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James Joseph Gandolfini, Jr. (September 18, 1961 – June 19, 2013) was an American actor and producer. Gandolfini was known for his role as Tony Soprano, an American Mafia boss, in the HBO series ''The Sopranos''. He garnered enormous praise for this performance, winning three Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. His other notable roles included mob henchman Virgil in ''True Romance'' (1993), enforcer and stuntman Bear in ''Get Shorty'' (1995), impulsive "Wild Thing" Carol in ''Where the Wild Things Are'' (2009), and Albert in ''Enough Said'' (2013). After finishing ''The Sopranos'', Gandolfini produced the documentary ''Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq'' (2007), in which he interviewed injured Iraq War veterans. His second documentary, ''Wartorn: 1861–2010'' (2010), analyzed the impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on soldiers and families throughout several wars in American history from 1861 to 2010. ==Early life== Gandolfini was born in Westwood, New Jersey.〔(James Gandolfini ), hbo.com. Retrieved May 22, 2007.〕 His mother, Santa (''née'' Penna), was a high school lunch lady who was born in the United States of Italian ancestry and raised in Naples.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Santa Gandolfini Obituary - Search Santa Gandolfini Recent Obituaries )〕 His father, James Joseph Gandolfini, Sr., was a native of Borgo Val di Taro who worked as a bricklayer and cement mason and later the head janitor at Paramus Catholic High School in New Jersey.〔 James Sr. earned a Purple Heart in World War II. Gandolfini's parents were devout Roman Catholics and spoke Italian at home; due to the influence of his parents, he developed a strong sense of Italian American identity and visited Italy regularly.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9438456/James-Gandolfini )〕 He had two sisters.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=James Gandolfini dies at 51; actor starred in 'The Sopranos' )〕 Gandolfini grew up in Park Ridge, New Jersey and graduated from Park Ridge High School in 1979, where he played basketball, acted in school plays, and was awarded the title "Class Flirt" in his senior yearbook. He gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication studies from Rutgers University in 1982, where he worked as a bouncer at an on-campus pub. He also worked as a bartender and club manager in Manhattan prior to his acting career.〔 He was introduced to acting as a young man living in New York City, when he accompanied his friend Roger Bart to a Meisner technique acting class,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=25 (Not Quite) Random Facts About James Gandolfini )〕 where he studied for two years under Kathryn Gately at The Gately Poole Conservatory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=R.I.P. James Gandolfini - June 19th 2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Gandolfini」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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