--- description: Take a look back at the late actor's life, as immortalized through his work title: James Gandolfini's Best Roles: His Career in Photos image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2e3e862346510e1/6986a2f1d0b6f25e063060ac/the-sopranos.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See James Gandolfini's Career in Photos by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 13, 2014 12:00 PM CUT  In perhaps his most famous role, Gandolfini portrayed mob boss Tony Soprano in HBO's The Sopranos. In perhaps his most famous role, Gandolfini portrayed mob boss Tony Soprano in HBO's The Sopranos.HBO by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 13, 2014 12:00 PM CUT James Gandolfini’s last movie, _The Drop_, hit theaters Sept. 12\. Here, see his many roles throughout his career.  James Gandolfini played Cousin Marv, the manager of a Brooklyn bar used to launder dirty mob money, in The Drop, his last feature film appearance, 20th Century Fox  Joining Steve Carell in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Gandolfini played Doug Munny, the billionaire owner of Bally's Casino. Ben Glass—Warner Bros.  James Gandolfini played a hitman named Mickey in the 2012 crime film, Killing Them Softly. The Weinstein Co.  Gandolfini portrayed the unnamed CIA director in Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow's action thriller rendition of the manhunt for Osama Bin Laden. Jonathan Olley—Columbia  James Gandolfini played the mayor of New York City in the 2009 thriller The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3. Rico Torres—Columbia  The 2009 movie adaptation of the chldren's book Where the Wild Things Are had James Gandolfini voicing Carol, an impulsive, anger prone Wild Thing. Warner Bros.  James Gandolfini played Tiny Duffy, a local political leader, who encourages Willie Stark (Sean Penn), left, to run for governor in the 2006 film adaptation of All the King's Men. Kerry Hayes—Columbia  In the 2004 comedy Surviving Christmas, Gandolfini starred as Tom Valco opposite Ben Affleck. Dreamworks  Gandolfini played an openly gay hitman in the 2001 comedy The Mexican. Dreamworks  In perhaps his most famous role, Gandolfini portrayed mob boss Tony Soprano in HBO's The Sopranos. HBO  James Gandolfini played Bear, a bodyguard, in the 1995 film Get Shorty. MGM ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3329546/james-gandolfini-career-gallery-films/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3329546/james-gandolfini-career-gallery-films/"},"headline":"See James Gandolfini's Career in Photos","datePublished":"2014-09-13T12:00:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:46.621Z","description":"Look back at the late actor's life, as immortalized through his work","url":"https://time.com/3329546/james-gandolfini-career-gallery-films/","keywords":["movies","HBO"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2e3e862346510e1/6986a2f1d0b6f25e063060ac/the-sopranos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2e3e862346510e1/6986a2f1d0b6f25e063060ac/the-sopranos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"James Gandolfini","caption":"James Gandolfini","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3329546/james-gandolfini-career-gallery-films/","name":"See James Gandolfini's Career in Photos"}}]}] ```