James Gandolfini has made his mark in a diversity of roles in at least 20 motion pictures. Gandolfini starred in Mike Mitchell's Surviving Christmas, opposite Ben Affleck. He is currently working on the fifth season of HBO's Emmy award winning drama, The Sopranos, in which he stars as the series lead, Tony Soprano.

Other films include the Cohen brothers' The Man Who Wasn't There, The Last Castle, directed by Rod Lurie and starring Robert Redford, Gore Verbinski's The Mexican, starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts; Joel Shumacher's Eight Millimeter with Nicolas Cage and Joaquine Phoenix; Steve Zaillian's A Civil Action, with John Travolta and Robert Duvall; Peter Chelsom's The Mighty, with Sharon Stone; William Friedkin's 12 Angry Men, Nick Cassavetes' She's So Lovely, starring Sean Penn and Robin Wright; Fallen, directed by Gregory Hoblitt with Denzel Washington; Sidney Lumet's Night Falls on Manhattan, with Andy Garcia and Lena Olin; Brian Gibson's The Juror, with Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore; Get Shorty, with Danny Devito and John Travolta; Tony Scott's Crimson Tide, starring Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington; French director Alain Corneau's Le Nouveau Monde; Terminal Velocity, with Lindsay Crouse and Charlie Sheen; Angie, with Geena Davis; and his first Tony Scott picture, True Romance, starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette.

Born in Westwood, New Jersey, Gandolfini graduated from Rutgers University before beginning his acting career in New York Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in the 1992 revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" with Alec Baldwin and Jessica Lange. He currently resides in New York.