Tony Sirico Biography: Net Worth, Wife, Family, Married, Father

Known for movies

Short Info

Net Worth	$16 million dollars
Date Of Birth	July 29, 1942
Fact	Frequently cast as a bit player in Woody Allen movies.

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

Sirico was born in New York City on July 29, 1942, to an Italian-American family. His father was a police officer and his mother was a homemaker. He has two brothers and two sisters.

Sirico was educated at the High School of Performing Arts and the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting. He began his career as a stage actor in the 1960s, appearing in productions of Hair and A View from the Bridge.

In the 1970s, Sirico began appearing in films, including The Godfather (1972), Serpico (1973), and Dog Day Afternoon (1975). He also had roles on the television shows Kojak and Starsky & Hutch.

In the 1980s, Sirico had a recurring role on the soap opera Ryan’s Hope. He also appeared in the films Scarface (1983) and Once Upon a Time in America (1984).

In the 1990s, Sirico’s career took off when he was cast as Paulie Gualtieri on The Sopranos. He appeared in all 86 episodes of the show’s six-season run. For his work on The Sopranos, Sirico won a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for two Emmy Awards.

Since The Sopranos ended, Sirico has had roles in the films The Wrestler (2008) and Righteous Kill (2008). He has also guest-starred on the television shows Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and 30 Rock.

Sirico has been married twice. His first marriage, to Barbara Sirico, ended in divorce. His second marriage, to Diane Montagna, has lasted over 30 years. He has three children from his first marriage and one from his second.

Sirico has a net worth of $5 million.

General Info

Full Name	Tony Sirico
Net Worth	$16 million dollars
Date Of Birth	July 29, 1942
Height	1.8 m
Profession	Voice Actor
Nationality	American

Family

Siblings

Robert Sirico, Carmine Sirico

Accomplishments

Awards	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Movies	Goodfellas, Café Society, Bullets over Broadway, Innocent Blood, Mickey Blue Eyes, Cop Land, Dead Presidents, Jersey Shore Shark Attack, Romeo is Bleeding, Nicky Deuce, Mob Queen, Smokin' Stogies, Turn of Faith, It Had to Be You, Friends and Romans, Hello Again, The Deli, Karma Calling, New York Co...
TV Shows	The Sopranos

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0802831

Quotes

#	Quote
1	Killing Big Pussy - I'll be honest with you. that bothered us. Actors don't work every week, and all of a sudden Vinny [Pastore] had a movie. He said he needed the space to do this movie. This is the first year. They let him go. The second year, Vinny did the same thing, early on. He wouldn't take no for an answer, and they let him do the movie. But, hey, he only did two years on the show, and let me tell you, he's still Big Pussy wherever he goes.
2	I got the script that I had to kill a woman, and I ran to David. I said, 'David, don't make me kill a woman', He said, 'No, you've got to kill her'. I said, 'Then let me shoot her'. He said, 'No, it's got to be personal'. I said, 'David, I come from a tough neighborhood. If I go home and they see I killed a woman, it's going to make me look bad'. He smiled, and said, 'No, you've got to do it'. Here's the thing. We did the scene. I had to smother her. First he wanted me to strangle her. 'I said, 'No, I'm not putting my hands on her'. He said, 'Use the pillow'. After it was all said and done, I went back to the neighborhood, and nobody said a word. They loved the show. They didn't care what we did.
3	I lived with Ma for sixteen years before she passed. David [Chase] knew that going in. This became one of my story lines. Sticking to the script - that was Rule No, 1. They got the words from us anyway, We'd have the writers sit and talk with us. They heard the cadence of my voice and what I said, and how I expressed myself - you know what I mean? So I had guys write down my own words and shove them right back into my throat.
4	[on being cast in The Sopranos (1999)] I read for Uncle Junior. It was me, Dominic Chianese and Frank Vincent who went up for the role that day. About an hour after I got home, I got a call from David Chase. He said, 'You want the good news or the bad news?' 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.
5	It makes some great movies. I mean, some of my favorite films growing up, have been, forgive me, gangster films. I learned how to walk and talk watching [James Cagney]. It's that, it's the power, it's the glamour. The mob just has all that mysticism around it that's magical.
6	I've done like 45 movies, played 40 gangsters and five crooked cops.
7	When I first read David Chase's script [for The Sopranos (1999)], I knew this was special. This is what I'd been looking for all my life . . . When I heard James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli and Nancy Marchand were in it, I knew it was going to be a total class act. I knew right away this was a role to kill for.

Facts

#	Fact
1	He has appeared in six films directed by Woody Allen: Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Everyone Says I Love You (1996), Deconstructing Harry (1997), Celebrity (1998) and Café Society (2016).
2	Doing Denny's commercials [2008]
3	He spent a few years in the US Army.
4	In Goodfellas (1990), he played a mobster named Tony who reports to a boss named Paulie. In The Sopranos (1999), he plays a mobster named Paulie who reports to a boss named Tony.
5	An Italian-American, of Sicilian descent.
6	A member of the USO.
7	Frequently cast as a bit player in Woody Allen movies.
8	Practices karate and kung fu.
9	Has a son and a daughter, both in their 30s.
10	Lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
11	Has done Stacker 2 commercials with WWE wrestlers Tazz, Trish Stratus and Bubba Ray Dudley.
12	One brother, Robert Sirico, is a Catholic priest in the diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Another older brother, Carmine Sirico', appeared very briefly as "Dealer" in The Sopranos (1999) "The Happy Wanderer" episode in Season Two.
13	Sirico was investigated by the Manhattan District Attorney's office for alleged extortionate activity against the owners of several nightclubs. On February 27, 1970, he was arrested and subsequently indicted for extortion and menacing but plea-bargained to a charge of felony gun possession. Early in 1971, he was sentenced to a maximum of four years, of which he served 20 months. Since then, Sirico has had no further trouble with the law. He got a part in the film Crazy Joe (1974) which led to him obtaining a Screen Actors Guild card.

Pictures

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Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Sarah Q	2017	pre-production	Mr. Danny
Untitled Woody Allen Project	2017	post-production
Respect the Jux		post-production	Bobby
Family Guy	2013-2016	TV Series	Vinny
Café Society	2016		Vito
The Grinder	2016	TV Series	Sebastian
Touched	2015		Anthony-Guard
Lilyhammer	2013-2014	TV Series	Antonino 'Father Tony' Tagliano / Tony Tagliano
Friends and Romans	2014		Bobby Musso
Zarra's Law	2014		Tony Zarra
Taxi Brooklyn	2014	TV Series	Tony
Family on Board	2014	Short	Rocco
Super Athlete	2013		Coach Lou
Nicky Deuce	2013	TV Movie	Charlie Cement
Jersey Shore Shark Attack	2012	TV Movie	Captain Salie
Skate	2010	Short	Skate
Medium	2010	TV Series	Tony
Chuck	2010	TV Series	Matty
Karma Calling	2009		G. (voice)
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa	2008	TV Movie	Mobster
The Sno Cone Stand Inc	2008		Bob Beasley
The Sopranos	1999-2007	TV Series	Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri
The Sopranos: Road to Respect	2006	Video Game	Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri (voice)
The Fairly OddParents	2005	TV Series	Big Daddy
Turn of Faith	2002		Jimmy
Smokin' Stogies	2001		Tony Batts
It Had to Be You	2000		Ricky Valentino
Mickey Blue Eyes	1999		First Risolli Man
Vig	1998	TV Movie	Locasso
Celebrity	1998		Lou DeMarco
Witness to the Mob	1998	TV Movie	Tommy Gambino (uncredited)
Mob Queen	1998		Joey (The Heart) Aorta
The Deli	1997		Tony
Deconstructing Harry	1997		Policeman at Jail
Cop Land	1997		Toy Torillo
Cosby	1996	TV Series	Teddy
Everyone Says I Love You	1996		Escaped Convict
Gotti	1996	TV Movie	Joe Dimiglia
Dearly Beloved	1995	Short	Mr. Bedutz
Melissa	1995		Jack
Dead Presidents	1995		Officer Spinelli
Mighty Aphrodite	1995		Boxing Trainer
The Search for One-eye Jimmy	1994		Snake
Bullets Over Broadway	1994		Rocco
Men Lie	1994		Porno Witness
Romeo Is Bleeding	1993		Malacci
New York Cop	1993		Mr. C
Innocent Blood	1992		Jacko
In the Shadow of a Killer	1992	TV Movie	Tony Andretti
29th Street	1991		Chink Fortunado
Goodfellas	1990		Tony Stacks
Catchfire	1990		Greek (as G. Anthony Sirico)
Perfect Witness	1989	TV Movie	Marco
Cookie	1989		Carmine's Wiseguy
Miami Vice	1989	TV Series	Frank Romano
White Hot	1989		Luke
The Galucci Brothers	1987		Galucci Brother
Hello Again	1987		Tough Guy
The Pick-up Artist	1987		Patsy Cabaluso
The Last Fight	1983		Frankie (as Anthony Sirico)
Exposed	1983		Record Store Thief (as Tony Sirico jr.)
Police Squad!	1982	TV Series	Poker Player
Love & Money	1982		Raoul (as Anthony Sirico)
So Fine	1981		Associate of Mr. Eddie (as Anthony Sirico Jr.)
Hoodlums	1980		Gus' Driver (as Tony Sirico Jr.)
Defiance	1980		Davey (as G. Anthony Sirico)
The One Man Jury	1978		Charlie Nuts (as Anthony Sirico)
Fingers	1978		Riccamonza (as Anthony Sirico)
The Plant Family	1978	TV Movie	Eddie (as Anthony Sirico)
Kojak	1977	TV Series	Greek God
The Godfather: A Novel for Television	1977	TV Mini-Series	Extra (unconfirmed, uncredited)
Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell	1977		Frankie Rio (as Anthony Sirico)
The Godfather: Part II	1974		Extra (unconfirmed, uncredited)

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Family Guy	2015	TV Series	Himself
James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend	2013	TV Movie documentary	Himself
On Set: Jersey Shore Shark Attack	2012	Short	Himself
Live with Kelly and Michael	2012	TV Series	Himself
Mayne Street	2008-2009	TV Series	Himself
Elmo's Christmas Countdown	2007	TV Movie	Himself (voice)
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself
13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2007	TV Special	Himself
The Sopranos: A Sitdown	2007	TV Short documentary	Himself
HBO: The Making of 'The Sopranos: Road to Respect'	2006	TV Movie	Himself / Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtier
Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Event for Autism Education	2006	TV Special	Himself
11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2005	TV Special	Himself
The Tony Danza Show	2005	TV Series	Himself
Late Show with David Letterman	2004	TV Series	Himself
Hollywood Squares	2000-2001	TV Series	Himself
7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2001	TV Special	Himself
6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2000	TV Special	Himself
The Big Bang	1989	Documentary	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
America's Book of Secrets	2013	TV Series documentary	Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri
48 Hours	2008	TV Series documentary
El último golpe de Tony Soprano	2008	TV Movie documentary	Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri (uncredited)
Reinventando Hollywood	2008	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog	2004	Video	Himself (uncredited)
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980	1992	Video	Extra (uncredited)

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2008	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)
2000	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2007	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)
2005	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)
2003	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)
2002	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)
2001	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	The Sopranos (1999)