James Gandolfini dies at 51, your favourate moments of the man

[rosieadamson 10]

James Gandolfini was an American actor best known for his role in The Sopranos as Tony Soprano, a troubled crime boss struggling to balance his family life and career in the Mafia. Gandolfini garnered enormous praise for this role, winning both the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series three times. Gandolfini's other roles include the woman-beating mob henchman Virgil in True Romance, enforcer/stuntman Bear in Get Shorty, and the impulsive Wild Thing Carol in Where the Wild Things Are.

[FANAdeLdF 10]

The general in In the Loop, the big-screen version of The Thick of it. Was great to see him in something scripted by Armando Iannucci. Some amazing lines in there too.

[FatDave 11]

It's hard to not come back to Sopranos, not because the other things he did weren't good, but because he was so perfectly suited to the part. It must have been written with him in mind, either that or he is such a liquid actor that he took the part so well that the viewer thinks of him as Tony rather than James.

 

I wonder about his life though, several near shots showed disfigured knuckles, and I'd have to wonder how many battles it took to get them.

 

Don't want to turn this into a condolence thread, but RIP to a great actor and a great man.

[Boothybabe 10]

He was notoriously temperamental and difficult to work with, he didnt handle fame very well.

[rosieadamson 10]

I thought he was fabulous in The Sopranos, he did the whole gangster bit very well.

 

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Gandolfini produced the 2007 documentary Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq, in which he interviewed 10 injured Iraq War veterans. His second documentary was released in 2010; Wartorn: 1861–2010 analyzes posttraumatic stress disorder and its impact on soldiers and families through several wars in American history, from 1861 to 2010. TV Guide ranked him 28 on its "50 Sexiest Stars of All Time" list in 2005.