Michael Gandolfini

Michael Gandolfini born May 10 1999 is an American actor Gandolfini made his major film debut in Oceans 8 2018 and appeared in The Many Saints of Newark 2021 in which he played the role of Tony Soprano which was originally portrayed by his father James Gandolfini in the television series The Sopranos Gandolfini was born on May 10 1999 in New York City to actor James Gandolfini and Marcy Wudarski He is of Italian Polish and Slovak heritage and has a younger halfsister from his fathers second marriage While he was a teenager Gandolfini enjoyed performing but his father advised against an acting career he wanted him to pursue sports or be a director They have the power he said His father James Gandolfini died at age 51 of a heart attack in Rome on June 19 2013 After his fathers death Michael Gandolfini decided to pursue acting He enrolled at New York University after graduating from high school After early auditions he was cast in the HBO drama series The Deuce as Joey Dwyer In 2019 he was cast in The Many Saints of Newark to play the young version of Tony Soprano the role played by his father in the television series The Sopranos Gandolfini had never watched the show He described watching it while preparing for the role as an intense process He was later cast in the Russo brothers crime drama Cherry In 2024 he was cast in Warfare a war film written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland He has been sober since 2017 As of January 2024 he has been in a relationship with fellow actress Mia Healey Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Gandolfini licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia