‘The Sopranos’ Cast: Where Are They Now?
During its six-season run, The Sopranos transformed television as we know it, earning its title as one of the greatest shows of all time.
The HBO crime drama began in January 1999 with Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) reluctantly walking into the office of his new psychiatrist, Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco), after having a panic attack. The pilot set the stage for what was to come: countless clashes between Tony and Dr. Melfi, awe-inspiring patience from Tony’s wife, Carmela Soprano (Edie Falco), and children, Meadow (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) and A.J. (Robert Iler), and perhaps more mafia-related bullets and bloodshed than TV had ever seen before.
Viewers followed Tony as he tried to juggle everyday life at home in New Jersey with his role as the boss of a notorious crime family. At times, he struggled to do so. His serial womanizing tested his marriage to Carmela, and his short temper often made waves with his mother, Livia Soprano (Nancy Marchand), his nephew Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli) and other close relatives.
And yet, fans loved tuning in to Tony’s antics week after week, flaws and all. In fact, they grew so attached to his character over the years that some had trouble separating real life from fiction.
“I was living in the meat-market district on the far West Side [of New York City], below 14th Street,” Gandolfini recalled to Vanity Fair in April 2007, two months before the series finale aired. “I heard this banging on the outside door and screaming. It was late, like after midnight. So I opened the door, and the guy turns white. All of a sudden I realize, ‘Oh, f–k, he thinks I’m Tony.’”
Viewers were also entranced by Meadow and A.J., who quickly became aware of their father’s criminal activities as the show went on, as well as Christopher’s struggles with love, addiction and trying to live up to his uncle’s expectations.
In a testament to its success, the David Chase-created series took home 21 Primetime Emmys, five Golden Globes and two Peabody Awards, among other accolades. It also spawned a successful video game, merchandise and, most recently, podcasts hosted by cast members including Imperioli, Steve Schirripa and Drea de Matteo. A prequel movie titled The Many Saints of Newark is in the works too, starring the late Gandolfini’s son, Michael Gandolfini, as a young Tony.
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Gandolfini continued to work with HBO after The Sopranos, producing the documentaries Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq (2007) and Wartorn: 1861-2010 (2010) as well as the film Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012). He also reunited with Chase for the 2012 drama Not Fade Away.
Gandolfini married former model Deborah Lin in 2008 after his 2002 divorce from Marcy Wudarski, with whom he shared Michael. He and Lin welcomed daughter Liliana in 2012. Gandolfini died suddenly from a heart attack in 2013 at the age of 51. His movies Enough Said and The Drop were posthumously released in 2013 and 2014.
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Two years after The Sopranos ended, Falco took on the title role in Showtime’s Nurse Jackie, which aired from 2009 to 2015 and earned her an Emmy. She later starred in Louis C.K.’s web series Horace and Pete (2016), NBC’s Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders (2017) and CBS’ Tommy (2020).
Falco has two children: Anderson and Macy.
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Bracco starred in TNT’s Rizzoli & Isles from 2010 to 2016 and had a recurring role in CBS’ Blue Bloods from 2017 to 2018. She also had credits in Showtime’s Dice and Netflix’s BoJack Horseman in 2016.
Bracco has two children: Margaux with ex-husband Daniel Guerard and Stella with ex-boyfriend Harvey Keitel.
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Imperioli made his directorial debut in 2009 with The Hungry Ghosts and has played a number of detectives in TV shows including NBC’s Law & Order (2005 to 2006), ABC’s Life on Mars (2008 to 2009), ABC’s Detroit 1-8-7 (2010 to 2011) and NBC’s Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (2020). He cohosts the podcast “Talking Sopranos” with Schirripa.
Imperioli has three children, Vadim, David and Isabella, with wife Victoria Chlebowski.
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Iler largely stepped away from the spotlight after The Sopranos, moving to Las Vegas to pursue a career as a professional poker player. He struggled with substance abuse issues for years but became sober in 2013. He hosts the podcast “Pajama Pants” with his onscreen sister, Sigler, and YouTuber Kassem G.
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Sigler played a version of herself in 13 episodes of HBO’s Entourage from 2008 to 2009 before taking on roles in ABC’s Ugly Betty in 2009 and NBC’s Guys With Kids in 2012.
Sigler, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at age 20, has two children, Beau and Jack, with husband Cutter Dykstra.
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Chianese, who played Tony’s uncle Corrado “Junior” Soprano, starred in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire from 2011 to 2013 and received a SAG Award for his role. He wrote a memoir, Twelve Angels, in 2018.
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Van Zandt is known for playing Tony’s friend Silvio Dante on The Sopranos but perhaps more famously as a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. As an actor, he also starred in the Netflix series Lilyhammer from 2012 to 2014.
Van Zandt has been married to Maureen Santoro, who played his wife on The Sopranos, since 1982.
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Pastore has 180 acting credits to his name, but his Sopranos role as Tony’s friend Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero remains his biggest to date. He has also appeared in ABC’s General Hospital (2008), Disney XD’s Pair of Kings (2010 to 2012) and Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019) as well as reality shows including VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club (2006) and NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice (2008). He has his own food business too, Vincent Pastore’s Italian Sauce.
Pastore shares daughter Renee with ex-wife Nancy Berke.
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Sirico, who portrayed Tony’s associate Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri, voiced the Griffin family’s dog Vinny on Fox’s Family Guy from 2013 to 2016 and has starred in Woody Allen movies including Café Society (2016) and Wonder Wheel (2017).
Sirico has two children: Joeanna and Richard.
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After making a name for herself as Christopher’s fiancée Adriana La Cerva on The Sopranos, de Matteo starred in NBC’s Joey from 2004 to 2006, FX’s Sons of Anarchy from 2008 to 2014, ABC’s Desperate Housewives from 2009 to 2010 and NBC’s Shades of Blue from 2016 to 2018. She now stars in ABC’s A Million Little Things in addition to cohosting the podcast “Made Women” with Chris Kushner.
De Matteo has two children, Alabama and Waylon, with ex-fiancé Shooter Jennings. She has been engaged to Whitesnake bass guitarist Michael Devin since 2015.
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Turturro, who played Tony’s sister Janice Soprano, has had small parts in TV shows including NBC’s ER (2008), HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm (2011) and NBC’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2016) as well as recurring roles on NBC’s Law & Order: SVU (2013 to 2016) and NBC’s The Blacklist (2017 to 2018).
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After playing Richie Aprile on The Sopranos, Proval appeared in films such as Smokin’ Aces (2006) and Balls of Fury (2007) and TV shows like HBO’s Vinyl (2016) and NBC’s Aquarius (2016).
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Ventimiglia, who played chef Artie Bucco on The Sopranos, had another hit on his hands in 2011 when he joined the cast of NBC’s Blue Bloods, which he starred on until 2014. He later played detectives in CBS’ The Good Wife (2014 to 2015) and Netflix’s Jessica Jones (2018 to 2019).
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