played by: Ed Crasnick
Appears in: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti", "Toodle-Fucking-Oo"
Yale is a hacky, untalented comedian whose act isn't well received. As part of his act he does impressions of Ed Sullivan and Bob Dylan. He is seen at Green Grove attempting to entertain the seniors, though none of them are listening, and also at The Bada Bing, which ends with his getting booed off the stage.
Soprano crime family relations[edit]
Kelli Aprile[edit]
Played by: Melissa Marsala
Appears in: "Army of One"
Rosalie Aprile's daughter. Kelli attended the funeral of her brother, Jackie Aprile, Jr. and suggested that the mafia was responsible for his death. Meadow Soprano chastised her for speaking of their family connections in front of an outsider and suggested that Kelli lacked loyalty.
Rosalie Aprile[edit]
Main article: Rosalie Aprile
Karen Baccalieri[edit]
Played by: Christine Pedi
Appears in: "For All Debts Public and Private", "Christopher"
Karen was Bobby Baccalieri's wife until her death in a car accident in 2002. They had two children, Bobby III and Sophia. Karen was friends with Carmela Soprano, Rosalie Aprile and Gabriella Dante and attended church functions with them. Bobby kept Karen's last baked ziti in the freezer for a long time following her death as he didn't feel ready to eat it. In the episode Calling All Cars, Janice Soprano becomes Bobby's girlfriend and Bobby finally feels comfortable enough to let Janice reheat the ziti, as they eat, the ghost of Karen pays a visit by subtly moving Janice's wine glass.
Robert "Bobby" Baccalieri III[edit]
Played by: Angelo Massagli
Appears in: "For All Debts Public and Private", "Christopher", "The Weight", "Pie-O-My", "Calling All Cars", "Rat Pack", "Where's Johnny?", "Sentimental Education", "In Camelot", "Cold Cuts", "The Test Dream", "The Ride", "Moe N' Joe", "Kaisha", "Stage 5", "Walk Like a Man", "The Blue Comet", "Made in America"
Son of Bobby Bacala and Karen Baccalieri, brother of Sophia Baccalieri. He is referred to as "Bobby Jr." although his father is actually the second "Bobby". Bobby Jr.'s mother died in a car accident in 2002. He was often the victim of bullying from A.J. Soprano. After Bobby Jr.'s mother died, his father married Janice Soprano, who became Bobby's stepmother. Bobby Jr. was involved in the ride malfunction at the 2006 Feast of St. Elzear festival. His relationship with his father became more distant in his teenage years and he refused to play with his father's trainset and watch a Giants game with his father. Janice continues to use her manipulative skills with Bobby Jr. She controls his behavior by threatening him with a public reading of a report card to keep him home for Sunday dinner and to do his homework. Bobby Jr. cited A.J.'s behavior as a reason why he should be able to avoid family engagements. He was a fan of Massive Genius.
Sophia Baccalieri[edit]
Played by: Lexie Sperduto (2002) and Miryam Coppersmith (2004–2007)
Appears in: "For All Debts Public and Private", "Christopher", "Pie-O-My", "Calling All Cars", "Two Tonys", "Rat Pack", "Where's Johnny?", "Sentimental Education", "In Camelot", "Cold Cuts", "The Test Dream", "The Ride", "Kaisha", "Stage 5", "Walk Like a Man", "The Blue Comet"
Daughter of Bobby and Karen Baccalieri, sister of Bobby Baccalieri III. Sophia's mother died in a car accident in 2002. Sophia's father later remarried and Janice Soprano became Sophia's stepmother. Sophia played soccer in school and Janice once got into a headline making altercation with another soccer mom at one of Sophia's games. In the series finale "Made in America," now after the death of her father, it is revealed Sophia and her brother wished to live with their grandmother, which upsets Janice because she felt Dominica (Janice's daughter, Sophia's half-sister) was "very much into her older sister." Janice then describes to Tony that her and Sophia "actually have a bond" when Janice expressed she wanted to live with her stepchildren. Whether or not Sophia and her brother became close to Janice is unclear; Janice is known for lying and judging from past episodes, Bobby's kids have always shown great contempt towards Janice.
Jason & Justin Blundetto[edit]
Played by: Dennis Aloia (Justin) Kevin Aloia (Jason)
Appears in: "All Happy Families...", "Sentimental Education", "Marco Polo", "The Test Dream"
Tony Blundetto's identical twin sons who spent time with him between his release from prison and death in 2004. Their father's sperm was smuggled out of United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners to impregnate his (now divorced) wife. In real life, in 2000, several mob associates at Federal Correctional Complex, Allenwood were convicted of smuggling sperm out of prison for exactly the same reason.
Kelly Blundetto[edit]
Played by: Unseen Character
Referenced in: "Rat Pack", "Marco Polo", "Unidentified Black Males"
Tony Blundetto's estranged daughter, who lived with the Sopranos for an undisclosed period of time prior to the show. Tony Soprano told John Sacrimoni that he had spent the evening with Tony B. searching for her in Monticello, New York after she had allegedly disappeared again and was homeless and living with a crack cocaine addict. The grandmother has not seen her since Tony B.'s divorce following his incarceration. In one of the photographs at her grandmother's house, she is wearing an anarchist t-shirt. Kelly and Meadow attended school together briefly, although this is never discussed in the series and none of Meadow's friends ever mention her. The story was to provide him with an alibi for the killing of Joe Peeps. When Tony B. asks Meadow how his daughter did in school she replied "Straight A's".
Louise Blundetto[edit]
Played by: Judy Del Giudice
Referenced in: "Cold Cuts"
Daughter of Pat Blundetto and cousin to Tony Soprano, Tony Blundetto and Christopher Moltisanti. Louise helps her father move out of his home on the farm in Kinderhook, New York to a smaller place.
Angie Bonpensiero[edit]
Played by: Toni Kalem (also by an uncredited actress in "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" and "Nobody Knows Anything")
Appears in: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti", "Nobody Knows Anything", "Commendatori", "D-Girl", "House Arrest", "Funhouse", "Second Opinion", "Amour Fou", "For All Debts Public and Private", "Marco Polo", "Members Only", "Live Free or Die", "Moe N' Joe"
Angie Bonpensiero is the wife of Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero. They have three children, including sons Kevin and Matt, at college age in 2000, and daughter Terri, who was married and trying to conceive with her husband in 2000. Angie was unaware of her husband's status as an FBI informant. His disappearance when he was afraid his friends were on to him and subsequent erratic behavior created problems for their relationship. When she and Pussy were having marital problems, Angie considered suicide and divorce. She discussed this with her horrified friends Gabriella Dante, Rosalie Aprile and Carmela Soprano over lunch. She also revealed that she had been unwell since Pussy's return and had been investigated for cancer. Pussy had remained indifferent to her health problems and seemed more concerned about spraying WD-40 on his pocket knife. At Carmela's urging to stay true to her Catholic faith, Angie decided to move into a separate bedroom rather than end their marriage. Later, when Pussy arrives home and silently presents flowers to Angie, she smiles for a moment but then swats him with them.
In 2001, after Pussy "disappeared" for good, Angie believed that he had left her and decided to move on with her life. Tony continued to compensate Angie in her husband's absence - she used the money to buy a fancy new Cadillac but still complained to Carmela about her strained finances. As punishment, Tony damaged the car and took away her allowance. Soon, Carmela finds Angie giving out free samples at the local Pathmark and they lost contact. This likely moved Tony to forgive Angie, as he has since made her the manager of Pussy's body shop. After a long period of time without talking, she and Carmela decide to end their quarrel and go out to dinner where they both show off their new cars, with Angie showing how successful she has become running Pussy's Auto Body by buying a new Chevrolet Corvette. Shortly after the reconciliation Carmela learns that Angie is putting money out on the street via Patsy Parisi and Benny Fazio for shylocking and they are using their connections to help her with the body shop.
Edward "Duke" Bonpensiero[edit]
Played by: Philip Larocca
Appears in: "Marco Polo"
Duke is Salvatore Bonpensiero's brother and a co-owner of the Body Shop. He runs the body shop alongside Angie Bonpensiero and helps repair Phil Leotardo's car. Edward is later extorted by Phil for his car repairs by refurnishing the Lincoln Town Car with an expensive front bench seat and brand new radio.
Kevin Bonpensiero[edit]
Played by: Giancarlo "John" Giunta
Appears in: "Nobody Knows Anything", "...To Save Us All from Satan's Power
Kevin was one of Salvatore and Angie Bonpensiero's children. He was enrolled in Villanova University in 1999 and visited home when suspicion of his father being a rat prompted Tony Soprano to visit it as well.
Matthew Bonpensiero[edit]
Played by: Steve Porcelli
Appears in: "D-Girl"
Matt is Salvatore and Angie Bonpensiero's youngest child. He was enrolled in college in 2000 and visited home and played baseball at the batting cages with his father and A.J. He also talked philosophy with A.J. Soprano, offering to help out his father when A.J. first tried to relate Friedrich Nietzsche to Big Pussy. His father, who never enrolled in any philosophy classes, was at a loss until Matt told his father he better understood and would speak to A.J. about his concerns. He later broke up his parents fighting and got them back together.
Terri Bonpensiero[edit]
Played By: Vanessa Liguori?
Appears in: mentioned several times
Terri is never seen, though she is Big Pussy's and Angie's oldest child and only daughter. It's mentioned she is attending Villanova University as well as her brother. She is married and has had difficulty conceiving a child. She is perhaps the same person as the Terri that is shown as a friend of Adriana La Cerva who helps her chose a wedding dress as well as tells her that a wife may be called on to testify against her husband ("Watching Too Much Television").
Lisa Cestone[edit]
Played by: Margo Singaliese
Appears in: He Is Risen
Gigi Cestone's wife. Tony Soprano offers his condolences to her at her husband's funeral. She did not know about her husband's gastrointestinal and heart condition that was helped brought on by the stress of dealing with Ralph Cifaretto as part of his crew, which Tony Soprano and others are told caused his heart attack. She is the mother of two children with Gigi that are never seen but are said by Gigi to be getting ready to go to college. She cooks Gigi and her children a huge Thanksgiving dinner and while Gigi likes her cooking, the amount of turkey and other food from the feast bothers his stomach for days afterwards, making Gigi comment, "It's like spackle on my bowels."
Justin Cifaretto[edit]
Played by: Dane Curley
Appears in: "Whoever Did This", "The Strong, Silent Type"
Justin's parents are divorced and his mother has since remarried. Ralph had very little to do with his son growing up and only saw him on weekends. He considers his ex-wife "a psychotic bitch." His ex-wife and Ralph become violent and almost attack each other at the hospital in the emergency unit. Ralph Cifaretto's son who impales himself while playing with a bow and arrow with a friend while Ralph is in the bathtub. Ralph became very distraught over his son's serious injury, one of the few times he actually shows his true emotions to his criminal associates. He was injured while playing an archery game from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of The Rings. Even with his son hospitalized and in the emergency ward recovering from the injury, Ralph still produced more illicit funds from his criminal enterprising than the rest of the Soprano crew. Ralph later tells Tony that he was in Florida for Justin's seventh birthday and was so high on cocaine that he forgot to call him and actually thought he did. Although Ralph has not been to church in a long time he did take Justin to have him baptized. Ralph may also have arranged to have the stables which held his and Tony's prized racehorse Pie-O-My set ablaze to pay for his son's overwhelming hospital bills, although Ralph denies this when Tony confronts him. It could be said that his son Justin's accident led to Ralph's death as Tony strangles him to death following an argument about the fire. Justin does not fully recover from the hospital before his father's murder and subsequent disappearance. When Tony visits Ralph after the stable fire though, Ralph mentions that only Justin's speech will be affected and that he'll have to learn to talk all over again.
Gabriella Dante[edit]
Played by: Maureen Van Zandt and Uncredited ("The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti")
Appears in: "Commendatori", "From Where to Eternity", "House Arrest", "The Knight in White Satin Armor", "Funhouse", "Proshai, Livushka", "Employee of the Month", "University", "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", "Amour Fou", "Army of One", "Christopher", "The Weight", "Watching Too Much Television", "The Strong, Silent Type", "Rat Pack", "Irregular Around the Margins", "Unidentified Black Males", "Mayham", "Live Free or Die", "Moe N' Joe", "Stage 5", "Kennedy and Heidi", "Made in America"
Gabriella is the wife of longtime Soprano family soldier and consigliere Silvio Dante. They have a daughter, Heather Dante, who played volleyball and soccer with Meadow Soprano. She is close friends with Rosalie Aprile and Carmela Soprano and can often be seen dining out with them, typically at "Nuovo Vesuvio". She criticizes her church for having a woman that she considered a feminist followed by what she thought was a sexist speech by Father Phil. She tells Carmella that she is not giving out anymore donations to the church.
In 2006 when Tony was shot, Silvio became acting boss of the family. Gabriella was supportive of her husband in this role and ambitious enough to encourage him to consider the possibility of it long term. Silvio revealed that Jackie Aprile had considered him to take over when he was diagnosed with cancer but that Silvio had decided it wasn't for him, and encouraged him to pick Tony instead.
Gabriella attended Allegra Sacrimoni's wedding with her husband and continued to support Ginny Sacrimoni including attending her 50th birthday party at her home. She attended Christopher Moltisanti's funeral. She is last seen attending to her husband (by filing his toe nails) in the hospital, as he lies in a coma after being shot by gunmen sent from New York.
Heather Dante[edit]
Played by: Jackie Tohn
Appears in: "Pilot" (Uncredited), "Boca"
The daughter of Silvio and Gabriella Dante. Plays soccer and volleyball with Meadow Soprano. Silvio adores her, referring to her often as "The Principessa." She is a feminist and thinks her dad's strip club business is "disgusting." Silvio recalls during Christopher's drug intervention in 2002, once finding Heather smoking pot. The show mentioned her attending two different colleges after high school; The College of the Holy Cross, and Lackawanna College in the episode "Christopher". She was also mentioned again during the episode Unidentified Black Males.
Benito "Benny" Fazio, Sr.[edit]
Played by: Mario D'Elia
Appears in: "Luxury Lounge"
Father of Soprano crime family soldier Benny Fazio. Benny took his parents to dinner at Nuovo Vesuvio to celebrate their anniversary.
Constanza "Connie" Fazio[edit]
Played by: Judy Prianti
Appears in: "Luxury Lounge"
Mother of Soprano crime family soldier Benny Fazio. Benny took his parents to dinner at Nuovo Vesuvio to celebrate their anniversary. Benny had moved the location from Da Giovanni at Tony's behest and this confused Connie.
Jennifer "Jen" Fazio[edit]
Played by: Kristin Cerelli
Appears in: "Luxury Lounge"
Jen is the wife of Soprano crime family soldier Benny Fazio. Benny is unfaithful to her and had an affair with Martina, a hostess at Nuovo Vesuvio. Jen nags Benny for using his cell phone while at dinner. Jen was pregnant with Benny's child in 2006. She attended a dinner at Nuovo Vesuvio with Benny's parents where Artie Bucco made veiled references to Benny's affair in front of her.
Jason Gervasi[edit]
Played by: Joseph Perrino
Appears in: "Chasing It", "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi", "Made in America"
Jason is the son of Soprano capo Carlo Gervasi. He is seen in the second half of Season Six participating in a sports gambling ring at Rutgers University, along with Patsy Parisi's youngest son, also named Jason. There is never any indication of who his mother is or what happened to Carlo's wife "Barbara". When discussing AJ's suicide attempt Carlo thinks that Jason has occasional bouts of depression but does not really understand why. He displays violent tendencies common to violent psychopath behaviour displayed by Richie Aprile and Ralph Cifaretto, including torturing a welching gambler and beating a Somali cyclist. Throughout the series it seems Carlo has little to do with his son's life and does not discipline him. His behavior is initially admired but later seems repulsive to A.J. Soprano. In the series finale, Jason is arrested for selling drugs, forcing his father to turn against Tony Soprano and cut a deal with the FBI.
Marianucci Gualtieri[edit]
Played by: Frances Ensemplare
Appears in: "Army of One", "Mergers and Acquisitions", "Whoever Did This", "Eloise", "Whitecaps", "Where's Johnny?", "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh", "The Ride", "Kennedy and Heidi"
"Nucci" is introduced as Paulie Gualtieri's elderly mother who is very nervous and protective of her son. When Paulie was younger, Nucci was always there to bail him out of jail and to defend him from the neighbors. After Tony had placed his own mother in the Green Grove Nursing Home, Paulie followed his lead and found Nucci a spot and she soon moved in. Unlike Tony's mother though, Nucci was grateful for Paulie for doing this for her. However, her old friends, Cookie Cirillo and Minn Matrone were far from friendly and tried to exclude her from social activities. To avenge his mother's honor, Paulie sent Benny and her grandson Little Paulie to badly beat Cookie's son, after which the two were forced to include her. Paulie later murdered Minn Matrone for her money. Nucci played an active role in getting Paulie to help Sal Vitro reclaim his landscaping business when Feech La Manna's nephew stole all of his customers.
Paulie learns from his Aunt Dottie's deathbed that she is his mother and that Nucci adopted her nephew as her child. When Paulie hears this, he cuts off all contact with both of them, refusing to attend Dottie's funeral or pay for Nucci's accommodation at Green Grove. Nucci and Paulie reconnected at the Feast of St. Elzear festival - Nucci criticized Paulie for his involvement in organizing the festival as a ride malfunction had injured several children. Later, Paulie visited her at Green Grove (now paid for by her biological son) and they had a silent reconciliation. In episode "Kennedy and Heidi," she died of natural causes, however her funeral was poorly attended, as a majority of the people went to Christopher Moltisanti's funeral, much to Paulie's ire as he felt Christopher always out-shined him in life, and even manages it in death.
Minn Matrone[edit]
Played by: Fran Anthony
Appears in: "Mergers and Acquisitions", "Eloise"
Minn was a friend of Nucci Gualtieri. Minn and her friend, Cookie Cirillo, didn't like Nucci very much, which Paulie resented. Her husband Salvatore was a barber accessories salesman for 46 years and attended the theatre every week. Minn has one son named Chuckie who is a principal at a high school. During their childhood Chuckie Matrone and Paulie went to high school together until he dropped out in ninth grade. Minn is a fan of Stephen Sondheim. Minn was angry at Nucci when Nucci caused a car accident for the three friends while Minn was driving. She doesn't live at Green Grove but visits Cookie and the others, preparing to enter the facility after her hip surgery. Cookie mentioned that Minn kept her life savings under her mattress. Paulie heard this, and broke into Minn's house late that night. Paulie was looking for the money under her bed, but Minn caught him. Minn threatened to call the police on Paulie, but he hung up the phone, trying to play it off as a misunderstanding. Minn saw through his act and kneed Paulie in the groin, and ran out of the bedroom screaming for help, but was chased down by Paulie in the hallway. Paulie threw Minn on the ground, and suffocated her with a small pillow. He left her dead body on the floor as he took the money.
JoJo Palmice[edit]
Played by: Michele Santopietro
Appears in: "Nobody Knows Anything", "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano", "Pie-O-My"
JoJo was the wife of Mikey Palmice - a soldier in Junior's crew and consigliere to Junior when he became boss. JoJo is a short form for the names Joanna, Joanne, Jody and Josephine although it is never known what her true name is because that is all Mikey refers to her as. She, like many other "mob wives", is aware of her husband's lifestyle. They have a turbulent relationship which is shown when her husband brings home a stolen food processor, and she comments "yay, another kitchen appliance". She fulfills the role of a subordinate housewife and is widely ignored, neglected and verbally abused by her husband, although it is never shown if Palmice physically harms her. It is suggested that she suffers from mental anguish or depression brought on by her husband's belittling behavior. However, as his wife she still loved him. Mikey was killed while out jogging, for attempting to kill Tony, leaving JoJo a widow. She appeared in the episode "Pie-O-My" after the death of the wife of Bobby Baccalieri, Karen. JoJo had brought food for Bobby to show her support at a difficult time. She had moved on from then. Janice Soprano had romantic ideas for Bobby and sensed a potential rival in JoJo so she took the meal to Junior's house to conceal it from Bobby, saying she made it herself.
She also has two children with Mikey, Michael Palmice Jr. and Francis Albert Palmice.
Donna Parisi[edit]
Played by: Anna Mancini (and Donna Pescow in "Made in America")
Appears in: "The Weight", "Watching Too Much Television", "Rat Pack" and "Made in America"
Donna is the wife of longtime Soprano soldier Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi and sister-in-law to Phillip Parisi. She is occasionally seen accompanying him at family functions such as Furio Giunta's housewarming and Tony Blundetto's welcome home party. She very infrequently socializes with the other mob wives and does not appear to be part of Carmela's inner circle. In the series finale, "Made in America," however, she is invited to the Soprano home with her husband to spend time and talk there due to Meadow Soprano now being engaged to be married to her older son Patrick.
Jason Parisi[edit]
Played by: Michael Drayer
Appears in: "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi" and "Made in America"
It appeared in Season 6B that Jason Parisi, along with Jason Gervasi are associates of the DiMeo Crime Family. Jason is the younger son of Donna and Patsy Parisi and nephew of Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi. He is seen in the second half of Season 6, participating in an elusive professional sportsbook gambling ring at a coffee house in Rutgers University, along with Carlo Gervasi's son, also named Jason. Following AJ's attempted suicide Patsy Parisi reveals that Jason suffers from Attention deficit disorder. At Bobby Baccalieri's wake, when AJ Soprano makes a speech about society he suggests that he and AJ team up and go kill some terrorists. He displays violent tendencies common to mobsters, including torturing a welching gambler and beating a Somalian bicyclist. His behavior is initially admired, but later repulsive to A.J. Soprano. According to Patsy, Jason is a computer whiz and he built a website for his mother.
Patrick Parisi[edit]
Played by: Daniel Sauli
Appears in: "The Second Coming", "Made in America"
Patrick is the son of Roberta Feliciano and Patsy Parisi, and the older brother of Jason Parisi. He is the nephew of Phillip Parisi. He is mentioned only in passing, but it is revealed that Patrick was Meadow Soprano's recurring "mystery date", and that the two have been dating since the premiere of Cleaver. Tony and Carmela both have reservations about Patrick for reasons that are not disclosed, to which Meadow responds that he has changed. It is implied that he is studying or practicing law. In the series finale, Meadow announces her engagement to Patrick. Tony suggests that he has a frat party for him and his friends at the Bada Bing and to invite AJ. When he hears news about AJ's separation with his girlfriend he is pleased saying, "I'm glad he switched back over to the other side."
Ally Pontecorvo[edit]
Played by: Grace Van Patten
Appears in: "Members Only", "Join the Club"
Deanna and Eugene Pontecorvo's daughter. Younger sister of Robby Pontecorvo. Eugene took Ally to Florida with the rest of his family on vacation when they were younger.
Deanna Pontecorvo[edit]
Played by: Suzanne DiDonna
Appears in: "Members Only", "Join the Club"
Eugene Pontecorvo's wife until his suicide in 2006. Deanna was eager to take the inheritance they received from the death of Gene's aunt and move to Florida. Her husband was unable to achieve this because his boss Tony Soprano refused his retirement request—as did the FBI. Deanna was frustrated with Gene's lack of progress with his work and not afraid to tell him so, contributing to his suicide.
Robert "Robby" Pontecorvo[edit]
Played by: Thomas Russo
Appears in: "Members Only", "Join the Club"
Deanne and Eugene Pontecorvo's son. He is the older brother of Ally Pontecorvo. Robert had a growing drug addiction which adds turmoil between him and his father. The drug addiction contributed as one of the major factors to his suicide.
Francesca Spatafore[edit]
Played by: Paulina Gerzon
Appears in: "Mayham", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Live Free or Die", "Luxury Lounge", "Johnny Cakes", “Cold Stones”, "Chasing It"
Francesa Spatafore is the daughter of Vito Spatafore and Marie Spatafore and the younger sister of Vito Spatafore, Jr. Francesa and Vito Jr. become estranged from each other after Tony Soprano has Vito Jr. sent off to boot camp in Idaho.
Marie Spatafore[edit]
Played by: Elizabeth Bracco
Appears in: "Mayham", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Live Free or Die", "Luxury Lounge", "Johnny Cakes", “Cold Stones”, "Chasing It", "Kennedy and Heidi"
Marie Spatafore is the wife of Vito Spatafore and mother of their two children Vito, Jr. and Francesca who live in Belleville, New Jersey. She is also a cousin of Phil Leotardo and a friend to his wife - the two families eat dinner together. Marie accompanied Vito to the wedding of Allegra Sacrimoni. They left early and Marie remarked that Vito often behaved oddly at weddings. Despite his claims to be ill, she is not very surprised when he goes out later that night telling her he needs to make collections.
Marie is loyal to her husband despite his homosexuality. When the crew are looking for Vito, Marie is visited by Silvio who quizzes her about their sex life, which she refuses to discuss, but seemingly confirms by her silence. She attended Phil's grandson's confirmation dinner despite the rumors about her husband. Phil himself is supportive of Marie but he discusses the need to find Vito with her. She tells Phil that Vito is a good father and a loving husband and she hopes that he will not be cast aside after his years of loyal service.
Marie does not seem to have a close relationship with Carmela or the other Soprano family mob wives - although Carmela referred to her as a "smart" woman when she found out about Vito - implying that Marie must have known about his homosexuality. Carmela wonders whether they had an arrangement.
When Vito phoned home from the road, Marie was not hostile towards him and, when he later returned to New Jersey after months of absence, she allowed him to see the children and seemed to consider his reconciliation overtures. When Vito was killed, Marie, now widow, was distraught again, insisting to Phil that Vito was a good father and a good man.
In 2007, her son Vito Jr. was seriously misbehaving, becoming a disturbing Goth delinquent, and Marie pleaded for Tony's financial aid to relocate their family to Maine to escape the judging neighborhood (condemning the family for Vito's sexuality), which she believed brought on his misconduct. When Tony was only able to scrape up money for a boot camp in Idaho (reportedly allowing corporal punishment against children), Marie had to painfully and tearfully accept the offer and let her son be forcefully taken to the camp by its agents.
Vito Spatafore, Jr.[edit]
Played by: Frank Borrelli, Brandan Hannan
Appears in: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Live Free or Die", "Luxury Lounge", "Johnny Cakes", “Cold Stones”, "Chasing It"
Vito Spatafore, Jr. is the son of Vito Spatafore and Marie Spatafore and the older brother of Francesca Spatafore. At a confirmation dinner for Phil Leotardo's grandson, Vito was teased by other children about his father's rumored homosexuality. When Vito Sr. called home from lamming it to avoid the consequences of being outed, he had a difficult conversation with his young son and asked him to look after his mother. He likes sports and is a fan of Vince Carter.
After the death of his father, Vito became increasingly isolated and hostile, and started to dress and hang around with kids in the Goth subculture. He frequently ran away from school, vandalized property and was expelled after defecating in the shower of his high school locker room. Both Tony and Phil sat down with Vito trying to set him straight, but he continued to act out. At wits end with her son's behavior his mother approached Tony asking for financial help to move to a new house in Maine so Vito Jr. could get a fresh start, but Tony, at that point deep in debt from gambling losses, pushed her into the cheaper alternative: a boot camp for delinquents in Idaho. Vito Jr. is last seen being forced out of his house by members of the boot camp in the middle of the night, who are going to transport him to the training camp in the West. As Vito Jr. is kicking and screaming he yells for his mom, who says this is for his own good, and cries out to him she loves him.
MacKenzie Trucillo[edit]
Played by: Danielle Cautela
Appears in: "Army of One"
MacKenzie Trucillo is the cousin of Kelli Aprile and Jackie Aprile Jr. It is not known whether she is a maternal or a paternal relative to the Aprile family.
Jim "Johnny Cakes" Witowski[edit]
Played by: John Costelloe
Appears in: "Live Free or Die", "Johnny Cakes", "Moe N' Joe", "Cold Stones".
Jim Witowski (also known as "Johnny Cakes") was Vito Spatafore's Polish-American gay lover and volunteer firefighter and local hero. Vito met Jim in New Hampshire after Vito fled New Jersey. Jim owned a diner in the New Hampshire town where Vito was staying and Vito was a frequent customer. While putting out a fire, he is seen running into a burning house and rescuing a small child, in which he receives applause when he takes the child to safety. Vito and Jim soon formed an attraction, though the two got into a fistfight outside a bar when Jim tried to kiss Vito and, still in denial about his homosexuality, Vito violently rebuffed him. Jim won the fight decisively. The two soon reconciled and Vito became Jim's live-in lover. Jim even professed his love for Vito one evening, and the pleasantry was returned by Vito to "Johnny Cakes". The pair enjoyed romantic dinners, and Vito buys a chopper motorcycle going on long motorcycle rides, and picnicking lakeside. Ultimately, Vito missed his family and fast-paced lifestyle back in New Jersey too much to stay with Jim. Vito left Jim's house early one morning to return to New Jersey while Jim was still asleep. Vito would later call Jim, but Jim was still angry over the way Vito had left and wanted nothing more to do with him. Vito was violently murdered soon thereafter.
Jim's nickname, Johnny Cakes, derives from a dish that he recommended to Vito when Vito initially came to his diner.
Lupertazzi crime family relations[edit]
Eric DeBenedetto[edit]
Played by: Adam Mucci
Appears in: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Moe N' Joe"
Johnny Sack's son-in-law who feels intimidated by Johnny's mob leader reputation. Johnny insisted Eric call him "Dad" and paid for the lavish wedding of Eric and his daughter, Allegra.
Charlie Garepe[edit]
Played by: Jimmy Collins
Appears in: "The Test Dream"
Angelo Garepe's son. He manages his own architectural salvage firm and is a successful business that makes Angelo proud. Angelo also speaks about mob related business in front of his son, despite that Charlie is not "in the life" with Tony Blundetto. Tony B remembers Charlie as a little boy before Tony and his father were sent to prison.
Patty Leotardo[edit]
Played by: Geraldine LiBrandi
Appears in: "Mayham", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Luxury Lounge", "Cold Stones" "Kaisha", "Stage 5", "Made in America"
Patricia or Patty as everyone calls her is the wife of Lupertazzi crime family acting boss Phil Leotardo. Patty and Phil attended Allegra Sacrimoni's wedding together in 2006. Patty is friends with Marie Spatafore and the two families eat dinner together. Patty was also seen at the confirmation dinner of her grandson held at Da Giovanni. Patty was a factor in Phil's decision to kill Vito Spatafore after they discovered he was homosexual - she told Phil that Vito had to be made to face his "sin." She offered little consolation to Marie at Vito's wake and was more upset about her tailor losing his sight. Patty accompanied Phil to the hospital when he first had worries about his heart and rushed him there when his heart attack occurred. She was at his bedside when Tony Soprano came to visit him. Patty was in the driver's seat when Phil was shot dead outside their car at a gas station in the series finale. After he's shot, she rushes out the door with car still in 'drive', and the doors locked, resulting in Phil's head being run over by the car.
Alexandra Lupertazzi[edit]
Played by: Ariana DiLorenzo
Appears in: "Stage 5"
Alexandra is the daughter of Little Carmine Lupertazzi. She is seen attending the Cleaver premiere party with her family. Her father talks to her about the motifs the makers attempted to create in the film.
Nicole Lupertazzi[edit]
Played by: Allison Dunbar
Appears in: "Two Tonys", "Rat Pack", "Marco Polo", "Unidentified Black Males"
The wife of "Little Carmine" Lupertazzi. She is first seen at Carmine, Sr.'s funeral. She is later terrified when her husband's boat is sunk right outside their home during the turf war with Johnny Sack. Her husband confides to Tony Soprano that Nicole had convinced him to exit the deadly turf war with Johnny Sack, as it was too dangerous and she did not want to become a "the richest widow on Long Island". Carmine also shared with Tony that he and Nicole had had domestic problems that they resolved with the help of marital counseling. She travelled with Carmine to France for a vacation and saw Nicolas Fouquet's Vaux-le-Vicomte chateau.
Gianna Millio[edit]
Played by: Merel Julia
Appears in: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Luxury Lounge"
Gianna was the wife of Lupertazzi crime family capo Rusty Millio until his death in 2006. Rusty and Gianna attended Allegra Sacrimoni's wedding together in 2006. Rusty was killed in a car outside his home, Gianna was in the house at the time of his death. She has a daughter named Marissa with Rusty who is never seen. Rusty and Gianna have a strained relationship. Rusty does not like being asked to perform simple household chores like going shopping for groceries and other routine tasks.
Ronald "Ron" Pearse[edit]
Played by: Brad Zimmerman
Appears in: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Moe n' Joe"
Johnny Sack's Jewish lawyer. He first tells John that he and his firm does not represent turncoats. John tells him that if his law firm represented turncoats then he would lose all his customers. He advised John to cooperate to avoid a life sentence, to which John rejected by saying that a rat-mobster is like being a Nazi to Ron's people. Ron later tries to come to an agreement with the prosecutor, to which she replies, "Get back to me when you're sober, Ron." John and Ron make a plea agreement for several millions in assets and fifteen-years in exchange for John's allocution, to which Ron encourages John to take saying, "You're still a young man. In fifteen years you'll be sixty-seven. The golden years."
Allegra Marie Sacrimoni[edit]
Played by: Caitlin Van Zandt
Appears in: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Moe N' Joe", "Stage 5"
Johnny and Ginny Sack's daughter. During the series run she became a registered nurse, and Tony is seen giving her an envelope of cash as a present for graduating from nursing school. Johnny paid for her lavish wedding to Eric DeBenedetto while Johnny was in prison awaiting trial. Johnny was released to attend the wedding and Allegra was ecstatic that her father would be in attendance, but the judge's conditions meant that Allegra had to put up with metal detectors and US Marshals at the ceremony and reception. Her reception ended on a low-note with her departing limousine being blocked in by the Marshals' SUV's, her father breaking down in tears as he was forcibly led away in handcuffs, and her mother fainting in the crowd. As soon as Ginny fainted, Allegra rushed to her mother's side to check her well-being. She attended her father's trial for racketeering and was present when he was convicted. Ginny described difficulties in her relationship with Allegra to friends - she knew that Allegra felt Ginny was not happy for her and acknowledged it was difficult for Allegra to visit the house with her father imprisoned. Allegra was at her father's side, along with her mother and older sister, when he died of lung cancer in a prison hospital.
Catherine Sacrimoni[edit]
Played by: Cristin Milioti
Appears in: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Moe N' Joe", "Stage 5"
Johnny Sack's daughter. Catherine complains that her family always talks about food and is at odds with her mother and sister in terms of appearance; Catherine looks almost underweight, whereas her mother is extremely obese and her sister is overweight. Catherine attended her father's trial for racketeering and was at her father's side, along with her mother and sister, when he died of lung cancer in the prison hospital.
Ginny Sacrimoni[edit]
Played by: Denise Borino
Appears in: "Employee of the Month", "He Is Risen", "Army of One", "Christopher", "The Weight", "Whitecaps", "Two Tonys", "Rat Pack", "Unidentified Black Males", "All Due Respect", "Members Only", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Moe N' Joe", "Kaisha", "Stage 5", "Kennedy and Heidi"
The wife of John "Johnny Sack" Sacrimoni and the mother of Catherine and Allegra Marie Sacrimoni. Once a slender professional dancer, Ginny has struggled with her weight since having children. John's love for her seems genuine and blind to her size. In fact, he likes her as she is, "Rubenesque" as he described her, although she is much heavier than the term "Rubenesque" implies. Ginny's ample figure is the subject of numerous jokes by members of the Soprano crime family, and this leads to a serious dispute between her husband and Ralph Cifaretto. Johnny is willing to kill to defend her honor and viciously attacks a member of Ralph's crew, who Johnny mistakenly believes was telling jokes at Ginny's expense. John sometimes becomes angry with Ginny, particularly when she lies to him (as when he once found her sneak-eating hidden candy) but he is usually quick to forgive her. John's discovery of Ginny's secretive binge-eating made him realize he was too hard on the guys who made the joke about his wife.
Ginny was proud to attend her daughter Allegra's wedding and ecstatic when Johnny was allowed to attend, despite being in prison awaiting trial. Her day ended on a low note when US Marshals blocked her daughter's departure and dragged her sobbing husband off in handcuffs. This proved too much for Ginny, who fainted.
Ginny turned 50 in the episode, "Moe n' Joe", and her friends Carmela Soprano, Angie Bonpensiero, Gabriella Dante, Janice Soprano, and Rosalie Aprile attended a birthday celebration at her home. She discussed some difficulties with Allegra, who felt Ginny was not happy for her marriage. Gabriella pointed out that Allegra may just have been shocked to be less happy than she had expected to be as a newlywed.
Ginny was in court when Johnny admitted his involvement with the Mafia and received a 15 year sentence for racketeering. Ginny was forced to move when John arranged the sale of their home to Janice Soprano as part of an agreement with Tony to try to secure capital, for his family, following the asset seizures that came with his conviction.
Ginny visited her husband John in prison when he was diagnosed with cancer, and was at his side with their two daughters when he died. Tony mentioned, in passing (in the episode "Remember When") that Ginny had taken a job running an office, selling insurance.
Denise Borino, who portrayed Sacrimoni, received the part in a 2000 open casting call. She died of cancer on October 27, 2010.[1]
Yaryna[edit]
Played by: Matilda Downey
Appears in: "Kaisha", "The Blue Comet"
Yaryna is Phil Leotardo's Ukrainian "goomah" and also his maid, working for him and his wife. In 2006, she was with Phil when Benny Fazio bombed Phil's Brooklyn wire room. Yaryna and Phil were knocked down by the blast.
In 2007, in the episode "The Blue Comet," Yaryna and her father are murdered in a case of mistaken identity. Her father, who resembles Phil a lot, was mistaken for him and shot by an Italian hitman working on orders from Tony Soprano. Yaryna witnesses her father's death and she herself is shot multiple times. She falls down the stairs and lies motionless while the hitman stands above her body and shoots her in the head to make sure she is dead.
Meadow Soprano's friends and associates[edit]
Finn DeTrolio[edit]
Played by: Will Janowitz
Appears in: "Eloise", "Whitecaps", "All Happy Families...", "Irregular Around the Margins", "Marco Polo", "Unidentified Black Males", "The Test Dream", "Members Only", "Mayham", "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Live Free or Die", "The Ride", "Moe n' Joe"
Meadow Soprano's one-time fiancé. The two met at Columbia University and began sharing an apartment together in her sophomore year (2002). Little is known of Finn's family life except that he is originally from Mission Viejo, California. Unlike Meadow, he is only part-Italian. Upon finishing college, Finn enrolled in dental school. For a brief period in the summer of 2004, Finn worked at a construction site run by the Aprile crew, a job Tony Soprano got for him. Finn struck up a friendship with the daughter of the site manager. One morning as he arrived very early to work, he saw Vito Spatafore fellating a security guard in a parked vehicle. Finn talked to Meadow about what he saw but she promised to keep his confidence. After Vito tried to intimidate Finn into attending a San Diego Padres and New York Yankees game with him, Finn panicked and decided to leave town before Vito came after him. Meadow was saddened and angered when Finn packed a suitcase without telling her or inviting her to accompany him and they argued. During the argument and when Meadow talked about a commitment, they decided to get engaged.
In 2006, Finn returned from dental school to support Meadow while Tony was in a coma and, he admitted, to escape dental school, which he disliked. He had to face Vito again and Vito behaved in a predatory and flirtatious way towards him. Finn accompanied Meadow to Allegra Sacrimoni's wedding but seemed uncomfortable when the festivities prompted questions about their own wedding plans.
When Vito was spotted in a gay bar by two New York crew members making a collection, Meadow revealed Finn's secret to her mother and Rosalie Aprile. Then Carmela insisted Meadow tell her father. A visibly frightened Finn was brought to Satriale's to give his account of what he saw and his subsequent encounter with Vito to the senior members of the Soprano crime family. Finn's "testimony" proved highly significant in cementing the crew's belief that Vito was homosexual, since Finn was seen as a neutral party with no reason to lie.
Later, Meadow complained to Tony that she was having difficulties in her relationship with Finn. Finn attended a Sunday dinner shortly after this conversation. Meadow and Finn later broke up, as revealed in another Sunday dinner conversation, the implied reasons being that Finn was "abnormal".
Coach Don Hauser[edit]
Played by: Kevin O'Rourke
Appears in: "Boca"
Meadow Soprano's successful, star soccer coach and associate of Tony, Silvio, and Artie because of his involvement in coaching their children. Coach Hauser is a father himself with a daughter around Meadow's age and is married to a woman named Shelley. He was well liked by the fathers of kids in his team because of the success he brought them on the playing field. He tells Paulie that he has friends in law enforcement. He once had drinks with Tony, Silvio, and Artie at the Bada Bing club but refused Silvio's offer to go in the "VIP Room" with a stripper-prostitute. However once it was revealed Coach was leaving for another job at an exclusive academy for girls to head their team, the Soprano family began trying to intimidate him into staying. Paulie delivered a large screen television to his house and insisted he take it. Christopher returned his "missing" golden labrador - probably after taking it himself. He says that the "gifts" will not sway his decision because he has already decided to accept a coach position for the girl's team at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. Meadow later revealed to her father that the coach had had a sexual relationship with Ally Vandermeed, one of her peers who was a star soccer player on the team. Ally attempted suicide by cutting her wrists because of his trying to end the relationship by telling Ally he won't leave his wife for her. Tony, after an impassioned plea for temperance by Artie Bucco, decided against being a vigilante, and the coach ultimately was arrested by authorities for the statutory rape of Ally.
Caitlin Rucker[edit]
Played by: Ari Graynor
Appears in: "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood", "University", "He Is Risen", "Pine Barrens"
Meadow Soprano's roommate at Columbia University. Caitlin hailed from a small town in Oklahoma (she wears a Bartlesville High School sweatshirt).[2] At first, she seemed to enjoy New York City and college life, at one time dancing in her underwear in front of Meadow after a night out drinking. However, she has a manic-depressive disorder and frequently annoyed Meadow and the dormitory Resident Assistant and Meadow's boyfriend, Noah Tannenbaum, with her troubles. She went out with them for her birthday and had an anxiety attack after seeing a homeless woman with newspaper in her buttocks. When Meadow was away, she annoyed Noah while he was writing a term paper, causing him to get a bad grade and later, inspiring Noah to get his attorney father to file a restraining order against her. She practiced cutting and pulled out her own hair. At a fraternity party, she sees Jackie Aprile, Jr., who gives her ecstasy, which causes her to lose her manic-depressive attitude. Caitlin tells Jackie that she has a crush on him, then states to Meadow how handsome Jackie Jr. is and how lucky Meadow is to be dating him. Caitlin becomes aloof during the party, while high on ecstasy, and agrees to have sex offscreen with another frat boy at the party. Later she is shown comforting Meadow after her breakup with Jackie Jr., now appearing more emotionally stable.
Hunter Scangarelo[edit]
Played by: Michele DeCesare (daughter of series creator, David Chase[3])
Appears in: "Pilot", "Denial, Anger, Acceptance", "Meadowlands", "Toodle Fucking-Oo", "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood", "Made in America"
Hunter is a good friend of Meadow Soprano. Her father is an advertising executive who Meadow thinks has a phony personality. She sang with Meadow in the school choir and the two hounded Chris to buy the speed to help them study. She had a crush on Brendan Filone shortly before his death and even wrote a poem for him. She attended the house party that was raided by the police at Livia Soprano's house after she had moved to Green Grove Retirement Community. Tony Soprano gives her the nickname "Janet Jackson" because of her wardrobe. Later she was accepted to Reed and visited Meadow just after she started there. Hunter drank with the soccer team around the time that their friend Ally Vandermeed tried to kill herself. In the final episode of the series, Carmela finds her talking to Meadow in her bedroom and casually mentions her expulsion from college. She has an aunt and uncle that are graduates of SUNY Purchase. Carmela is then quietly dismayed to learn that Hunter sorted her life out, went back to college at SUNY Purchase, and is now in medical school after graduating, which Carmela and Tony had hoped Meadow would enter.
Noah Tannenbaum[edit]
Played by: Patrick Tully
Appears in: "Proshai, Livushka", "Fortunate Son", "University"
Meadow Soprano's boyfriend when she first started at Columbia and they take a film course together. Noah is from Los Angeles and his father is Jewish and his mother is African American and his father is an entertainment attorney for various celebrities and Hollywood notables. Noah first appears visiting the house for a film class project and being a film buff, thought he had common ground with Tony when he saw the video equipment at the Soprano residence and tells Tony that just like him, he is a big fan of Howard Hawks movies. However after noticing that Noah was looking to get into a relationship with Meadow, Tony asks Noah a few questions on his ethnic background and upon confirmation of his African American heritage, Tony intimidates him into staying away from Meadow. Tony specifically using a few choice racial slurs and mentions that his Black business associates feel the same way about not wanting their children to date Whites to emphasize the disapproval. Following the heated discussion with Noah, Tony has an anxiety attack. Noah would not get out of the car the next time Meadow brought him to the house. Tony expressed his displeasure with Meadow for having any kind of relationship with him, and this started a lengthy feud between Tony and Meadow which ultimately drove Noah and Meadow closer together. Eventually Noah broke up with a shocked Meadow saying she is "too negative" about things.
Ally Vandermeed[edit]
Played by: Cara Jedell
Appears in: "Boca"
A high school and grade school friend of Meadow Soprano and one of the star players on the team. In grade 11 she played on the soccer team alongside Meadow and had a sexual relationship with their coach, Don Hauser. Her father works overseas in Europe. Her mother, following the news of Ally's sexual abuse is perscribed sedatives and Charmaine Bucco tells Artie that she has become "useless at home." Her parents are divorced and she is said to have tried committing suicide before. The relationship caused her to become anti-social and withdrawn from schoolwork and Meadow. Ally tried to kill herself by slicing her wrists displaying characteristics of having self harm disorder after the coach took another job elsewhere, but her friends found her and she survived. Meadow later had her over for a sleepover while she was recovering from the suicide attempt. Coach Hauser was arrested for the statutory rape of Ally. She sells cigarettes to Meadow and her friends on the soccer team.
AJ Soprano's friends and associates[edit]
Principal Cincotta[edit]
Played by: Daniel Oreskes
Appears in: "The Telltale Moozadell", "Army of One"
AJ's high school principal. He caught AJ and his friends both times they broke into the school. When AJ and his friends destroyed the pool area and trophy display, Cincotta found the remains of a pizza with a custom topping selection only AJ was known to order. When AJ and his friend urinated on a wall and then stole the answer key to an exam, Cincotta got them to talk by pretending he had got their DNA from urine samples taken from the scene.
Rhiannon Flammer[edit]
Played by: Emily Wickersham
Appears in: "Johnny Cakes", "Cold Stones", "The Blue Comet", "Made in America"
An ex-girlfriend of Hernan O'Brien, whom A.J. meets again in the Psychiatric hospital while recovering from his suicide attempt. They hang out together and, when they begin to have intercourse in the woods in A.J.'s Nissan Xterra, the vehicle's catalytic converter sets fire to the dry leaves below it and A.J. and Rhiannon scramble out; the truck explodes soon afterward. A.J. later tells his parents that Rhiannon, now his girlfriend, doesn't want him to join the Army. A.J. is shown picking up Rhiannon from high school in his new BMW M3 after a day of work at his new job, on the production team for a film bankrolled by Little Carmine. Rhiannon is a junior at Montclair High School.
Egon Kosma[edit]
Played by: Mark Karafin
Appears in: "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood", "The Telltale Moozadell", "Army of One"
Egon was the best friend of A.J. when they attended Verbum Dei School. Egon, like A.J., was also a troublemaker, having joined in with A.J. and several other children to trespass into the school's swimming pool when it was closed for the night and vandalize it by smashing trophy cases and throwing articles into the pool. Unlike A.J., Egon was not punished for the rampage as A.J. refused to rat out Egon and took the entire blame. Egon was also a poor student like A.J., and both boys were in danger of failing their geometry classes, a problem they sought to solve by breaking into the school after hours once again, this time to see an advance copy of the mid term exams and memorize the answers. Both are discovered by the headmaster of Verbum Dei when their superior test scores are reported as a suspicious improvement. While A.J. manages to evade the headmaster's intimidation, Egon breaks down in tears, revealing the cheating. Due to his prior disciplinary record, Anthony Junior is expelled from Verbum Dei. Egon's disciplinary record, as well as his ultimate punishment for the break-in and subsequent cheating, is unknown, although the audience is given a strong impression he was kicked out of Verbum Dei alongside A.J.
Hernan O'Brien[edit]
Played by: Vincent Piazza
Appears in: "Johnny Cakes", “Cold Stones”, "Soprano Home Movies"
Hernan is an Irish-American school acquaintance of A.J. Soprano. After they graduated, Hernan and A.J. become friends and they often go clubbing in New York after AJ dropped out of college. Hernan seems to use A.J.'s fame as a relation of Tony's to chat up girls and bathe in the reflected glory of his minor celebrity status. He is the ex-boyfriend of Rhiannon Flammer, who, in the episode "The Blue Comet," starts dating A.J..
Devin Pillsbury[edit]
Played by: Jessica Dunphy
Appears in: "Everybody Hurts", "Calling All Cars", "Marco Polo", "All Due Respect"
AJ's WASP girlfriend in seasons four and five. Devin is from an even more wealthy family than AJ and this causes a little friction between them when he first finds out about it. AJ and Devin had visited the Soprano home and been to see Meadow at the South Bronx Law Center that day to look for a quiet place to make out. This had prompted AJ to discuss the injustice of his family's wealth. When discussing Devin with his friend Patrick, AJ says that he thinks she is ready to have sex with him. Devin attended the party that AJ organized when he was in high school. She shares the same last name as Charles Alfred Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, the founders of the Minneapolis flour and grain company.
Jeremy Piocosta[edit]
Played by: T. J. Coluca
Appears in: "Meadowlands"
Jeremy was a friend of AJ Soprano and attended a summer camp with him. In 1999, their relationship had soured and AJ and Jeremy had a fight in school after A.J. sent a text message to Jeremy insulting his mother. They argued again shortly after this and agreed to fight at "the pit" so they wouldn't get broken up. Jeremy's father, George, had a chance encounter with Tony Soprano on the same day and fled, fearing Tony was seeking revenge on his son's behalf. On arriving at the pit, Jeremy said he could not fight AJ and instead offered money to replace a shirt he had damaged in their first encounter. His last name is taken from Pio Costa Enterprises situated in Fairfield, New Jersey.
Blanca Selgado[edit]
Played by: Dania Ramirez
Appears in: "Kaisha", "Soprano Home Movies", "Stage 5", "Chasing It", "Walk Like a Man"
Blanca is A.J. Soprano's Puerto Rican girlfriend, whom he met while working at the construction site. Blanca is an administrator at the site and is also responsible for making payments to Paulie Gualtieri. Blanca has a 3-year-old son named Hector and lives in an apartment building in South Passaic. She attended Christmas celebrations at the Soprano family home and met A.J.'s parents (Tony and Carmela Soprano), who were initially skeptical about the relationship for several reasons: she was not Italian, she was ten years A.J.'s senior, and she was a single mother, but they ultimately accepted it because she was Catholic like they were. Blanca lives in a neighborhood that had been disturbed by a youth gang, which A.J. steps up to deal with. He convinces the gang members to move on by bribing them with a bicycle. A.J. eventually proposes marriage to Blanca and she accepts, but later changes her mind and ends the relationship, sending A.J. into an emotional downward spiral that lasts for several episodes.
Matt Testa[edit]
Played by: Cameron Boyd
Appears in: "Everybody Hurts", "All Happy Families...", "All Due Respect", "Johnny Cakes"
Matt is a friend of AJ Soprano's. Matt attended the party that AJ organized when he was at high school. While attending a Soprano family dinner with Ralph Cifaretto, he tells Ralph that he's half Jewish. Later, he works in the local branch of Blockbuster with AJ. He shares the same last name as real life Philadelphia crime family mobsters Phil Testa and his son Salvatore Testa. He sold in-store movie advertisement merchandise from Wallace and Gromit with AJ, against store policy making $500 off standee.
Patrick Whalen[edit]
Played by: Paul Dano
Appears in: "Everybody Hurts", "All Due Respect"
Patrick is a friend of AJ Soprano's. His father is a science teacher and AJ Soprano says that Whalen's house is so small that it doesn't even have a dining room and five people live in the one house, he considers himself lucky being born into a rich family. Despite being a science teacher, Matt tells Ralph Cifaretto while over dinner at AJ Soprano's house, that his father drives a Porsche Boxster. Patrick seems to be very curious of AJ's life as the son of a mobster, assuming his house resembles that of Godfather II's. He seems even more impressed with Devin's father's art collection that includes paintings by Pablo Picasso and a mint condition vinyl of Rubber Soul when he and AJ both attend her mansion.
Christopher Moltisanti's friends and associates[edit]
"J.T." Dolan[edit]
Played by: Tim Daly
Appears in: "In Camelot", "Mayham", "Stage 5", "Walk Like a Man"
A screenwriter and an associate of Christopher Moltisanti from rehab. He moved from New Jersey to Hollywood and was successful in "The Business" owning a BMW Z3, being a member of the Screen Writers Guild and having a girlfriend that was an actress. He became addicted to heroin, cocaine and alcohol and later lost his job after not completing a script for Nash Bridges. He later went to a rehabilitation clinic in Pennsylvania (where he first met Christopher) and was successful in turning his life around. He was awarded an Emmy and a Humanitas Prize for his earlier screen writing. He had written for Nash Bridges, Superman: The Animated Series (a reference to Tim Daly's role as Superman), Law & Order SVU and wrote an episode of That's Life.
J.T. dabbles in gambling and places horse bets with Christopher and finds a fondness for high-price poker games. J.T. borrows money from Christopher to play high-stakes poker and their friendship is effectively ended when he fails to pay it back on time. Little Paulie Germani and Chris beat J.T. up in his home and confiscate his BMW as a partial payment for his debts. Despite the beating, Chris later resumes their "friendship" when the debt has caused J.T. to relapse. As J.T. Dolan is enrolling in rehab again, Chris freezes the debt and assures J.T. that he will return to prosperous screenwriting. Later, as J.T was working as a full-time professor of a writer's class "The Writer's Block", Chris has J.T. forcibly abducted by "Murmur" and Benny Fazio and offers to clear the gambling debt if J.T. writes a screenplay for his feature movie project. J.T. agrees and writes the script for Cleaver, a slasher horror film, from a story by Christopher, working on the film closely with Moltisanti and Carmine Lupertazzi Jr. who is its co-executive producer. However, when the film gets made in 2007, at its premiere, Christopher does not acknowledge Dolan's contributions to it when talking to the audience, leaving him embarrassed in front of his female companions. Also, the film's character, mob boss Sally Boy, upsets Tony Soprano for his apparent similarities to his person and Christopher attempts to do damage control when he orders J.T. (by hitting him over the head with his Humanitas prize) to tell Tony the character was his idea. J.T. does as instructed and spins a tale to Tony about plagiarizing the character from an old movie, but Tony remains unconvinced.
When Christopher relapsed again in 2007, after his latest feud with Paulie Gualtieri and assumed ridicule and disrespect by the crime family, he attempted to find comfort by talking to J.T. one late night, as his current sponsor was out of town. J.T. was cold and unreceptive, angry at his unannounced intrusion. Heavily drunk, Christopher said that he had seen and done terrible things and started hinting his knowledge of mob crimes. J.T. angrily tried to get Christopher to stop talking about them, suggesting that he did not want to know. After J.T. exclaimed "Chris, you're in the Mafia!", Christopher walked away, then turned and shot him in the head, killing him instantly.
Tina Francesco[edit]
Played by: Vanessa Ferlito
Appears in: "Another Toothpick", "Rat Pack"
Tina was the Italian American girlfriend of Soprano family associate Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile before his death. She inadvertently caused the beating of Bryan Spatafore by urging him to give her a ride home to her home in Somers Point, New Jersey following an argument with Intile but Bryan was on his way to a job in Teaneck, New Jersey. Salvatore complains that after listening to her answering machine he is always hearing a different man's voice, making him believe that Tina is cheating on him, which she does not answer. Tina's association with the family continued as a friend of Adriana La Cerva and she was expected to act as maid of honor in her planned wedding to Christopher Moltisanti. Tina upset Ade by constantly flirting with Chris and Ade retailiated by using her role as an FBI informant to reveal that Tina had been embezzling funds from the shopping service she works for. The consequences of this revelation are unknown, but we do see Ade's FBI handler writing down the information, and Tina subsequently vanishes from the show.
Adriana La Cerva[edit]
Main article: Adriana La Cerva
Liz La Cerva[edit]
Played by: Patty McCormack
Appears in: "Full Leather Jacket", "Watching Too Much Television", "Long Term Parking", "The Ride", "Kaisha"
Liz is the mother of Adriana La Cerva. Liz was born Elizabeth Aprile and is a sister of the late Jackie Aprile, Sr. and Richie Aprile and sister-in-law to Rosalie Aprile (see family tree). Liz was never a big supporter of Adriana's relationship with Christopher Moltisanti and Ade often stayed with her following arguments or domestic violence. Following Adriana's disappearance in 2004, Liz was visited by the FBI who informed her that her daughter was believed to be dead and that they suspected Chris's involvement. When Carmela Soprano encountered her at the 2006 Feast of St. Elzear, Liz, having become convinced of her daughter's murder, was already showing evident signs of depression: she had stopped taking care of her appearance and later attempted suicide. Carmela visited her in the hospital, but Liz appeared to be unconscious at the time.
Amy Safir[edit]
Played by: Alicia Witt
Appears in: "D-Girl"
Amy was a woman engaged to Christopher Moltisanti's cousin Gregory Moltisanti from Essex County, New Jersey. Her father is a neurosurgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She was pre-accepted into Yale University during her freshman year at high school. Amy says that she has also worked with Quentin Tarantino and says that they are "friends." She met with Christopher because of his interest in scriptwriting and the two had a brief affair at the The Beverly Hilton while filming a Janeane Garofalo and Sandra Bernhard lesbian spy movie. She was a Vice President of a movie development company and worked with real-life movie director Jon Favreau, with whom she also put Chris in touch. She is the official script writer for Favreau and once read a movie script submitted by Billy Bob Thornton to Favreau for her input which was rejected. Amy is helping Favreau do an autobiographical movie of mobster Joe Gallo. She ultimately turns down Christopher's script for a semi-autobiographical account of his life in organized crime.
Richie Santini[edit]
Played by: Nick Fowler
Appears in: "A Hit Is a Hit"
Richie was an ex-boyfriend of Adriana La Cerva and her childhood neighbour in New Jersey. Richie was always a songwriter and musician but had changed his approach to life, giving up hard drugs and switching from hair metal to alternative rock, after an accident involving him receiving a near-fatal electric shock by a downed power line and receiving third-degree burns while high on heroin. When not writing or playing music he works at Kinko's. Richie changed the name and genre of his band, "Defiler", to an alternative rock band called "Visiting Day". His band members criticize Richie's songs for having no chorus in any of his songs and where the choruses are supposed to be, Richie just has another verse to the song. He had previously recorded music in Denmark. He attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings regularly. He does not like The Beatles. His 3-person band uses an array of instruments including a ukulele. Richie reconnected with Adriana when she began to pursue a career in the music industry and her new boyfriend Christopher Moltisanti bankrolled her efforts to produce a demo tape for Richie's band. Richie and the rest of the band had a hard time in the recording sessions and refused Christopher's offer of amphetamines to aid the process, unwilling to risk relapsing into his old habits. Chris eventually became so frustrated with Richie that he beats him with his own guitar. Ultimately, Chris decides to abandon the project, much to the chagrin of Adriana, who still believes they could make the big time. Richie and his band weren't mentioned again during the show's run.
Physicians[edit]
Dr. Ba[edit]
Played by: C. S. Lee
Appears in: "Join the Club", "Mayham"
He is a West African physician who specializes in neurology. Dr. Ba is responsible for checking Tony's neurological functions after Tony suffered a gunshot wound, inflicted in 2006 by his uncle Corrado Soprano.
Dr. Bruce Cusamano[edit]
Played by: Robert LuPone
Appears in: "A Hit Is a Hit", "Isabella", "Funhouse", "Whitecaps", "Soprano Home Movies"
Tony Soprano's neighbor and family physician. His main field is internal medicine. He referred Tony to Dr. Melfi, who is a personal friend whom he entertained at his home at a dinner party. He and his wife, Jeannie Cusamano, have a dog, Esterhaus. He once invited Tony to play golf with him and some friends but Tony was upset that they only seemed interested in his mafia stories. Tony exacted revenge on Bruce by asking him to hold onto a package filled with sand for him, for an unspecified length of time, without telling Bruce what was in it. Bruce and Jean were tempted to open the package but terrified to know what it held. Heroin or a gun were their guesses.
Dr. Stokley Davenport[edit]
Played by: Hill Harper
Appears in: "Irregular Around the Margins"
The doctor who treated Adriana and Tony Soprano after they were involved in the accident at Mount Mercy Hospital in Dover, New Jersey. Shortly after Tony was admitted, the doctor said that the tests indicated that Tony was ok to leave the hospital. When Tony asked if the doctor if he was sure he performed all the correct tests, the doctor became defensive, feeling Tony was implying the doctor was incompetent because he was black. He stated that he has a degree from Johns Hopkins University and that his grandmother (hinted at being Jane E. Mitchell, a nurse) was the first black woman licensed to practice medicine in Delaware. Later Tony Soprano and Tony Blundetto brought Christopher to see the doctor, in an attempt to convince Christopher that Adriana was not giving Tony fellatio in the car, therefore causing the accident. After Blundetto made a thinly veiled threat, the doctor confirms what the Tonys were trying to tell Christopher. He is impressed by Blundetto's medical knowledge thinking at first that he is a doctor. He affirms that the injuries Adriana had were consistent with her sitting upright during the time of the accident. Soprano then thanks the doctor and tries to give him money. The doctor refuses and leaves them in disgust.
Dr. Doherty[edit]
Played by: Jenna Stern
Appears in: "Made in America"
The second psychotherapist of A.J., following Dr. Vogel. A.J. starts attending sessions with her after his discharge from the hospital's mental health ward. When A.J.'s parents get concerned about his wish to join the military, they go have a talk with Dr. Doherty, but Tony instead starts complaining and telling her about his own mother and upbringing. It could be said that Dr. Doherty is rather reminiscent of Dr. Melfi (except her blonde hair), down to her skirt and the crossed legs, as in, the same therapists for Tony and A.J. in a "like father like son" motif.
Dr. Ira Fried[edit]
Played by: Lewis J. Stadlen and John Pleshette
Appears in: "The Happy Wanderer", "Amour Fou", "Army of One", "Watching Too Much Television", "All Happy Families..."
A player in the Soprano family's executive game - a high stakes, all night poker tournament and head of the Fried Medical Group with offices located throughout the tristate area. He is a doctor who specializes in treating erectile dysfunction, which is the source of much juvenile joking by the other card players. Dr. Fried was able to turn the tables when performing some out-of-hospital surgery on Furio Giunta after the attempted armed robbery at the Aprile social club. Furio, in agony, asks Tony "Who is this prick, is he a real doctor?" to which Dr. Fried replies, "Close - I'm a prick doctor, get it!?" In 2002 Dr. Fried acted as the initial property buyer in Tony's HUD scam - selling properties on to Maurice Tiffen at a profit. In 2004, Fried and numerous others were the victims of a large-scale car robbery at his Fried's daughter's wedding. He reached out to Tony about the theft. It turned out that Feech La Manna had organized the car theft scheme.
Dr. John Kennedy[edit]
Played by: Sam McMurray
Appears in: "Second Opinion"
A general surgeon who is responsible for Junior's care when he has his colon cancer operation. Junior is in awe of the man but Tony is less impressed by his dismissive attitude and feels Junior is blinded by his physician's famous namesake. When Tony consults an oncologist to discuss Junior's post-operative care, a tumor panel is convened and Kennedy becomes reluctant to be involved in the case as his decision is questioned. Junior receives chemotherapy but Dr. Kennedy stops returning his and Tony's calls. Tony catches up with Dr. Kennedy on the golf course initially presenting him a club as a gift but it soon becomes clear he is there to intimidate the man. Shortly afterwards Dr. Kennedy visits Junior at his chemotherapy appointment and gives him his home phone number.
Dr. Wendy Kobler[edit]
Played by: Linda Lavin
Appears in: "No Show"
A counselor to whom Dr. Melfi refers Meadow. Kobler encourages Meadow to take a year off or participate in a college exchange program in Europe, much to her parents' dismay.
Dr. Krakower[edit]
Played by: Sully Boyar
Appears in: "Second Opinion"
A Ukrainian-Russian therapist to whom Carmela Soprano is referred by Dr. Melfi after Carmela shows up, alone, to one of her and Tony's short lived couples sessions. Dr. Krakower bluntly tells Carmela she enables Tony's lifestyle and she will never overcome her guilt and shame about her life unless she cuts Tony out of it completely. He advises Carmela to "take what is left of the children", divorce Tony, and accept no alimony or child support from him (as his is "blood money"). Carmela, unwilling to follow this advice, does not see Dr. Krakower again. Dr. Krakower's first name is never mentioned.
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg[edit]
Played by: Peter Bogdanovich
Appears in: "Toodle Fucking-Oo", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "From Where to Eternity", "House Arrest", "Funhouse", "Employee of the Month", "He Is Risen", "The Weight", "Calling All Cars", "Two Tonys", "All Happy Families...", "Johnny Cakes", "Stage 5", "The Second Coming", "The Blue Comet"
Dr. Jennifer Melfi's psychotherapist who also used to be her teacher. Elliot tries to convince her numerous times to refer Tony to another colleague. Elliot calls Dr. Melfi "Jen" in their sessions.
Elliot has a daughter, Saskia, who is a lesbian and student at Columbia University, which Meadow attended.
In the episode "Employee of the Month," Elliot also counsels Melfi following her rape.
Elliot once unknowingly encountered Tony Soprano in the parking garage at Columbia University, while both were visiting their daughters. He followed Tony in his car in the hopes of taking Tony's parking space when he left but annoyed Tony by driving too closely, describing him later to Melfi in a therapy session as "this Bluto-type guy." He presented the encounter to Melfi as a way of saying that parking garages are not inherently dangerous places and that she should not blame herself for her rape. He thought that Tony may have been a maintenance man working in the building.
In 2007, following Tony's shooting by Junior and the rise of his media profile, Melfi accuses Elliot of directing their therapy towards discussing "Patient Soprano" because of his desire for gossip and continuous shows of interest. In the episode "The Second Coming," he tells Melfi of a study that concludes talk therapy enables sociopaths. In the episode "The Blue Comet," he further presses Melfi about Soprano at a dinner party, where he reveals to guests that Soprano is Melfi's patient, to her embarrassment, a serious breach of doctor-patient confidentiality, although he dismisses her protests casually, saying everyone at the table is a professional. Melfi is upset, but nevertheless later reads the study herself, which leads her to finally drop Soprano as a patient at their next session.
Elliot seems to be interested in the Mafia on a personal level. In the episode "Stage 5", he can be seen watching the news when the Lupertazzi crime family is discussed, remarking: "This Santoro thing, I called it a year ago". He once tried to explain this interest to Melfi by saying that his father was a huge fan of The Untouchables.
Dr. Mehta[edit]
Played by: Ismail Behty
Appears in: "Second Opinion"
An Indian oncologist, with whom Tony arranges an appointment to discuss the best management of Junior's colon cancer. Mehta suggests they convene a tumor board meeting.
Dr. Jennifer Melfi[edit]
Main article: Jennifer Melfi
Dr. Melfi is Tony Soprano's therapist.
Dr. Lior Plepler[edit]
Played by: Ron Leibman
Appears in: "Join the Club", "Mayham"
Tony Soprano's attending physician, who treats Tony for his gutshot in 2006.
Dr. Douglas Schreck[edit]
Played by: Matthew Sussman
Appears in: "Toodle Fucking-Oo", "House Arrest", "For All Debts Public and Private"
Junior Soprano's cardiologist, who allowed Junior to use his office to conduct meetings while under the pretense of coming in for medical appointments due to the physician-patient privilege clause that denies the FBI and authorities to listening in on their conversations. After Corrado's fall in the shower and heart attack scare he tells Corrado the tremors were from the stress of the trial and the house arrest. Corrado refers to him in front of Tony and Richie Aprile as "the best goddamned heart doctor in the world." His father "Marty Schreck" was a wealthy bookmaker in New Jersey that Corrado used to do business with back in the 1950s. The FBI used this as an opportunity to gather information by inserting an agent, who posed as a nurse and talked to Junior.
Dr. Richard Vogel[edit]
Played by: Michael Countryman
Appears in: "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi", "The Second Coming"
A psychotherapist whom A.J.'s pediatrician recommends to Carmela for therapy concerning A.J.'s depression. In the episode "The Second Coming," Dr. Vogel also enters A.J. into a mental hospital and arranges a group therapy session with him and his parents after A.J. tries to commit suicide.
Friends, family and associates of Jennifer Melfi[edit]
Nils Borglund[edit]
Played by: Phil Coccioletti
Appears in: "Pilot"
Melfi eats dinner with Nils at Giuseppe's, where they bump into Tony Soprano accompanied by Silvio Dante and Paulie Gualtieri. Nils is astonished that she knows the mob figure and deduces that she must be treating him.
Jason LaPenna[edit]
Played by: Will McCormack
Appears in: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti", "House Arrest", "Employee of the Month", "The Telltale Moozadell"
Jennifer Melfi and Richard LaPenna's son. He is not very close to Richard, and following his mother's rape grows even more distant from him. He attends prestigious Bard College in the Hudson Valley of New York. While dining with his mother at an upscale restaurant, Jason witnesses an incident wherein his mother gets into an argument with a stranger over smoking and is embarrassed when they are asked to leave because of her drunken behavior. After his mother's rape, Jason loses interest in his classes at Bard and vows revenge on Melfi's attacker and, in anger, asks the detective for five minutes alone with him.
Richard LaPenna[edit]
Played by: Richard Romanus
Appears in: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti", "Employee of the Month", "The Telltale Moozadell", "Christopher"
Richard is the estranged husband of Jennifer Melfi and father of Jason LaPenna. When Dr. Melfi's family learn that she is treating a major mob figure, they urge her to end the association as it is unhealthy. Richard is a member of an organization that aims to combat the negative portrayal of Italian Americans in the media. This Italian Anti-Defamation League is based on the real-life Italian-American Civil Rights League founded by Colombo crime family boss, Joe Colombo. Richard and Jennifer had reconciled in 2001 and he was living with her at the time of her rape. Richard was largely supportive and eager to seek justice for the rape. He was very angry when mishandling of the chain of custody allowed the man to go free. However, Richard placed some of the blame for the rape on Jennifer, as she had parked in a poorly lit garage and left work late. Richard is 10 years older than Melfi, and Melfi confides in her therapist, Dr. Elliot Kupferberg, that she feels she initially entered into the relationship because Richard offered her an almost paternal sense of security, but his paternalism frustrated her.
Aida Melfi[edit]
Played by: Barbara Haas
Appears in: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
Jennifer Melfi's mother. When she is told that Dr. Melfi has a patient in the mafia she encourages her to stop seeing him.
Joseph Melfi[edit]
Played by: Bill Richardone
Appears in: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
Jennifer Melfi's father.
See also[edit]
List of The Sopranos characters
List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family
List of characters from The Sopranos in the Lupertazzi crime family
FBI on The Sopranos
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ CNN Wire Staff. "'Sopranos' actress dies at 46." CNN. October 31, 2010. Retrieved on October 31, 2010.
2.Jump up ^ Bartlesville OK News, Community Info, and Links
3.Jump up ^ Oxfeld, Jesse. "Family Man: Crime boss Tony Soprano is the conflicted suburban dad at the center of HBO's influential hit series The Sopranos. Now meet the real father of the show.", Stanford Magazine, September / October 2002. Accessed July 23, 2008. "The couple’s college-age daughter, under the name Michele DeCesare, plays the occasional role of Hunter Scangarelo, Meadow’s friend."
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List of characters from The Sopranos in the Lupertazzi crime family
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Lupertazzi crime family

Founded
1920s
Founding location
New York City, United States
Years active
1920s-present
Territory
The only territory knows are Brooklyn, Long Island and Northern New Jersey
Ethnicity
Italian and Italian-Americans are made men, with other ethnicities as "associates"
Membership
200+ made men, unknow number of associates
Criminal activities
Racketeering, waste management, bootlegging, bookmaking, bribery, highjacking, loan sharking, extortion, contract killing, conspiracy, robbery, drug trafficking, fencing, illegal gambling, robbery, murder, prostitution, pornography, corruption, fraud, construction management, theft and money laundering
Allies
Other four New York Mafia families and the Soprano crime family
Rivals
Various street gangs in NYC and their allies at times
The Lupertazzi crime family is a fictional Mafia family from the HBO series The Sopranos. It is thought to be loosely based on the real Lucchese and Gambino crime families.
The Lupertazzi crime family consists of an administration and various crews, but only eight crews are known.
The following is a listing of fictional characters from The Sopranos that are associated with the Lupertazzi crime family.


Contents  [hide]
1 Jerry Basile
2 Petey B.
3 Lorraine Calluzzo
4 Albert "Albie" Cianflone
5 Charles 'Chucky' Cinelli
6 Salvatore "Coco" Cogliano
7 Raymond "Ray-Ray" D'Abaldo
8 Butch DeConcini
9 Dominic
10 Jason Evanina
11 Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello
12 Angelo Garepe
13 Anthony Infante
14 Jimmy Lauria
15 Phil Leotardo
16 William "Billy" Leotardo
17 Carmine "Little Carmine" Lupertazzi, Jr.
18 Carmine Lupertazzi, Sr.
19 Jason Masucci
20 Rusty Millio
21 John Minervini
22 Mook
23 Muzzy Nardo
24 David Pasquale
25 Joseph "Joey Peeps" Peparelli
26 James "Jimmy" Petrille
27 Eddie Pietro
28 John "Johnny Sack" Sacrimoni
29 Faustino "Doc" Santoro
30 Anthony Santosusso
31 Gerardo "Gerry" Torciano
32 Historical leadership 32.1 Boss (official and acting)
32.2 Underboss (official and acting)
32.3 Consigliere (official and acting)
33 Capos
34 See also
35 References
36 External links

Jerry Basile[edit]
Played by: Garry Pastore
Appears in: "Marco Polo"
Capo in the Lupertazzi crime family. His crew is based in Freeport, Long Island. During the infighting following boss Carmine Lupertazzi's death in 2004, Little Carmine courted Jerry's loyalty with the gift of a washing machine and a visit to the Lupertazzi home. Basile was somewhat put off when Johnny Sack arranged to have Little Carmine's motoryacht - which was moored in the back of the house - sunk during Basile's visit. Jerry is the only Lupertazzi capo to retain that rank through the power struggle between Johnny Sack and Little Carmine.

Petey B.[edit]
Played by: Pete Bucossi
Appears in: "The Blue Comet"
"Petey B." is one of the soldiers/associates of the Lupertazzi crime family tasked with taking out Silvio Dante. He is driving the car with "Ray Ray" in it and successfully traps Dante and Patsy Parisi in the Bada Bing! parking lot. "Ray Ray" would have fired more at Silvio and perhaps gone after Patsy except that he ran out of bullets. Leaving the parking lot in a hurry, Petey accidentally causes a massive crash, wherein a motorcyclist falls from his bike and it hits other moving vehicles.
Petey B. is played by and named after Pete Bucossi, the stunt coordinator on the show ever since the pilot episode.
Lorraine Calluzzo[edit]
Played by: Patti D'Arbanville
Appears in: "Rat Pack," "Where's Johnny?," "All Happy Families..."
A famous associate of the Lupertazzi crime family, known as "the lady shylock." Christopher Moltisanti calls her a legend and is obviously impressed with the reputation she earned in spite of the handicap of being a woman in the mob. Junior Soprano noted her bloodthirstiness in days gone by. She once had a sexual relationship with Tony. During the infighting following boss Carmine Lupertazzi's death in 2004, Lorraine kicked up to Little Carmine, who was also reportedly her lover as well as her second cousin. This put her in the crosshairs of Johnny Sack's outfit, who wanted to set an example for the rest of the New York Crews. Phil Leotardo roughed her up and even shot at her (using a telephone directory to stop the bullet) during a shakedown, warning her to stop cutting in Little Carmine. Lorraine sought a sit down with Tony Soprano through Angelo Garepe to ask him to intercede in the Lupertazzi infighting. But Phil returns with his brother Billy and associate Joseph "Joey Peeps" Peparelli, killing Lorraine and her lover in her home anyway.

Albert "Albie" Cianflone[edit]
Main article: Albie Cianflone
Charles 'Chucky' Cinelli[edit]
Played by: Michael DeNigris
Appears in: "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh," "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request"
Charles is the owner of Cinelli sanitation - the Lupertazzi crime family's waste management front. He was involved in a dispute over Barone sanitation following the death of Dick Barone in 2006 which ended with his buying the company. He attended Allegra Sacrimoni's wedding.

Salvatore "Coco" Cogliano[edit]
Played by: Armen Garo
Appears in: "Soprano Home Movies," "The Second Coming"
"Coco" is, likely, a soldier in the Lupertazzi crime family. He owns/manages a small restaurant named Joey's, where he also works as a waiter. "Coco" is often seen accompanying Butch DeConcini. He and Butchie beat up a construction foreman when he informs them their no-show jobs were pulled by Tony Soprano after his dispute with Phil Leotardo. While inebriated from drinking Sambuca, he makes aggressively lewd remarks to Meadow Soprano while she is on a date with Patrick Parisi (son of Patsy Parisi) in NYC. Shortly after Meadow tells Tony of the incident but brushes it off as public intoxication, Tony Soprano severely pistol-whips and curb-stomps him in his restaurant, knocking his teeth out and reportedly almost killing him.
Butchie says that "Coco" is an okay guy which suggests that he has good standing in the Lupertazzi crime family, but Tony suggests that, possibly, he is a borderline alcoholic. His name could have been taken from former Lucchese crime family underboss and acting boss, Ettore ("Eddie") Coco, who served under Carmine Tramunti.

Raymond "Ray-Ray" D'Abaldo[edit]
Played by: Rick Aiello
Appears in: "The Blue Comet" "Made in America"
Raymond "Ray-Ray" D'Abaldo is a soldier in the Lupertazzi crime family, who used to sell stolen items out of the back of his Ford Crown Victoria in his early criminal career. He attends a meeting at Flatbush Bikini Waxing and is one of the assassins contracted out for hits on the Soprano family. He expresses surprise and disdain that Bobby Baccalieri is No. 3 in the Soprano family, finding it comical. He is involved in the assassination attempt on Silvio Dante but runs out of bullets before he can gun down Patsy Parisi and is seen by the patrons of the Badda Bing that come out and see the shooting. Ray-Ray is last seen in "Made in America," walking outside with Butch as he talks on the phone with Phil.
Butch DeConcini[edit]
Main article: Butch DeConcini
Dominic[edit]
Played by: Dominic Chianese Jr.
Appears in: "Soprano Home Movies," "The Second Coming," "The Blue Comet"
Dominic is a member of the Lupertazzi crime family. He attends Phil Leotardo's welcome home party after Phil's recovery from his heart attack and later attends a hostile sit down between Tony and Phil. In the episode "The Blue Comet," Dominic also participated in the meeting at the Flatbush bikini waxing store when Phil's underboss Butch DeConcini and consigliere Albie Cianflone informed everyone who exactly was to be killed when Leotardo decided to "decapitate" the Soprano crime family and do business with what was left.
Jason Evanina[edit]
Played by: Frank Fortunato
Appears in: "Rat Pack," "Where's Johnny?," "All Happy Families..."
Partner of Lorraine Calluzzo, a loan shark in New York associated with the Lupertazzi family. During the infighting following boss Carmine Lupertazzi's death, Lorraine kicked up to Little Carmine. Jason is Lorraine's loan collector and, although muscular, he does not demonstrate shows of strength, either when Lorraine is intimidated by Phil Leotardo and warned to start paying Johnny Sack or when Lorraine insults him. When intimidating Lorraine for the first time, Phil implies that Jason is a homosexual and remarks that he probably taught her how to give oral sex. When Lorraine does not comply with Phil's orders, Phil returns with Billy Leotardo and Joe Peeps. Jason is killed off-screen, as Lorraine tries to escape, she is killed by Billy "You were told to kick up to John" not far from where she discovers Jason's dead body. It is unknown whether Joey Peeps or Billy Leotardo killed Jason.
Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello[edit]
Played by: Tony Cucci
Appears in: "Moe N' Joe," "Cold Stones", "Kaisha"
An overweight member of the Lupertazzi crime family under Phil Leotardo, Gamiello joined Leotardo in reacting with scorn when hearing of Johnny Sack's decision to take a plea bargain and break omerta. Gamiello joined with Gerry Torciano in murdering Vito in a hotel in Fort Lee, New Jersey because of Vito's homosexuality, while Leotardo watched. He commented to Phil Leotardo that Vito was "a disgrace" to organized crime. Later, Dom visited Satriale's to deliver money to Silvio Dante and Carlo Gervasi. Dominic is a close friend of Silvio's and asked him for gambling advice. After Fat Dom made some crude remarks implying that Gervasi was also homosexual, Silvio silenced him with a blow to the back of the head with a dustbuster. Silvio told Carlo to just "hit him" but Carlo repeatedly and fatally stabbed Dominic in the stomach with a butcher knife. Dominic's murder infuriated Tony Soprano and Silvio and Carlo closed Satriale's under the cover story that a water pipe had burst, while they cleaned up and disposed of the body. Carlo and Silvio first planned to dismember his body but finally decided to bury it at a construction site and ditch the car somewhere along the side of a highway. Carlo was seen disposing of Dom's severed head (which he was keeping in a refrigerator at his house on the Jersey Shore) at the beginning of the next episode, by shoving it down a storm drain in Connecticut. Dom's murder was assumed as payback for Vito Spatafore's killing by the Lupertazzi mobsters, even though Tony denied any knowledge of his disappearance to them at the families' truce meeting. Dom's only daughter lived in a motel in Metuchen, New Jersey and he had planned to visit on the day of his murder. Dominic had the Beethoven composition "Für Elise" as a ringtone on his phone.

Angelo Garepe[edit]
Played by: Joe Santos
Appears in: "Two Tonys," "Rat Pack," "Where's Johnny?," "All Happy Families...," "Marco Polo," "Unidentified Black Males," "The Test Dream"
Consigliere to Carmine Lupertazzi for 30 years before his incarceration at United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth. Angelo was imprisoned on charges relating to a construction project in Yonkers. During his prison time, he became close friends with Tony Blundetto. He was released alongside Blundetto as part of the "Class of 2004." He has a son named Charles who is into architectural salvage.
Infighting occurred amongst the members of the Lupertazzi crime family following Carmine's death. Angelo chose Little Carmine's side along with capo Rusty Millio. Even though Angelo claimed to be "retired," he remained an important figure, and was suggested by Tony Soprano as part of a power sharing triumvirate to end the infighting. (Tony's proposal was that Johnny Sack, Little Carmine, and Angelo would all be equally in charge, but no major decisions could be made without a majority vote.) Angelo reluctantly went along with the idea. Interestingly though, Tony told Johnny Sack that the power sharing idea was Angelo's—this was intentional on Tony's part in order to allow him to maintain some distance from the conflict and appear merely as a neutral go-between, rather than a mediator (Tony had mentioned to Christopher Moltisanti that the instability between John and Little Carmine was serious.) Johnny Sack angrily dismissed this power sharing idea.
During the infighting, Angelo recruited his old friend, Tony Blundetto, to murder Joseph "Joey Peeps" Peparelli—an associate of Johnny Sack and member of Phil Leotardo's crew. Following this, Phil and his brother, Billy Leotardo, killed Angelo.
Angelo's murder had two major repercussions—it caused Little Carmine to withdraw from the fight, as he couldn't stomach any more bloodshed, making Johnny Sack the undisputed successor to Carmine, Sr. It also provoked Tony Blundetto to pursue the Leotardos, shooting and killing Billy Leotardo while wounding Phil. This nearly started a war between the New York and New Jersey crews, and anger from this conflict remained until The Sopranos' conclusion.

Anthony Infante[edit]
Played by: Lou Martini, Jr.
Appears in: "Members Only," "Mayham," "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh," "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request," "Moe N' Joe," "Stage 5"
Ginny Sacrimoni's brother and Johnny Sack's brother-in-law. Infante is an optometrist, but also serves as a reluctant back-channel through which Tony Soprano and Johnny Sack communicate while Johnny is in federal detention. Although the business and etiquette of the mob was alien to him, with coded discussion proving a particular difficulty, Infante made an effort to assist Johnny in salvaging what was left of his command.
When Johnny agreed to asset seizures to lessen his sentence, he had Anthony reach out to Tony to arrange the sale of a share of a company that he was an unofficial partner in. The owners were in New Orleans and, after a difficult first meeting, Tony was not optimistic. Anthony realized the importance of the deal to his sister and family and arranged a more favorable share for Tony to ensure that it would go through.
Anthony was often teased by Tony and his crew in his role as a go-between; they stole sunglasses from his shop and played with him when he brought a gift for Tony and not Sil to a meeting. He also had some difficulty communicating in code with Johnny.

He is last seen in "Stage 5 (The Sopranos)" telling Johnny about Johnny's diminished street credibility, and assuring him that Johnny will be remembered for being a good father and a good husband, which seems to be enough for John in the end.
Jimmy Lauria[edit]
Played by: Greg D'Agostino
Appears in: "Army of One," "Christopher," "In Camelot," "Members Only," "Kaisha" and "Chasing It"
Associate of the Leotardo crew. Takes part in the beat down on Hesh's son-in-law. Later attends the meeting with Tony, Hesh, Phil Leotardo and Gerry Torciano to make restitution for Hesh's son-in-law's injuries. Later seen guarding Phil's hospital bed after Phil's massive heart attack. He also attends the party celebrating Phil's return to being boss of the Lupertazzi family.

Phil Leotardo[edit]
Main article: Phil Leotardo
William "Billy" Leotardo[edit]
Played by: Chris Caldovino
Appears in: "Where's Johnny?," "All Happy Families...," "In Camelot," "Unidentified Black Males," "Cold Cuts," "The Test Dream," "Long Term Parking", "All Due Respect"
William "Billy" Leotardo was a soldier in Phil Leotardo's crew and Phil's younger brother and dim-witted partner in crime who is on friendly terms with Tony Blundetto. Billy killed Lorraine Calluzzo and Jason Evanina with his friend Joe Peeps. He sells computer printer toner cartridges out of the back of a truck that he has ordered for the Esplanade construction site offices. Following Carmine Lupertazzi's death, a power struggle between Johnny Sack and Little Carmine ensued. One side was led by Carmine's underboss, Johnny Sack, while the other was ostensibly led by Carmine's son and Miami capo, "Little Carmine" Lupertazzi, although it is likely that consigliere Angelo Garepe and capo Rusty Millio were the real power behind this faction. Joe was killed soon after and Billy took part in the response - a hit on Angelo Garepe. Finally, Billy himself was killed by Tony Blundetto in revenge for the death of his friend Angelo, causing lasting distress to his brother Phil, who was wounded in the attack, and held his brother in his arms as he died on the street.

Carmine "Little Carmine" Lupertazzi, Jr.[edit]
Main article: Little Carmine
Carmine Lupertazzi, Sr.[edit]
Main article: Carmine Lupertazzi
Jason Masucci[edit]
Played by: Paul Diomede
Appears in: "All Due Respect"
Associate/soldier in Phil Leotardo's crew. Jason accompanies Phil on his hunt for Tony Blundetto after Phil's neck injury. He participates in Phil's beating of Benny Fazio with a cane in Long Branch, New Jersey outside The Crazy Horse Too in the club's parking lot. The beating leaves Benny Fazio in a coma and Phil's subsequent intimidation of Joanne Moltisanti and pretends to be a friend of Moltisanti from Alcoholics Anonymous. He shows restraint when Phil threatens to hurt Joanne in saying that Phil should lay off, saying it's going to far to threaten family members. In the episode "Johnny Cakes" Sil tells Tony that Jason thought he saw Vito but was mistaken while both families are searching for Vito.

Rusty Millio[edit]
Played by: Frankie Valli
Appears in: "All Happy Families...," "Marco Polo," "Unidentified Black Males," "Long Term Parking," "Members Only," "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request," "Luxury Lounge"
Rusty is a capo in the Lupertazzi crime family, married to Gianna Millio. Rusty is a close associate of Little Carmine and considered to be one of the instigators in Little Carmine's power play following boss Carmine Lupertazzi Sr.'s death. After Lupertazzi's death, Rusty turns down the position as head of the Lupertazzi crime family but later regrets his decision. He helps Angelo Garepe orchestrate the hit on Joe Peeps (with Tony Blundetto as the hitman) after telling Little Carmine "We'll steamroll right over John, and I predict the guys in the streets in Brooklyn and Queens will welcome us as fuckin' heroes! It'll be easy..." He offers Tony Blundetto the contract on Joey Peeps which Tony hesitantly turns down having not made up his mind on his future.
Since the truce and Johnny Sack's arrest, Rusty refuses to be in the same room as, or take orders from, acting boss Phil Leotardo. Johnny Sack orders a hit on Rusty (whom he referred to as "The Mayor of Munchkinland," due to his short stature standing at 5'5") through Tony, because he feels Rusty is likely to wrest power away from him while he is in prison. In the episode "Luxury Lounge," Rusty and his bodyguard/driver, Edward "Eddie" Pietro are assassinated in Rusty's driveway by Italian hitmen contracted by Tony. In the episode, Rusty's address is said to be 134 Deweunter Terrace in Brooklyn.
Rusty is portrayed by singer Frankie Valli, who is also referred to in his own right in the series. In the season 1 episode "46 Long," Tony brings his mother, Livia, some flowers which were brought from the "same florist that Frankie Valli uses when he comes to Jersey." Christopher Moltisanti also classes Valli as one of the great Italian-American singers. There is also a scam of selling stolen Frankie Valli concert tickets with Tony Soprano. In the episode Christopher a Native American Chief invites Tony and some friends to his casino so that he may ask Tony to get Frankie to come to his casino for a week, a job that Tony delegates to Silvio, who mentions that he hasn't talked to Frankie for years.

John Minervini[edit]
Played by: Johnny Valiant
Appears in: "For All Debts Public and Private"
Carmine Lupertazzi's bodyguard. After Carmine's death he's seen guarding Phil Leotardo.
Mook[edit]
Played by John Lanzillotto
Appears in: "All Happy Families..."
A soldier or associate in Rusty Millio's crew. Acted as a driver for Rusty in "All Happy Families..." A 'mook', as the term is used in the film Mean Streets, is a derogatory title given to someone who is a degenerate gambler and overall "scumbag." The character in The Sopranos is given no other name. Fortunately he is not acting as the chauffeur and bodyguard when Rusty Millio is murdered by the DiMeo crime family.
Muzzy Nardo[edit]
Played by Vic Martino
Appears in: "Marco Polo"
"Muzzy" Nardo (first name unknown) is a pimp working for Phil Leotardo's crew. He operated a brothel that Joey Peeps collected from. It is his brothel that Joey Peeps is murdered outside of along with one of his prostitutes as they are leaving to go to 42nd Street in Manhattan by Tony Blundetto. His brothel is improving in business and was increasing its profits since the previous month suggesting that the brothel had not been open that long. He pays a share of his earnings from the brothel to Joe. He is seen complaining to one of his prostitutes that they were spending too much time socializing with their customers and not having sex. He lets his prostitute leave with Joe Peeps for an evening out on the town after he shows an interest in her. He has a similar last name to Cleveland mobster Giovanni Narchionne, who went by the last name "Nardi." It is never clarified if Muzzy witnessed the shooting and was the witness that was able to describe the "hobbling gunman" later implicated to be Blundetto.
David Pasquale[edit]
Played by Adam Scarimbolo
Appears in: "All Due Respect"
An associate/soldier in Phil Leotardo’s crew. He accompanied Phil Leotardo and Jason Masucci on the hunt for Tony Blundetto. He was with Phil when he beat down Benny Fazio and rode to up to Pat Blundetto’s farm to discover Tony B.’s corpse. It is unknown as to what David’s status is in the New York Family. He has not appeared again in the series.
Joseph "Joey Peeps" Peparelli[edit]
Played by: Joe Maruzzo
Appears in: "The Weight," "Calling All Cars," "Rat Pack," "Where's Johnny?," "All Happy Families...," "Irregular Around the Margins," "Marco Polo"
Joseph "Joey Peeps" Peparelli born in New York City in 1964 is an associate in Phil Leotardo's crew and an aide-de-camp to Johnny Sack. He was an avid player of golf and usually played with Johnny. Joey is drinking alongside Johnny Sack at Benito One, a bar on Mulberry Street in Little Italy, Manhattan when he thought Donny K is laughing at him - this is during his beef with Ralph and his crew over an insult to Ginny Sack. He tells Johnny Sack that he is dating a stage performer and former ballet dancer that performed in the Cats (musical), once coming home and seeing her in her stage costume. Joey is unable to restrain John from following Donny outside, beating and urinating on him but Joey quickly spirits John away from the scene once he is finished. After this Joey contacts the Asian hitman that Johnny ordered to kill Ralph Cifaretto, and subsequently tells the hitman to call off the murder when Johnny decides against it agreeing to pay him extra for his troubles. He is not married and lives with his mother who is confined to a wheelchair and Sacrimoni takes care of her financially following his murder. Paulie Gualtieri makes a comment suggesting that Joey was not intelligent. Joey often goes to high-level sit-downs with Johnny Sack and enjoyed playing golf with him. During the infighting amongst the Lupertazzi crime family Joey and Billy Leotardo kill lady shylock Lorraine Calluzzo, and her partner Jason Evanina, for kicking up to Little Carmine instead of Johnny Sack. As a method of retaliation, Joey is killed along with the prostitute from the brothel by Tony Blundetto when leaving a Manhattan brothel that he collects protection money from. It is shown that he is a frequent habituate of the brothel and picks up a prostitute, Heather, to take downtown. He drives a Lincoln Town Car. When ordering his death, Angelo Garepe refers to him as "a friend of a friend, not a friend of ours," assuring Blundetto that Peparelli is not a made man. At Peparelli's funeral, Tony Soprano is aghast that his crew accidentally has a formal headstone carved with the name "Peeps," instead of his proper surname "Peparelli."

James "Jimmy" Petrille[edit]
Played by: Vinny Vella
Appears in: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti," "Rat Pack," "Long Term Parking," "All Due Respect"
Friend of Johnny Sack's who became his consigliere once Johnny took over as boss of the family. However, it is revealed in "All Due Respect" that Petrille had been a turncoat cooperating with the FBI and gave up information going back to Sacrimoni's criminal activities in 1981, which was instrumental in Johnny's arrest.
Eddie Pietro[edit]
Played by: Nick Annunziata
Appears in: "Unidentified Black Males," "Long Term Parking," "Members Only," "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request," "Luxury Lounge"
Edward "Eddie" Pietro was a soldier in Rusty Millio's crew and his right-hand man. He often accompanied Rusty and acted as his driver on such occasions as Raymond Curto's funeral and Allegra Sacrimoni's wedding. When seeing the supposed "Italian tourists", Italio and Salvatore he is angered at being stopped and asked for directions, mocking their limited knowledge of the English language. Eddie was shot in the head multiple times alongside Rusty while backing out of Rusty's driveway while late for a meeting with Phil Leotardo and to pick up groceries. He chauffers Rusty around in a Mercedes Benz S430.

John "Johnny Sack" Sacrimoni[edit]
Main article: Johnny Sack
Faustino "Doc" Santoro[edit]
Played by: Daniel P. Conte
Appears in: "Soprano Home Movies," "Stage 5," "Remember When"
Aging Mustache Pete mobster with a full head of white combed back hair who is friendly with Phil Leotardo and his wife. He is a veteran made man of the Lupertazzi crime family. Tony Soprano calls Faustino "senile" due to his age. He had the enmity of the rest of the family for his actions while Phil Leotardo was recovering from his heart attack. Ordered a hit on Gerry Torciano after Johnny Sack's, the official boss' of the family, death. As Gerry was the perceived successor to Phil Leotardo to take over the family, Doc had him brazenly murdered while he ate dinner with Silvio Dante. During a sit-down over a union dispute with contracting firm DiLeo Construction in an Italian restaurant, Doc humiliates Phil by taking food from his plate, even as Phil acknowledges Doc as the new head of the family. Phil avenges his long-felt humiliations and has Doc murdered with Butch DeConcini as one of the getaway drivers, along with his bodyguard outside a massage parlour and brothel in Chinatown, Manhattan, cementing his own claim to be the boss. One of the gun men shoot out Santoro's right eye. Tony Soprano and the crew learn of Santoro's murder from watching a televised news report at the Bada Bing.
Anthony Santosusso[edit]
Played by: Steve Santosusso
Appears in: "Calling All Cars"
Anthony is an associate/soldier of the Lupertazzi crime family. He accompanies Joe Peeps when he beats up the Soprano family's scam artist Polish-American home appraiser, V.I. Trifunovitch, over their dispute about profits from the HUD scam.

Gerardo "Gerry" Torciano[edit]
Played by: John Bianco
Appears in: "Members Only," "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request," "Luxury Lounge," "The Ride," "Moe N' Joe," "Cold Stones," "Kaisha," "Soprano Home Movies," "Stage 5"
Gerardo "Gerry" Torciano, was a protégé of Phil Leotardo, also known as "the Hairdo," due to his coiffed hair. Torciano appeared to handle the street business of Phil Leotardo's old crew, as acting capo, during Phil's accession up to underboss. Torciano and Jimmy Lauria got into an altercation with Hesh Rabkin and his son-in-law Eli over extortion money collections being done on the crew's territory in Brooklyn. Torciano's men burned them out of his car, beat up Eli, and slugged Rabkin. As Eli fled he was hit by a taxi cab in a hit and run and hospitalized. Later, Torciano apologized to Tony, claiming that he thought Eli was a civilian, and made restitution for his injuries. Torciano attended Allegra Sacrimoni's wedding and listened to Phil's discussion of Johnny Sack's apparent weakness when he was dragged away in tears. He sometimes used ill-placed metaphors when discussing mob business that frustrated and confused mob associates, who jokingly referred to him as Walt Whitman.
He was made official captain in 2006. A celebratory dinner was held for him at Nuovo Vesuvio attended by members of the DiMeo and Lupertazzi crime families. Torciano accompanied Leotardo on his visit to New Jersey for the Feast of St. Elzear and later accompanied Leotardo to a meeting about the new Tidelands construction project. Dominick "Fat Dom" Gamiello and Torciano murdered Vito Spatafore in his motel room while Leotardo watched. In 2007, Gerry died at the hands of a hitman (on orders from Faustino "Doc" Santoro) in a New York City restaurant while dining with Soprano family consigliere Silvio Dante and their respective dates.
Torciano had blonde hair but later in 2006 changed the color to black.
Historical leadership[edit]
Boss (official and acting)[edit]
1970s-2004 - Carmine Lupertazzi
2004-2007 - John "Johnny Sack" Sacrimoni Acting 2004-2007 - Philip "Phil" Leotardo (removed)
Acting 2007 - Faustino "Doc" Santoro (murdered)
2007 - Philip "Phil" Leotardo (murdered)
2007-present - "Butch the Little Guy" DeConcini
Underboss (official and acting)[edit]
1980s-2004 - John "Johnny Sack" Sacrimoni (became boss)
2004-2007 - Philip "Phil" Leotardo (became boss)
2007 - Butch DeConcini
Consigliere (official and acting)[edit]
1970s-2004 - Angelo Garepe (murdered)
2004-present - Albert "Albie" Cianflone
Capos[edit]
DeConcini crew
1980s-2007 - Butch DeConcini
 ?
Santoro crew
1970s-2007 - Faustino "Doc" Santoro
 ?
Leotardo/Torciano crew
1980s-2004 - Phil Leotardo
2006-2007 - Gerry Torciano
 ?
Petrille crew
1970s-2004 - James Petrille
 ?
Dominic crew
1990s-present - Dominic
Basile crew
1980s-present - Jerry Basile
Millio crew
1970s-2006 - Rusty Millio
 ?
Miami crew
1990s-present - Little Carmine Lupertazzi
See also[edit]
List of The Sopranos characters
List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family
List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family
FBI on The Sopranos
References[edit]

External links[edit]
The Sopranos cast and crew


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List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family
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The following is a list of fictional characters from the HBO series The Sopranos that are associated with the Soprano crime family.


Contents  [hide]
1 Administration 1.1 Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile, Sr.
1.2 Silvio Dante
1.3 Ercoli "Eckley" DiMeo
1.4 Paulie Gualtieri
1.5 Michael "Mikey Grab Bag" Palmice
1.6 Joseph "Beppy" Sasso
1.7 Corrado "Junior" Soprano
1.8 Tony Soprano
2 Tony Soprano/Gualtieri/Moltisanti crew associates 2.1 Alfie
2.2 Perry Annunziata
2.3 Matthew Bevilaqua
2.4 Patrizio "Uncle Pat" Blundetto
2.5 Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero
2.6 Corky Caporale
2.7 Frankie Cortese
2.8 Cary DiBartolo
2.9 Benito "Benny" Fazio
2.10 Brendan Filone
2.11 Paul "Little Paulie" Germani
2.12 Gaetano Giarizzo
2.13 Sean Gismonte
2.14 Furio Giunta
2.15 Corky Ianucci
2.16 Peter "Bissell" LaRosa
2.17 Thomas Maccarato
2.18 Christopher Moltisanti
2.19 Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti
2.20 Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi
2.21 Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi
2.22 Fabian "Febby" Petrulio
2.23 George "Georgie" Santorelli
2.24 John Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano
2.25 James "Murmur" Zancone
3 Junior Soprano/Bacala crew associates 3.1 Robert "Bobby Bacala" Baccalieri
3.2 Robert "Bobby" Baccalieri, Sr.
3.3 Thomas "Tommy" Di Palma
3.4 Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile
3.5 George "Gus" Esposito
3.6 Murf Lupo
3.7 Anthony "Tony Black" Maffei
3.8 Joseph "Eggie" Marino
3.9 Donnie Paduana
3.10 Michael "Mikey Grab Bag" Palmice
3.11 Giuseppe "Beppy" Scerbo
3.12 Charles "Chucky" Signore
4 Aprile crew associates 4.1 Jackie Aprile Jr.
4.2 Richie Aprile
4.3 Gigi Cestone
4.4 Ralph Cifaretto
4.5 Francis "Big Frank" Cippolina
4.6 Robert "Bobby Zanone" Coniglio
4.7 "Corky" DiGioia
4.8 Peter "Beansie" Gaeta
4.9 Dante "Buddha" Greco
4.10 Kevin "Dogsy" Interdonato
4.11 Donald "Donny K." Kafranza
4.12 Jason Molinaro
4.13 Eugene Pontecorvo
4.14 Carlo Renzi
4.15 Bryan Spatafore
4.16 Vito Spatafore
4.17 "Sunshine"
4.18 Dino Zerilli
5 Barese crew associates 5.1 Albert "Ally Boy" Barese
5.2 Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese
5.3 Nicholas "Nicky Spags" Spagnelli
6 Altieri/Gervasi crew associates 6.1 James "Jimmy" Altieri
6.2 Walden Belfiore
6.3 Tony Blundetto
6.4 Terrence "Terry" Doria
6.5 Burt Gervasi
6.6 Carlo Gervasi
6.7 Salvatore "Sammy" Grigio
6.8 Vincent "Vinny Pitts" Pisaturo
7 Other members of the Soprano/DiMeo New Jersey crime family 7.1 Tommy Gilardi
7.2 "Fat" Jerry Anastasia
7.3 Jimmy Bones
7.4 Joey Cipollini
7.5 Raymond "Buffalo Ray" Curto
7.6 Rocco "Rocky" DiMeo
7.7 Michele "Feech" La Manna
7.8 Gennaro "Little Pussy" Malanga
7.9 Romeo Martin
7.10 Francesco "Fritzie" Nesti
7.11 Francesco "Cicci" Sasso
7.12 Kevin "Hair" Sharkey
7.13 Richard Catuso
7.14 Robert "Quiet Bobby" Rufalo
8 Business and front operators 8.1 Hector Anthony
8.2 Ariel
8.3 Dick Barone
8.4 Victor "Vic" Caputo
8.5 Warren Dupree
8.6 Adriana La Cerva
8.7 E. Gary La Manna
8.8 James "Jimmy" La Manna
8.9 "Black" Jack Massarone
8.10 Hillel Teittleman
8.11 Shlomo Teittleman
8.12 Maurice Tiffen
9 Hired goons 9.1 Antjuan
9.2 William Johnson "Petite" Clayborn
9.3 Credenzo Curtis and Stanley Johnson
9.4 Frank Crisci
9.5 Lou "DiMaggio" Gallina
9.6 Italo and Salvatore
9.7 Rasheen Ray
9.8 Special K
10 Other criminal associates 10.1 Ahmed and Muhammad
10.2 Augustino "Little Augie" Aprile
10.3 Camillo
10.4 Joseph "Joey" Cogo
10.5 Debbie
10.6 Gallegos
10.7 Angelo Giacalone
10.8 Matush Giamona
10.9 Detective Barry Haydu
10.10 Rusty Irish
10.11 Orange J
10.12 Reverend Herman James, Jr.
10.13 Kamal
10.14 Eli Kaplan
10.15 Emil Kolar
10.16 Rene LeCours
10.17 Alex Mahaffey
10.18 Vin Makazian
10.19 Slava Malevsky
10.20 Massive Genius
10.21 Harold Melvoin
10.22 "Yo-Yo" Mendez
10.23 Neil Mink
10.24 Nino
10.25 Willie Overall
10.26 George Paglieri
10.27 Pino
10.28 Herman "Hesh" Rabkin
10.29 Raffaele
10.30 Reuben "The Cuban" Santiago
10.31 Marty Schwartz
10.32 Chief Doug Smith
10.33 Theodore "Teddy" Spirodakis
10.34 Tanno
10.35 Valery
10.36 Waldemar Wyzchuk
10.37 Ronald Zellman
10.38 Annalisa Zucca
10.39 Mauro Zucca
11 See also
12 References
13 External links

Administration[edit]
Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile, Sr.[edit]
Main article: Jackie Aprile, Sr
Silvio Dante[edit]
Main article: Silvio Dante
Ercoli "Eckley" DiMeo[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "46 Long", "Meadowlands", "Pax Soprana", "Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office...", "Rat Pack"
Ercoli DiMeo, a.k.a. "Old Man" and "Eckley", is the founder and the longtime boss of the DiMeo crime family. By the events of the series, he is boss in name only, and never demonstrated any influence over the family: he is serving a life sentence in a high security United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri. In season two, when Philip "Philly Spoons" Parisi picks up Gigi Cestone at the airport, it is implied from the conversations that DiMeo is suffering from old age and requires round-the-clock nursing care in the prison hospital wing. When the death of Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile is reported on television in season one, the newsreporter states that; he was the acting boss for the 74-year-old Ercoli "Eckley" DiMeo, which then makes him over 80 years old at the end of the series, assuming he is still alive at that point.
DiMeo ran the family from sometime in the 1950s until he received a sentence of life imprisonment in 1995, at which point Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile became acting boss of the family. Though Jackie already had full control in 1999 (the first season of The Sopranos), at one point he said "I may be acting boss while the old man's a guest of the government" out of deference to DiMeo.
DiMeo was apparently a major force in his prime. He served as a mentor to Tony Soprano and, according to other characters, had Tony and Jackie pegged early on as eventual candidates for boss. DiMeo also took a liking to Tony's father "Johnny Boy" Soprano and it is likely that Johnny would have been acting boss had he not died of emphysema in 1986. However, it is clear that DiMeo had great muscle behind him when he led the family, as prominent capos "Johnny Boy" Soprano, Corrado "Junior" Soprano, and Michele "Feech" La Manna were below him.

Paulie Gualtieri[edit]
Main article: Paulie Gualtieri
Michael "Mikey Grab Bag" Palmice[edit]
Main article: Mikey Palmice
Joseph "Beppy" Sasso[edit]
Played by:
Appears in: "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
Beppy Sasso is an original member of the DiMeo crime family. He was the underboss at the time the show started. He was indicted on federal racketeering charges along with recently named boss Junior Soprano and caporegime Lawrence Barese. Sasso has the shortest on-screen time of any character answering the door of his house in a robe. He is described as an "ailing underboss" in the fictitious media reports surrounding the DiMeo crime family. It is unknown when Sasso became underboss; There is speculation that Junior Soprano promoted him when the latter became boss in 1999, but that is unlikely, seeing as how he is described as "ailing underboss." He was likely underboss for either Jackie Aprile from 1995 onward or for longtime boss Ercoli Dimeo prior to 1995.
Corrado "Junior" Soprano[edit]
Main article: Junior Soprano
Tony Soprano[edit]
Main article: Tony Soprano
Tony Soprano/Gualtieri/Moltisanti crew associates[edit]
Alfie[edit]
Played by: Michael Goduti
Appears in: "Eloise"
Alfie is part of the group Little Paulie takes to vandalize Carmine's restaurant over the HUD dispute. He spray paints a drawing of a penis on a painting that Johnny Sack said once hung in the office of Fiorello LaGuardia.
Perry Annunziata[edit]
Played by: Louis Gross
Appears in: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request...", "Live Free or Die", "The Ride", "Cold Stones"
Perry Annunziata, also known as "Muscles Marinara" is from Bloomfield, New Jersey. He served as a bodyguard and driver for Tony Soprano during his recovery from a gunshot in 2006. Tony calls him Penne Arrabiata (as in the pasta dish penne all'arrabbiata), on account of his getting angry (Italian: arrabbiato) at a rude driver while driving Tony. He is first runner-up in Mr. Teenage Bloomfield and cousin of Gina Annunziata. Tony picked a fight with Perry at Satriale's to regain the respect of the family following his injury - selecting Perry specifically because of his muscular build and hot-headed nature. Perry knew the ramifications of beating up a mob boss and even still tried to fight back. Tony beats him to the ground and gives him a broken nose. Tony later paid Perry off as an apology for the altercation, although Perry stated that he was in the wrong. Perry takes advice from both his father and from capo Carlo Gervasi. Perry renewed his duties by accompanying Tony to the Feast of Saint Elzear and to Christopher Moltisanti's belated bachelor party. Annunziata was driving Tony when he discovered the corpse of Fat Dom Gamiello at Satriale's, but he remained in the car. There is a "soldier" from the DeCavalcante crime family, which The Sopranos is based on, named Daniel Annunziata.

Matthew Bevilaqua[edit]
Main article: Matthew Bevilaqua
Patrizio "Uncle Pat" Blundetto[edit]
Played by: Frank Albanese
Appears in: "Cold Cuts", "Long Term Parking", "Remember When", "Made in America"
Former soldier in the Soprano crew, worked alongside Johnny Boy Soprano. Unlike many of his contemporaries he was able to retire from "the business". He suffered from hiccups for an entire year (approximately) and contemplated suicide. Pat is the uncle of Tony Blundetto and Chris Moltisanti, and father of Louise Blundetto. Tony Soprano calls him Uncle Pat but they are not blood relatives. Pat's brother Al Blundetto married Quintina Pollio, Livia Soprano's sister. Pat owns a farm at 146, Route 9a, Kinderhook, Upstate New York that his nephews used to visit in the summers of their youth. Several bodies were buried on the farm - Tony, Tony B., and Chris dug them up and moved them in 2004, as he was planning to sell the farm, and move to Florida, which he later does. In the series finale, Pat is seen visiting a decrepit Junior Soprano in a New Jersey mental facility. He there encounters Janice, whom he suspects is attempting to con Junior into giving her the last of his money. Pat later visits Tony at the Bada Bing to report Janice's suspicious behavior, before going back to Florida.
Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero[edit]
Main article: Sal Bonpensiero
Corky Caporale[edit]
Played by: Edoardo Ballerini
Appears in: "Live Free or Die", "Luxury Lounge", "The Ride", "The Blue Comet"
An associate of Christopher Moltisanti and a heroin addict. Christopher enlisted him to accommodate the Italian hitmen provided to Tony for the hit on Rusty Millio. Corky was chosen primarily because he speaks Italian and would therefore be able to communicate effectively with the hitmen. Christopher paid him for the job with heroin. Corky performed well, delivering weapons and instructions at a remote spot without revealing much about himself, and the hit went smoothly. Christopher delivered the second half of Corky's payment at the Feast of St. Elzear and included more heroin as a substitute for some of the money. Corky injected the drug in Christopher' car, which initially prompted Christopher to encourage him to get into rehab. However, Christopher was eventually tempted into joining him.
In 2007, in the episode "The Blue Comet," now after Christopher's death, the Soprano Family used Corky again through Patsy Parisi. The target this time was Phil Leotardo, but Corky was not as successful. The hit was botched badly and Yaryna, Phil's housemaid and mistress, and her elderly father, who looked remarkably like Phil, are killed instead. When Corky heard from the hitmen that the man spoke Ukrainian to his daughter, he mumbled "whatever." However, he did ask Patsy Parisi if Phil spoke Ukrainian.

Frankie Cortese[edit]
Played by: Tony Siragusa
Appears in: "Irregular Around the Margins", "Marco Polo", "Unidentified Black Males", "Long Term Parking"
He served as a driver and bodyguard for Tony as a soldier of the Soprano crime family in 2004. In the episode "Irregular Around the Margins," Frankie was one of the parties that restrained Christopher when he came after Tony with a gun at the Bing (Frankie threatened to break him like a wishbone during this incident). Frankie also accompanied Tony, Silvio and Christopher to a tense sit-down with Johnny Sack, Phil Leotardo and Jimmy Petrille shortly after Tony Blundetto killed Billy Leotardo. It is his wife's house that Tony, Carlo and others stay at while in hiding from Phil Leotardo.

Cary DiBartolo[edit]
Played by: James Vincent Romano
Referenced in: "Mayham", "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh"
Soldier of Paulie Gualtieri crew who accompanied him on a robbery of Colombian drug dealers in 2006. Shot a Colombian who was trying to stab Paulie. Later seen visiting Tony as he recovered from his shooting at the hands of Junior Soprano, his uncle. Cary helped Paulie and Chris intimidate the EMT Tony believed took cash from him as he was brought into the hospital.

Benito "Benny" Fazio[edit]
Main article: Benny Fazio
Brendan Filone[edit]
Brendan Filone, played by Anthony DeSando, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos.
On The Sopranos, Brendan Filone was Christopher Moltisanti's friend and partner in crime and an associate of Tony Soprano. Brendan was addicted to crystal meth, and often used it with Christopher. In the episode "46 Long", Brendan and Christopher hijacked a Comley Trucking truck and stole a number of DVD players. Comley Trucking was under the protection of Uncle Junior, who demanded restitution. At a sit down, Uncle Junior tells Tony to keep Brendan and Christopher's "loose cannon" behavior under control. In a nightclub, Brendan tries his best to convince Chris to neglect Tony and Uncle Junior since they were both being denied a rise. Early the next morning, Brendan urges Chris to get ready for the next heist, a truckload of high-end Italian suits. Christopher tells him that he has decided to go along with the rules instead.
Always high on crystal meth and unable to comply with orders, Brendan, this time without Christopher, hijacks another Comley truck with two cohorts. In the process, the driver of this second truck is accidentally shot and killed by a ricochet bullet when one of the thugs drops his gun. Once Tony learns about this mishap, Brendan and Christopher receive a lecture about leadership and are ordered to return the truck to Comley. However, Uncle Junior isn't satisfied. Mikey Palmice and Livia Soprano both give Uncle Junior advice on the matter. Because of this, Junior orders that Christopher receive a mock execution — and a real one for Brendan. Brendan is shot clean through the eye ("Moe Greene special") while in his bathtub by Uncle Junior's trigger man, Mikey Palmice, as Junior stands by. This scene is inter-cut with Meadow's recital, allowing her choir's version of the lullaby "All Through the Night" to decorate the violence.
In the aftermath, Christopher and Adriana find Brendan's body in his bathtub and Christopher calls for harsh retaliation against Palmice. Tony decides to confront his uncle and Mikey for their punishing methods by beating Mikey to the ground and stapling him with some tickets. He then goes to have a sit-down with Uncle Junior for his orders.
Anthony DeSando's last onscreen appearance as Brendan Filone was in the first season episode "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti." He is one of the main concentrations on television when Jeffrey Wernick is interviewed about the murder charges. Wernick reveals that Filone was a loyal soldier and associate and his murder was as yet unsolved from the eyes of a federal agent. The amount of media attention and coverage Brendan receives after his murder makes Christopher annoyed and jealous. Even Georgie says that he is amazed to have known Brendan.
Later, when Jimmy Altieri attends a funeral, he notifies Uncle Junior of how sad Brendan Filone's mother was at his funeral. Junior reciprocates by telling Mikey and Chuckie about Jimmy's remark, noting that this is the kind of things they are talking about behind his back, namely the "Brendan Filone hit."
Later, in retaliation for the attempted hit on Tony, Mikey Palmice is killed after Chris and Paulie Gualtieri chase him down while he is jogging. Mikey tries to blame all the recent events on Junior, even Brendan's death, but Chris replies, "My friend Brendan, you shot him in his bathtub naked, no chance to run." Paulie and Chris then execute Mikey, leave him dead in the woods.
In season two, after Christopher is shot by Sean Gismonte and Matthew Bevilaqua, he has a near-death experience in the hospital where he goes to "hell" and explains that he saw Brendan Filone and Mikey Palmice playing cards with a bunch of Roman soldiers and Irish men. Chris also mentions that Brendan and Mikey are friends in hell although they were enemies when alive. Paulie assumes that Chris went to purgatory and tries to reassure him that it isn't as bad as hell, although Paulie becomes obsessed with his own fears of ghosts. With the exception of Paulie's concern, most of the other Soprano crew chalk up Christopher's experience as a hallucination.
Paul "Little Paulie" Germani[edit]
Main article: Little Paulie Germani
Gaetano Giarizzo[edit]
Played by: Stelio Savante
Appears in: "Full Leather Jacket"
An Italian associate of Furio Giunta. Accompanied Furio to Sean and Matt's apartment to collect money for Tony Soprano. They also intimidated the two into giving them $1000. Furio and Gaetano joked about the two, speaking Italian so Sean and Matt did not understand. It is unknown how long Giarizzo stayed in the country or his role in the family as he has not appeared since. Sean Gismonte refers to Gaetano as "greaseball wop."
Sean Gismonte[edit]
Main article: Sean Gismonte
Furio Giunta[edit]
Main article: Furio Giunta
Corky Ianucci[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "Whoever Did This", "In Camelot"
Corky is a Soprano associate who mainly acts as an arsonist who is skilled at making the cause of his work appear accidental. He assisted Silvio in starting the fire which burned down Artie's restaurant in 1999. Tony later suspected that Ralph Cifaretto had hired Corky to light numerous fires, including the fire at the stables which killed Pie-O-My, a horse owned by Ralph that Tony took great interest in.

Peter "Bissell" LaRosa[edit]
Played by: Jeffrey M Marchetti
Appears in: "Eloise", "Whitecaps", "Two Tonys", "In Camelot", "Unidentified Black Males", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Moe N' Joe", "Kaisha"
Bissell, also known as Petey, was part of the group Little Paulie took to vandalize Carmine Lupertazzi's restaurant in the HUD dispute. Petey made his bones (along with Benny Fazio) by killing Stanley Johnson and Credenzo Curtis, on orders from Christopher Moltisanti. Petey/Bissell is often seen at Satriale's. He was sweeping up at Satriale's when Tony returned after recovering from his injury and later showed Phil Leotardo into the room. He continued his role as a doorman, admitting Anthony Infante to his meeting with Tony at the Bada Bing.
Thomas Maccarato[edit]
Played by: Uncredited Actor
Appears in: "The Knight in White Satin Armor"
Thomas "Tommy Mac" Maccarato is an associate of Moltisanti who has inside info on a truck containing Pokémon cards. It is unknown whenever the hijacking took place. Thomas Maccarato didn't appear in any other episode of the series.
Christopher Moltisanti[edit]
Main article: Christopher Moltisanti
Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "A Hit is a Hit", "From Where to Eternity", "For All Debts Public and Private", "Whitecaps", "Stage 5", "Walk Like a Man"
Former soldier in the Soprano crew. Died in the mid-1970s, Married to Joanne Moltisanti née Blundetto, father of Christopher and cousin to Carmella. Dickie was in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and later served time in prison, making it unlikely that he spent much time with his family when he was alive. Dickie was killed during Christopher's infancy, right outside the house while bringing TV trays home. In 2002, Tony Soprano told Christopher that Dickie's killer was Detective Lt. Barry Haydu, who had just retired from the force. Tony delivered Haydu to Christopher Moltisanti as a part of his process of bonding Chris to him and slowly easing him up the family hierarchy. However, when confronted by Christopher, Haydu denied ever having heard of Dickie Moltisanti and claimed that someone was "obviously" setting him up; however, he inadvertently admitted knowing Dickie Moltisanti by stating "Look, whoever told you I had anything to do with his death is lying!", before Christopher ever mentioned Dickie's death, whom Haydu supposedly didn't even know. Haydu's last words are "I'm sorry!" indicating that he was likely indeed responsible.
Tony remembers Dickie as a "stand up guy" and describes a lot of his positive qualities to Christopher. Dickie once took on a whole crew from New England and brought the war home to their turf. Tony also remembers that Dickie was killed because of a beef with Jilly Ruffalo, a man he was in prison with. Jilly murdered Dickie's cell mate and Dickie gouged out his eye in revenge.
According to Christopher, Dickie also struggled with problems of alcoholism and drug addiction.

Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi[edit]
Main article: Patsy Parisi
Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi[edit]
Played by: Dan Grimaldi
Appears in: "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...", "Funhouse", "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood"
Phillip is a soldier and Patsy Parisi's identical twin brother, who was born eleven minutes after him in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He is also Tony Soprano's cousin on his mother's side. He does not like the city of Boston, Massachusetts calling it "Scranton with Clams". Phillip alludes that he has been a fugitive in the past by telling Gigi about saving money where he can when wanted by the police, but it is never mentioned what he was a fugitive from. The two brothers were extremely close and Phillip would follow his brother into a life of organized crime in the DiMeo crime family. He is also the uncle to Patrick Parisi and coy with revealing mob information. He is executed by Gigi Cestone in early March 2000, when Philly picked-up and drove Gigi home from the Newark Liberty International Airport in his Cadillac Fleetwood. Tony Soprano ordered the hit to silence rumours (which in reality was factual gossip of Tony's troubled personal life at the time) that "Spoons" had been spreading that Tony had tried to suffocate Livia Soprano. Philly also later appeared in one of Tony's dreams while he was suffering from food poisoning. Tony was shown to be sorry and regretted having him killed. His death is thought to be an attempted carjacking as reported by police in the news.
A flashback of Gigi killing Philly is shown in "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood".

Fabian "Febby" Petrulio[edit]
Played by: Tony Ray Rossi
Appears in: "College"
Former soldier in the DiMeo family; he was possibly in the Soprano crew as Johnny Soprano knew him although Tony Soprano said he didn't know him well and Febby thought his name was "Teddy" not Tony. He was possibly in the Aprile crew as Tony said Jackie Aprile, Sr. knew him really well, and they served time together in Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary. He entered the Witness Protection Program after he informed on a lot of people from the DiMeo family to the FBI which led to convictions, allegedly that of Jackie Aprile, Sr. But he was eventually kicked out of the program. He later becomes a bonded and certified travel agent who is the proprietor of his own agency outside of Waterville, Maine. He promoted cruise line trips and train excursions. Tony recognized him living under the false name "Frederick 'Fred' Peters" while visiting Colby College in Waterville, Maine with Meadow. Tony waits for Febby to leave his place of business, a travel agency, and when he does, Tony strangles him to death with a piece of wiring, leaving his body in front of his business, to signify that the Mafia had found him, and it was not just a random killing.

Febby was an amateur wood sculptor, a skill he learned in a prison wood-shop, but had a problem carving lifelike lips. Christopher says he thought Febby's bust of Frank Sinatra was actually that of Shaquille O'Neal, and Tony realizes he's found Febby when he sees a bust of Ronald Reagan in his office with very large lips. At the time of his murder, Febby had a daughter who was around the age of Meadow Soprano, and a younger daughter. At the time of his death he was remarried, and had served as a volunteer fireman, and dealt some drugs locally. He had the chance to shoot Tony the previous day while accompanying his daughter to an orientation day at Colby College but cancels the plan because of the presence of two elderly bystanders outside their motel room. While Tony is garroting him, he lies and tries to use Meadow's presence as an excuse for not shooting him, but Tony doesn't care and kills him anyway.
In the Sopranos Scriptbook by David Chase the scene where Tony kills Febby plays out differently. In the printed version Tony orders him to drop the gun once he has the wire around his neck (in the episode he simply drops it) and their conversation is longer with Petrulio pleading that he has kids to which Tony replies "other guys got kids and they took the time". It is also left unclear until the last second as to whether Tony will kill him or not as his pleadings result in Tony relaxing his grip on the wire. Febby then tries to pull away which results in Tony losing his temper and killing him. Comparing this version to the final one, it is possible to see the edits made to achieve the final version.
George "Georgie" Santorelli[edit]
Played by: Frank Santorelli
Appears in: "46 Long, "Pax Soprana", "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti", "Full Leather Jacket", "University", "Second Opinion", "For All Debts Public and Private", "Christopher", "Watching Too Much Television", "The Strong, Silent Type", "Where's Johnny?", "In Camelot", "Cold Cuts", "Walk Like a Man"
George "Georgie" Santorelli is a bartender at the Bada Bing. He was occasionally involved in the crime family's activities, including helping Christopher move the body of Emil Kolar, a Czech-American mobster Christopher had whacked in the pilot episode, and also swept the Bing for bugs following rumors of federal indictments. He was well liked by Silvio Dante, who owns the club.
Georgie lets Bada Bing strippers change from dancing on the poles to working in the VIP room, where they make at least $500, but charges them $50 and oral sex. This is seen in the season 3 episode "University".
While Georgie seems harmless, affable, and compliant, it appears as if he is somewhat slow mentally. Georgie's mental impediments would later make him the catalyst for many of Tony Soprano's sudden, violent outrages in a few different situations, as he had a tendency to exhibit excessive incompetence and spout inappropriate commentary at the worst times, which leads to Tony beating him with objects: Tony repeatedly hitting him over the head with the phone when he kept repeating "Hello?", the Big Mouth Billy Bass for being reminded of the death of Big Pussy, the ice tray for wasting ice, and the cash register drawer for when he says, "That's why ya gotta live for today" when Tony is discussing the potential mass murder that could be caused by further Al Qaeda attacks. In "University", Georgie is also hit in the eye by a chain while Ralph Cifaretto is emulating a scene from the 2000 film Gladiator. After Tony hits him repeatedly over the head with the cash drawer causing permanent ear damage, Georgie says he is quitting. However, it appears he is convinced to stay or return to work as Georgie can later be seen working back at the Bing in season 6.

John Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano[edit]
Main article: "Johnny Boy" Soprano
James "Murmur" Zancone[edit]
Played by: Lenny Venito
Appears in: "Members Only", "Mayham", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Live Free or Die", "Luxury Lounge", "The Ride", "Cold Stones", "Kaisha", "The Blue Comet"
A friend and AA sponsor of Christopher Moltisanti, "Murmur" is reportedly an expert at forging documents. Attended Raymond Curto's funeral, to Tony Soprano's chagrin. He has also shown that he has the ability to do some muscle work as well, as seen by his and Benny Fazio's quick kidnapping of J.T. Dolan. Present at Christopher's pitch meeting for Christopher's movie project Cleaver. Also with Christopher at an AA meeting when the crew first learned of Vito Spatafore's homosexuality, although Tony dismissed "Murmur" from the back-room discussion of the news at the Bada Bing. James earned the moniker "Murmur" for having a heart murmur during child birth. He was once friends with a Vietnam War veteran that drank formaldehyde just to get high.
"Murmur" made Christopher's rounds while Christopher was in LA - buying credit card numbers from a pizza parlor and from Hillel at the Teittleman's hotel, then selling the numbers to Mohammed and Ahmed at the Bada Bing. "Murmur" also went out to LA to meet Christopher because Christopher was "chipping" (relapsing). While there, "Murmur" and Christopher tried to intimidate Ben Kingsley and robbed Lauren Bacall of a gift basket she received at an awards ceremony. "Murmur" later attended Christopher' belated bachelor party at Nuovo Vesuvio and continued to hang out with the crew at Satriale's. "Murmur" was skeptical of the benefits of Christopher's relationship with fellow addict Julianna Skiff, warning Christopher that it could be enabling (to relapse into substance abuse), and of the possibility of Tony finding out about his recent slip at the Feast of St. Elzear. He was also responsible for informing Tony that Phil Leotardo had a heart attack - Tony had warmed to him a little by this point and rewarded him with a club soda.
In 2007, in the episode "The Blue Comet," "Murmur" (unknowingly) informed Paulie and Silvio, by showing them a newspaper article on the murders of two civilians, that Phil Leotardo is still alive and the job to kill him failed because the hitmen had misidentified their target.

Junior Soprano/Bacala crew associates[edit]
Robert "Bobby Bacala" Baccalieri[edit]
Main article: Bobby Baccalieri
Robert "Bobby" Baccalieri, Sr.[edit]
Played by: Burt Young
Appears in: "Another Toothpick"
Father of Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri. Soldier in Junior Soprano's crew in his younger days, he owned and worked part-time in a barber shop cutting hair, the shop was a front for his illegal businesses, he sold it after he retired from the family. In "Soprano Home Movies", Tony mentioned to Bobby's son how it was unusual that he never whacked anyone, considering his father was "the fuckin Terminator in that respect", suggesting Bobby, Sr. was responsible for numerous homicides before his retirement. Returned to New Jersey from semi-retirement in 2000. Suffered from lung cancer after a lifelong smoking habit. In "Another Toothpick", Tony Soprano gave him the task of killing Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile. The hit was ordered as retribution for the savage unprovoked beating of Bryan Spatafore, brother of Vito Spatafore. Vito was a made man in the Aprile crew at the time. Mustang Sally was Robert's godson but he felt he had always been a problem so he had no reservations about the job and was glad to be of use. Despite his poor health and shortness of breath on exertion, he was able to overwhelm and kill the much younger Mustang Sally and his friend Carlos. Died after choking on blood brought on from his lung and losing control of his car and crashing into a sign post while leaving the scene of his final hit.

Thomas "Tommy" Di Palma[edit]
Played by: Ed Setrakian
Appears in: "Where's Johnny?"
Tommy is an elderly soldier in Junior Soprano's crew who is responsible for looking after him as his dementia worsens. He allows Junior to wander out of the house. Mikey Palmice mentions to Jackie Aprile, Sr. that a mobster named Tommy DiPalma is suffering from brain cancer at the same time Jackie is suffering from stomach cancer. It is never made clear if these are two different DiPalmas.

Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile[edit]
Played by: Brian Tarantina
Appears in: "Another Toothpick"
Salvatore Intile, nicknamed "Mustang Sally" for the 1989 Ford Mustang convertible he drives. He's the godson of Robert Baccalieri, Sr. He dated Tina Francesco, who was an exotic dancer at the Bing and a friend of Adriana La Cerva. Although he is a godson, Salvatore calls him "Uncle Bobby." He is verbally and physically abusive and very possessive with his girlfriends and suffers from anger management problems. Ralph Cifaretto says that Salvatore threw a hot dog vendor off the second floor mezzanine at Giants Stadium for serving too many onions on his hot dog. He is callous and has a morbid sense of humor, joking about the attack on Bryan Spatafore with Baccalieri, Sr. Tina and Mustang Sally argued in the street and when Tina urged Bryan Spatafore, of Spatafore Bros construction, who was standing by his truck waiting for a companion, to take her home, Mustang Sally hit Bryan in the forehead with a golf club and beat him to the point where he was in a coma. Bryan Spatafore's brother, Vito Spatafore, was a made man in the Aprile crew at the time. Sally, along with his friend Carlos, was killed by his godfather, Bobby Bacala, Sr. as retribution for the beating. Although it's not appreciated by his godfather, he associates with Hispanics or as Bobby Bacala Sr. calls them, "greaseballs."
George "Gus" Esposito[edit]
Played by: Craig Zucchero
Appears in: "Pilot","Christopher"
Esposito is a bodyguard of Junior Soprano. Appears outside the old Vesuvio, in "Pilot" and takes part of the wiseguys mob during the Columbus Day riots in "Christopher."

Murf Lupo[edit]
Played by: Val Bisoglio
Appears in: "For All Debts Public and Private", "Christopher", "Pie-O-My"
Elderly soldier and former capo of Junior Soprano's crew, replacing Philly Parisi following Parisi's murder carried out by Gigi Cestone. After displaying signs of mental and physical enfeeblement that affected his capacity to run the crew's business, Junior had him replaced by Bobby Bacala. Murf is often ridculed by Junior for his slow reactions and driving like an old woman.

Anthony "Tony Black" Maffei[edit]
Played by: John Cenatiempo
Appears in: "Chasing It", "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi", "The Second Coming", "The Blue Comet", "Made in America"
Anthony is a soldier in Bobby Baccalieri's crew. Alongside his captain, he collected proceeds from John Stefano's (Joey Perillo) illegal asbestos-dumping operation and delivered them to Tony Soprano. Seen in the series finale delivering what appears to be the proceeds from Bobby's last collection while Tony is on the lam from Phil Leotardo. Possibly promoted to caporegime.

Joseph "Eggie" Marino[edit]
Played by: Sonny Zito
Appears in: "Pax Soprana"
Junior Soprano's Crew associate who helps Mikey Palmice in the killing of drug dealer Rusty Irish.
Donnie Paduana[edit]
Played by: David Wike
Appears in: "Isabella"
He is a low level associate of Mikey Palmice and a close friend who Mikey states "is always reliable". He drives a 1985 Pontiac Firebird. Palmice uses him as an intermediary to seek out contract killers and organize a hit on Tony Soprano. After being given the task Donnie's contract killers fail to fulfill the job, as there are too many witnesses which angers Junior Soprano. Donnie arrives at a clandestine meeting and after Mikey and Chucky talk to Donnie for a moment, Donnie makes a joke saying "I hear that Tony Soprano's own mother even wants him popped." Junior reacts poorly to this joke and has Mikey call Donnie back and execute him on the spot.
Michael "Mikey Grab Bag" Palmice[edit]
Main article: Mikey Palmice
Giuseppe "Beppy" Scerbo[edit]
Played by: Joe Pucillo
Appears in: "Pilot", "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano", "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", "Whoever Did This", "Calling All Cars", "Eloise", "Whitecaps", "Remember When"
Beppy is an elderly soldier in the Junior Soprano crew, full name Giuseppe Scerbo. He Agrees with Junior on the need to kill Pussy Malanga, and sides with Junior when Tony tries to persuade Junior into changing the location of the planned hit. Stands by Junior throughout his RICO trial, and can often be seen in the courtroom. Scerbo appears briefly in "Whoever Did This", seen walking out of the courthouse with Junior, who comments on how "You get a full chicken and it's enough to bring home and get two meals", when Junior complains how they missed the "early bird special". Later in the episode when Junior is hospitalized after falling down steps, he tells his lawyer, Harold Melvoin: "tell Beppy to bring the chicken home", signaling the possibility of early onset dementia. Beppy also visits Junior during Season 6 while Junior is committed to a state-assisted elderly facility. He is shown "kicking-up" tribute to the committed Junior, and even hatching a scheme to help Junior escape from the institution. However, because of Junior's use of debilitating prescribed medication, the plan never materializes. Joe Pucillo, the actor who portrays Beppy, is the uncle of series creator David Chase.

Charles "Chucky" Signore[edit]
Played by: Sal Ruffino
Appears in: "Nobody Knows Anything", "Isabella", "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
Chucky is a soldier in Junior Soprano's crew and a friend of Mikey Palmice. Once it was confirmed that Junior and Palmice organized the failed hit on Tony, the sentiment was that Junior would want to finish what he started. Like Tony Soprano, he is an avid yachtsman and boater who owns a runabout which he keeps moored at a Liberty Landing Marina located in Jersey City, New Jersey on the Hudson River. At this point, Tony decided to retaliate. Being that Mikey was now "too high up," the thought was that Chucky would be the most likely person to pull the trigger the next time around. As such, he was taken by surprise at a marina, while in his small boat, and killed by Tony when he reveals a hidden gun in a fish he was carrying and shoots Chucky several times in the chest. Tony and Silvio Dante take Signore's corpse out on his runabout and dispose of it. He was likely a good friend of Mikey's, but it's revealed JoJo Palmice doesn't really like him, calling him a "sick fuck" after he left their home and doesn't approve of Mikey's relationship with him. Chucky also assisted Mikey in the murder of drug dealer "Rusty Irish" as ordered by Junior.

Aprile crew associates[edit]
Jackie Aprile Jr.[edit]
Main article: Jackie Aprile, Jr.
Richie Aprile[edit]
Main article: Richie Aprile
Gigi Cestone[edit]
Played by: John Fiore
Appears in: "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...", "Do Not Resuscitate", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Funhouse", "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood", "Proshai, Livushka", "Fortunate Son", "Employee of the Month", "Another Toothpick", "University", "He Is Risen", "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", "The Test Dream"
Cestone's first name is never told, although "Gigi" is a derivation of the names "Gianluigi" and "Luigi." Former soldier in the Junior Soprano crew, defected to Tony Soprano's crew in 2000 following the execution of Philly Parisi (the acting capo of Junior's crew while Junior was incarcerated). The hit was ordered by Tony as revenge for Philly spreading rumors about Tony's mother with regard to Tony and Junior's feud. Gigi was picked up by Philly from the airport, and Philly drove him home. Before exiting the car, Gigi shot Philly twice in the head and, deafened by his own gunshots, made off in another vehicle being driven by Paulie Walnuts. Gigi was quickly made part of the inner circle of Tony's crew unlike fellow new member Patsy Parisi. Gigi faced some awkward moments around Patsy as he expressed his grief over the loss of his twin brother Philly.
Gigi made a final transition in the fall of 2000 when he was granted the role of capo over the Aprile crew, following Richie Aprile's "disappearance" making him the only made guy in the Soprano crime family to serve in three different crews. He wasn't well received by most of his new crew (Donny K, Vito Spatafore, and Eugene Pontecorvo). Ralph Cifaretto took every opportunity to make his life difficult as he had hoped to receive the promotion himself and, Cestone showed clear dislike of Cifaretto. It was also Gigi's idea to have Bobby Bacala, Sr. perform the hit on Mustang Sally, in the episode, "Another Toothpick"; though Tony backs him up on this, both Junior and Ralph feel this shows questionable judgment on Gigi's part.
In a flashback scene in the episode, "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", Gigi accompanied Junior to a sit-down with acting boss, Jackie Aprile, Sr., in 1995 following Junior's hijackings of Jackie's trucks.
Gigi died in the episode "He Is Risen", from the undue stress of putting his children through college and trying to control a resentful and recalcitrant Ralphie. He suffered a fatal heart attack while constipated on the toilet in his social club. His crew found his body and called an ambulance but he was dead on arrival. Ralph was subsequently made captain of Gigi's old crew.
Ralph Cifaretto[edit]
Main article: Ralph Cifaretto
Francis "Big Frank" Cippolina[edit]
Played by: Michael Squicciarini
Appears in: "Toodle Fucking-Oo", "Bust Out"
Associate/soldier in DiMeo crime family. Was at The Bing for Richie Aprile's homecoming after being released from Greenhaven. He knew Richie Aprile before he was incarcerated. Gave Richie Aprile an envelope of money and told him he has children and was now recently made a grandfather. He is given insults by Paulie because of his massive height (the actor Squicciarini that plays Cippolina stands at 6'5) and massive weight and says that Frank is a "medical curiosity". He got into a short verbal altercation with Paulie Walnuts, commenting on how Cippolina's envelope of money is probably filled with single dollar bills and insulting Paulie's mother. While doing this and Pussy Bompensiero tells Big Frank to "get lost."
Robert "Bobby Zanone" Coniglio[edit]
Played by: Vito Antuofermo
Appears in: "House Arrest", "Proshai, Livushka"
Bobby was a member Richie Aprile's crew, who talked to the man who had trash dumped in the driveway by a dump truck. The man complained about prices and service, so they dumped trash in the driveway of his deli thinking "he wanted it back". While the business is called "Zanone Bros. Private Carting", Bobby is the only Zanone brother ever seen. Albert Barese informs Tony that city councilman Joseph Zachary from Raritan Township, New Jersey has information that a distraught deli owner is threatening to inform the Environmental Protection Agency about Gigi Cestone, Ralph Cifaretto and Albert Barese's stranglehold in the garbage contracting business. Tony tells Richie to deal with the deli owner quietly so as not to attract police attention.
The character is portrayed by Vito Antuofermo, the former undisputed Middleweight Boxing Champion of the world (1979–1980) and a member of the Boxing Hall of Fame.
"Corky" DiGioia[edit]
Played by: Duke Valenti
Appears in: "Irregular Around the Margins"
"Redneck" and associate of the Soprano family, he met Christopher Moltisanti when he returned from the Westchester neighbourhood of Raleigh, North Carolina with a hijacked cigarette load. Along with Dante Greco, explained to Christopher how his fiancee Adriana La Cerva was in a car accident with Tony Soprano the night before at 2 am. Helped Frankie Cortese restrain Christopher when he showed up at the Bing with a gun looking for Tony. Escorted Chris to the field with Cortese where Tony almost shot him. Corky fails to mention that the hijacked load does not have the tax stamps on the cigarette cartons which are confiscated at the border by ATF, which puts Christopher in trouble with Tony. Christopher explains that they were supposed to put the tax stamps on themselves. Following this incident, Paulie supervises the cigarette smuggling operation.
Peter "Beansie" Gaeta[edit]
Played by: Paul Herman
Appears in: "Toodle Fucking-Oo", "Full Leather Jacket", "Bust Out", "Calling All Cars", "Remember When"
Peter "Beansie" Gaeta was a former associate of Richie Aprile from Elizabethtown, New Jersey, supervising a drug operation for him. Upon Richie's release from prison, he tracked down Gaeta at his pizza parlor, Beansie's Pizzeria, and demanded payment allegedly still owed to him for his financial support. After Gaeta denied the validity of the debt, Richie first broke a hot pot of coffee over Beansie's head, gave him a serious beating, and later on ran him over with his car, rendering Beansie hospitalized and paraplegic from his injuries (in "Toodle Fucking-Oo"). Tony Soprano later gave a reluctant Beansie a large envelope of cash in compensation, insisting he could donate it to the Spinal Injury Foundation. Now using a wheelchair, Beansie moved down to open a supper club in Miami. He had evidently remained in contact with Tony Soprano: he helped set up a meeting between Tony and fellow Miami resident, Little Carmine Lupertazzi; socialized with Tony and Paulie Gualtieri when the two went on the lam (in "Remember When"); and in 2007 secured AJ Soprano a job in his New Jersey pizzeria.

Dante "Buddha" Greco[edit]
Played by: Anthony J. Ribustello
Appears in: "All Happy Families...", "Irregular Around the Margins", "All Due Respect", "Members Only", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Live Free or Die", "Stage 5", "Chasing It", "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi", "The Blue Comet", "Made in America"
Soldier in the Aprile crew, first seen taking delivery of cigarettes from Christopher Moltisanti on his return from North Carolina. Often seen in the back at Satriale's Meat Market. Visited Benny Fazio in hospital after his beating by Phil Leotardo. Brought Tony a glass of water and helped take his shoes off when he collapsed while arriving at Allegra Sacrimoni's wedding. Later at the wedding Dante brings drinks for the Soprano family and even dances with Rosalie Aprile. He shares the same nickname as real-life Lucchese crime family mob associate Joe Manri who was involved in the 1978 Lufthansa heist.
Dante accompanied Benny Fazio and Terry Doria to look for Vito Spatafore at his goomah's beach house following the revelation that Vito was possibly a homosexual. Dante's mother suffered from, and eventually died of, Lupus, which caused Dante to consider a career in healthcare. He was seen playing pool in the back room of the Bada Bing when Anthony Infante informed Tony that Johnny Sack had died in a prison hospital of lung cancer. As of the final season, Dante has been acting as Tony's personal driver and bodyguard. He was last seen driving Tony and guarding the safe-house door in the final episode, "Made In America".

Kevin "Dogsy" Interdonato[edit]
Played by: Kevin Interdonato
Appears in: "Calling All Cars", "Eloise", "Whitecaps"
Kevin "Dogsy" Interdonato is an associate/soldier in the Aprile crew. Dogsy helped Vito Spatafore beat up the Soprano family's appraiser on the HUD scam restoring his loyalties to them.

Donald "Donny K." Kafranza[edit]
Played by: Raymond Franza
Appears in: "Full Leather Jacket", "Proshai, Livushka", "He Is Risen", "No Show", "The Weight"
"Donny K." is a soldier of the Aprile crew. He was first was seen in 2000 introducing Matthew Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte to Richie Aprile. Donny was known to be a high-ranking soldier and one of Richie's best men. Often seen at the crew's social club and at private parties at the Bada Bing. Present when Gigi Cestone died at the social club. Donny is a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in Local 623 and held one of the "no work" carpenter jobs on the Esplanade construction site for the Aprile crew. One night while having a drink at a bar in Little Italy in Manhattan, Johnny Sack spots Donny sitting diagonally across from him on the right side of the bar. Ralph Cifaretto had recently made a disparaging joke regarding Johnny's obese wife Ginny. Johnny and Donny make eye contact as Donny is laughing and amusingly cutting up with the bartender. Since Johnny knows Donny works for Ralph and assumes he is laughing and conversing about the joke Ralph made about Ginny, Johnny begins to grow angry. He then follows Donny outside the bar to his car. Donny is then attacked and beaten unconscious by Johnny. After the intense beating, Johnny proceeds to urinate on Donny. Donny is known to have received some nerve damage from the beating and has not been seen since. Donny was married and had to take care of his mother. Tony was angered at Johnny, since he likes Donny and he is a respected man.
Jason Molinaro[edit]
Played by: William DeMeo
Appears in: "Irregular Around the Margins", "Unidentified Black Males", "All Due Respect", "Mayham", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "The Ride", "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi"
Member of the Aprile crew. He becomes the executor of Joe "Peeps" Peparelli's estate and affairs. It seems that Joe has no surviving family or relatives. Jason arranges to have a headstone made following his death - but failed to have Peparelli's name correctly spelled, the final product being simply "Joseph Peeps." Silvio defended Jason at Joey Peeps funeral for the mistake, explaining to Tony that Jason was dyslexic. Tony replies, "What's that got to do with it?" Accompanied Vito when passing on information about the Colombian drug money heist in 2006. Stood guard outside the ICU as Tony recovered from his gutshot. Later took part in a card game at Satriale's that took place as Tony rejoined the crew. Jason helped to break up an altercation between Paulie Gualtieri and Bobby Baccala at the Feast of St. Elzear festival. He helped Little Paulie steal tools from Al Lombardo's hardware store in 2007, done under orders from Paulie Gualtieri.

Eugene Pontecorvo[edit]
Main article: Eugene Pontecorvo
Carlo Renzi[edit]
Played by: Louis Crugnali
Appears in: "The Telltale Moozadell", "Amour Fou"
Jackie Aprile Jr. and Dino Zerilli's friend and partner in crime on the robbery of Eugene Pontecorvo's low stakes Saturday night card game. Carlo was recruited because he owned a large shotgun. He was killed during the robbery by Christopher Moltisanti with a shot between the eyes.
Bryan Spatafore[edit]
Played by: Vincent J. Orofino
Appears in: "Full Leather Jacket", "Another Toothpick", "Cold Stones", "Kennedy and Heidi"
Brother of Vito Spatafore, and partner in Spatafore Bros Construction. When Tony insisted to Richie Aprile that he build a wheelchair ramp on Beansie Gaeta's house (since it was Richie who put Beansie in the wheelchair in the first place), Richie sent Vito and Bryan over there to get this done (despite the Gaetas' protests).
Bryan was put into a coma by Mustang Sally, in the episode entitled, "Another Toothpick," when Sally's girlfriend had turned to him for help after she and Sally had fought, he was beaten mercilessly with a golf putter, and expected to remain a "vegetable". In the episode, "The Ride," Tony briefly mentions to Carmela that Bryan made some repairs at Satriale's. Even though this statement was most likely a lie on Tony's part (to cover up the real reason for his ankle injury in that episode), it was the first sign that Bryan awoke from his coma and recovered from his beating. Upon Vito's return to New Jersey, Bryan, apparently armed, watchdogged his brother's meeting with Tony and later attended a family dinner. As he remained silent throughout, it is unclear if Bryan has sustained brain damage from the assault, although his eyesight seems to have suffered.

Vito Spatafore[edit]
Main article: Vito Spatafore
"Sunshine"[edit]
Played by: Paul Mazursky
Appears in: "The Happy Wanderer", "Amour Fou"
Sunshine was the dealer for Tony Soprano's high stakes, all night, executive card game in 2000. He is extremely talkative in a very monotone voice and dispenses metaphors and famous quotes while acting as a card dealer. Sunshine was also dealing for Eugene Pontecorvo's Saturday night low stakes game in 2001 when Jackie Aprile, Jr. and his friends tried to rob the game. Sunshine continues to shout sayings and proverbs after the robbers told him to be quiet, causing Jackie to panic and shoot him.

It is implied he was an employee of the Aprile crew who dealt regularly at their illegal card games.
Dino Zerilli[edit]
Played by: Andrew Davoli
Appears in: "Fortunate Son", "He Is Risen", "The Telltale Moozadell", "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", "Amour Fou"
Dino was a childhood friend of Jackie Aprile, Jr. and partner in crime and an associate in Ralph Cifaretto's crew. He helps Jackie Jr. with the disruptive Hispanics at Pizzaland. Dino is the one who holds onto Jackie's handgun after Jackie Jr. threatens the Hispanics with it. Like Jackie Jr. and Carlo Renzi he feels that Ralph Cifaretto is holding them back from their full potential. He looks up in admiration to Christopher Moltisanti who was at that point in time a rising figure in the DiMeo crime family. After quickly picking up his bad habits along with Jackie Jr., he gets arrested for a short period of time. When he is released, Jackie gives him the lowdown. Dino resists at first but later decides to comply with Jackie Jr.'s scheme to rob Eugene Pontecorvo's low-stakes card game in order to gain the respect of the higher level mobsters. They team up with Carlo Renzi, who wields a heavy shotgun. Things do not go their way when Sunshine gets whacked during the robbery, triggering a barrage of gunshots from both sides. This scuffle leaves Carlo dead and Furio wounded. Dino and Jackie Jr. run for the street, but their getaway wheelman, Matush, had fled out of fear after hearing the gunshots. Jackie boosts an oncoming car and high-tails it out of the area, leaving Dino to face an angry Christopher Moltisanti and Albert Barese. Dino tries to level with them by mentioning he's with Ralph, but that does not help. Chris and Albert promptly shoot Dino in the face, killing him.

Barese crew associates[edit]
Albert "Ally Boy" Barese[edit]
Played by: Richard Maldone
Appears in: "The Knight in White Satin Armor", "Proshai, Livushka", "Fortunate Son", "Amour Fou", "For All Debts Public and Private", "No Show" "The Weight", "Watching Too Much Television", "The Strong, Silent Type", "Rat Pack"
He is a paternal cousin of Larry Boy Barese; acting capo of the Barese crew when Larry Boy was in jail; soldier in the Barese crew.
When Richie Aprile wanted to make a move against Tony Soprano, he approached Albert (who was acting capo at the time) for support, expecting sympathy since both of them had asked Tony for control over garbage routes and been rejected. Albert declined. Once Junior found out Richie couldn't get Albert's support, he decided it was in his best interest to side with Tony instead of Richie. As such, Junior informed Tony about Richie's intent to make a move against him.
The crew's contest for the routes continued as Albert was briefly involved in a "garbage war" with Ralph Cifaretto. This dispute disturbed Tony a great deal, primarily because it was making headlines due to the fires being set by those involved. Tony thought he settled the dispute between the two at a stand-up meeting in his backyard, in which Tony said, "No more fires." But Ralph continues to battle Albert, dispatching two men to severely beat one of Albert's garbage workers, smugly telling them: "Remember, Tony said no more fires." Interestingly, the FBI thought this "war" was likely the cause of Richie Aprile's "disappearance."
Albert was also at Eugene Pontecorvo's card game when Jackie Aprile, Jr., Dino Zerilli and Carlo Renzi tried to rob it - Christopher Moltisanti and Albert caught up with Dino as he tried to run away and shot him. It was also at Albert's birthday party that the infamous "weight" remark was said by Ralphie about Ginny Sack.
Albert also has a reputation for repeating, verbatim, whatever is said to him in a conversation by the person speaking to him (Paulie refers to Albert as "The parakeet"). Albert was also outspoken with Silvio and Patsy, "off the record," about his suspicion (which he was correct about, unbeknownst to him), that it was in fact Tony that assassinated Ralphie over a horse. Albert was a good earner while Larry Boy was away. Silvio once commented to Paulie that Albert was bringing in more than he (Paulie) was.

Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese[edit]
Main article: Larry Barese
Nicholas "Nicky Spags" Spagnelli[edit]
Played by: David Francis Calderazzo
Appears in: "Mayham"
Soldier in the Barese Crew. Seen celebrating at the hospital, with other members of the crew, after Tony Soprano awakes from his coma.
Altieri/Gervasi crew associates[edit]
James "Jimmy" Altieri[edit]
Played by: Joe Badalucco
Appears in: "Meadowlands", "Pax Soprana", "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti", "Boca", "Nobody Knows Anything", "Isabella", "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano", "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power"
Former capo in the DiMeo/Soprano crime family. Present at Christmas celebrations in 1995, in a flashback scene in the episode, "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power."
James "Jimmy" Altieri is a caporegime in the DiMeo Crime Family. Jimmy possesses many similar characteristics to his peers such as Big Pussy Bonpensiero. He has thick black hair and is obese, as Tony noted the informants were 'two fat fucks with black hair'. Jimmy first appears on the show in the episode "Meadowlands" at a "Captain's Dinner", discussing Junior. Jimmy had to have been a capo since at least 1995 because he appears in a flashback sequence during a 95' Christmas Party celebration in the season 3 episode "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power". In the episode "Nobody Knows Anything", Jimmy was arrested for gun charges while running an illegal card game. The FBI found pool tables full of guns. He was probably "flipped" at this time, although it was never proven. Big Pussy Bonpensiero was also present and arrested but was already working for the feds at this point (Agent Skip Lipari stated he had been with them since 1998. Although, it is interesting to note that Tony thinks Pussy "flipped" in 1995). Very little is known about Altieri, for his existence on the show is brief and is rarely emphasized in the episodes in which he does appear. Jimmy was married to Franni Altieri and had a son, James Altieri Jr., revealed in "Commendatori". Jimmy and Tony were the youngest captains.
Vin Makazian, Tony's inside detective (who works clandestinely for Tony and does his dirty work from time to time, which included observing Dr. Melfi), informs Tony that Big Pussy Bonpensiero is "wired for sound" (that is he is an informant). Tony finds this very difficult to believe. Shortly after Jimmy's arrest, he is released. He shows up one night at Tony's home during dinner. He and Tony walk into the basement where Jimmy begins asking Tony a lot of questions, making Tony very suspicious. Tony finds Jimmy's behavior very peculiar and also believes he was released too promptly after his arrest. Tony then begins to suspect that Makazian mistook Jimmy for Pussy as they are similar in appearance. Pussy abruptly disappears after being confronted by Paulie Gualtieri. Earlier in the episode, Vin Makazian, who had suffered from chronic depression, had committed suicide by jumping off a bridge, so Tony was not able to confirm whether Vin had confused Jimmy and Pussy. Tony decides to go with his instincts and decides that Jimmy is an informant. At a meeting with other administrators and capos, it is apparent to everyone else Jimmy is acting somewhat odd. As such, Uncle Junior sanctioned a hit on Jimmy and said he wanted a message to be sent. Christopher lured Jimmy to a hotel room in Times Square with a beautiful Russian girl as bait. Once Jimmy was seated in the room, Silvio came in and put a gun to the back of his head. Jimmy realized what was about to happen and went for a gun in his ankle holster, but Christopher beat him to it. Christopher and Silvio taunt him by saying he should call for help down his microphone (a wire) - at which point Silvio shot him in the back of his head. Given that he said "Oh God" under his breath in a serious way and didn't deny being a "rat" when he was at gunpoint, it likely was true that Jimmy was an informant. As for the message, Jimmy's body was found in an alley with a rat stuffed in his mouth. Christopher even went so far as to call in a bomb threat to Jimmy's wake, to which Dante replied, "See now, that's over the top." Carlo Gervasi subsequently takes over Jimmy's abandoned crew after Jimmy's death.

Walden Belfiore[edit]
Played by: Frank John Hughes
Appears in: "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi", "The Second Coming", "The Blue Comet", "Made in America"
Walden Belfiore was a soldier in the Gervasi crew of the DiMeo Crime Family, and played a small but pivotal role during the show's final episodes. He was named after singer Bobby Darin, born Walden Robert Cassotto. He is presumably related to Angie Bonpensiero, whose maiden name is Belfiore, though it is never stated. He was first seen accompanying Carlo Gervasi to a meeting at the Bada Bing and also visited Tony Soprano following the death of Christopher Moltisanti. Walden was also a bodyguard at the safe-house when Tony goes into hiding after the death of Bobby Bacala and the incapacitation of Silvio Dante. In the final episode, Benny Fazio and Belfiore locate Phil Leotardo and Belfiore shoots Phil in the head and chest before making a getaway with Fazio.
Tony Blundetto[edit]
Main article: Tony Blundetto
Terrence "Terry" Doria[edit]
Played by: Ron Castellano
Appears in: "Cold Cuts", "Live Free or Die", "Cold Stones"
Member/soldier of Carlo Gervasi's crew. His last name is supposedly derived from Andrea Doria, the Genoese condottiere and admiral who also had the famous vessel SS Andrea Doria named after him. Vito calls him "Hopalong Cassadeech", a play on the television character Hopalong Cassidy. Terry is a member of the ILA and a dock foreman who is responsible for monitoring incoming shipments through New Jersey ports, and worked with Benny Fazio to track down Vespa scooters that Johnny Sack kept hidden from Tony. Part of the group that went to looking for Vito Spatafore at his comare's beach house following the revelation that he was homosexual. When Spatafore returned to town, he ran into Doria at a Stop and Shop in Hackensack, New Jersey who then asked to borrow money for child support payments. After Spatafore's death Doria was pleased to have timed his borrowing so well, knowing that since Vito Spatafore is dead he will not have to pay back any of the money he borrowed.

Burt Gervasi[edit]
Played by: Artie Pasquale
Appears in: "In Camelot", "Luxury Lounge", "Johnny Cakes", "The Ride", "Kennedy and Heidi", "The Blue Comet"
A younger paternal cousin to Carlo Gervasi, Burt was made a formal member of the Soprano crime family in 2006, at the same time as Phil Leotardo's soldier Gerry Torciano was made a capo in the Lupertazzi family. He lives with his wife Lorraine and toy terrier Spencer. Gerry Torciano and Burt were given a joint celebration by the New Jersey and New York families at Nuovo Vesuvio where Burt was seated between Carlo and Gerry. Burt helped Patsy to make collections shortly after he became a made man and also attended Christopher Moltisanti's belated bachelor party. In episode "Kennedy and Heidi," he is seen attending Christopher's funeral. As revealed in the episode "The Blue Comet," according to Silvio Dante, Burt was eventually swayed to take the side of the Lupertazzi Family and went to Silvio to convince him to go along in a coup d'état, but Silvio instead responded by garroting him to death in his home the next day.

Carlo Gervasi[edit]
Main article: Carlo Gervasi § Carlo_Gervasi
An elder wiseguy who grew up in the era of Feech La Manna who has risen to the rank of capo in the DiMeo crime family. After his son is arrested for drug dealing, Carlo apparently strikes a deal with the FBI, and is ready to give Grand Jury testimony against Tony in the series finale.

Salvatore "Sammy" Grigio[edit]
Played by: Salvatore Piro
Appears in: "Pax Soprana"
Ran a card game for the Altieri crew that was violently beaten up by Mikey Palmice despite being under Jimmy Altieri's protection. This occurred in 1999 shortly after Junior became acting boss and the capos felt it was a sign Junior was abusing his new position. Raymond Curto comments that Sammy wasn't paying protection to anyone in the neighbourhood. He was beaten in front of the card players while they played which is implied by Jimmy to have scared off the players from attending and having damaged Sammy and Jimmy's reputation of protection. Other than Jimmy, the crew leader, he was the only known member in the Altieri crew in 1999.

Vincent "Vinny Pitts" Pisaturo[edit]
Played by: Gino Carafelli
Appears in: "Cold Cuts"
Soldier in Carlo Gervasi's crew. Responsible for monitoring incoming shipments through NJ ports.

Other members of the Soprano/DiMeo New Jersey crime family[edit]
Tommy Gilardi[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "Two Tonys"
When Tony and Bobby Bacala watch the news about the release of Tony Blundetto and Michele "Feech" La Manna in the first episode of Season 5, the news reporter states that both La Manna and Blundetto were prime suspects in the car-bomb killing of Thomas "Tommy" Gilardi and his driver. It is not mentioned whether Tommy Gilardi was a caporegime or a made guy, but the fact that he had a driver implies that Gilardi must have been a high-ranking member during the 1980s, under former boss Ercoli "Eckley" DiMeo.
"Fat" Jerry Anastasia[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "Two Tonys"
In Season 5, Episode 1 ("Two Tonys"), after Christopher complains about having to pay for dinners for years Tony explains that it is a Mafia tradition of respect shown by its younger members to their older colleagues. Tony tells Christopher that when he was a newly made man, for years he had to buy dinners at Benihana and Peter Luger Steak House for Richie Aprile and Anastasia, who racked up huge tabs which included steak, brandy, cigars, and champagne. This reveals that Anastasia was a high ranking soldier or capo in the DiMeo crime family.
Jimmy Bones[edit]
Played by: Mike Memphis
Appears in: "Commendatori"
Jimmy was an associate of the DiMeo crime family, who doubled as a legitimate Elvis impersonator and hired entertainer. He was born and raised in Dover, New Jersey. He does not resemble the young Elvis, but has the image of how Presley appeared circa 1977 around the time of his death. Jimmy styles his hair in the classic 1950s duck tail like Dean Martin. In his home it is shown that he has a ceramic bust of Elvis. Sal Bonpensiero and Agent Skip Lipari met him in a party store somewhere in New Jersey. Pussy introduced Skip as a "friend of ours" from Delaware to make Jimmy believe that Skip was a made man and not an FBI agent. Jimmy was skeptical as he said he had never met any connected guys from Delaware. Pussy was afraid that Jimmy would tell someone about having seen him and Skip so Pussy killed him with a hammer in his own home with the ruse of hiring him for a bachelorette party. Jimmy Bones is the nickname of a mobster used in a Richard Pryor comedy skit in That Nigger's Crazy when Richard discusses working at a "Mafia night club" in Youngstown, Ohio.
Joey Cipollini[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "D-Girl"
Christopher Moltisanti tells Jon Favreau and Amy Safir the story of a wiseguy he knew, a made man who received a blowjob from a girl only to discover it was really a man. In revenge for the embarrassment the wiseguy burnt him with acid. Chris doesn't say his name at the time as he can not risk other people finding out but upon seeing that Favreau used it in his script Chris remarked "this is Joey Cipollini's story". Amy says that there is no character named Cipollini indicating this was the mobsters real name.
Raymond "Buffalo Ray" Curto[edit]
Main article: Ray Curto
Rocco "Rocky" DiMeo[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "Full Leather Jacket"
Rocco DiMeo was a member of the DiMeo crime family in New Jersey and feared in all of Essex County, New Jersey. Rocco was a feared mobster in his day but lost some credibility when Richie Aprile bested him in a fist fight in the 1970s and took his leather jacket trenchcoat, after this brawl, Rocco was ashamed at being beaten by Richie and left New Jersey. He was known in the area as "The Terror of Essex". He was larger than Richie in size, so he had to use the belt on it to fit commenting that he looked like Erwin Rommel. He later developed Alzheimer's. Richie later presented the jacket as a present to Tony Soprano. With Rocco's jacket on Tony, Richie says he looks like Robert Evans.

Michele "Feech" La Manna[edit]
Played by: Robert Loggia
Appears in: "Two Tonys", "Rat Pack", "Where's Johnny?", "All Happy Families..."
An original gangster who was "made" in Italy, Feech came over to America in the 1950s and settled in Northern New Jersey where he became involved with the DiMeo crime family, then under the leadership of boss Ercole 'Eckley' DiMeo. Paulie Walnuts calls him "The King of Breadsticks" because he owns a bakery and catering company. A contemporary of Johnny Soprano and Junior Soprano, Feech had become one of the most respected and feared capos in the DiMeo family by the 1970s. However, his status did not prevent a young Jackie Aprile, Sr. and Tony Soprano from robbing his card game, and thereby solidifying their status as rising stars in the organization. Despite Feech's anger at having been robbed, Jackie's older brother, Richie Aprile, then a high-ranking earner and soldier in the family, intervened on Tony and Jackie's behalf and got Tony and Jackie a pass. Silvio reveals they were also helped by the fact that both Johnny Soprano and Junior Soprano were powerful capos under DiMeo.
In 1984, Feech was convicted of criminal charges and began serving a twenty-year sentence. In 2004, his sentence was up and he returned to North Jersey to, in his own words, 'get back in the game'.
Feech went to see Tony Soprano, the new boss of North Jersey, and requested his card game back, as well as permission to get back in the action. Tony acquiesced, on the condition that Feech not step on anybody's toes. However, Feech soon got into trouble. After a power struggle with Paulie Walnuts over landscaping, Feech stole cars from Dr. Ira Fried's daughter's wedding. Previously, during a card game, Tony had made it clear that Dr. Fried was a friend and was not to be touched, but Feech went ahead with his plan anyway. Tony realized that Feech still thought of him as a kid and saw Junior as the boss, paying his respects and going to Junior about complaints instead of Tony. Silvio tells Tony that Feech is well liked in the DiMeo family, which Tony sees as a threat to his status as acting boss. Tony, having learned from his experience with Richie Aprile, indicated to Silvio that things needed to be "nipped in the bud". Tony instructed Christopher Moltisanti and Benny Fazio to convince Feech to keep a truck of stolen plasma screen televisions in his garage. When a different parole officer suddenly appeared at his home and discovered the televisions, Feech was arrested, and ended up back in prison. Because of Feech's old age, it is likely he would stay in prison for the remainder of his life.
Gennaro "Little Pussy" Malanga[edit]
Played by: Uncredited
Appears in: "Pilot", "Members Only"
Little Pussy is an old enemy of Uncle Junior. When Junior wants to have him killed, he plans for the hit to occur in Vesuvio - Artie Bucco's restaurant. Tony, aware that this murder would destroy his friend's business, sought an alternative which would allow Artie to build a new restaurant with fire insurance money. Soon after the hit was planned, Malanga (appearing in a wheelchair) was arraigned by the authorities when he returned to New Jersey from Florida. News footage of the charges was seen by Tony's crew, so Tony acted quickly and took the advice of Hesh Rabkin to send Silvio Dante to start a fire at the restaurant so the hit must occur elsewhere.
The only other significant mention of Malanga is when Tony says to Junior that he's been dead "six years now" in the Season 6 premiere episode "Members Only". However, Junior's dementia causes him to believe that Tony is Little Pussy when he shoots him in the same episode. He is loosely based on, by nickname only, New Jersey mobster Anthony "Little Pussy" Russo.

Romeo Martin[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "The Happy Wanderer"
Romeo Martin was a former member of the DiMeo crime family who received $50,000 from Johnny Boy Soprano upon his release from prison to get him back on his feet. He shares the same name as a Patriarca crime family associate Romeo "Scarface" Martin who was a prime suspect behind the 1978 Blackfriars Massacre which left five people dead in Boston over a drug deal gone wrong.

Francesco "Fritzie" Nesti[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "The Happy Wanderer"
Fritzie Nesti is an associate or soldier of the DiMeo crime family who Sean Gismonte knows from Hoboken, New Jersey. Christopher Moltisanti warns Matthew Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte about Silvio Dante's behavior while gambling with a story wherein Silvio was down $50,000 in a card game. At some point he sneezes and Fritzie says "salut'" Silvio thinks he says something else. Silvio then blames Fritzi for his losing streak for the rest of the game. A person named Fritzie in Boston is mentioned by Christopher in "Members Only", whether this is the same Fritzie is unclear however.
Francesco "Cicci" Sasso[edit]
Played by: Nick Riao
Appears in: "Down Neck"
Cicci Sasso is maternal cousin to "Johnny Boy" Soprano. He is a former member of the DiMeo crime family, and was one of the mobsters meeting with Johnny Boy Soprano at an amusement park near the Soprano home Down Neck Newark in the 1960s. When the park was raided by police, Cicci attempted to escape and was shot in the kneecap, which Tony notes later disqualified him from service in the Vietnam War.

Kevin "Hair" Sharkey[edit]
Played by:
Appears in: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
Kevin is a Irish-American associate of the DiMeo crime family. His picture appears on the FBI board after Junior's dinner in 1999 and is possibly one of those who were indicted at the end of season one. He shares the last name of New York welterweight championship boxer Tom Sharkey.
Richard Catuso[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Appears in: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
As the DiMeo crime family prepared for rumored indictments to be handed down, Christopher Moltisanti grew more and more depressed with being excluded from the subsequent media frenzy. When Christopher Moltisanti was finally referred to by name in The Star-Ledger Richard Catuso was named as a co-conspirator in credit card scams and extortion schemes. His last name was misspelled by the newspaper, likely from the common Neapolitan last name Caruso.
Robert "Quiet Bobby" Rufalo[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Appears in: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
Was also named in the The Star-Ledger as a co-conspirator in credit card scams and extortion schemes with Christopher Moltisanti.
Business and front operators[edit]
Hector Anthony[edit]
Played by: Manny Siverio
Appears in: "46 Long"
He is a Hispanic garment truck driver for Comley Trucking - an organization under Junior Soprano's protection and constantly robbed by Soprano crew associate Brendan Filone. He was accidentally killed in a hijack attempt led by Brendan when Special K dropped his gun. His transport truck and his shipment of Italian suits, with several taken by Tony Soprano and Silvio Dante is returned by Christopher Moltisanti. The Comley Trucking foreman was an associate of Junior who tips off Moltisanti of shipments to hijack. This death enrages Junior and is resolved by executing Brendan Filone and ordering a mock execution for Christopher.

Ariel[edit]
Played by: Ned Eisenberg
Appears in: "Denial, Anger, Acceptance"
A practicing hassidic Jew who worked with his father-in-law, Shlomo Teitlemann - a hotel owner. Ariel tried to use his ending marriage to negotiate a 50% share in his hotel. Shlomo contracted the DiMeo crime family to intimidate Ariel into walking away. Ariel refused to back down despite a severe beating, death threats and finally caved at threatened castration. Ariel negotiated a 15% share to ensure an amicable divorce.

Dick Barone[edit]
Played by: Joe Lisi
Appears in: "Pilot", "House Arrest", "The Knight in White Satin Armor"
Richard "Dick" Barone owned and operated Barone sanitation - a front business for the Soprano crew that also handled their legitimate garbage hauling routes. In 1999 the Triborough Towers route was subject to a bidding war between Barone and Kolar Brothers Sanitation. Dick Barone was part of the crews discussions about the problem and was at Satriale's when Christopher Moltisanti took it upon himself to deal with the issue and murder Emil Kolar. Chris' action led to the Kolar Bros. withdrawing their bid which Dick was happy to report to Tony. He lived in the Deer Valley neighbourhood of Princeton, New Jersey. In 2000, Dick attended the Garbagemen's Ball alongside "Waste Management Consultant" Tony Soprano.
Dick died a well-respected businessman in 2006 from Lou Gehrig's disease. His funeral was attended by many members of the DiMeo crime family. Dick was survived by his wife, Helen Barone, and son, Jason. Following his death, Barone Sanitation was bought out by Lupertazzi crime family firm, Cinelli Sanitation.

Victor "Vic" Caputo[edit]
Played by: Joseph Leone
Appears in: "Johnny Cakes"
Victor "Vic" Caputo is the manager of Caputo's Poultry - a small business in the neighborhood around the Satriale's meat market. It's also a front, a Bookie is being run in the building. Tony Soprano is Caputo's landlord and he also pays protection to Patsy Parisi. Vic is forced to move his business when Tony sells the property in 2006. Tony had misgivings about the sale, partially due to his sense of loyalty to Vic and because Caputo's had been in the neighborhood since Tony's childhood, but eventually the offer was too high for him to resist. Vic complains to Patsy about the juice company that has bought the building.
Warren Dupree[edit]
Played by: Brian Anthony Wilson
Appears in: "Fortunate Son"
Manager of a betting shop that was given to Christopher as his first piece of business after becoming a made man.

Adriana La Cerva[edit]
Main article: Adriana La Cerva
E. Gary La Manna[edit]
Played by: Michael Cavalieri
Referenced in: "Where's Johnny?"
He is a nephew of Michele "Feech" La Manna who is involved in running La Manna landscaping - one of Feech's legitimate businesses. He is the brother of Jimmy La Manna and works in Paulie Walnuts' Aunt Mary's neighborhood on Franklin Boulevard in Somerset, New Jersey. However La Manna Landscaping become involved in a turf war with Paulie Gualtieri's friends gardening firm Vitro Gardening and Paulie injured Jimmy by hitting him in the head with a shovel and Gary La Manna by having him fall out of tree and most likely fracture his femur and break a shin bone from the fall. Paulie steals one of LaManna Landscaping's lawnmowers and takes all the cash from his wallet after the altercation as a "downpayment" for allowing to work in the neighbourhood. He also demands to have Salvatore Vitro's outstanding orthopedist bill (from Feech LaManna's attack) to be paid off and 10% of whatever they earn from the jobs. After negotiations with LaManna, Gualtieri and Tony LaManna's territory is staked out as being west of Dyer Avenue in Emerson, New Jersey with the rest of the city belonging to Vitro.

James "Jimmy" La Manna[edit]
Played by: Anthony Desio
Referenced in: "Where's Johnny?", "All Happy Families..."
Feech La Manna's nephew involved in running La Manna landscaping - one of Feech's legitimate businesses for 25 years, before LaManna was sent away to prison. However, La Manna Landscaping become involved in a turf war with Paulie Walnuts' friends gardening firm Vitro Gardening and Paulie injured Gary and his brother Jimmy La Manna. He suffers a concussion after being hit with the head with a shovel and broken arm from Paulie. When arguing over the turf war Paulie claims that Jimmy ran at him with a chainsaw and that he only hit him in the head with a shovel in self-defense.

"Black" Jack Massarone[edit]
Played by: Robert Desiderio
Appears in: "Do Not Resuscitate", "No Show", "Rat Pack"
Owner of Massarone Construction, sometimes referred to as "Black" Jack Massarone. The Soprano crew had an interest in Massarone's construction company. In 2000 Jack was the unwitting victim of a shakedown - black protesters caused work to cease at one of his sites by picketing because they thought his employment policies were racist. He paid Tony Soprano to intervene on his behalf and Tony organized a gang of mob associates to break up the protest. Tony had actually orchestrated the protest through his contact Reverend James, Jr. Massarone Construction was later involved in Soprano construction schemes like the Esplanade project and HUD scam.
In 2004, Jack had become a federal informant and wore a wire concealed in a baseball cap to several meetings with Tony. Tony realized something was wrong when he was tipped off by Patsy Parisi that one of his meetings with Massarone was staked-out by the FBI. Raising Tony's suspicions further was the fact that Massarone gave him a framed picture of the Rat Pack at that meeting, and later asked him if he had lost weight. Jack was murdered and found in the trunk of his car with a golf club cover stuffed in his mouth - a message that his killers knew he was talking to the feds.

Hillel Teittleman[edit]
Played by: Sig Libowitz
Appears in: "Denial, Anger, Acceptance", "The Happy Wanderer", "Funhouse", "Luxury Lounge"
A practicing Chassidic Jew and co-owner of The Fly Away Motel with his brother-in-law Ariel who worked there for twenty years with his father-in-law. In 1999 his brother-in-law Ariel used his ending marriage to negotiate a share in the Teitlemann's motel where he had worked for his whole life. However, Hillel's father Shlomo contracted the Soprano family to intimidate Ariel against Hillel's advice. Unfortunately for Hillel the Soprano family also got a share in the business and in 2000 Hillel was still working at the motel and facilitating their business there - prostitution and the "executive game"—a high-stakes poker game—which Hilell later complains to Paulie Walnuts and Silvio Dante about, angering them greatly due to the fact of all the business they bring the hotel. In 2006 Hillel was involved in Benny Fazio's credit card number scheme - selling card information to Soprano crew associate Murmur.

Shlomo Teittleman[edit]
Played by: Chuck Low
Appears in: "Denial, Anger, Acceptance"
A practicing Chassidic Jew and co-owner of the Flyaway Motel by LaGuardia Airport. Father of Hillel Teitlemann. In 1999 Teitlemann hired the Soprano crew to settle a dispute with his son-in-law Ariel. His daughter wanted a divorce but Ariel would not leave without a 50% share in the business because he had spent his life working in the family motel. An amicable solution was eventually brokered - the divorce was to go through for a 15% share in the motel to the son-in-law. Because he had organized his own solution Teitlemann tried to pay the Sopranos off with cash instead of the promised share in the business - Tony refused this and insisted on his promised 25%. Teitlemann was left with not much of a better deal than before he involved the Mafia - 40% of his business still gone as opposed to the original loss of ½; but now he was partnered with the mob. The crew uses the motel for meetings, illegal business, prostitution and to host the executive game.

Maurice Tiffen[edit]
Played by: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Appears in: "Watching Too Much Television"
Maurice was an African-American college friend of Ronald Zellman at the University of Michigan. He was born and raised on Roseville Street in Newark, New Jersey, his father was a typesetter for the The Star-Ledger newspaper. He witnessed the 1967 Newark riots and did not like Mayor Hugh Addonizio or Anthony Imperiale because of their racial views. He was a follower of Eldridge Cleaver until Cleaver became violent with his protests and verbally renounced it, along with Zellman. In 2002 he was married to his second wife, an African-American woman named Lenore with two sons. He complains to Zellman about child support for children from his previous marriage. Maurice worked with charitable organizations for many years eventually becoming disillusioned and embittered by the lack of real change he effected. The Chi Lites single "Oh Girl" is his favorite song. Zellman put Maurice in touch with Tony Soprano in 2002 to work a scam defrauding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Maurice bought houses in the Seventh Avenue, Newark, New Jersey neighborhood with the promise of cleaning them up using HUD loans; he would later default on the loans, claiming that the project had soured and walking away with a share of the money. He is a philanthropist and large supporter of charity work who sits on the board of a youth gang outreach program for troubled and homeless adolescence. He is told by Zellman to hire some delinquents to steal a car and shoot up one of the homes to clear out drug addicts and dealers operating there.

Hired goons[edit]
Antjuan[edit]
Played by: Sharif Rashed
Appears in: "46 Long"
One of Brendan Filone's African-American goons involved in robbing Comley trucking shipments under the protection of Uncle Junior. His name is a derivative of the name Antoine. He accompanies Brendan and Special K on a heist even after Junior had made Brendan and Chris pay tribute for robbing his trucks. He holds his gun sideways. When Special K drops his gun and the ricochet bullet kills the truck driver, Antjuan and Special K run off, leaving Brendan to face the consequences, and ultimately, be punished.

William Johnson "Petite" Clayborn[edit]
Played by: John Eddins
Appears in: "Isabella"
Contracted by Junior's crew to kill Tony Soprano via intermediary Donnie Paduana. First attempt was aborted when Christopher inadvertently boxed in the car the would-be assassins were using. Clayborn attempted to get Christopher to move pretending to be a police officer, but to no avail. The second attempt also failed and Clayborn was accidentally shot and killed by his partner Rasheen Ray.
Credenzo Curtis and Stanley Johnson[edit]
Played by: Curtiss Cook and Universal
Appears in: "Whitecaps"
Well-supplied African-American heroin dealers from Irvington, New Jersey who were the regular providers of Christopher Moltisanti's addiction. They are contracted by Christopher to kill Carmine Lupertazzi on orders from Tony Soprano. When it was decided that the hit was unnecessary Chris lured them to a meeting in the Meadowlands to give them the rest of their payment. He had them killed by Benny Fazio and Petey LaRosa before they could leave.

Frank Crisci[edit]
Played by: Richard Bright
Appears in: "The Weight"
Member of the Atwell Avenue Crew. He attends a meeting with Silvio Dante and Christopher Moltisanti to arrange the hit on Johnny Sack. The hit never took place.

Lou "DiMaggio" Gallina[edit]
Played by: Joseph Castellana
Appears in: "The Weight"
An old hitman of the Atwell Avenue Crew from Rhode Island. He is a capo of a crew of semi-retired contract killers. Gallina and his crew are recommended to Tony by Uncle Junior to take out the contract on John Sacramoni. He tells Silvio and Chris that he does not like working for anyone who is involved with drugs or drug trafficking. He earned the nickname "DiMaggio" (after an Italian-American baseball legend Joe DiMaggio) for his use of a baseball bat as a murder weapon to murder his mob captain and his wife. For the murder he was sentenced to eight years in prison. Their mob captain denounced the drug trade but was dealing behind their backs while also working as an informant for the FBI. Lou also tell Chris and Silvio that he killed mobster Tommy Neri coming home from the racetrack and hit him in the head with a tire iron, and then held him down as his friend Frank cut his head off with a hacksaw. He has congenital cataracts, a condition that he has passed on to his daughter who lives with him. She is legally blind and because of his old age, it has been arranged that a priest comes to visit them for Sunday mass. The hit on Sacramoni did not happen.

Italo and Salvatore[edit]
Played by: Carlo Giuliano and Peter Allas
Appears in: "Luxury Lounge", "The Blue Comet" (Italo only)
A pair of Italian hitmen from the Naples-based Camorra with whom the Soprano family does business. Tony refers to them as the "tailors", "cousins", or "zips". They are hired to assassinate Rusty Millio as a favor to Johnny "Sack", and succeed, killing Rusty and his bodyguard, Eddie Pietro. They block them in Rusty's drive way and approach their car under the surmise of asking for directions to the Brooklyn Museum. They spend some of their earned money on expensive souvenirs and gifts which they bring back to Italy.
In 2007, in the episode "The Blue Comet," Italo and fellow Neapolitan hitman Roberto are hired to assassinate Phil Leotardo. But, in a case of mistaken identity, Italo murders Yaryna, Phil's housemaid and mistress, and her elderly father, who happened to look very similar to Phil, in a brutal double homicide which is later reported in the newspapers and on television. Italo has a niece that married a Ukrainian and is therefore able to recognize the language his victims spoke. Italo informs Corky of this and comments that Yaryna was probably Leotardo's daughter as she called him "daddy."
The pair are given orders through Corky Caporale, Christopher Moltisanti's drug-addled associate, because he speaks fluent Italian, and the two speak little English.

Rasheen Ray[edit]
Played by: Touche
Appears in: "Isabella"
Contracted by Junior's crew to kill Tony Soprano via intermediary Donnie Paduana. The first attempt was aborted when Christopher boxed in the car the would-be assassins were using outside a donut shop. Mickey was told by Donnie that the hired assassins "were very good," and that Tony "would get an open casket". But minutes after the aborted attempt, Junior's crew severed its link with Rasheen by killing Donnie Paduana. The next day, during the second failed hit on Tony, Rasheen accidentally shot and killed his partner William "Petite" Clayborn. Then Tony dragged Rasheen along as he drove away, eventually letting him go. He apparently escaped, driving a then-new, 1999 Ford Taurus. After the failed assassination, Tony compares them to "Boyz II Men."
Special K[edit]
Played by: J. D. Williams
Appears in: "46 Long"
One of Brendan Filone's goons involved in robbing Comley trucking shipments under the protection of Uncle Junior. He accompanies Brendan and Antjuan on a heist even after Junior had made Brendan and Chris pay tribute for robbing his trucks. He pretends to be able to drive a truck when he really can't and he accidentally drops his gun when exiting the vehicle. The gun discharged when it hit the ground and the ricochet bullet killed Hector Anthony, the driver. Special K flees the scene along with Antjuan and Brendan ends up getting punished for the accident. The name "Special K" is both a brand of Kelloggs breakfast cereal and a slang term for the drug ketamine.
Other criminal associates[edit]
Ahmed and Muhammad[edit]
Played by: Taleb Adlah and Donnie Keshawarz
Appear in: "Join the Club", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Luxury Lounge", "Kaisha", "Chasing It"
Muslim associates of Christopher Moltisanti. Ahmed's full name is revealed to be Ahmed al-Najafi. They are frequent customers at the Bada Bing!. They steal money via the internet with acquired credit card information from customers of various businesses, as per the scam of Christopher and "Murmur." They later seek help from Christopher in purchasing TEC-9 semi-automatic pistols, which they claim they need "for a family matter."
Christopher Moltisanti considers them not to be terrorists. He says that Ahmed was angry at the protestors over the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, not over the cartoons themselves and said that it would bring negative attention to all Muslims. He also mentions that Muhammad's brother is a military interrogator stationed over in Lebanon or Syria fighting the war on terror, labeling them both as "gun nuts." Muhammad also has a girlfriend who has a pet Springer Spaniel. Moltisanti stopped hearing from them and Tony saw that they were associating with other Muslims dressed in traditional Arab clothing. In the episode "Walk Like a Man," Tony passed their names and Ahmed's cell phone number to the FBI. The FBI agents do not recognize them at first, but later tell Tony they may be involved in terror financing. In the series finale "Made in America," Tony passes details of their merchant bank to Agent Harris hoping to gain information on Phil Leotardo's location in return.

Augustino "Little Augie" Aprile[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "Employee of the Month"
A mobster well known enough by the public and the media for Dr. Elliot Kupferberg to assume that Dr. Melfi was treating him when her real patient was Tony Soprano. It is not known whether he was a paternal relative of Jackie Aprile, Sr. or a member of the DiMeo crime family. Because Dr. Melfi is a psychiatrist, it is assumed by the inquiry by Dr. Kupferberg that Augie Aprile either is known to demonstrate psychotic behavior or anger management issues for needing to actually see a psychiatrist. Then again, it could just be that Dr. Kupferberg is confusing names, and that there is no such character. It is also possible that he is confusing names with the violate Richie Aprile who shows psychotic and violent behavior.
Camillo[edit]
Played by: Raffaele Giulivo
Appears in: "Commendatori"
Camillo is perhaps a soldier or a higher-ranked member of the Zucca crime family in Naples, headed by Annalisa Zucca.
Joseph "Joey" Cogo[edit]
Played by: David Copeland
Appears in: "Pie-O-My", "Rat Pack (photograph only)"
A criminal associate of Christopher, sometimes referred to as "Giovanni" and in a payment dispute. Furio and Chris beat him badly in season four and Adriana La Cerva witnesses the beating. Later, in season 5, Adriana is given photos of Cogo's deceased body and she mentions that she knew him.

Debbie[edit]
Played by: Karen Sillas
Appears in: "Nobody Knows Anything"
Debbie was the madam of a brothel visited by Tony Soprano, Paulie Gualtieri, Pussy Bonpensiero, and other members of the DiMeo crime family. Raymond Curto and Detective Vin Makazian were arrested there in 1999. After Vin's suicide, Debbie received some consolation from Tony and she revealed a long friendship with the troubled Makazian.

Gallegos[edit]
Played by: Jessy Terrero
Appears in: "A Hit Is a Hit"
He was a wealthy Colombian drug trafficker killed by Paulie Walnuts as a final warning to his organization that they were operating on Soprano family territory. He was running his drug distribution center in the basement of a New Jersey apartment complex. Paulie and Big Pussy also steal a lot of cash from his hotel room. Paulie notifies Tony of Gallegos' death by saying "Juan Valdez has been separated from his donkey", a reference to the Colombian coffee commercials.

Angelo Giacalone[edit]
Played by: unseen character
Referenced in: "Members Only"
Angelo Giacalone was an unseen character referenced by Ray Curto to Agent Sanseverino. In the final moments of his life, Curto implicated Tony Soprano in the murder of an Angelo Giacalone, and claimed to have Tony talking about the hit on tape.

Matush Giamona[edit]
Played by: Nick Tarabay
Appears in: "The Telltale Moozadell", "Amour Fou", "Long Term Parking"
An Ecstasy dealer who has had some association with Soprano/DiMeo business over the years. He was often found in and around the Crazy Horse club owned by Adriana LaCerva, and initially Furio and Chris were hostile to him and threw him off the premises. With the reassurance of Jackie Jr. he returned to dealing outside the club and was put in the hospital by Furio, in traction with his jaw wired shut. Matush was later recruited as a driver in Jackie Junior's failed robbery of a card game in 2001. He bolted with the car as soon as the robbery went awry leaving Dino Zerilli to be caught and killed and forcing Jackie Jr. to improvise his own escape. He is also a close friend of unfortunate card-game stick up man Carlo Renzi. He is most likely the drug dealer for Jackie Aprile, Jr., Dino Zerilli and Carlo Renzi.
In 2004 Matush had returned to dealing at the Crazy Horse - Ade's drug habit and Furio's disappearance made the club more welcoming. He murdered an upset customer, named Gilbert Nieves, in Ade's office and forced her to help him dispose of the body. Another dealer, Kamal, was also involved. This was recorded by FBI surveillance outside and was instrumental in Ade's attempt to flip Christopher that resulted in her death. In Season 6, Agent Harris, in a conversation with Chris, implied that Matush was either sympathetic to extremist Muslim groups or involved in a terrorist group in some capacity.

Detective Barry Haydu[edit]
Played by: Tom Mason
Appears in: "For All Debts Public and Private"
Barry Haydu was a Detective-Lieutenant with the Clifton, New Jersey police force for thirty years, until his retirement in 2002. Haydu was the investigating officer in the killing of Dickie Moltisanti. The night he was murdered, he came home from his retirement party wearing a Hawaiian shirt and plastic leis around his neck. Tony told Christopher that Haydu was also responsible for his father's death. According to Tony, Haydu was a heavy gambler with serious debts back when he was a rookie cop. Haydu performed contract killings to stave off his debts and Dickie was named a target for Haydu by "Jilly" Ruffalo after Dickie gouged out Jilly's eye in a prison fight. When Christopher asked why Haydu was allowed to live Tony said that he had been useful, but now that he was retiring his usefulness had come to an end. Christopher remembered being told that it was a cop that killed his father.
Christopher broke into Haydu's home and waited for him to return from his retirement party. Chris surprised Haydu and knocked him out, handcuffing him to a staircase so he could question him. Haydu awoke with Christopher watching Magnum, P.I.. Haydu denied any involvement in Dickie's death but Chris states that it doesn't really matter because Tony wanted Haydu dead either way. Chris then turns up the volume on the television all the way and proceeds to shoot Haydu twice with his own service pistol. Chris placed the gun back in Haydu's hand staging the crime scene to look like a suicide.

Rusty Irish[edit]
Played by: Christopher J Quinn
Appears in: "Pax Soprana"
Rusty is a small-time Irish-American Newark, New Jersey drug dealer and book maker who is blamed for the death of a teenage boy by Junior Soprano. The boy is revealed to be the namesake grandson of Junior's tailor, committed suicide during a drug induced psychosis after buying drugs from Rusty. Mikey Palmice, along with Joseph Marino, threw Rusty off a bridge in Paterson in 1999, on behalf of Junior. Rusty was associated with the Larry Barese crew, and was its biggest earner. Larry Boy Barese was angered that Mikey killed Rusty, without approaching him for consultation first, and thought of this as a sign that Junior was abusing his new position as boss of the DiMeo crime family. Following his death, Ray Curto said that Rusty never bathed and was a heroin addict. His death is deemed a suicide as Mikey bribes several witnesses that are hanging out on the bridge to fabricate stories about witnessing Rusty's death.
Orange J[edit]
Played by: Bryan Hicks
Appears in: "A Hit Is a Hit"
A bodyguard and friend who is in rap artist Massive Genius' crew. He first approached Christopher and Adriana to make an introduction between them and Massive. He also attended the sit down Massive has with Hesh Rabkin.

Reverend Herman James, Jr.[edit]
Played by: Gregory Alan Williams
Appears in: "Do Not Resuscitate", "Proshai, Livushka", "He Is Risen"
He is from Newark, New Jersey and refers to Livia Soprano as a proud "New Jerseyean." His heritage can be traced back to Confederation when his grandfather was a slave on a plantation. His father was a union plumber and belonged to the same union as the one they were extorting. Herman arranged a secret deal with Tony, assisting in a shake down of a construction firm: James organized a group of protesters arguing about being paid low wages because of racial bias. The Soprano associates Sean Gismonte and Matt Bevilacqua then attacked with baseball bats, adding drama to the protest and causing a riot. James and Soprano then split the earnings. Son of the Reverend Herman James, Sr. Attended Livia Soprano's funeral. A friend of Assemblyman Ronald Zellman.

Kamal[edit]
Played by: Homie Doroodian
Appears in: "Long Term Parking"
Kamal is a Muslim drug dealer who worked alongside Matush at The Crazy Horse. Helped Matush murder Gilbert Nieves in an argument over drugs in 2004. They are recognized as having murdered Nieves after Adrianna La Cerva walks in and sees them standing over the body.

Eli Kaplan[edit]
Played by: David Shuman, Geoffrey Cantor
Appears in: "Members Only", "Chasing It"
Eli is the son-in-law of Hesh Rabkin. Made collections for Hesh in Leotardo family territory in 2006. Was attacked by Jimmy Lauria, a Leotardo associate, upon leaving a Chinese restaurant with Hesh — the Leotardo crew did not realize Eli had been acting on Hesh's behalf. Jimmy and two cohorts burned Hesh and Eli out of their car, hit Hesh and beat up Eli. Eli fled into the street and was struck by a taxi in a hit and run. He was hospitalized by the accident for broken ribs and internal bleeding. Hesh mentions that he takes it upon himself to drive Eli to physiotherapy following the hit and run.

Emil Kolar[edit]
Played by: Bruce Smolanoff
Appears in: "Pilot", "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"
Emil is a Czech American, graduated from West Essex High School, and was involved in varsity football at the same time Christopher Moltisanti's cousin was enrolled. He is a recreational cocaine user. He is murdered by Christopher in Satriale's Pork Store, with the dubious distinction of being the first on-screen casualty in The Sopranos. Emil's wealthy family is involved in the New Jersey waste management business. At the time of his execution, his family's waste sanitation corporation is involved in a contract bidding war over garbage routes controlled by the Soprano family's front organization, Barone Sanitation. Chris lured him to Satriale's under the pretense of seeking an amicable solution to the problem. Chris calls Emil "Email" several times at Satriale's, before "whacking" him. Chris killed Emil without authorization from the family in an effort to gain recognition and rise through the ranks. Big Pussy helped Chris dispose of the body, and later Chris and Georgie (the bartender/bouncer at the Bing) move the body as Chris becomes paranoid after dreaming about Emil (in "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti"). They bury the body on the grounds of Pat Blundetto's farmhouse in Kinderhook, New York, from where Chris and Tony Blundetto are forced to move it a third time after the land is sold to developers (in "Cold Cuts"). The bones are broken up and thrown in the bottom of a lake.
Rene LeCours[edit]
Played by: Marc Bonan
Appears in: "Soprano Home Movies"
He is the estranged brother in law to a French-speaking French-Canadian Quebecer who was supplying Tony Soprano with the expired prescription drug Labetalol shipments that they were smuggling from Canada as newly produced medication at an agreed price. He also speaks Québécois French and is a follower of Bohemian and Rastafari movement culture by having natty dreadlock type hair. Rene had divorced from the Quebecer's sister and as a result the two were involved in a dispute over custody of their child and wants to take the child to Winnipeg, Manitoba where he works as a drummer. It is suggested that he is only battling over custody of their child in a vain attempt to have his wife make amends and come back to him. He is negligent of his alimony and child support checks. The Quebecers agreed to drop the price of the Labetalol if Tony organized someone to "take care of the problem", meaning Rene. Tony appointed Bobby to do the hit. Bobby followed Rene into the laundry room of his apartment building in Ottawa, Canada and shot him in the chest, leaving him choking for breath on the floor. Earlier in the episode Tony had pointed out that Bobby had yet to kill anyone; unlike his father who was referred to as a "Terminator". Bobby then finished the job and shot LeCours in the head, and quickly fled the scene.
Alex Mahaffey[edit]
Played by: Michael Gaston
Appears in: "Pilot"
Alex is a CPA who is employed at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association in Long Valley, New Jersey involved in a scam defrauding Medicare companies with Hesh and Tony by filing false claims for non-existent clients. Alex is a compulsive gambler. He was reluctant to get involved but was in debt to and had bad mouthed Tony. Alex attempted to run away on foot. Tony chases him across his accounting firm's property with Christopher's car and strikes him with the car. He breaks his leg, after which Christopher and Tony administered a beating for the insult. Hesh and Big Pussy convinced him to participate in the scheme to work off his gambling debt by taking him up to the Great Falls in Paterson and implying that a refusal would get him thrown over.

Vin Makazian[edit]
Played by: John Heard
Appears in: "Meadowlands", "Pax Soprana", "Boca", "Nobody Knows Anything", "The Test Dream"
Vin Makazian was a Newark, New Jersey police Sergeant Detective who fed information to Tony Soprano. Tony also used Vin as an investigator, engaging Vin to find information about Dr. Melfi when Tony first started therapy in 1998. Vin was over-enthusiastic in this role, having misunderstood the relationship between Tony and Dr. Melfi as a romantic one, not a professional one. He tailed her and pulled her car over, beating up her companion unprovoked and chastising her for being out with a man he refers to as "hamburger, when you've got prime rib at home." Vin later told Tony that he had taken photographs of Melfi undressing from outside her home, if he's interested, to which Tony replies with disgust. Vin was responsible for informing Tony that Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero was an FBI informant, prompting Tony's suspicions of Pussy, though this was later seemingly dismissed when Tony found out Vin owed Pussy $30,000 in gambling debts, and Vin would like to see Pussy taken out to absolve him of said debt.
Makazian frequented an illegal brothel and had a relationship with the madam there. He was arrested at the brothel along with Soprano crime family capo Raymond Curto during a police raid. Vin later committed suicide, by leaping off the Donald Goodkind Bridge shortly after he was released from jail. Tony later visited the madam with whom Makazian had a therapeutic relationship, and she divulges to Tony that Makazian viewed him as a friend and, like Tony, was prone to depression. This leaves Tony depressed because he had always treated Makazian with disdain and never showed him any respect or kindness.
Vin appeared in the episode "The Test Dream" in Tony's titular dream as Meadow's fiance Finn De Trolio's father.

Slava Malevsky[edit]
Played by: Frank Ciornei
Appears in: "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", " Pine Barrens"
Slava is the apparent head of the Russian mob and a business associate of Tony Soprano and apparently has a lot of affection for Tony. He runs Tony's money laundering operations and helps him find the Russian taxi driver who attacked Janice Soprano. Later on in Series 3, Tony is concerned about meeting with Slava after Paulie Gualtieri and Christopher Moltisanti botch an attempt to kill Slava's friend Valery. Slava appears unaware of what has happened to Valery when Tony has a meeting with him at his restaurant, but reveals to Tony that they served together in the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation during the First Chechen War in Chechnya and Valery personally killed 16 Chechen Republic of Ichkeria rebels saving Slava's life in the process. Slava tells Tony he loves Valery like a brother but Valery's alcohol and drug abuse deeply hurts Slava and brings shame to Valery's family. This prompts Tony to insist to Paulie Gualtieri that Valery must not be allowed to come back and tell of his ordeal. When Paulie Gualtieri and Christopher Moltisanti fail to find Valery in the Pine Barrens and Tony has to come and rescue them, Tony informs Paulie Walnuts that he will have to take any heat from Slava should Valery return. Valery's fate was never resolved by the end of the series.
Slava presumably has a wife named Galina that Tony got a Toyota Escalante for, and Slava thanks him for it and asks if Tony can get another. Slava has a daughter named Yelе́na that he says is very smart and he hopes will go to Harvard University.
Though Slava isn't seen again in the series, in "Chasing It", after having a meal with Paulie, Christopher and Bobby, Tony states that he's going to see Slava to liquify some offshore money.
Massive Genius[edit]
Played by: Bokeem Woodbine
Appears in: "A Hit Is a Hit"
Massive Genius is a successful rapper and music producer. In 1999 he met with Christopher Moltisanti and Adrianna La Cerva by chance at a fast food burger restaurant in New York City, where Chris offended the predominantly black customers by making several racially charged remarks about welfare and food stamps. Massive's crew were ready to start something but a police officer intervened, informing them that Chris was a soldier/associate with the Soprano crew who was soon to be a made man, and that the scuffle would be a bad idea in the long run for the group.
Massive approached Chris and invited him to a party at his home; Ade recognized him and insisted they attend. Massive's reasons for starting the association seemed to be twofold — he was interested in Ade and a member of his family had been involved with Soprano advisor/associate Herman "Hesh" Rabkin's former record label and was seeking money for a relative. Massive became involved in Ade's aspirations of becoming a music producer and listened to a demo tape she made. He also had Chris arrange a sitdown with Hesh, wherein it seemed violence might break out; however, Massive instead threatened litigation if payment was not forthcoming. In response, Hesh pointed out that Massive had illegally sampled a song to which Hesh owned the rights, and that if Massive should sue him, he would counter-sue. Massive's response was, "See you in court", but the matter was not mentioned again throughout the series run.

Harold Melvoin[edit]
Played by: Richard Portnow
Appears in: "Boca", "Do Not Resuscitate", "The Knight in White Satin Armor", "Another Toothpick", "Christopher", "Pie-O-My", "Whoever Did This", "Calling All Cars", "Eloise", "Whitecaps", "Where's Johnny?", "In Camelot", "The Test Dream"
Harold Melvoin (also known as Mel and Hal) is Junior Soprano's lawyer from 1999 to 2004. Following Junior's arrest on Federal Racketeering charges, Mel allows him to use his office to conduct business as it is one of the few places he is allowed to visit while under house arrest.
He conducts Junior's defense throughout his first RICO trial and helps Junior with such schemes as pretending that a (presumably) minor head injury on the courthouse steps has affected his capacity to stand trial.
After suffering a stroke which affects his ability to speak, Melvoin is fired by Junior, who considers his attorney's weakened condition a reminder of his own mortality.

"Yo-Yo" Mendez[edit]
Played by: Shawn McLean
Appears in: "Meadowlands"
"Yo-Yo" is a drug dealer who pays points to Christopher early on in his career. It is implied that his nickname comes from his constant usage of a yo-yo on his street corner, though he only makes one appearance in the series. During the war of 1999, Junior Soprano moves in on Christopher's territory and has "Yo-Yo" pay up to him instead. Upon hearing this, Christopher beats "Yo-Yo" on a street corner and says if he pays points to anyone but him that he's "coming back for your thumbs."
Neil Mink[edit]
Played by: David Margulies
Appears in: "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...", "Bust Out", "House Arrest", "Funhouse", "Mergers and Acquisitions", "All Due Respect", "Soprano Home Movies", "Made in America"
Tony Soprano's lawyer. Advises Tony to stay off the street and distance himself from the day-to-day work of his crew — this contributes to Tony's insulating himself by communicating through closely trusted friends whenever possible. He also advises Tony to spend more time in the legitimate businesses, such Barone Sanitation, instead of Bada Bing. In the final episode, "Made in America", Mink informs Tony that the government most likely will indict him on federal weapons charges stemming from the arrest made in "Soprano Home Movies" at the beginning of the season, and it is strongly implied that he could consequently be facing a prison sentence.

Nino[edit]
Played by: Antonio Lubrano
Appears in: "Commendatori"
Nino is probably a very high ranked member in the Zucca crime family in Naples, headed by Annalisa Zucca. He had a talk with Tony in Naples about Junior's car operation to conduct a new business deal.
Willie Overall[edit]
Played by: Herbert Rogers
Appears in: "Remember When"
Willie was an independent bookmaker in Newark, New Jersey. He is executed by Tony Soprano in 1982 for not paying his protection money to Jackie Aprile, Sr. and buried in the basement of a house that was owned at the time by Old Pete the Zip. The basement was refinished sometime after the murder and a concrete floor was laid down which made the FBI dig him up with pick axes and jackhammers. Tony's father had entrusted Tony to perform the hit to "make his bones", allowing Tony to become a made man shortly thereafter. Paulie Gualtieri accompanied Tony on the hit and said that he performed well, but that he was 'a little shaky' and told his father Johnny Boy that he performed well. In 2007, the authorities began investigating the murder and exhumed Overall's remains from the basement of the house that is still being lived in by a woman. It is alleged by Silvio Dante that Larry Barese gave the FBI the location of the body. The murder was ultimately blamed on the late Jackie Aprile, Sr.
George Paglieri[edit]
Played by: Peter Mele
Appears in: "Made in America"
Retired member of another one of the five New York Mafia families. Tony reached out to Paglieri to broker a sitdown between Tony and the Lupertazzi crime family administration, as both families trusted him. He (and two of his associates seen frisking Tony and Paulie at the sitdown) are the only characters on the show who represented a New York family other than the Lupertazzis.
Pino[edit]
Played by: Guido Palliggiano
Appears in: "Commendatori"
Pino is perhaps a soldier or a higher-ranked member of the Zucca crime family in Naples, headed by Annalisa Zucca.
Herman "Hesh" Rabkin[edit]
Main article: Hesh Rabkin
Raffaele[edit]
Played by: Ciro Maggio
Appears in: "Commendatori"
Raffaelle is perhaps a soldier or a higher-ranked member of the Zucca crime family in Naples, headed by Annalisa Zucca.
Reuben "The Cuban" Santiago[edit]
Played by: Yul Vazquez
Appears in: "Christopher"
Reuben is a Cuban-American associate of the DiMeo crime family who has a fondness towards racing horses. He visits Hesh Rabkin's stables frequently. He and Hesh argue after Reuben compares Christopher Columbus to Hitler and Reuben leaves after they almost come to blows.
Marty Schwartz[edit]
Played by: Jerry Grayson
Appears in: "Christopher", "Eloise", "Whitecaps"
An associate of Hesh Rabkin who also works in the Atlantic City, New Jersey casino business with Mohunk Chief Doug Smith. Marty organizes a meeting between Tony Soprano and Chief Doug Smith during the civil unrest over Columbus Day Parade (held historically on October 12). Later Marty organizes a night at the casino for Tony and friends and arranges for them to be flown home in the casino's private helicopter.
Chief Doug Smith[edit]
Played by: Nick Chinlund
Appears in: "Christopher"
Chief Doug Smith is the CEO of Mohank Casino (a pun on the Indian word Mohunk), who has used his tenuous family relative blood ties to Iroquois natives through his marriage to operate under laws that apply to them. Hesh puts Tony in touch with Doug Smith to try and settle a "death watch" at the statue of Christopher Columbus at Columbus Park in Hoboken, New Jersey over the genocide of the Native Americans. They would also lay down in the path of the Christopher Columbus parade later on. The chief is unable to help but gives Tony's crew a fully compensated visit at his casino. He reaches out to Tony to try and help him book Frankie Valli to play the casino. Upon reading about the planned protest in the newspaper Bobby Baccalieri and Silvio Dante disagree voice their opinions disagreeing with the protests.
Theodore "Teddy" Spirodakis[edit]
Played by: Joseph Caniano
Appears in: "Members Only"
Theodore "Teddy" Spirodakis is an untidy, obese Greek-American and compulsive gambler. He resides in Boston, Massachusetts. He is killed by Eugene Pontecorvo on orders from Christopher Moltisanti for not paying his gambling debts. He is extremely naive about dealing with organized crime and actually recognized Eugene, greeting him in a friendly manner before he was shot dead, seemingly totally unaware of his outstanding debts to Christopher.
Tanno[edit]
Played by: Giuseppe Zeno
Appears in: "Commendatori"
Tanno is perhaps an associate or a soldier of the Zucca crime family in Naples, headed by Annalisa Zucca. He accompanies Furio when he first meets their American guests: Tony, Paulie and Christopher. Christopher immediately notices Tanno's forearms are full of needle puncture wounds. Tanno seems to introduce Christopher to injecting heroin and the two spend the rest of his stay in Italy together, high on heroin and vomiting.
Valery[edit]
Played by: Vitali Baganov
Appears in: "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", "Pine Barrens"
Valery was a member of the Russian mob, acquainted with Tony Soprano through his business association with the organization. Valery was shown as a heavy drinker and volatile alcoholic who got into debt with Silvio Dante. He is fluent in both his native Russian language and English language. Valery had been a member of the Spetsnaz in his native Russia, and fought in Chechen Republic of Ichkeria during what is assumed to be the Second Chechen War, with 16 confirmed kills. Coming from poverty and hardship, Valery enjoys the wealthy and prosperous American lifestyle investing widely in state-of-the-art television, stereo system and other modern day commodities that he was deprived of in his home country. The Russian boss, Slava told Valery to pay the debt in order to keep up good relations with the Soprano Family. Slava also revealed to Tony that they served together in the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation and he loves Valery like a brother for saving his life; but wants Valery to sober up from his alcoholism and cocaine addiction.
Paulie Walnuts and Christopher Moltisanti visit him at his apartment one morning to collect his payment, where Valery readily handed over the envelope of money and offered the two men vodka. Paulie, however, responded to a perceived slight by being intentionally careless with Valery's electronic equipment, causing a brawl in which the two believed they had killed Valery. They drove out to the Pine Barrens to dispose of him but when they arrived he was awake and had bitten through the tape they used to restrain him. They marched him into the snow to dig his own grave and laughed at him for being poorly dressed in winter, but Valery yelled in his native Russian that the Pine Barrens is nothing compared to the Russian tundra, then attacked an overconfident Paulie and Christopher with the shovel they gave him to dig with and escaped. Christopher and Paulie gave chase, firing as they ran, Paulie seemingly hit Valery in the head, but to the amazement of his pursuers, Valery got back up and continued running. The two men continue looking for him but eventually give up, and realize they're lost in the wilderness. Chris and Paulie then spend a miserable night in an abandoned van in the Pine Barrens. On rescuing the pair, Tony makes it clear that if Valery makes it back to North Jersey alive, it is Paulie who will have to deal with Slava, not him.
Valery's fate after this point is unclear. Valery's body was never found, and Paulie's car was stolen from the remote location where it was parked in the wilderness, although there is no way to tell if it was Valery who stole it, or just some local kids. An HBO promo shows notable characters who have been murdered over the course of the series and does show Valery as having died in this episode, but with a question mark, indicating that there is some doubt about this, as it was never conclusively stated, one way or another. David Chase said in an interview at the actor's guild:

"OK, this is what happened. Some Boy Scouts found the Russian, who had the telephone number to his boss, Slava, in his pocket. They called Slava, who took him to the hospital where he had brain surgery. And then Slava sent him back to the Soviet Union."[1]
Waldemar Wyzchuk[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "D-Girl"
Shylock and known Philadelphia organized crime figure, of Ukrainian descent. He was killed in a car bomb hit that allegedly was plotted by Tony Soprano as a message to settle disputes over some DiMeo family's associates encroaching upon the South Jersey and Philadelphia shy business. FBI agent Skip Lipari makes references to him in a conversation with Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero. Bonpensiero was seen by the FBI having dinner with Wyzchuck few weeks before the car bombing. Big Pussy also tells Lipari that Tony bought a pool table from Wyzchuck.
Ronald Zellman[edit]
Played by: Peter Riegert
Appears in: "Proshai, Livushka", "Employee of the Month", "Another Toothpick", "For All Debts Public and Private", "Christopher", "Watching Too Much Television"
Ronald Zellman was an Assemblyman (member of the lower house of the state legislature) and acted as a political operative on behalf of the Soprano crime family. He aided them in securing the Esplanade construction contract. Ronald was a friend of the Reverend Herman James Jr. and they attended Livia Soprano's funeral together. Zellman was instrumental in having a traffic cop that gave Tony a speeding ticket removed from patrol and assigned to the evidence locker, where he was no longer eligible for overtime and ends up working in a garden center to make up the lost pay. Tony later regretted this and considered asking Zellman to move him back. But, after the officer displays attitude Tony doesn't like at the garden center (including refusing a large cash tip Tony offers him), Tony tells Zellman, "Fuck 'em." Zellman also helped Tony set up the HUD scam by introducing him to Maurice Tiffen, a friend of Zellman's from his days at the University of Michigan.
Zellman began dating Tony's ex comàre, Irina, in 2002. Tony initially gave them his blessing. He later changed his mind, arrived at Zellman's house, and proceeded to beat a shirtless Zellman with his belt. Irina left Zellman some time after this because he was no longer able to perform in bed after the humiliation. Although Tony and Zellman have not been shown meeting since the incident, he apparently is still on the payroll, after he became a State Senator in 2006. His influence allowed A.J. to be released from police custody, with no charges filed, following his failed attempt to kill his great-uncle Junior, in the Wycoff Rehabilitation Clinic.
Annalisa Zucca[edit]
Played by: Sofia Milos
Appears in: "Commendatori", "Funhouse"
The beautiful and curvaceous daughter of Zi Vittorio, head of the Neapolitan famiglia which is the Camorra a mafia-like criminal organization, or secret society, in the region of Campania and the city of Naples in Italy. She is also the wife of the acting Camorra boss, Mauro Zucca, who is currently serving a life sentence, and a distant cousin of Tony Soprano.
When Tony took over Junior's luxury car "export" business, he went over to visit "Zi" (Uncle) Vittorio in Naples to discuss the parameters of their arrangement. When he finally meets Zi Vittorio, Tony finds that he's a senile, wheelchair-using old man - and it is, in fact, Annalisa who runs the organization now. Tony finds this hard to accept at first, but eventually works out a deal with Annalisa — he would cut the price of the cars he supplies to Naples, in exchange for her to supply him with members of her organization. This resulted in Furio Giunta being sent over to the states, and later on with Tony being supplied with the hitmen to take care of the hit on Rusty Millio, and Philip "Phil" Leotardo (which resulted in his girlfriend and her father mistakenly getting killed).
Annalisa is known to save her nail clippings, which Tony observed her doing while staying at her home. When he inquired as to why, she explained that she has them burned — if her enemies obtained her nail or hair clippings, she stated they could, "make the evil on you."
Tony also had a brief flirtation with Annalisa while in Italy but she politely avoided his interest, keeping things strictly business. She later on appeared to be a bit more receptive to the idea, while they were in an ancient cave discussing the sibyl and premonitions, but Tony turned her down, saying, "Non fare la merda dove mangio, I don't shit where I eat."
Annalisa reminds Tony of Dr. Jennifer Melfi, probably because of her beauty, strength, and perceptiveness — he implies this to Annalisa in the ancient cave as well. In the Season 2 finale, "Funhouse", during one of Tony's fever dreams (which were induced by a rather bad bout of food poisoning), he envisions Annalisa speaking to him in Dr. Melfi's office during a therapy session. Further, some scenes involving Tony and Annalisa were prefigured by his earlier interactions with Isabella, implying that both Isabella and Annalisa symbolize Tony's idealized image of the perfect Italian women.
Annalisa is last referenced in the sixth season, "Live Free or Die", in which Tony mentions to Chris that she is sending two associates or "tailors", over from Naples to execute or "fit for a suit" Rusty Millio, at the behest of Johnny Sack.
Mauro Zucca[edit]
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "Commendatori"
Mauro Zucca is the acting boss of the Neapolitan famiglia in Naples, who is currently serving a life sentence. He is the husband of Zi Vittorio's daughter Annalisa, and also a distant cousin of Tony Soprano.
See also[edit]
List of The Sopranos characters
List of characters from The Sopranos in the Lupertazzi crime family
List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family
FBI on The Sopranos
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ ""The Sopranos": David Chase fesses up". Retrieved 23 November 2011.
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DiMeo crime family

Founded
1950s
Founding location
New Jersey, United States
Years active
1950s–present
Territory
Northern New Jersey
Ethnicity
Italian, Italian-American, made men with other ethnicities as "associates"
Membership
50-60 made men (based on 5-6 crews consisting of approx 10 men each), 200+ associates
Criminal activities
Racketeering, fraud, loan-sharking, illegal gambling, drug trafficking, construction management, contract killing, waste management, prostitution, robbery, money laundering, extortion, theft, skimming, bootlegging, bookmaking, conspiracy, labor unions, truck hijacking and witness tampering
Allies
Lupertazzi and the other Five Families, the Vittorio-Zucca Camorra clan, Cuban Mafia, Russian mafia.
Rivals
Philadelphia crime family, Vipers motorcycle gang, African-American drug crews, Colombian drug crews and other New Jersey gangs, including some of their allies at various times
The DiMeo crime family, later referred to as the Soprano crime family, is a fictional Mafia family from the HBO series The Sopranos. It is thought to be loosely based on the DeCavalcante crime family, a real New Jersey Mafia family.[1]
The DiMeo crime family consists of an administration and six crews.


Contents  [hide]
1 History 1.1 Formation
1.2 Unrest of '83
1.3 Rise of Tony Soprano
1.4 New acting boss
1.5 War of '99
1.6 FBI investigations
1.7 Periods of unrest
1.8 Class of 2004
1.9 Shooting of Tony Soprano
1.10 Tension with New York
1.11 The War of 2007
2 Current family members 2.1 Administration
2.2 Capos
3 Historical leadership 3.1 Boss (official and acting)
3.2 Underboss (official and acting)
3.3 Consigliere (official and acting)
3.4 Crews 3.4.1 Barese Crew 3.4.1.1 Current organization
3.4.1.2 Former members
3.4.1.3 Territory and businesses
3.4.2 Curto crew
3.4.3 La Manna crew (defunct) 3.4.3.1 Territory and businesses

3.5 Miscellaneous members
3.6 Unofficial associates
3.7 Front operators
3.8 FBI cooperators
4 See also
5 References

History[edit]
Formation[edit]
In the series, the DiMeo crime family is believed to have been formed in Northern New Jersey in the 1950s. Ercole DiMeo is believed to have been the first official boss, although according to the book, The Sopranos Family History by Allen Rucker and David Chase, there was an earlier boss named Alfano, but that boss is never mentioned in the series. Key members from the 1960s include brothers John Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano and Corrado "Junior" Soprano, as well as Herman "Hesh" Rabkin, Raymond "Buffalo Ray" Curto, Michele "Feech" La Manna, Patrizio "Uncle Pat" Blundetto, Robert "Bobby" Baccalieri, Sr., and Giuseppe "Beppy" Scerbo. The Sopranos were a key faction in the DiMeo crime family, running two separate crews led by Johnny Boy and Junior, and also had longstanding ties with the five New York Families (particularly the Lupertazzi crime family led by Carmine Lupertazzi). Despite DiMeo's reign as Boss, it is implied throughout the series and stated in the finale by Tony Soprano that the two Soprano brothers unofficially ran North Jersey.
Unrest of '83[edit]
During the early and mid-1980s many DiMeo crime family members and associates were arrested, causing the biggest blow to the family since its formation. Among those arrested were Tony Blundetto and Michele 'Feech' La Manna, sentenced to 17 and 20 years, respectively. When released in 2004, they were referred to in the media as the "Class of 2004".
It was during the Unrest of '83 that Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero, a cat burglar and associate in the Johnny Boy Soprano crew, stood up for (i.e., carried out a killing on behalf of) Johnny Boy Soprano. Johnny Boy's son, Tony Soprano would make his bones, as shown in the episode Remember When, by killing a small-time bookie and become a made man shortly thereafter.
Rise of Tony Soprano[edit]
Johnny Boy Soprano died of emphysema in 1986. Before his death, he requested that his son become the capo of the Soprano crew. Tony, one of the fastest rising stars in the Family after holding up Feech La Manna's card game with Aprile crew chief Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile, was a relatively young man to be a capo at the age of 27. Tony's transition into captain was aided by the loyalty of Bonpensiero, longtime Johnny Boy Soprano soldier Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, and childhood friend Silvio Dante. Tony would also avoid a long stint in prison when he missed a failed hijacking involving his cousin, Tony Blundetto. Caught by the police, Tony B. ended up getting charged under the RICO law and spending 15 years in prison, while Tony became one of the top earners in the DiMeo Family. At first, Tony said he was robbed by two black men, but he later admitted to Dr. Melfi and to Tony B. that he had a panic attack after arguing with his mother and passed out, missing the hijack.
Richie Aprile is arrested in 1990 and sentenced to ten years in prison. He gives control of his crew over to his younger brother, Jackie Aprile.
New acting boss[edit]
Ercole DiMeo was convicted and given a life sentence in prison in 1995. Jackie Aprile was named Acting Boss of the family by DiMeo, much to the chagrin of Junior Soprano. It was assumed that Junior would take over when DiMeo died or went to prison since he was one of the oldest and senior mobsters in the DiMeo family. DiMeo was impressed with Jackie Aprile's leadership abilities, the Aprile crew had been the top earner and best-run crew of the family for years. The years of Jackie's tenure as Boss (1995–1999) are generally considered to have been peaceful, prosperous years; Jackie was a well-respected and much beloved Boss who didn't "eat alone," much to the contentment of his Capos.
War of '99[edit]
When Jackie Aprile was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 1998, Tony Soprano, his closest friend and Junior's nephew, basically took over Jackie's responsibilities, again to Junior's displeasure. Uncle Junior and Tony were, at that point, at each other's throats because Junior plotted to have a rival, Gennaro "Little Pussy" Malanga, killed in Malanga's favorite restaurant, Vesuvio, a restaurant owned by Tony's childhood friend Artie Bucco. Tony foiled Junior's plans by ordering Silvio Dante to set fire to Artie's restaurant to prevent the hit from happening. Also, Tony's nephew, Christopher Moltisanti and his associate Brendan Filone, were hijacking trucks from Comley Trucking, a business that paid protection to Junior. Junior's enforcer, Mikey Palmice, killed Brendan, and hired Russian hitmen to perform a mock execution on Christopher under Junior's orders. When Jackie Aprile died in spring of 1999, and tensions between Junior and Tony were at an all-time high, it was assumed that the two would go to war over the top position. Tony instead deferred to Junior, giving him the official title as Boss. This was effectively in name only, as Tony still controlled the capos in the family and was the main conduit to the Lupertazzi Family, represented by underboss John "Johnny Sack" Sacrimoni.
Tensions flared up between Junior and Tony after Tony's mother, Livia Soprano, revealed that Tony was seeing a psychiatrist and had been meeting secretly with his capos in Livia's nursing home. An assassination attempt on Tony was made, but Tony luckily escaped with just an injury to the ear, leaving one hitman dead when the other accidentally shoots him while aiming at Tony. The FBI revealed to Tony that his mother's retirement home was bugged and let Tony listen to the tapes in a failed attempt to get him to flip. The tapes revealed that the assassination attempt was concocted by Junior and made it sound like his mother was in on it, too. In retaliation, Tony ordered the deaths of key members of Junior's crew: soldier Chucky Signore, consigliere Mikey "Grab Bag" Palmice, and acting capo (after Junior's arrest) Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi. Junior Soprano was spared when he was indicted by the federal government, along with underboss Joseph "Beppy" Sasso and capo Lawrence "Larry Boy" Barese, and because Tony wished to keep him as the lightning rod that took the hits for the Family. Tony then took over virtually all of Junior's business and became the Boss of the now renamed Soprano Crime Family. Former Junior Soprano soldiers Gigi Cestone and Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi defected over to various crews on Tony's side. Gigi Cestone went to the Aprile crew. Tony named Silvio Dante as his consigliere, and promoted long-time soldier Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri to captain of his old crew, renamed the Gualtieri crew. Patsy Parisi went to the Gualtieri crew.
Although Junior had been usurped of nearly all power and was under house arrest awaiting trial, he still retained the title of Boss, as Tony wanted the FBI to think they had indicted the head of the family, and acted as an adviser to Tony. Two of the factors that brought the two closer together was when Junior informed Tony of Richie Aprile's plot to kill Tony, and take over the family, and when Junior was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2001. However, Tony continued to punish Junior through business arrangements, and only allowed him to earn on a "subsistence level." Junior managed to beat the disease before the RICO trial against him started.
FBI investigations[edit]
After years of investigating Tony Soprano (at one point trying to turn him into an informant) and failing to connect him to the murder of associate Matthew "Matt Drinkwater" Bevilaqua (which was tossed out when an eyewitness retracted his statement upon learning one of the shooters may have been Tony Soprano), the FBI arrested Tony in 2000 when it was discovered that he had been extorting Davey Scatino. While busting out Scatino's sporting goods store, Tony had been receiving stolen airline tickets, discovered by way of information given by turncoat Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero and Tony's giving one of the stolen tickets to his mother, Livia. The case fell through when Big Pussy "disappeared" and Livia dies of a stroke. The FBI continued to build a case against Tony, but fell on difficult times when a wiretapping of his basement was compromised (when Tony's daughter Meadow Soprano took the lamp they had bugged) and because of the deaths of several FBI informants.
In 2002, the RICO trial against Junior Soprano ended in a hung jury, but the government moved to schedule a re-trial, meaning Junior had to stay under house arrest. Due to his diminished position in the family because of the house arrest, longtime Junior Soprano loyalist Robert "Bobby Bacala" Baccalieri was named acting Capo of the Junior Soprano crew after it became clear that his elderly, senile Capo, Murf Lupo, wasn't up for it anymore.
Periods of unrest[edit]
In the meantime, the Soprano Family continued to stay in a period of transition, with Richie Aprile, older brother of Jackie Aprile, taking over the previously defunct (due to the death of Jackie Sr.) Aprile crew after his release from prison in 2000. Richie became a threat to Tony's power, crippling associate Beansie Gaeta and disobeying Tony repeatedly when it came to selling cocaine on garbage routes. Richie also came to Junior about overthrowing Tony, but Junior decided that he would be better off with his nephew. Tony caught wind of Richie's plot and set the wheels in motion to have him killed, but he was spared the trouble when Richie was killed in the heat of an argument by his fiancée, who coincidentally happened to be Tony's sister Janice Soprano.
When Gigi Cestone, a Soprano crew soldier set to take over and spy on the Aprile crew, dies of a heart attack, Tony has no choice but to install rival Ralph Cifaretto as captain. Tony had longtime problems with Ralph, despite the two having grown up together (along with Jackie Aprile and Silvio Dante). At one point, Tony, in a fit of rage, hits Ralph after the latter murders a Bada Bing dancer named Tracee. Ralph also took under his wing, Jackie Aprile, Jr., even though Tony and Jackie Sr. both wanted to keep Jackie Jr. out of the family business. When Jackie Jr. held up one of Ralph's underling's poker games and shoots at made men Furio Giunta and Christopher Moltisanti in an attempt to emulate his father, Ralph had no choice but to order Jackie's death (the contract carried out by Vito Spatafore).
Complicating matters is that Ralph is the family's best earner, running lucrative construction deals such as the Esplanade Construction site and HUD scams in Newark. When a racehorse owned by Ralph (and beloved by Tony) named Pie-O-My dies in a stable fire, Tony becomes convinced that Ralph cruelly and intentionally killed the horse to help pay medical expenses for his hospitalized son (wounded in an accident while playing with a friend) with the insurance money. In a fit of anger and outrage, Tony attacks and kills Ralph. Christopher then helps Tony dispose of the body, dismembering it and placing the several body parts in different dump sites. Tony blames Ralph's disappearance on the New York family--specifically Johnny Sack, who had had a beef with Ralph over a characteristically tasteless joke of Ralph's about Johnny's wife, Ginny, told at a Soprano family dinner. Vito Spatafore was named captain of the Aprile crew in 2002.
During that time, Tony Soprano began to groom his cousin/nephew, Christopher Moltisanti, for a leadership role. Christopher, already considered young to have been "made," was named acting Capo of the Gualtieri crew while Paulie Walnuts was in jail facing a gun charge (later dropped). Patsy Parisi was dissatisfied with this choice, as was Silvio Dante who wanted to see Patsy as Capo. In addition, Tony names Christopher his successor, a move that is severely compromised when Christopher is discovered to have a serious heroin addiction and is sent to rehab. Christopher temporarily cleans up and proves his loyalty to Tony by giving up his fiancée, Adriana La Cerva for execution when it is discovered that she has been cooperating with the FBI. As a reward for putting the Family above his fiancée, Chris is made captain of the Gualtieri crew (with Paulie Gualtieri promoted to Underboss.)
It is during this period that the working relationship between the Lupertazzi Crime Family and the Sopranos reaches a rocky point in 2002, when the two families join together to control the Esplanade construction site in Newark, New Jersey. Disagreements over the split of the money of the Esplanade, plus the HUD projects that Tony was keeping secret from Lupertazzi and the displeasure of Johnny Sack with Ralph Cifaretto, nearly cause the two families to go to war. Johnny Sack and boss Carmine Lupertazzi blame one another for the conflict, and each of them reach out to Tony to whack the other as a means of ending the conflict. In both cases, cooler heads prevail and the two families work out a deal...
Class of 2004[edit]
The prison release of "The Class of 2004" (Phil Leotardo, Angelo Garepe, Michele "Feech" La Manna, and Tony Blundetto) along with the death of Carmine Lupertazzi set off another series of conflicts. "Little" Carmine Lupertazzi and Johnny Sack went to war over the position of Boss in New York, and Tony had to deal with the insubordination of Feech La Manna and his cousin, Tony Blundetto. One problem in his family was solved when Feech La Manna was sent back to prison after stolen flat-screen televisions were found in his garage by a probation officer called on the orders of Tony Soprano. The other problem was complicated when Tony B. killed Lupertazzi associate Joe Peeps on the orders of Lupertazzi Capo Rusty Millio and consigliere Angelo Garepe. When Angelo was killed in retaliation, Tony B. went after Phil Leotardo and killed his brother, Billy Leotardo, in an unsanctioned hit. Faced with threats of war and torture from Johnny Sack and Phil Leotardo plus unease in his own family, Tony Soprano was left with no choice but to kill Tony B. himself.
The relationship between New York and New Jersey families was further complicated when Johnny Sack was busted by the FBI and sent to prison to await trial, and Phil Leotardo, still nursing hard feelings about Blundetto, was named Acting Boss of the Lupertazzi Family.
Shooting of Tony Soprano[edit]
During his house arrest and trials/re-trials, Junior developed signs of dementia. He suffered a head injury after being hit with a boom microphone and knocked down the courthouse steps. Several mini-strokes over the years increasingly diminished his capacity and led him to shoot Tony in the abdomen, mistakenly thinking that Tony was his already deceased nemesis "Little Pussy" Malanga.
The shooting of Tony Soprano set off a media frenzy, with reporters stalking the Soprano house and outside the hospital where Tony lay in a coma. Junior Soprano was arrested and questioned about the shooting, which he insisted must have been a self-inflicted gunshot by Tony, whom he labeled as a "depression case". The captains of the Family agreed to cut all ties to Junior and allow Tony to decide what happens to him. Junior was judged to be mentally unstable and was sent to a mental rehabilitation facility.
With Tony incapacitated, his consigliere Silvio Dante took over as Acting Boss of the Soprano Crime Family; however, Silvio was unable to handle the pressure of being boss, and suffered an asthma attack that put him in the hospital. Tony, after a near-death experience, would awake from his coma soon after, just in time to settle a dispute over the future of Barone Sanitation with Johnny Sack and Phil Leotardo.
Tension with New York[edit]
While in prison, Johnny Sack reached out to Tony through Phil Leotardo to whack his insubordinate capo, Rusty Millio. Tony refused at first, but had a change of heart after talking to Johnny Sack at his daughter's wedding. Tony conducted the execution of Millio with caution, bringing in two men from Naples to carry out the hit on Rusty and his soldier, Eddie Pietro. Johnny Sack later plead guilty in his RICO trial to lessen his sentence, thus making Phil Leotardo the boss in all but title.
More complications occurred in the organization when Vito Spatafore, the top earning captain of the Aprile crew and cousin-in-law to Phil Leotardo, fled New Jersey after his homosexuality was revealed. Carlo Gervasi was named by Tony as the replacement point man for the Family's construction interests. After hiding in New Hampshire for months, Vito returned to New Jersey, approaching Tony about starting up a separate operation in Atlantic City involving prostitution. Tony considered the request, but ultimately decided that Vito needed to be taken out in order to placate Phil Leotardo, who was incensed about Vito's lifestyle. However, Phil got to Vito first, breaking into his hotel room and watched while soldiers Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello and Gerry Torciano beat his cousin-in-law to death. Tony, realizing that Phil was sending the message that New York can do whatever they want, decided to hurt Phil financially as payback for Vito. Tony reasoned that a war with New York would prevent his family from earning. However, when Fat Dom went to Satriale's on a delivery stop and made jokes about Vito's death and implied Carlo was a homosexual, Silvio and Carlo killed the New York soldier.
Tony's response to Vito's murder was to blow up a wire room held by Phil in Sheepshead Bay — Benny Fazio was on the scene for the explosion. After a sit-down between the New Jersey and New York Families, a truce was nearly reached before a reference from Little Carmine to the death of Billy Leotardo resulted in Phil Leotardo storming out. At a conference with Gerry Torciano, Albie Cianfiore, and Butch DeConcini, a decision was reached to take out a high-ranking member of the Soprano crime family. Butch was particularly vocal in his desire to kill Tony, but Phil had more sense than that, and decided against it. Phil suffered a massive coronary soon afterwards and FBI Agent Harris informed Tony that someone on his crew could be in danger. In an attempt to clear the air between them, Tony paid a visit to Phil's hospital bed, telling him of his own near-death experience. During his disagreement with Phil about an asbestos removal project, Tony reminds him of their discussion in the hospital but Phil snubs him. Tony retaliates by taking two members of Phil's crew off a project payroll, after which after one of them threatens Tony's daughter Meadow. Tony retaliates by curb-stomping him on a wooden step in a restaurant in front of Butch DeConcini, shattering all of the threatener's teeth. Phil refuses to meet with Tony after this incident and war between the two families seems imminent.
The War of 2007[edit]
It becomes clear that there is no compromise available between NY and NJ, and as a result the wheels begin to turn. New York convinces Burt Gervasi to switch sides, and he approaches Silvio Dante to join in on a coup d'état attempt on Soprano. The likely idea is that if Tony is killed, Silvio will take over and make peace, and Gervasi will be rewarded. Silvio responds by strangling Burt Gervasi at his house with a garotte. Soprano knew what had to be done, and arranged for Phil Leotardo to be executed. At the same time, Phil had a war-room discussion where he arranged for New Jersey to be wiped out. Phil gives orders to "decapitate the leadership" of the Sopranos and "do business with what's left", and orders contracts on Tony Soprano, Silvio Dante and Robert "Bobby Bacala" Baccalieri. The Sopranos attempt to hit Phil went awry however when Phil's Ukrainian mistress and her father were mistaken for Phil and were mistakenly killed by the non-English-speaking Italians who were brought over from "the other side" specifically to perform this contract.
The hits on the Sopranos in New Jersey took place with more finesse, however. Bacala is killed at a model train shop when two assassins ambush him. Word comes down that Leotardo has vanished, and the Soprano Family decides to do the same. However, as Patsy Parisi and Silvio Dante attempt to go on the lam, they are ambushed by a pair of New York hitmen outside the Bada Bing. In the ensuing carnage, Silvio Dante is shot multiple times but Parisi escapes. Silvio is rushed to a hospital where he is left in a coma. Tony and some soldiers head to a safe house to hide, as the search for Phil continued. Tony, surrounded by bodyguards, attempts to sleep while holding an AR-10 rifle in his arms, which Bobby gave to him on his 47th birthday,
Tony came out of hiding shortly after and arranged a sit down with Butch DeConcini and Albie Cianflone through "Little" Carmine Lupertazzi and retired Five Families Boss, George Paglieri. During this meeting the New York Family agreed that Phil Leotardo's decision to go to war with North Jersey was a bad one, has gone much too far and that consequently the New York leadership would back off. Tony also demanded that they give him a location on Phil, but Butch refused to tell of Phil's whereabouts (either because he didn’t know or still felt loyal to his boss). Butch did, however, give Tony implicit permission to take Phil out should he find him, without retaliation from Butch and New York. Butch also agrees to financially compensate Bobby’s widow. Since Tony had previously given FBI Agent Harris information on two Pakistani men that used to be small time associates of the family, Harris eventually told Tony that Phil had been making calls from a pay phone at a gas station in Oyster Bay. The Soprano family began patrolling the area's gas stations looking for Phil. It wasn't long before Walden Belfiore, a soldier in the Gervasi crew, caught up with Phil at the gas station. Phil was shot in the head and chest in front of his wife and grandchildren. His vehicle was in gear and, while Phil was on the ground, the driverless SUV ran over his head. The New York/New Jersey war was brought to its final conclusion.
Current family members[edit]



 The DiMeo Crime Family Organization
Administration[edit]
Boss Anthony "Tony" Soprano — he served as acting boss (de facto behind boss) from 1999 to 2005 when he took over as the official boss. In 2006, Tony Soprano was shot and went into a coma, he later recovered and took over as boss again.
Consigliere Silvio "Sil" Dante — has served as Tony Soprano's Consigliere from early 2000. In 2007, he was critically injured during an assassination attempt and fell into a comatose state.
Underboss Paulie Gualtieri - officially a caporegime of Tony Soprano's old crew, but simultaneously served as Tony's number 3 man, semi-demoted in 2006-2007. Likely serving same role as before, simultaneously capo/underboss 2007-present.
Capos[edit]
Elizabeth: Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese — arrested in 1999 for fraud, he served 7 years in prison, and was released in 2006. Briefly time later he was arrest for probation violation. Acting 1999-present — Albert "Ally Boy" Barese — Larry's cousin, he served as acting capo from 1999.
West Orange/Essex County: Peter P. "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri — he took over the old Tony Soprano's crew in 2000, afterly merged with the Aprile crew and the Altieri-Gervasi crew in 2007.
Newark: Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi — Patsy's son Patrick is engaged to Tony Soprano's daughter Meadow Soprano.
Historical leadership[edit]
Boss (official and acting)[edit]
circa 1930s-1950s - Alfano - mentioned in book about Sopranos History by Allen Rucker and David Chase
circa 1950s–unknown Ercoli "Eckley" DiMeo — imprisoned for life in 1995. Acting 1995-1999 — Giacomo "Handsome Jackie" Aprile Sr. — died of stomach cancer in 1999.
Acting 1999-2006 — Corrado "Junior" Soprano — imprisoned at house arrest in 2000-2006, interned in 2006. Street Boss 1999-2006 — Anthony "Tony" Soprano
Acting 2006—unknown — Anthony "Tony" Soprano

Underboss (official and acting)[edit]
Unknown-1999 — Joseph "Beppy" Sasso — imprisoned in 1999.
2000-2007 — Peter P. "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri (informally) officially a Caporegime of Tony Soprano's old crew, but simultaneously served as Tony's number 3 man — semi-demoted in 2006-2007
2007 — Robert "Bacala" Baccalieri Jr. — murdered in 2007.
2007-unknown - Paulie Gualtieri (likely serving same role as before, simultaneously Capo/Underboss)
Consigliere (official and acting)[edit]
19??-1999 — Unknown
1999 — Mikey "Grab Bag" Palmice — murdered in 1999.
1999-unknown - Silvio "Sil" Dante — in comatose as of 2007.
Crews[edit]


[show]Soprano/Gualtieri/Moltisanti Crew









 















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[show]Aprile/Cifaretto/Spatafore Crew (defunct)








 
 











[show]Altieri/Gervasi Crew (defunct)



 






Barese Crew[edit]
The Barese crew is known for its large crew of made men. Although it's the biggest crew in the family, very few members are actually seen or named on the show. The Barese crew is shown to be involved in the garbage business. Larry Barese's brother Albert took over the crew since his incarceration and has been running it ever since.
Current organization[edit]
Lawrence "Larry Boy" Barese — Capo (Unknown–present, incarcerated for violating house arrest, awaiting re-trial) Albert "Ally Boy" Barese — Soldier/Acting Capo (Unknown–present) Nicholas "Nick Spags" Spagnelli — Soldier (2006—present)


Former members[edit]
"Rusty Irish" — Associate (drug dealer, deceased)
Territory and businesses[edit]
A percentage of Barese crew profits come from drug trafficking.
The Barese Crew is also involved in waste management, and in 2000 they were involved in a brief conflict with the Aprile crew over territory that resulted in several fires.
The Bareses were also involved in calling card and stock scams up until Larry Boy's arrest; these were later replicated by the Soprano/Gualtieri crew.
Curto crew[edit]
It is currently unknown of who took over the Curto crew after the passing of its Capo, Raymond Curto.
Raymond Curto — Capo (unknown–2006, FBI Informant, deceased)
La Manna crew (defunct)[edit]
Michele "Feech" La Manna — Capo (unknown–1984, 2004, in prison)
E. Gary La Manna — Associate
Jimmy La Manna — Associate
Territory and businesses[edit]
Feech La Manna used to run a high stakes card game. One was famously held up by Jackie Aprile, Sr. and Tony Soprano.
Legitimate interests included a La Manna Landscaping — a gardening company run by his nephew Gary — and the La Manna bakery, run by Feech himself.
Miscellaneous members[edit]
Jerry Anastasia — Capo
Augusto "Little Auggie" Aprile — Soldier
Rocco DiMeo — Soldier (deceased)
"Little Pussy" Malanga — Soldier (deceased)
Cicchi Sasso — Soldier
Romeo Martin — Soldier (deceased)
Joey Cippolini — Soldier
Unofficial associates[edit]
Vin Makazian — Detective on Tony Soprano's payroll (deceased)
Harold Melvoin — Junior Soprano's lawyer
Neil Mink — Tony Soprano's lawyer
Herman "Hesh" Rabkin — advisor and business partner to Tony Soprano
Georgie Santorelli — bartender and head bouncer at the Bada Bing Strip Club
Ronald Zellman — Newark Assemblyman and later State Senator, primary political/police contact for Tony Soprano
Italo and Salvatore — hitmen from the Naples Camorra outfit
Front operators[edit]
Dick Barone — owned and operated Barone Sanitation (deceased)
Angie Bonpensiero — front operator of "Bonpensiero Bros. Body Shop".
Duke Bonpensiero — front operator of "Bonpensiero Bros. Body Shop".
Adriana La Cerva — former front operator of the "Crazy Horse" nightclub (FBI Informant, deceased)
"Black" Jack Massarone — formerly owned and operated Massarone Construction (FBI Informant, deceased)
Hillel Teittleman — co-owner of the Flyaway Motel run by the Gualtieri crew
Shlomo Teittleman — co-owner of the Flyaway Motel run by the Gualtieri crew
Maurice Tiffen — front operator of the Housing and Urban Development scam.
FBI cooperators[edit]
Fabian Petrulio — (unknown) — revealed in Season 1 episode "College", killed by Tony in same episode.
Jimmy Altieri — Capo — revealed in season 1 episode "Nobody Knows Anything". Killed by Silvio Dante and Christopher Moltisanti in season 1 episode "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano".
Big Pussy Bonpensiero — Soldier — revealed in season 2 episode "Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office...", killed by Tony, Silvio and Paulie in season 2 episode "Funhouse".
Raymond Curto — Capo — revealed in season 3. Died of a heart attack in season 6 Part I.
Black Jack Massarone — front operator — revealed in season 5 episode "Rat Pack", killed in the same episode.
Adriana La Cerva — fiancé of Christopher Moltisanti — revealed in season 4. Killed in season 5 by Silvio Dante.
Eugene Pontecorvo — Soldier — revealed in season 6 Part I episode "Members Only". Kills himself in the same episode.
Carlo Gervasi — Capo — revealed in season 6 part II. Going to testify.
See also[edit]
List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family
List of characters from The Sopranos in the Lupertazzi crime family
List of characters from The Sopranos – friends and family
FBI on The Sopranos
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Anthony Bruno. "All about the Real Life Sopranos overview". crimelibrary.com. Retrieved 2007-06-12.


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