Tony Sirico
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| Tony Sirico | |
| Birth name | Genaro Sirico |
| Born | July 29, 1942 Brooklyn, New York |
| Notable roles | Paulie Walnuts (The Sopranos) |
Tony Sirico (born July 29, 1942) is an American actor who is most famous for his role as Paulie Walnuts on the HBO television series, The Sopranos.
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[edit] Background
Sirico was born in Brooklyn, New York. Before becoming an actor, he spent some time in jail for holding up a number of night clubs in the late 1960s and early 1970s. While in prison, he became interested in acting from watching a theater group that came to perform.
[edit] Career
When he got out of jail, Sirico played gangsters in a number of films, including Gangsters, Love and Money, The Last Fight, Goodfellas, Bullets Over Broadway, Mighty Aphrodite, Dead Presidents, Gotti, Cop Land, and Mickey Blue Eyes. Although in Copland he is credited as being in the film, you never see him act in it; he appears on a photograph handed to Sylvester Stallone.
[edit] Trivia
- Did the voice of Big Daddy (a mafia fairy) in the series The Fairly OddParents
- Did a voice over in a SpongeBob SquarePants Episode
- Will be lending his Voice to THQ in Playstation 2 Game The Sopranos: Road To Respect
- Sirico has stated that politically he is a "far-to-the-right Republican".[1]
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