Tony Sirico: Things you Should Know About Him

Tony Sirico, an American actor, best known for his role as Paulie Gualtieri on the television series The Sopranos.

Sirico was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to parents of Italian descent. Sirico married and has two children.

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e was raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Sirico has stated that he was a troubled youth,

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and that he was expelled from high school. He began his acting career in the early 1970s, appearing in small

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roles on television and in commercials. He made his feature film debut in the 1976 crime film Dog Day Afternoon.

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Sirico's most famous role came in the HBO series, The Sopranos, which aired from 1999 to 2007. He played Paulie Gualtieri,

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one of the show's most popular and controversial characters. Sirico received critical acclaim for his performance,

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and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Sirico has since appeared in several TV movies and series,

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including the FX series Sons of Anarchy and the CBS series Madam Secretary. He has also released two albums of contemporary folk music.

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