What they say about TV shows is true. You're really a family. You laugh, you fight, you get close, you know? Movies are shorter. They're over quicker. You don't form the same bonds.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies from Rutgers University where he worked as a bouncer at an on-campus pub. He resides in New York City and owns a lot on the Lake Manitoba Narrows. TV Guide ranked him 28 on its "50 Sexiest Stars of All Time" list in 2005.

James Joseph Gandolfini Jr. TV Guide ranked him 28 on its "50 Sexiest Stars of All Time" list in 2005. 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.