Tony Sirico motion pictures and Television set shows

American actor Gennaro Anthony Sirico Jr. was born on July 29, 1942, and died on July 8, 2022. He’s most interesting remembered for his position as Peter Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri on The Sopranos. Moreover, he made fairly a couple of movie appearances with Woody Allen.

Early existence

Sirico was born to an Italian-American family members in New York Metropolis on July 29, 1942. He was elevated in Brooklyn’s East Flatbush and Bensonhurst neighborhoods. Robert Sirico, a priest and co-founder of the Acton Institute for Free Firm, is Sirico’s brother.

 

Upfront of commencing his performing profession, Sirico had 28 arrests and varied convictions, akin to for disorderly habits, assault, and theft. He was stopped at a restaurant on February 27, 1970, and a.32 caliber handgun was discovered on him.

 

He was charged in 1971 with extortion, coercion, and illegally possessing a gun. He was given a four-year jail phrase quickly after getting situated responsible, of which he served 20 months at Sing. Sirico, who ran a disco in Manhattan, was billed with illegally possessing a deadly drug on the time of his sentencing, in accordance to a courtroom transcript.

 

Sirico claims that he was motivated to go after performing by a executing troupe of ex-offenders who arrived to see him when he was incarcerated. He manufactured an look in James Toback’s 1989 movement image The Giant Bang when he talked about his early a number of years.

Tony Sirico movies and Television set shows

Filmography