Although he acted in Broadway and in various films in the 1990s, Gandolfini's most-acclaimed role is that of Tony Soprano, the Mafia boss and personal human in the multi-award-winning HBO series The Sopranos, which debuted in 1999. He has since acted inside films like 8 MM, The Mexican and ''The Man Who Wasn't There.

He was innate around Westwood, New Jersey, grew up within Park Ridge, New Jersey, and currently sleep in New York City. James holds the Bachelor of Arts Degree around Communications from either Rutgers University.

Filmography
The Average Joe Fishing (1987) A Stranger Among Us (1992) True Romance (1993) Money for Nothing (1993) Mr. Wonderful (1993) Italian Movie (1993) Angie (1994) Terminal Velocity (1994) La Nouveau monde (1995) Crimson Tide (1995) Get Shorty (1995) The Juror (1996) Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) Gun (1997/I) She's So Lovely (1997) 12 Angry Men (1997) TV Perdita Durango (1997) Gun (1997/II) Fallen (1998) The Mighty (1998) A Civil Action (1998) The Sopranos (1999-present) 8MM (1999) A Whole New Day (1999) The Mexican (2001) The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) The Last Castle (2001) Surviving Christmas'' (2004)