confined to minor gangster roles for decades, he had been chosen in the fifties as the eccentric and sometimes brutal Paulie, becoming one of the most memorable characters in the series. He died on Thursday at the age of 79.
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The American actor Tony Sirico, known for having played Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri in the television series Les Soprano, died at the age of 79.
“It is with great sadness, but with incredible pride, love and a lot of good memories, that Gennaro Anthony’s family” Tony ‘”Sirico wishes to inform you of his death on Friday July 8, 2022 “Said his family in a press release on Facebook.
Another soprano star, Michael Imperioli, added: “It hurts me to say that my dear friend, colleague and partner in crime, the Grand Tony Sirico died today”. “Tony was like no one else: it was as hard, as loyal and as big as anyone I have ever known. [I] broken today,” wrote Michael Imperioli on Instagram, who embodied Christopher Moltisanti.
taken by the comedy virus in prison
Born in the Brooklyn district of New York, in 1942, he was frequently arrested in his youth, but caught the comedy virus in prison after seeing a troop of former convicts occur. He played several small roles as a gangster on television and cinema from the late 1970s, appearing in series like Kojak and Miami Vice (two cops in Miami), and films on the theme of the Mafia , in particular the freed and mickey blue eyes (mickey blue eyes)
Tony Sirico was in his fifties when he was chosen for his role in the soprano, the revolutionary series launched in 1999 by HBO who explored the private life of a criminal group in New Jersey. His character, Paulie, eccentric and sometimes brutal, delivered, until 2007, several of the most memorable replicas in the series, displaying both a playful humor and a vicious loyalty to the boss Tony Soprano.