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James Gandolfini was an actor from Italian-American descent, his estimated net worth is $70 million. James Gandolfini is best known for his portrayal of Tony Soprano over the course of 6 seasons in the acclaimed HBO series, The Sopranos. His professional acting career started with a Broadway production of "On the Waterfront" (1992) which lasted for 6 months. He then moved on to work with Quentin Tarantino in "True Romance" (1993), playing a mafia foot-soldier; then Ben Pinkwater in "Terminal Velocity", and later worked side by side with Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin in "The Juror" (1994).
He was born on September 18, 1964, in Westwood, New Jersey. His mother, Santa, was a high-school lunch lady born in the United States and raised in Naples and his father, who passed down his name to him, was a construction worker born in Italy who later worked at Paramus Catholic High School as well as being a Purple Heart recipient from World War II. Gandolfini graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies.
James Gandolfini died Wednesday, June 19, 2013, while on vacation in Italy. He was 51. The exact cause of death is not known, but his managers said it was possibly a heart attack.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
---|---|---|---|
2018 |
Sale of Asset |
Sale of James Gandolfini’s Former Manhattan Apartment |
$6,200,000 |
2016 |
Asset |
Current value of James Gandolfini's clothing and jewelry as well as his condominium and parking space in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood |
$70,000,000 |
2015 |
Others |
Sales of the video The Drop as Cousin Marv |
$3,760,000 |
2014 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Drop as Cousin Marv |
$19,050,000 |
2014 |
Others |
Sales of the video Enough Said as Albert |
$3,590,000 |
2013 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Enough Said as Albert |
$25,620,000 |
2013 |
Others |
Sales of the video The Incredible Burt Wonderstone as Doug Munny |
$5,630,000 |
2013 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Total value of the gifts James Gandolfini gave to his 16 co-stars from the television show The Sopranos |
$528,000 |
2013 |
Salary |
Salary from the fifth season of the television show The Sopranos as Tony Soprano |
$13,000,000 |
2013 |
Others |
Sales of the videos Killing Them Softly as Mickey, Violet & Daisy as The Guy and Zero Dark Thirty as CIA Director Leon Panetta |
$20,230,000 |
2013 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Incredible Burt Wonderstone as Doug Munny and box office sales of the movies Down the Shore as Bailey Euler and Violet & Daisy as The Guy |
$27,460,000 |
2012 |
Asset |
The value of Gandolfini's estate after his death |
$70,000,000 |
2012 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Killing Them Softly as Mickey, Zero Dark Thirty as CIA Director Leon Panetta and box office sales of the movie Not Fade Away as Pat Damiano |
$174,460,000 |
2010 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Welcome to the Rileys as Doug Riley |
$355,920 |
2009 |
Others |
Sales of the videos The Taking of Pelham 123 as the Mayor of New York and Where the Wild Things Are as the voice of Carol |
$76,060,000 |
2009 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies In the Loop as Lt. Gen. George Miller, The Taking of Pelham 123 as the Mayor of New York and Where the Wild Things Are as the voice of Carol |
$260,240,000 |
2007 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies Romance & Cigarettes as Nick Murder and Lonely Hearts as Det. Charles Hilderbrandt |
$5,750,000 |
2006 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie All the King's Men as Tiny Duffy |
$9,520,000 |
2006 |
Salary |
Salary from the television show The Sopranos as Tony Soprano |
$1,000,000 |
2004 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Surviving Christmas as Tom Valco |
$15,120,000 |
2002 |
Asset |
Purchase value of James Gandolfini's second apartment in the West Village of Manhattan |
$1,050,000 |
2001 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movies The Mexican as Winston Baldry, The Man Who Wasn't There as Big Dave Brewster and The Last Castle as Colonel Winter |
$196,980,000 |
2000 |
Salary |
Salary from the movie The Last Castle as Colonel Winter |
$5,000,000 |
2000 |
Contract |
A two-season contract with the television show The Sopranos as Tony Soprano |
$10,000,000 |
1999 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie 8mm as Eddie Poole |
$96,620,000 |
1999 |
Salary |
Salary from the television show The Sopranos as Tony Soprano |
$5,000,000 |
1999 |
Asset |
Purchase value of James Gandolfini's first apartment in the West Village of Manhattan |
$850,500 |
1998 |
Salary |
Salary from the television show "The Sopranos" as Tony Soprano |
$13,000,000 |
1998 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Mighty as Kenny Kane and box office sales of the movies Fallen as Lou and A Civil Action as Al Love |
$88,140,000 |
1997 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Night Falls on Manhattan as Joey Allegretto, She's So Lovely as Kiefer and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as a Diner Cook |
$42,280,000 |
1996 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Juror as Eddie |
$22,750,000 |
1995 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Crimson Tide as Lt. Bobby Dougherty and Get Shorty as Bear |
$274,490,000 |
1994 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Angie as Vinnie and Terminal Velocity as Ben Pinkwater |
$25,890,000 |
1993 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Money for Nothing as Billy Coyle, True Romance as Virgil and Mr. Wonderful as Mike |
$16,480,000 |
1992 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie A Stranger Among Us as Tony Baldessari |
$12,280,000 |
1991 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Last Boy Scout as Marcone's Henchman |
$59,510,000 |