The Brooklyn native, who played Paulie Walnuts on the HBO show, also appeared in such films as “Goodfellas,” “Mighty Aphrodite,” and “Mickey Blue Eyes.”
Actor Tony Sirico, who is best known for playing henchman Peter Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” has died, according to his manager Bob McGowan.McGowan did not provide a cause of death, but called Sirico a “very loyal and long-term client” of 25 years and someone who “always gave to charity.”, saying Sirico died on Friday.
“Tony was like no one else: he was as tough, as loyal and as big hearted as anyone i’ve ever known,” he. “I was at his side through so much: through good times and bad. But mostly good. And we had a lot of laughs.” Sirico, a Brooklyn native, amassed several credits in the late ’80s and ’90s, appearing in films like “Goodfellas,” “Mighty Aphrodite,” and “Mickey Blue Eyes.”
But he became well known — particularly in households with cable — through “The Sorpanos,” playing the colorful but brutal-when-necessary Paulie Walnuts. At the time of his audition, he recalled in one interview, he was 55 and sleeping on his mother’s couch. He’d auditioned for a different character, but creator David Chase approached him with a different role, that turned out to be iconic in its own right.“I said, ‘Give me the bad news.’ He said, ‘You didn’t get Uncle Junior. But I have something in mind. Would you be willing to do a recurring role on the show? I have a character called Paulie Walnuts.
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