Michael Gandolfini

Michael Gandolfini (born May 10, 1999) is an American actor. Gandolfini made his film debut in Ocean's 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 late 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 half-sister from his father's second marriage. While he was a teenager Gandolfini enjoyed performing, but his father advised against an acting career instead wanting him to pursue sports or "be a director. They have the power," he said. James Gandolfini died unexpectedly at the age of 51 of a heart attack in Rome on June 19, 2013.