The Sopranos

The Sopranos

The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. The series also features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and storylines, most notably his wife Carmela and cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti . The many conflicts in his life lead to an on-off professional relationship with psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer...
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quick facts
On the air:January 10, 1999-June 10, 2007
Number of seasons:6
Network:HBO
Producer:Matthew Weiner, Brad Grey, Terence Winter

Honors and awards

YearAward Won
2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Drea de Matteo
2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Edie Falco
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Edie Falco
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Edie Falco
2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, James Gandolfini
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, James Gandolfini
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, James Gandolfini
2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Michael Imperioli
2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Joe Pantoliano
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, James Manos, Jr.
2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Edie Falco
2003 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Edie Falco
2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, James Gandolfini
2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Nancy Marchand
2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, David Chase
2003 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Drama Series, James Gandolfini
2000 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Drama Series, James Gandolfini
2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Drama Series, James Gandolfini
2002 Costume Designers Guild Award for Best Costume Design - Contemporary TV Series, Juliet Polcsa
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YearAward Nomination
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
2006 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, James Gandolfini
2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, James Gandolfini
2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, James Gandolfini
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, James Gandolfini
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, James Gandolfini
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series, James Gandolfini
2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Edie Falco
2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Edie Falco
2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Edie Falco
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Lorraine Bracco
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Edie Falco
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Edie Falco
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Lorraine Bracco
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Edie Falco
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series, Lorraine Bracco
2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Michael Imperioli
2006 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Michael Imperioli
2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Michael Imperioli
2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Steve Buscemi
2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Michael Imperioli
2003 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Joe Pantoliano
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Michael Imperioli
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Dominic Chianese
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series, Dominic Chianese
2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Aida Turturro
2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Lorraine Bracco
2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Drea de Matteo
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Aida Turturro
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Nancy Marchand
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series, Nancy Marchand
2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series, Timothy Daly
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series, John Heard
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series, Annabella Sciorra
2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, James Gandolfini
2001 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, James Gandolfini
2002 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, James Gandolfini
2003 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama, James Gandolfini
2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Edie Falco
2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Lorraine Bracco
2001 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Lorraine Bracco
2001 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Edie Falco
2002 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Lorraine Bracco
2002 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Edie Falco
2003 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Edie Falco
2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Edie Falco
2007 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Edie Falco
2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Edie Falco
2003 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Michael Imperioli
2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Michael Imperioli
2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Nancy Marchand
2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Drea de Matteo
2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, Brad Grey
2003 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, Brad Grey
2002 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, David Chase
2001 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, David Chase
2000 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, Brad Grey
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction For A Series , Diann Duthie
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single Camera Series, Scott P. Murphy
2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single Camera Series, Bob Shaw
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single Camera Series, Scott P. Murphy
2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series, Juliet Polcsa
2006 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series, Elizabeth Feldbauer
2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series, Barbara Hause
2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series, Juliet Polcsa
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Award-winners from The Sopranos

James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini
Character:Tony Soprano
Born:September 18, 1961

James J. Gandolfini, Jr. is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO TV series The Sopranos, about a troubled crime boss struggling to balance his family life and career in the Mafia. For this role, Gandolfini garnered enormous praise, winning both the Primetime...
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Michael Imperioli
Michael Imperioli
Character:Christopher Moltisanti
Born:March 26, 1966

James Michael Imperioli , commonly known as Michael Imperioli, is an American actor and television writer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He also...
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Edie Falco
Edie Falco
Character:Carmela Soprano
Born:July 5, 1963

Edith "Edie" Falco is an American television, film and stage actress, known for her roles in Oz as Diane Wittlesey, as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos, and as the titular character on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie. Falco was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Judith...
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Drea de Matteo
Drea de Matteo
Character:Adriana La Cerva
Born:January 19, 1972

Drea de Matteo is an American television actress, perhaps best known for her roles Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey, as Angie Bolen on ABC's Desperate Housewives, and as Adriana La Cerva on the acclaimed HBO TV series The Sopranos, a role for which she won the Primetime Emmy...
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Joe Pantoliano
Joe Pantoliano
Character:Ralph Cifaretto
Born:September 12, 1951

Joseph Peter "Joe" Pantoliano is an American film and television actor. He played the character of Ralph Cifaretto on The Sopranos, Bob Keane in La Bamba, Cypher in The Matrix, Teddy in Memento, Francis Fratelli in The Goonies, Guido "the Killer Pimp" in Risky Business, and Jennifer Tilly's...
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Nancy Marchand
Nancy Marchand
Born:June 19, 1928
Died:June 18, 2000

Nancy Marchand was an American actress, whose career encompassed both stage and screen. Standing almost 6 feet tall, she began her career in theatre in 1951. She was perhaps most famous for her television portrayals of Margaret Pynchon on Lou Grant and Livia Soprano on The Sopranos. Marchand was...
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Cast of The Sopranos

Will Arnett
Will Arnett
Character:Mike Waldrup
Born:May 4, 1970
Age:41
Lola Glaudini
Lola Glaudini
Character:FBI Agent Deborah Ciccerone
Born:Nov. 24, 1971
Age:40
Julianna Margulies
Julianna Margulies
Character:Julianna skiff
Born:June 8, 1966
Age:45
Elizabeth Reaser
Elizabeth Reaser
Character:Stace
Born:June 15, 1975
Age:36
Greg D'Agostino
Greg D'Agostino
Character:Jimmy Lauria
Annabella Sciorra
Annabella Sciorra
Character:Gloria Trillo
Born:Mar. 24, 1964
Age:47
Vincent Pastore
Vincent Pastore
Born:July 14, 1946
Age:65
Dania Ramirez
Dania Ramirez
Character:Blanca Selgado
Born:Nov. 8, 1979
Age:32
John Heard
John Heard
Born:Mar. 7, 1945
Age:66
Lorraine Bracco
Lorraine Bracco
Character:Jennifer Melfi
Born:Oct. 2, 1954
Age:57
Tobin Bell
Tobin Bell
Born:Aug. 7, 1942
Age:69
Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
Character:Tony Blundetto
Born:Dec. 13, 1957
Age:54

The Sopranos seasons

SeasonEpisodes
The Sopranos Season 1 13
The Sopranos Season 2 13
The Sopranos Season 3 13
The Sopranos Season 4 13
The Sopranos Season 5 13
The Sopranos Season 6 21
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Other shows on the network

ShowStartedEndedGenre
Six Feet Under 2001 2005 Comedy-drama
The Sopranos 1999 2007 Drama
Entourage 2004 2011 Comedy
Sex and the City 1998 2004 Comedy
The Wire 2002 2008 Crime Fiction
John from Cincinnati 2007 2007 Drama
From the Earth to the Moon 1998 1998 Miniseries
John Adams 2008 2008 Biography
The Corner 2000 2000 Miniseries
Generation Kill 2008 2008 War film
Fraggle Rock 1983 1987 Puppet
Oz 1997 2003 Crime Fiction
Dream On 1990 1996 Situation comedy
Dennis Miller Live 1994 2002 Talk show
Mr. Show 1995 1998 Sketch
Tales from the Crypt 1989 1996 Anthology
Deadwood 2004 2006 Western
Not Necessarily the News 1983 1990 Satire
Tanner '88 1988 1988 Comedy-drama
Hotel Room 1993 1993 Drama
Perversions of Science 1997 1997 Anthology
K Street 2003 2003 Drama
The Little Lulu Show 1995 2001 Animation
Big Love 2006 2011 Drama
Tales from the Neverending Story 2001 2002 Children's television series
The Mind of the Married Man 2001 2002 Comedy
Mandrake 2005 2007 Comedy-drama
Lifestories: Families in Crisis 1992 1996 Children's television series
Lucky Louie 2006 2006 Situation comedy
Babar 1989 1991 Animation
Tenacious D 1997 2000 Comedy
Video Jukebox 1981 1986 Music video
In Treatment 2008 2010 Drama
Flight of the Conchords 2007 2009 Musical
Tell Me You Love Me 2007 2007 Drama
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 2008 2009 Crime Fiction
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 1997 1999 Action
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye 1983 1986 Mystery
The Legend Of White Fang 1994 1994 Animated cartoon
Crashbox 1999 2001 Animation
Extras 2005 2007 Situation comedy
Hung 2009 2011 Comedy
Band of Brothers 2001 2001 Miniseries
Braingames 1983 1985 Game show
24/7 2007 2009 Sports
Bored to Death 2009 2011 Comedy
How to Make It in America 2010 2011 Comedy-drama
The Storyteller 1988 1989 Puppet
Spawn 1997 1999 Animation
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    What year did the (tv show) "The Sopranos" premier?
  • A:
    The television show first appeared in January, 1999.
  • Q:
    On which television network did "The Sopranos" debut?
  • A:
    The television show was first broadcast by HBO.
  • Q:
    What date was the final episode aired for (TV show) "The Sopranos"?
  • A:
    The TV show's final episode aired in June, 2007.
  • Q:
    Who created the (television show) "The Sopranos"?
  • A:
    David Chase created the TV show.
  • Q:
    How many The Sopranos episodes have been produced?
  • A:
    There have been 86 total episodes televised.
  • Q:
    Who was the director for the television program "The Sopranos"?
  • A:
    John Tiffen Patterson is the credited director.
  • Q:
    The show, "The Sopranos" is of which TV genre?
  • A:
    The program is classified as - Drama.
  • Q:
    Who is the producer of the the show, "The Sopranos"?
  • A:
    Matthew Weiner, Brad Grey and Terence Winter is the TV show's producer.

Awards & Accolades

  • Outstanding Drama Series - Prime Time
    2007, 2004
  • Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
    2008, 2000

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