History Characters / TheSopranos

* [[Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamily DiMeo Crime Family]][[note]]Bosses (Ercole "Eckley" Di Meo, Giacome "Jackie" Aprile, Sr., Corrado "Junior" Soprano, Anthony "Tony" Soprano); Consigliere (Silvio Dante); Underbosses (Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, Bobby "Baccala" Baccalieri); Capos (Feech La Manna, Giovanni Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano, Richie Aprile, Ralph Cifaretto, Christopher Moltisanti, Carlo Gervasi, Ray Curto, Vito Spatafore, Jimmy Altieri, Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese, Albert "Ally Boy" Barese): Enforcers/soldiers (Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero, Furio Giunta, Eugene Pontecorvo, Gigi Cestone, Benny Fazio, Peter "Bissell" La Rosa, Mikey Palmice, Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi, Robert "Baccala" Baccalieri, Sr., Walden Belfiore, Italo and Salvatore, Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti); Associates (Slava Malevsky, Valery, Lou Di Maggio and the Atwell Avenue Boys, Annalisa Zucca, Peter "Beansie" Gaeta, Jackie Aprile Jr., Little Paulie Germani, Brendan Filone, Matthew Bevilaqua, Sean Gismonte, Fabian "Febby" Petrulio, William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray, Jasons Gervasi and Parisi, Ronald Zellman, Richard "Dick" Barone, Neil Mink, Harold "Mel" Melvoin, James "Murmur" Zancone, Corky Caporale, Ahmed and Muhammad).[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TheSopranosLawEnforcementAndCivilians Law Enforcement and Civilians]][[note]] FBI and Law Enforcement (Special Agent Dwight Harris, Frank Cubitoso, Robyn Sanservino, Deborah Ciccerone, Frank Grasso, Skip Lipari, Leon Wilmore); Civilians (Jennifer Melfi, Hesh Rabkin, Artie Bucco, Charmaine Bucco, Marianucci Gualtieri, Father Intintola, Robert Wegler, George “Georgie” Santorelli, Elliot Kupferberg, Blanca Delgado, Svetlana Kirilenko, Bruce and Jeannie Cusamano, Tom Giglione, Brian Cammarata, Anthony Infante, Noah Tannenbaum, Caitlin Rucker, Finn [=DeTrolio=], Hunter Scangarelo, David Scatino, J.T. Dolan, Minn Matrone, Carter Chong, Dr. Krakauer, Jim “Johnny Cakes” Witowski, Robert “Bobby Jr.” III and Sophia Baccalieri, Sal Vitro, Bryan Spatafore.)[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamily Di Meo Crime Family]][[note]]Bosses (Ercole "Eckley" Di Meo, Giacome "Jackie" Aprile, Sr., Corrado "Junior" Soprano, Anthony "Tony" Soprano); Consigliere (Silvio Dante); Underbosses (Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, Bobby "Baccala" Baccalieri); Capos (Feech La Manna, Giovanni Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano, Richie Aprile, Ralph Cifaretto, Christopher Moltisanti, Carlo Gervasi, Ray Curto, Vito Spatafore, Jimmy Altieri, Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese, Albert "Ally Boy" Barese): Enforcers/soldiers (Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero, Furio Giunta, Eugene Pontecorvo, Gigi Cestone, Benny Fazio, Peter "Bissell" La Rosa, Mikey Palmice, Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi, Robert "Baccala" Baccalieri, Sr., Walden Belfiore, Italo and Salvatore, Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti); Associates (Slava Malevsky, Valery, Lou Di Maggio and the Atwell Avenue Boys, Annalisa Zucca, Peter "Beansie" Gaeta, Jackie Aprile Jr., Little Paulie Germani, Brendan Filone, Matthew Bevilaqua, Sean Gismonte, Fabian "Febby" Petrulio, William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray, Jasons Gervasi and Parisi, Ronald Zellman, Richard "Dick" Barone, Neil Mink, Harold "Mel" Melvoin, James "Murmur" Zancone, Corky Caporale, Ahmed and Muhammad).[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TheSopranosMobWivesAndGoomahs Mob Wives, Sweethearts and Goomahs]][[note]] Mob Wives/Sweethearts (Adriana [=LaCerva=], Kelli Lombardi/Moltisanti, Tracee, Rosalie Aprile, Ginny Sacrimoni, Karen Baccalieri, Gabriella Dante, Angie Bompensiero, Marie Spatafore); Goomahs (Irina Peltsin, Gloria Trillo, Valentina [=LaPaz=], Fran Felstein, Julianna Skiff).[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TheSopranosLawEnforcementAndCivilians Law Enforcement and Civilians]][[note]] FBI and Law Enforcement (Special Agent Dwight Harris, Frank Cubitoso, Robyn Sanservino, Deborah Ciccerone, Frank Grasso, Skip Lipari, Leon Wilmore); Civilians (Jennifer Melfi, Hesh Rabkin, Artie Bucco, Charmaine Bucco, Marianucci Gualtieri, Father Intintola, Robert Wegler, George “Georgie” Santorelli, Elliot Kupferberg, Blanca Delgado, Svetlana Kirilenko, Bruce and Jeannie Cusamano, Tom Giglione, Brian Cammarata, Anthony Infante, Noah Tannenbaum, Finn [=DeTrolio=], Hunter Scangarelo, David Scatino, J.T. Dolan, Minn Matrone, Carter Chong, Dr. Krakauer, Jim “Johnny Cakes” Witowski, Robert “Bobby Jr.” III and Sophia Baccalieri, Sal Vitro, Bryan Spatafore.)[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TheSopranosTheLupertazzisAndOtherCriminals The Lupertazzi Family and Other Criminals]][[note]] Luppertazzi Members (Carmine Lupertazzi, “Little” Carmine Lupertazzi Jr., John “Johnny Sack” Sacrimoni, Phil Leotardo, Butch “Butchie” [=DeConcini=], Rusty Millio, Angelo Garepe, Robert “Billy” Leotardo, Joey “Peeps” Pepperelli, James “Jimmy” Petrille, Faustino “Doc” Santoro, Gerry Torciano, Dominic “Fat Dom” Gamiello, Coco); Other Criminals and Antagonists (Slava Malevsky, Valery, Vin Makazian, Barry Haydu, Corky Caporale, Lorraine Calluzzo, Annalisa Zucca, Italo and Salvatore, Matush, Warren Feldman, “Black” Jack Masserone, Ahmed and Muhammad).[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamily Di Meo Crime Family]][[note]]Bosses (Ercole "Eckley" Di Meo, Giacome "Jackie" Aprile, Sr., Corrado "Junior" Soprano, Anthony "Tony" Soprano); Consigliere (Silvio Dante); Underbosses (Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, Bobby "Baccala" Baccalieri); Capos (Feech La Manna, Giovanni Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano, Richie Aprile, Ralph Cifaretto, Christopher Moltisanti, Carlo Gervasi, Ray Curto, Vito Spatafore, Jimmy Altieri, Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese, Albert "Ally Boy" Barese): Enforcers/soldiers (Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero, Furio Giunta, Eugene Pontecorvo, Gigi Cestone, Benny Fazio, Peter "Bissell" La Rosa, Mikey Palmice, Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi, Robert "Baccala" Baccalieri, Sr., Walden Belfiore, Italo and Salvatore, Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti); Associates ( Slava Malevsky, Valery, Lou DiMaggio and the Atwell Avenue Boys, Annalisa Zucca, Peter "Beansie" Gaeta, Jackie Aprile Jr., Little Paulie Germani, Brendan Filone, Matthew Bevilaqua, Sean Gismonte, Fabian "Febby" Petrulio, William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray, Jasons Gervasi and Parisi, Ronald Zellman, Richard "Dick" Barone, Neil Mink, Harold "Mel" Melvoin, James "Murmur" Zancone, Corky Caporale, Ahmed and Muhammad).[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamily Di Meo Crime Family]][[note]]Bosses (Ercole "Eckley" DiMeo, Giacome "Jackie" Aprile, Sr., Corrado "Junior" Soprano, Anthony "Tony" Soprano); Consigliere (Silvio Dante); Underbosses (Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, Bobby "Baccala" Baccalieri); Capos (Feech LaManna, Giovanni Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano, Richie Aprile, Ralph Cifaretto, Christopher Moltisanti, Carlo Gervasi, Ray Curto, Vito Spatafore, Jimmy Altieri, Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese, Albert "Ally Boy" Barese): Enforcers/soldiers (Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero, Furio Giunta, Eugene Pontecorvo, Gigi Cestone, Benny Fazio, Peter "Bissell" LaRosa, Mikey Palmice, Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi, Robert "Baccala" Baccalieri, Sr., Walden Belfiore, Italo and Salvatore, Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti); Associates ( Slava Malevsky, Valery, Lou DiMaggio and the Atwell Avenue Boys, Annalisa Zucca, Peter "Beansie" Gaeta, Jackie Aprile Jr., Little Paulie Germani, Brendan Filone, Matthew Bevilaqua, Sean Gismonte, Fabian "Febby" Petrulio, William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray, Jasons Gervasi and Parisi, Ronald Zellman, Richard "Dick" Barone, Neil Mink, Harold "Mel" Melvoin, James "Murmur" Zancone, Corky Caporale, Ahmed and Muhammad).[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamily Di Meo Crime Family]][[note]] Members (Silvio Dante, Peter Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri, Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero, Bobby “Baccala” Baccalieri, Giacomo “Jackie” Aprile Sr., Ralph Cifaretto, Richie Aprile, Jackie Aprile Jr., Furio Giunta, Vito Spatafore, Eugene Pontecorvo, Feech [=LaManna=], Carlo Gervasi, Ray Curto, Gigi Cestone, Benny Fazio, “Little Paulie” Germani, Peter “Bissell” [=LaRosa=], Mikey Palmice, Jimmy Altieri, Pasquale “Patsy” Parisi, Robert “Baccala” Baccalieri Sr., Walden Belfiore, Lorenzo “Larry Boy” Barese, Albert “Ally Boy” Barese, Ercole “Eckley” [=DiMeo=]); Associates (Lou [=DiMaggio=] and The Attwell Avenue Boys, Peter “Beansie” Gaeta, Matthew Bevilaqua, Sean Gismonte, Fabian “Febby” Petrulio, William “Petite” Clayborn and Rasheen Ray, Jasons Gervasi and Parisi, Ronald Zellman, Richard “Dick” Barone, Neil Mink, Harold “Mel” Melvoin, James “Murmur” Zancone).[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TheSopranosMobWivesAndGoomahs Mob Wives, Sweethearts and Goomahs]]

* [[Characters/TheSopranosTheLupertazzisAndOtherCriminals The Lupertazzi Family and Other Criminals]]
* [[Characters/TheSopranosLawEnforcementAndCivilians Law Enforcement and Civilians]]

* [[Characters/TheSopranosTheSopranoFamily The Soprano Family]][[note]]Main Family (Anthony “Tony” Soprano, Carmela Soprano, Meadow Soprano, Anthony “AJ” Soprano Jr., Corrado “Junior” Soprano, Livia Soprano, Janice Soprano, Christopher Moltisanti, Anthony “Tony B” Blundetto, John “Johnny Boy” Soprano, Barbara Soprano-Giglione); Extended Family (Hugo “Hugh” and Mary DeAngelis, Harpo “Hal” Soprano, Ercole “Eckley” Soprano, Richard “Dickie” Moltisanti).[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TheSopranosTheSopranoFamily The Soprano Family]]
* [[Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamily Di Meo Crime Family]]

* [[Characters/TheSopranosTheSopranoCrimeFamily The Soprano Crime Family]]

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!!Tony Soprano
->'''Played by:''' James Gandolfini

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Whatever happened to Gary Cooper: the strong, silent type?"'']]

-->''"All due respect, you got no fuckin' idea what it's like to be Number One. Every decision you make affects every facet of every other fuckin' thing. It's too much to deal with almost. And in the end you're completely alone with it all."''

The central character of the series. Capo (and later Acting Boss) of the [=DiMeo=] Crime Family, Tony Soprano has to juggle between the mounting pressure of running a crime organization and everyday problems with his family. After suffering a panic attack and collapsing on his son's birthday, Tony has no choice but to see a psychiatrist.

* AbusiveParents: In flashbacks, both of his parents are portrayed as highly manipulative and callous [[{{Narcissist}} narcissists]] who regularly prioritized their own needs at their children's expense. Whereas Tony's father is portrayed as a corrupting influence who was alarmingly indifferent to his children's emotional well-being, his mother, Livia, is revealed to have regularly subjected Tony and his siblings to physical and emotional abuse that has left them psychologically scarred as adults.
* AffablyEvil: Zig-zagged, oscilates between this and FauxAffablyEvil, but is often cancelled by his [[{{Jerkass}} jerkness]].
* AntiHero: A Type IV-V in the first two seasons. Despite being a particularly violent and narcissistic mobster, he nonetheless demonstrates an altruistic commitment to containing the destructive excesses of more dangerous members of his crime family such as his conniving Uncle Junior and the sociopathic Richie Aprile. However, in Season 3, [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil he begins to compromise what little principles he has]] by assenting to the rise of Ralph Cifaretto, a depraved mobster whose wanton cruelty completely disgusts him. Ultimately, by the end of the series, [[VillainProtagonist he possesses hardly any redeeming qualities whatsoever]].
* {{Badass}}: LargeAndInCharge, while he rarely has to get ''physical'' he's quite [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking capable]] and {{acrofatic}} when he does.
* BadBoss: He's abusive towards his underlings. Cites ImNotHereToMakeFriends and [[MachiavelliWasWrong Machiavelli was right]] sometimes.
* BeingEvilSucks: Most of the time, crime does not pay... or not enough.
* BeingGoodSucks: He often makes little effort to change his ways though as it is easier to stay as a jerk. When he does some sort of favor for Artie, a MoralityPet of sorts, Tony ends up rationalizing that NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished.
* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: Charmingly summed up by his motto "I don't shit where I eat".
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Two instead of one. He tries to unscrew'em, often with backfiring results as in one way or another he is one of the main problems.
* BornInTheWrongCentury
* BrokenAce: Top of the line in his profession, wealthy, charismatic, powerful, ruthless, a keen business acumen, a beautiful family and drop-dead goomahs. Underneath it all, he suffers from some serious ParentalIssues and other mental problems, which cause him to have panic attacks.
* BrokenPedestal: Many old-school mobsters and his father don't live up to his memories. He is one for Christopher.
* CainAndAbel: The close relative variety with [[spoiler: Tony B and Christopher]].
* CarpetOfVirility: A manly raw trait prominently seen in his private life.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: The hardships of being a boss is a central part of his character. In-universe he fluctuates between DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster and BlessedWithSuck.
* CharacterTics: Tends to {{facepalm}}, touch his face or run his hand over his head a lot when he's agitated or unamused by something.
* ChickMagnet[=/=]KavorkaMan: Despite growing increasingly bald and fat with age, his notorious reputation as the powerful [[TheDon Don]] of a Mafia family and his charismatic personality work almost unfailingly in his favor when seducing women. He often cheats on his wife who became attracted to him for similar reasons while in high school (coupled with the fact that he was [[IWasQuiteaLooker considerably more attractive then]] as evidenced by a flashback in the episode, "In Camelot.)"
* ChildhoodFriends: With Artie Bucco.
* CigarChomper
* ConsummateLiar
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: A given for a criminal who manages to stay on the top for years:
** He's usually seen [[TheMovieBuff watching movies or docummentaries at home]] and drawing conclusions from them.
** He also carries over knowledge gathered during therapy, allowing him to make increasingly accurate psychological assessments of his friends and foes. Needless to say, this provides a tremendous advantage in Mafia power plays.
** An avid and utilitarian reader of Sun Tzu's ''TheArtOfWar''.
** Quickly realizes that Feech is showing the exact same signs of Richie Aprile regarding unhappiness and unloyalty.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments. Tends to mix sarcasm and plain bluntness.
* TheDon: A relatively rustic one, as the Jersey mob plays in a minor league compared to the families of New York.
* TheDutifulSon: The one who took care of his mother after his sisters had moved on with their lives.
* EpiphanyTherapy: Zigzagged, sometimes the therapy leads him to be somehow gentler, but most of the time it is a tool to hone his managerial (read criminal) skills.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Although the Mafia is of course restricted to ethnic Italians--and it seems the Jersey family is fairly strict with that rule--Tony is more than happy to do business with anyone who won't snitch. And although he professes to be disgusted by homosexuality, it's clear when Vito is outed that he hates the idea of giving up a big earner much, much more than he's interested in enforcing traditional Mafia norms.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: A very [[ZigzaggedTrope complex issue]]. Straight example at first, he has many reasons for contempt and as befits a depressive individual, he goes through phases of love, [[SelfMadeOrphan hate]], denial, anger, and acceptance. By the end of the series he seems willing to apply a nostalgia filter over his sociopathic mother.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: A major part of his character. Despite his profession, he does all that he can to prevent innocent people getting hurt in the process and was horrified at Ralph's brutal murder of the stripper he impregnated and tried to abandon. Similarly, he grows increasingly disgusted with his late father after learning of the extent to which he disregarded his family's needs and silently vows to never become like him.
* EvilIsPetty: He never forgets to take time to treat people under him terribly.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids
* {{Expy}}: Of Michael Corleone from TheGodfather. While lacking Michael's level-headedness and sophistication, Tony is nonetheless strikingly similar given that both characters feel irrevocably tied to a career in organized crime due to their heritage and struggle to balance their lifestyles as crime bosses and family men while failing miserably.
* FatBastard: Gets fatter as the series goes on, in fact.
* FootDraggingDivorcee: A very savvy one, he invokes a LoopHoleAbuse by tainting every potential attorney with a conflict of interests.
* FreudianExcuse[=/=]TragicVillain: He hates the mere concept of the excuse yet he's diagnosed with a very powerful one; Tony was literally born into the mob and his abusive parents wrote the proverbial book about how not to rise a model citizen.
* TheGamblingAddict: Gets progressively worse towards the end of the series. At one point he tries to get Carmela to use the profits off a house sale to bet on the Jets.
* GeniusBruiser: Undoubtedly a smart guy, although without much formal education. What book learning he has he only really has a vague grasp of, although that's enough to set him apart from the others. He's particularly in tune with Sun Tzu's ''TheArtOfWar''. And of course, he's a tough guy.
* HairTriggerTemper
* {{Hypocrite}}: He believes all men should be "The strong, silent type like Gary Cooper". He repeatedly proves himself to be neither, easily losing his temper.
** Throughout the series he ridicules the stereotypical psychiatric patient whining about his mother. In the series finale, Tony delivers a self-pitying monologue about his hard childhood to AJ's therapist.
** After Bobby beats him in a fight Tony berates him for "sucker-punching" him, calling it a cheap move, this despite almost every fight Tony's won in the series being started by him sucker punching the other guy
* IconicOutfit: The white bathrobe, A-shirt and slippers, which are inherited by his ''Cleaver'' expy.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: He briefly went to college, was an athlete and sometimes remarks his life could have been very different under other circumstances, as he remembers that his mother frustated the more legit dreams of his father.
* ItsAllAboutMe: At first, he's self-involved. By the end of the series, its warped to the point that he sees everyone (aside from his immediate family) as a tool for his own gratification or self-advancement and increasingly devotes all his time jealously guarding the power he spent his whole criminal career accumulating.
* {{Jerkass}}: Seemed to have improved after being [[spoiler: shot by Junior]], however he eventually sinks back into Jerkass mode by the end of the series.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He genuinely loves his family and friends and he really does make an effort to change his ways but is too long immersed in violence to do it.
*** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
* JerkJock: In high school as a star athlete for the Varsity football team. Nevertheless, even as a middle-aged mobster, he frequently displays a lingering fondness for locker-room humor much to the annoyance of his wife and children.
* HasAType: Brunettes with strong personality and independence. It's explictly addressed there is a [[FreudWasRight resemblance to his mother]].
* HeroicBSOD / VillainousBSOD: His panic attacks.
* KickTheDog: A central part of his characterization. Often his non-evil actions are followed by malignant and purely spiteful actions towards someone. The [[NiceToTheWaiter Bada Bing's waiter]] is one of the frequent dogs.
* LargeAndInCharge
* LoanShark
* LonelyAtTheTop: Lacks genuine friends, the closest ones he has are Jackie Aprile Sr., Pussy Bonpensiero, as well as Artie Bucco with whom he has been friends since childhood. Jackie and Pussy die early on (the latter by Tony's own hand) and he increasingly alienates Artie as the title of "Boss" goes to his head.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: After James Gandolfini passed away, many pointed out that in real life he was nothing like the character he played. He was a very thoughtful, soft spoken and all around nice person.
* {{Mentor}}: For Christopher
* MommyIssues: One of his major malfunctions, he's full of [[OedipusComplex love and hate]] towards her unpleasable mother and constantly struggles with his WellDoneSonGuy nature.
-->This is gonna sound stupid, but I saw at one point that our mothers are... bus drivers. No, they are the bus. See, they're the vehicle that gets us here. They drop us off and go on their way. They continue on their journey. And the problem is that we keep tryin' to get back on the bus, instead of just lettin' it go.
* {{Narcissist}}: Despite displaying redeeming qualities such as a heartfelt concern for his family's well-being along with a childlike fondness for animals, he is portrayed throughout the series as an exceedingly vain and ruthless mobster who considers himself entitled to unquestioned respect or obedience from those around him. However, unlike most narcissists, he is self-conscious of the harmful consequences his actions have on others and feels all the more unhappy because of it. Nevertheless, he is too consumed by his own selfish desires to meaningfully change his ways.
* NecessarilyEvil: He believes many of his evil actions are a lesser evil, and sometimes the show portrays him in this light--particularly considering that most alternatives for head of the Jersey crew are shown to be too violent, too cruel, too stupid, or unable to handle the pressure.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent
* NeverMyFault: Everything is always someone else's fault, be it Chris, Paulie or his mother. His refusal to take responsibility all but destroys most of his relationships by the end.
* NobleBigot: From his point of view anyway.
* PapaWolf: Tony pistol whips and curbstomps New York mobster Coco after he finds out that he made some drunken vile sexual insults towards his daughter.
* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: Shows more morals than his colleagues, but sometimes has to do the ''wrong'' thing because it's what is expected of a ruling mob boss.
* PetTheDog: A number of moments with his children as well as his love of animals and a genuine concern for his closed ones. Deconstructed in that this care and considerations usually are the cause of more evil deeds.
* PragmaticVillainy: A ruthless boss who knows when to avoid a given action for the sake of the business, not out of moral qualms.
* ProperlyParanoid: He knows RICO and the government are out there stalking him time and again.
* RaisedCatholic: Pays little regard to religion but has a vague adherence towards Roman Catholicism.
* ReallyGetsAround: Has plenty of mistresses and one-night stands in spite of the fact that he's [[KavorkaMan not exactly catwalk material]].
* RedemptionRejection: TookALevelInKindness after his AdventuresInComaLand, but TookALevelInJerkass hit him once more.
* SadClown: He even refers to himself in this manner, in the StepfordSmiler sense
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: A given when one is a [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney rich and powerful mobster]]. He also serves as the invoked connection for other characters.
* SecretIdentity: A paper thin one, he is a "waste management consultant" for Barone Sanitation and usually goes by the name of Mr. Spears in the civilian world.
* SharpDressedMan: Zig-zagged, tends to favor casual and sportswear but suits up when the occassion calls for it.
* TheSociopath: Played with but ultimately subverted. While he displays some trademarks of sociopathy including a grandiose sense of entitlement and poor impulse control, he is nevertheless revealed to be capable of experiencing genuine remorse for his crimes as well as making sincere (albeit largely ineffectual) attempts to perform acts of kindness for those outside his immediate family. However, his self-absorbed and covetous nature is entirely consistent with [[{{Narcissist}} narcissistic personality disorder]].
* SophisticatedAsHell
* TheStoic: What he would like to be, but to his chagrin the opposite of what he is. He points out [[ThereAreNoTherapists there are too many therapists]], disfunctions and excuses for everything.
* TantrumThrowing: T. really loves to hurl things against the wall when he is enraged.
* TragicHero: Tries to do right by his friends and family but his narcissistic tendencies put a damper on this.
* TroubledSympatheticBigot: Zig-zagged. Sometimes his racism is used to show what a JerkAss he is, but others it's shown that he mainly resents other races out of a genuine sense of loss for the world he once knew as the changing demographics of his city and America in general have resulted in the loss of much of the places and culture he grew up with.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Gradually.
* VaderBreath: Wild boar-like breath when he's agitated and/or violent.
* VillainousBreakdown: In the first episode he has a severe panic attack and collapses in the middle of a family barbeque, after the departure of the ducks which were the one consistently good thing in his life.
* VillainProtagonist: While having his fair share of PetTheDog moments, he effectively discards nearly all of his virtues from Seasons 3-6 in favor of becoming an individual who is just as ruthless and destructive as his adversaries.
* WickedCultured: Played with, a refined ruffian with some college background who likes to insert learned words, but often mangles them with [[{{Malaproper}} malapropisms]]. In another life, from another background, he could have been an intellectual; as he is, not so much.
* WouldHitAGirl
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: When someone calls him "Anthony", its a sign of something serious. Most of his underlings simply call him T. or Ton.
* YourCheatingHeart: A serial adulterer with quite a reputation. Having a [[TheMistress goomah]] is an ancient tradition in the Mafia.

!!Carmela Soprano
->'''Played by:''' Edie Falco

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You really don't hear me, do you? You think for me it's all about things."'']]

Wife of Tony Soprano. Enjoys the lifestyle that Tony's money brings in but struggles with his infidelity and the dirtier aspects to his profession.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys
* DistractedByTheLuxury: Her main trait, creator David Chase informally defines her character as an ascended GoldDigger because of it.
* HotForPreacher: Close, but no cigar.
* {{Housewife}}
* TheHypocrite
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Talks ocassionally about her past chances of a different life outside the Mafia, but she ultimately loves the life of luxury.
* [[MafiaPrincess Mafia Queen]]
* MamaBear: In the first episode when she thought someone was breaking into her daughter's window what does she do? She grabs the biggest machine gun and marches outside with Tony in tow. It turned out Meadow was sneaking out of the house, but the thought counted.
* NotSoAboveItAll: She likes to act superior but is most certainly not above using her mob connections for her own ends.
* PrettyInMink: Tony buys her some furs. One is a sable coat, but he asks they make love with [[NakedInMink her wearing nothing by the coat]].
* RaisedCatholic: The most religious main character in the series, which serves to underscore her hypocrisy.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Invokes the nefarious power of the Soprano surname from time to time.
* SexForServices: Her affair with AJ's principal is identified as this by the teacher.
* [[StealingFromTheTill Stealing From The Duck Feed Bin]]: Steals from Tony's cash stash after discovering the nail of one of his goomahs, which Carmela uses to send a message to his husband. Tony gets it and lets it slide, initially.
* StepfordSmiler
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With several men. Except for one time, she doesn't take the next step out of fear of being discovered by her husband.
* YourCheatingHeart: Tony goes ballistic over the ''possibility''.


!!Meadow Soprano
->'''Played by:''' Jamie-Lynn Sigler

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-->''Are you in the Mafia?''

Daughter of Tony and Carmela.

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Initially, leading to several YouAreGrounded instances.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Calls Tony out on his hypocrisy and line of work time and again, Tony "calls" her back however.
* CorruptTheCutie: Starts as a principled girl who has contempt for the Mafia, she is gradually dragged into the masquerade. By the end she is engaged to the son of one of Tony's henchmen, and it is implied she will become another [[AmoralAttorney mob lawyer]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: As early as the first season, she comments on how [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing cool]] Sharon Stone looks in ''{{Film/Casino}}'', a remark one can expect from [[DistractedByTheLuxury Carmela]].
* FakeNationality: Jamie Lynn-Sigler is of Cuban descent and has a noticeably darker skintone than the rest of the family. Lampshade in-universe by Carmela's mother being disappointed about her not looking as caucasian of the rest of the family.
* FreudianExcuse: She applies it to a whole collective, reasoning that the poverty and dire conditions of the Italian mezzogiorno bred crime. In-story, being born into the Mafia gradually catches up to her too.
* IAmNotMyFather: Gradually subverted.
* IvyLeague: Columbia, she's unaware this was [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections somehow invoked by her mother]].
* LikeFatherLikeSon: In this case, like mother like daughter. Meadow becomes just like her mother by the end of the series.
* MafiaPrincess
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Sigler, despite playing a pretty snotty and self-absorbed teenager/20-something, is actually known to be a very kind and friendly person in real life.
* MouthyKid: Is often mouthing off in the earlier seasons, even when she's caught having a debauched party at her grandmother's empty house.
* NeverMyFault: Tony remarks that if he had a quarter everyone time she's said that, he'd be able to own a private jet on 24 hour stand by.
* NonIdleRich: Has a job as a social worker for the poor.
* NotSoAboveItAll
* SiblingYinYang: The distinguised one.
* SpoiledBrat
* WhiteSheep: Gradually subverted.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Let's be perfectly honest: Meadow's pretty good-looking, while her dad? Not so much. Lampshaded; when Janice mentions Tony's "good-looking kids", Tony jokes, "even with our genes."
* YouAreWhatYouHate: During most of the series, Meadow rebels against her father and his lifestyle. But by the end of the series, she ends up defending her father's lifestyle, chastises other mob kids for speaking frankly in front of "outsiders" and even embraces the role of crime family wife, being engaged to a Mafia family attorney.


!!Anthony "AJ" Soprano Jr.
->'''Played by:''' Robert Iler

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Son of Tony and Carmela.

* BeardOfSorrow
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Moves with his father for a while because Carmela disciplines him, but it doesn't work as Tony is not a fun pushover.
* BungledSuicide: He can't do a thing right.
* ButtMonkey Things seem to conspire against him.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Openly critical towards his mother. His confrontations with Tony are more rare, since his father is a fearsome guy.
* ConspiracyTheorist: AJ has a phase towards the end where is obsessed with the government's involvement in Iraq, among other things.
* DumbassHasAPoint: He isn't exactly wrong when he calls out Tony or Carmela for Their hypocrisy or points out social injustice and crises towards the end.
* DumbJock: He's a good football player at least.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Discussed and averted. Tony is more than aware that AJ is not mentally able to do what he does for a living. So we never ever see AJ at the Bing or Satriale's.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish one.
* FormerlyFat: Loses quite a bit of weight over the course of the show (particularly around Season 4), and grows enough that he's practically lanky compared to what he was as a child.
* FreudianExcuse: Tony really has no idea what he's doing as a father to AJ.
* HeIsAllGrownUp: Starts off looking not to far off from his father, as far as weight is concerned, but sheds the pounds and grows in height enough to become a fairly attractive man.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Panic attacks and depression
* LazyBum
* NiceGuy: When he cares enough, he can be a very kind and respectful individual, such as when he is in a relationship.
* TheSlacker
* SpoiledBrat
* TheUnfavorite
* WellDoneSonGuy: Wants to live up to his father's perceived expectations but fails. A tragic example has him [[WrongGenreSavvy trying to emulate Michael Corleone's rise]] by attempting to kill Junior.


!!Corrado "Junior" Soprano
->'''Played by:''' Dominic Chianese

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Keep thinking you know everything. Some people are so far behind in a race that they actually believe they're leading."'']]

-->''"You may run North Jersey but you don't run your Uncle Junior! How many fuckin' hours did I spend playing catch with you?"''

Tony's uncle and de jure Boss of the Soprano crime family.

* AuthorityInNameOnly: Junior is made de jure boss of the Di Meo family, and actually keeps the title for a few seasons despite Tony's role as de facto boss
* BadBoss: Junior starts abusing his new power as boss almost immediately, taxing Tony's friend Hesh at the suggestion of Livia.
* BigBadDuumvirate: In Season 1 with Tony's mother, Livia.
* ButtMonkey: Always suffering mishaps and embarrassments, whether getting his hand stuck down the plughole of his kitchen sink for 6 hours, to discovering his capos have been working behind his back. After season 1 he spends the whole time either going stir-crazy under house arrest or suffering illnesses, finally developing dementia.
* TheCastShowoff: The season three finale gives us a nice sample of Dominic Chianese's singing.
* DirtyOldMan: Junior is a shameless flirt and it has gotten him into trouble a few times. A nurse he regularly flirted with turned out to be an FBI plant and his downfall into senility starts when he turns around to greet an attractive reporter and hits his head on a boom mike.
* DueToTheDead: He seeks to attend the funerals of old acquaintances, but only because this frees him from his house arrest for a while.
* DeadpanSnarker
* GrumpyOldMan: A fairly obvious example. In an early episode Tony jokes about giving him his DVD player so he watch ''GrumpyOldMen''. This just annoys him further.
* HiddenDepths: Is an ''extraordinary'' singer. He literally brings a room full of mobsters to tears.
* HumiliationConga: After failing as a BigBad in Season 1, he suffers increasing emasculation, and eventual senility. It's equal parts hilarious and depressing.
* IJustWantToBeLoved
* MarriedToTheJob: Never married and his one stable relation was ruined by the business and related gossip.
* NerdGlasses: Dominic Chianese has said the trademark oversized glasses '''are''' the character and he would even wear them in all the rehearsals.
* NiceHat: A staple of his wardrobe.
* NiceToTheWaiter: He's very abrasive towards Bobby, his loyal and resignated assistant.
* OffingTheOffspring: Attempted twice with Tony, the offspring of his brother but a son-figure nevertheless.
-->'''Vito: '''He [[MarvinGaye Marvin Gayed]] his own nephew
* ParentalSubstitute: In flashbacks, he is revealed to have been more of a father figure to his nephew than Tony's actual father, "Johnny Boy" Soprano, who largely neglected his family in favor of pursuing his own appetites and ambitions.
* PassedOverPromotion: He is the heir apparent of the family, but Tony steps in and up.
* PetTheDog: During the first season, he genuinely seems to love his nephew, Tony, like a son despite growing increasingly resentful of his widespread influence within the DiMeo crime family. This is evidenced by his apparent unease over ordering Tony's assassination even while firmly believing that he poses an imminent threat to his position as [[TheDon Boss]]. However, after Tony effectively strips him of all his power and influence by the beginning of Season 2, nearly all his feelings of affection towards his nephew are tainted by a deep-rooted contempt that endures throughout the remainder of the series.
* PlayingSick: Straight example to dodge criminal prosecution, and then ironically twisted as he is really going senile.
* SanitySlippage: Senile dementia. Showcased in two episodes of note; First in "Where's Johnny?" when a disoriented Junior wanders off in search of his (deceased) brother, "Johnny Boy," forcing Tony, Janice and Bobby into a day-long search that ends when he's finally returned home by the police. Then again at the end of "Members Only," when he confuses Tony's late-night presence in his home for his (also deceased) rival "Little Pussy" Malanga[[note]]the guy he had killed in the pilot, and the one Tony torched the original Vesuvio to keep Junior from killing him there.[[/note]] and shoots Tony in the stomach. Season 6 sees him ostracized by the family following this incident, dooming Junior to increasingly shabby state care and finally a LossOfIdentity.
* SirSwearsALot: Everyone in the cast (save for Livia) is a potty mouth but Junior swears more than all of them.
* TapOnTheHead: A news crew's boom mike hitting his head prompts a StaircaseTumble down some steps outside a courthouse following one of his trials. It's later theorized this incident might've triggered his onset of dementia.
* ThickerThanWater: Subverted when he backs Tony against Richie, he invokes PragmaticVillainy as he's better off with his nephew.

!!Livia Soprano
->'''Played by:''' Nancy Marchand

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I gave my life to my children on a silver platter!"'']]

-> ''"Who says everything has a purpose? The world's a jungle....In the end, you die in your own arms......It's all a big nothing. What makes you think you're so special?"''

Tony's hateful and abusive mother.

* AbusiveParents: A real piece of work who threatened to stick a fork in Tony's eye when he was 10 years old, among many other examples.
* AmbiguousDisorder: As noted by Dr. Melfi, she exhibits symptoms of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderline_personality_disorder borderline personality disorder]] given her tendency to engage in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology) splitting]] as well as her proneness to extended periods of paranoia and depression over the most insignificant events. However, she also exhibits several traits of [[{{Narcissist}} narcissistic personality disorder]] as evidenced by how she consciously uses her children's fear of her emotional volatility to dominate their lives and derives [[{{Sadist}} sadistic gratification]] from doing so.
* AnyoneCanDie:
* BigBadDuumvirate: With Junior Soprano in Season 1.
* TheCynic
* DramaQueen: She's a {{phrasecatcher}} for "Always with the drama"
* DueToTheDead: Even at her funeral she is the source of frictions. Nobody has anything genuinely good to say about her.
* EvilMatriarch
* FamilyValuesVillain: Hilariously, the only Soprano who doesn't swear.
* HairTriggerTemper
* ItsAllAboutMe
* LackOfEmpathy
* LadyMacBeth: For Junior.
* ManipulativeBitch
* MeaningfulName: Not for nothing does she share a name with a [[Series/IClaudius Roman ancestor]].
* MyBelovedSmother
* NeverMyFault: She spends all her time complaining about her kids' abandoning her and ignores the fact that she was a lousy parental figure.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Though definitely somewhat senile, she also tends to play it up as a cover for her more unforgivable deeds.
* OffingTheOffspring: Narrowly thwarted, as is the ensuing VorpalPillow from Tony.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[spoiler: Nancy Marchand's death]] caused the writers to have to [[spoiler: kill off Livia]] and restructure the third season and many of David Chase's plans for future seasons considerably.
* SanitySlippage: Senile dementia.
* TheSociopath


!!Janice Soprano [[spoiler: Baccalieri]]
->'''Played by:''' Aida Turturro

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Sister of Tony Soprano who lives in Seattle at the start of the series.

* AbusiveParents: Much like Tony, she was the victim of this in the form of her spiteful mother, Livia, who relentless criticized her appearance as well as her failed string of romantic relationships.
* [[AloofOlderBrother Aloof Big Sister]]: Played with but subverted. In Season 1, Tony speaks of her this way to Dr. Melfi when describing how she left him and his younger sister to endure the brunt of their tyrannical mother's abuse in order to pursue a hedonistic lifestyle. Similarly, Tony all but admits in the same therapy session that he was perpetually anxious of [[ParentalFavoritism the possibility that she was his father's favorite child]]. In Season 2, she returns to New Jersey and quickly reopens old wounds by ingratiating herself with their mother, Livia, in order to become the prime beneficiary of the estate. However, it is later revealed that she is just as much a victim of Livia's abusive parenting as her younger brother.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: While in high school, she dated the brutal Richie Aprile whom she is later revealed to remain attracted towards despite the abusive nature of their prior relationship . While they briefly resume their relationship in Season 2, she ultimately decides to cut her ties with Richie permanently by shooting him after realizing that she will never be safe from his violent disposition. In Season 4, she attempts to replace Richie with the violently unstable mobster, Ralph Cifaretto, but quickly tires of him. By the end of the series, she seems to have shifted her attention from [[HotBlooded hot-headed]] and often AxCrazy hoodlums to more manipulable men by marrying the sweet and humble, Bobby Baccalieri.
* BlackSheep: A west-coast hippy in her backstory, later the not really-welcome-prodigal sister.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Constantly pestering and bickering with his brother, the head of the family.
* ConsummateLiar: When she has something to gain, she is second to none in feigning sentimentality and manipulating those around her with gossip and half-truths.
* CoolAunt: Her seemingly laid-back and free-spirited personality along with her liberal outlook charms even Meadow who is largely distrustful and contemptuous towards adult figures in her family. This is subverted when she reveals her narcissistic and vindictive nature by angrily calling upon Meadow and her friends to be punished for wrecking Livia's house where she plans on living.
* {{Foil}}: For Tony, despite having many of the same traits.
* FreudianExcuse: Same as Tony's, less than stellar parents and upbringing.
* GranolaGirl
* ItsAllAboutMe: Big time.
* IWasQuiteALooker: In high school, she was lusted after by many of the boys Tony knew growing up much to his chagrin.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In Season 2 when she notes Carmela's untapped potential and dependency on Tony, then in Season 4 when she tells Bobby his prolonged grief over his wife is unhealthy.
* LadyMacBeth: For Richie and Bobby.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter.
* TheLoad: Has a parasitic life that only generates problems for the actual money earners.
* ManipulativeBitch
* {{Narcissist}}: An "amorous" example given that she also exhibits traits of histrionic personality disorder (See Theodore Millon's [[http://millon.net/taxonomy/summary.htm "Personality Subtypes"]]) as evidenced by how she actively [[AttentionWhore seeks to make herself the center of attention regardless of the circumstances]] while making such events as dramatic (i.e: theatrical) as possible much to the chagrin of Tony and Carmella. However, unlike Tony, Janice also exhibits traits typically seen in [[http://www1.appstate.edu/~hillrw/Narcissism/stylesunprincipled.html "unprincipled" narcissists]] given that she [[AllTakeAndNoGive pursues a highly parasitic lifestyle with hardly any shame whatsoever]] and seems almost completely incapable of forming any ''genuine'' attachments to those around her.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Diagnosed with a condition that grants her social benefits, it's hinted and discussed that it may be a fabricated phony excuse.
* ParentalFavoritism[=/=]TheUnfavorite: She ''has envy'' of Tony for the attention her mother Livia gave to him. In turn, Tony thinks Janice was DaddysGirl.
* PutOnABus: Literally at the end of season 2, but Tony's solace is short lived as she comes back for good the next season.
* ReallyGetsAround: In her youth, she was notorious for her rampant promiscuity. Upon returning to New Jersey, she continues her promiscuous ways to a ''slightly'' lesser extent as a GoldDigger who hops from one rising mobster to another.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Given a pretty severe one by Tony in "Where's Johnny?", where he calls her out on leaving him to take Livia's abuse.
* TookALevelInKindness: Apparently after she hooks up with Bobby, although Tony sees right through it.
* TheVamp: Mild example towards Bobby.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: She becomes Livia by the end of the series.

!!Christopher Moltisanti
->'''Played by:''' Michael Imperioli

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->''"That’s the guy....My uncle Tony. The guy I’m going to hell for."''

Tony's nephew/cousin and protege.

* TheAlcoholic
* AmbiguousDisorder: Christopher has some serious mental issues beyond simply being a drug addict. His symptoms are most consistent with Borderline Personality Disorder given his perpetual anxiety of being betrayed, his emotional neediness towards others [[WellDoneSonGuy (particularly towards Tony whose approval he desperately seeks)]], and his proneness to depression which he self-medicates through drug abuse. He also exhibits some distinct [[{{Narcissist}} narcissistic qualities]] as evidenced by [[GlorySeeker his lust for widespread fame and recognition]], [[TheCasanova his rampant womanizing]], as well as his [[CrazyJealousGuy controlling and violently possessive behavior toward Adriana]].
* ApologizesALot: "I'm sorry T." is his catchphrase.
* TheApprentice
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Deadly deconstructed
* BadAss: If there is one thing Chris excels at, it's combat with him shown to be an excellent shot who took down an assailant with a clean headshot when already wounded.
* BookDumb: Initially DumbMuscle, he gradually matures.
* BrokenPedestal: Idolizes Tony, but their relation is full of [[RebuiltPedestal up]] and downs.
* ButtMonkey: The poor guy gets put through all kinds of shit.
* CharacterDevelopment: From ignorant and eager novice to family man, but with important detours.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: One of his main quirks.
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Influenced in-universe by the trope. His ambition in life is [[IJustWantToBeBadass to become a made man]]. Enjoys the life and suffers the drawbacks. Possibly the biggest deconstruction in the series.
* DeathByIrony: His large nose, often the butt of ridicule by the other guys, is ultimately the instrument of his demise, as Tony pinches it shut, causing Christopher to choke on his own blood.
* DisappearedDad: Dickie Moltisanti was apparently killed by a cop when Christopher was a child.
* TheDragon: For Tony
* TheDriver
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Even after reaching the rank of capo Paulie and the others treat him like a ButtMonkey and crack disrespectful jokes about his family. This sets up a fatal chain of events.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: More or less, they have a complex relation.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Tony hears that Chris killed Adriana's dog, Tony flips out and yells "I oughta suffocate you, you little prick!!!"
* FunctionalAddict: Tries to be this, but fails miserably.
* {{Hypocrite}}
--> "Human frailty. Makes me sick."
* InsaneTrollLogic: Often resorts to this. One example: Tony is concerned that a couple of Arabs they've hired to participate in a credit card scheme might have Al-Qaeda connections. Chris reassures him this couldn't be the case because "Mohammed and his girlfriend have a dog. A springer spaniel."
** Actually, this makes sense. [[http://islam.about.com/od/islamsays/a/Dogs-In-Islam.htm Dogs can be considered impure in Islam depending on which teachings you follow.]]
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Showed a particular talent for channeling his emotions into acting, but his hyper-masculine mafia conditioning led him to abandon this.
* {{Jerkass}}
* KickTheDog: A more literal though accidental example. Chris manages to kill Adriana's small dog when he sits on it while high on heroin.
** Has plenty of other instances, as well, including his physical abuse of Adriana and his murder of JT Dolan.
* LoanShark
* MarriedToTheJob: A tragic literal example, when he has to choose between his fiancée and his job, he chooses the job.
* MostWritersAreWriters
* NaiveNewcomer
* {{Nepotism}}: Played with, being the nephew-cousin of the big man gives him leeway but also exposes him to the fury of his mentor.
* NumberTwo: He's groomed as the heir apparent by Tony.
* OffTheWagon
* PlotMagnet: So much of the plot revolves around Chris that a new viewer might almost believe the show is about him. [[spoiler: His best friend is shot in the eye. He is shot in the spleen. He's one of only two people show being made during the series. His heroin addiction. His girlfriend flips and is murdered. He's even eventually murdered at the hand of Tony himself.]] Also, throughout the entire series there is an overlying plot involving him wanting to get into showbiz. This even takes up a good chunk of season 6 when he produces ''Cleaver''.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: interweaved with RedemptionRejection and ReformedButRejected in a literal way: He dettaches himself from the dens in order to avoid temptations, but in turn this hinders him professionally and makes the others resent and treat him with contempt, which makes him so miserable he returns to the old escapist drug habits he managed to avoid in the first place.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Paulie accuses him of exploiting this too much.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: His struggle with heroin - it gradually worsens after the trip to Italy, Chris's shooting, and the Pine Barrens incident, finally spiraling out of control just after he helps Tony dispose of Ralph. Chris goes to rehab and joins Narcotics Anonymous, then relapses after hearing a false rumor about Adriana blowing Tony. He seems to pull it together after this, until Adriana's death, at which point he suffers another relapse. He pulls it together again, only to have another relapse while visiting Hollywood. Then another one after he learns his new girlfriend Kelli is pregnant and Tony convinces him to toast to fatherhood. He recovers again with help from his sponsor Murmur, but then relapses after he hooks up with Julianna Skiff. The two of them go to another meeting and recover again. A few episodes later he has a heated feud with Paulie, and after they reconcile Chris decides to drink with Paulie, and goes overboard, relapsing again and shooting JT Dolan. Then he crashes a car while high and driving Tony, and Tony impulsively kills him. However, the use of this trope is [[TropesAreNotBad immensely tragic and poignant]], and with many recovering addicts, especially those leading a life of crime, this is sometimes TruthInTelevision.
* ShotgunWedding[=/=]LawOfInverseFertility: Adriana is sterile and can't give him a much wanted biological son. Kelli quickly gets pregnant, but ironically he doesn't really love her.
* TropaholicsAnonymous
* UglyGuyHotWife: With Adriana. Acknowledged in-universe
* UndyingLoyalty
-->My uncle Tony... the guy I'm going to hell for.
* VillainProtagonist
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Paulie Walnuts
* WellDoneSonGuy: Towards Tony, his ParentalSubstitute
* WrongGenreSavvy: Thinks he's living in a gangster movie. Which technically he is, but The Sopranos is largely a deconstruction of the tropes Chris lives by.
* YourCheatingHeart: Has affairs on the side, but are not given much importance, for the most part.


!!Anthony "Tony B" Blundetto
->'''Played by:''' Creator/SteveBuscemi

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Cousin of Tony Soprano who is released from jail in season 5.

* {{Badass}}: An accomplished hitman when he's in his element. He apparently arranged a car bombing before his imprisonment, and [[spoiler: in the second half of Season 5 he kills Joey Peeps and Billy Leotardo, and wounds [[TheDreaded Phil]] [[BigBad Leotardo]]. Tony S makes sure to blindside his cousin, and literally bring out the big guns in order to kill him in the finale.]]
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Mild example in his bullying of Christopher during his youth, in tandem with Tony.
* ButtMonkey: Sees himself as one though most of his misfortune is his own fault.
* ChekhovsGunman: Tony B's return [[spoiler: and murders of Joey Peeps and Billy Leotardo]] would end up being the snowball that caused the avalanche of the New York - New Jersey war.
* ChronicVillainy: A combination of HardWorkHardlyWorks, BetterLivingThroughEvil and sheer greed.
* ChekhovsSkill: His medical knowledge saves the life of Christopher during his feud with Tony.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Threatened with this by Phil Leotardo after killing his brother Billy. Ultimately Tony S finds some middle ground by graphically blowing Blundetto's face off with a shotgun.
* DeadpanSnarker
* EtTuBrute: The last thing that goes through his head, other than a shotgun shell, is the realization and glimpse of his dear cousin poised to kill him.
* GeniusBruiser: Has an informed IQ of 158 and his bruiser qualifications are well remembered by Carmine Jr.'s faction
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Indirectly. Tony feels guilty and wants to overcompensate his cousin because Tony B was arrested at the beginning of his promising criminal career, while Tony, Blundetto's partner, got away that night due to an unrelated panic attack caused by Livia which made him skip the crime scene. Blundetto doesn't seem to mind Tony's better luck.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Starts as ReformedButRejected, but it's eventually subverted.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Before prison, according to Janice.
* NiceGuy: At first. This persona gradually falls apart over the course of Season 5.
* OneSteveLimit: To avoid confussion with Soprano he's called Tony B, or Tony uncle Al
* OutdatedOutfit: His ''MiamiVice'' suit.
* {{Psychopomp}}: Credited as "Man", he appears in season 6 as a doorman guiding Tony through purgatory.
* RageBreakingPoint: He feels exploited by his Korean partner/[[MeanBoss boss]] and violently snaps against him when Blundetto gets exhausted of combining his normal workday hours with setting up shop.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Lampshaded when Bobby Jr. mentions that he's never heard of Tony B.
* {{Retirony}}: Subverted. After getting out of jail, he wants to leave the Mafia and set up a massage parlor. [[spoiler: Rather than dying, he realizes he just doesn't have the patience for an honest life and throws these plans down the drain, returning to the fold. Soon afterwards he gets caught up in a minor mob war with the Lupertazzi family and Tony S is forced to kill him.]]
* TheRunaway: His daughter Kelli ran away from home.
* SelfMadeMan: Subverted, tries to start a respectable business with his Korean boss, but it goes nowhere.
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: JustGotOutOfJail in season 5, but has trouble fitting in because of his past and his desire for a new life. He's looked down by the hardcore criminals and distrusted by civilians.
* TattooedCrook
* ThickerThanWater: Played straight for a while, but ultimately subverted.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Shortly after being released from prison, his reckless bid to revive his criminal career drags Tony Soprano's entire organization into a bloody civil war engulfing the whole of Carmine Lupertazzi's massive underworld empire.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Goes on the lam after his quarrel with the Leotardos.

!!John "Johnny Boy" Soprano
->'''Played by:''' Joseph Siravo


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Tony's father.

* AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale: Averted. Its shown as another example of how horrid a person Livia was.
* AbusiveParents: He basically made Tony what he is.
* BrokenPedestal: Increasingly becomes this as Tony learns some unpleasant facts about his father that substantially tarnish the esteem with which he once held him.
* ButtMonkey: It's mentioned that Livia basically made him one.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Perhaps the most tragic aversion ever.
* FamedInStory: A remembered gangster.
* HairTriggerTemper
* HenpeckedHusband: Tony is awed by this, a powerful mobster dominated by his wife.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Had a chance to go west and live a less criminal life, but Livia ruined it.
* {{Narcissist}}: Even more so than Tony. In addition to being very vain and impulsive, he consistently prioritized his ambitions and appetites over the well-being of his own family.
* PettheDog: Despite being a consummate {{Narcissist}} and neglectful father, he is occasionally seen displaying paternal affection towards Tony Soprano in flashbacks. This can be seen when he scolds Janice for mocking Tony and later expresses sincere (albeit unsettling) pride in his son for not fleeing in terror after watching a delinquent gambler get his finger sliced off. Additionally, according to Corrado " Junior" Soprano, he also went out of his way to provide for their mentally handicapped brother, "Eckley", up until the time of his death.
* PosthumousCharacter
* YourCheatingHeart: Had affairs on the side, like most mobsters.

!!Barbara Soprano Giglione

Sister of Tony and Janice.

* [[AloofOlderBrother Aloof Older Sister]]
* EmotionlessGirl
* HappilyMarried
* HufflepuffHouse: The most inconsequential member of the Soprano family. After season 2 she tends to only show up at funerals.
* OnlySaneMan
* TheOtherDarrin: The actress gets recast. Hardly noticeable given her sporadic appearances.
* WhiteSheep: The one Soprano with a life outside the mob.

!!Hugo "Hugh" and Mary De Angelis (née Pellegrino)

Carmela's parents.

* ButNotTooWhite: Inverted, when Meadow was born, Mary was dissapointed by the dark skin tone of her granddaughter.
* ButtMonkey: Hugh doesn't get much respect from his family and suffers a series of illnesses and injuries.
* CoolOldGuy: All things considered, Hugh is a laid back and casual chap.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Hugh's wife and daughter treat him like a lackey, only Tony shows the man some consideration.
* GoodIsNotNice: Mary is quite obnoxious, but her objection to Tony's presence at Hugh's birthday is ultimately a valid one, considering that Tony is a mobster. Carmela, however, warps it into some form of cultural persecution and gives her mom a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Reason You Suck Speech]]. Hugh, meanwhile, is both good and nice, but adores Tony and is unwilling to confront the evil nature of the man.
* HenpeckedHusband: Mary bosses her husband around and nags him a lot.
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Oh so very much subverted at Livia's funeral.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Mary is embarrassed by Tony, whom she regards as a rustic NouveauRiche.

!! Harpo "Hal"

The estranged son of Janice

* ButtMonkey: The poor guy can finally say which would be worse: Having Janice as a parent or being abandoned by her and left to live on the streets.
* TheGhost: Never seen. Only mentioned in dialogue.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Discussed/mocked. He's not named after Harpo Marx but after the song "Harpo's Blues."
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His surname is never mentioned.
* ParentalAbandonment: What Janice did to him.
* StreetUrchin: He's living on the streets, according to Janice.

!! Ercole "Eckley" Soprano

Brother of Corrado Jr. and Johnny Soprano, uncle of Anthony.

* AmbiguousDisorder: He is described only as "retarded" or "feeble-minded", since little was known about such things during his time.
* DumbMuscle: Junior says he was strong like a bull.
* TheGhost
* OneSteveLimit: Shares a name and nickname with the jailed boss of the Dimeo crime family, another off-screen character.
* PosthumousCharacter

!! Dickie Moltisanti

Christopher's late father, shot by a corrupt cop when he was little.

* AxCrazy
* BrokenPedestal: Christopher eventually reconciles the fact that his previously idolized father was little more than a violent junkie.
* FunctionalAddict
* TheGhost
* PosthumousCharacter
* ShroudedInMyth: Christopher's perception of his father is funneled entirely through Tony's rose-tinted recollection of the man.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Soprano Crime Family Members]]

!!Silvio Dante
->'''Played by:''' Steve Van Zandt

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[[caption-width-right:275:''"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"'']]

-->''"I genuinely don't think there's anything to gain by keeping him around."''

Tony's most trusted advisor and right-hand man.

* TheAce
* BlueOni: To Tony's red moments, but Silvio also shows his temper ocassionally.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: He can't bear them during a brief stint at the helm.
* TheConsigliere
* TheCreon: Has reached the top levels of his ambition, and is severely stressed out by the possibility he might have to take over for Tony.
* CulturalPosturing: His Italian heritage is SeriousBusiness for him, and collides with Tony for it.
* TheDragon: To Tony.
* EvenEvilHasStandards
* HiddenDepths: In season 6 he's shown to have a lot of anxiety about taking over the family from Tony if he ever needed to and mentions in season 1 that he once saw a therapist.
* HonestAdvisor
* ManOfWealthAndTaste
* PunchClockVillain
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's usually the most sensible mobster in the show.
* SelfMadeMan: He's the owner of the Bada Bing, strip club and [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub Jersey Mafia headquarters]], but all in all, a serious business.
* SharpDressedMan: The sharpest of the Jersey crew.
* VillainousFriendship: With Tony. They go back a long way.
* VillainProtagonist

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!!Paulie Gualtieri
->'''Played by:''' Tony Sirico

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[[caption-width-right:288: ''"All the shit we been through, you really think I'd kill ya?"'']]

-->''"I'm here to tell you one thing. You ever go whining to the big man again about shit between you and me, we'll have a problem, my friend."''

A long-time soldier of the Soprano crew and later caporegime in the [=DiMeo=] Crime Family.

* AxCrazy: Downplayed. However, Paulie is highly impulsive and homicidal. And, just check out some of his psychotic expressions.
* BadassGrandpa: While he's unmarried and never had children, he beats the crap out of some Colombian drug dealers who could be his grandchildren, among other examples.]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: There's no telling what really goes on inside Paulie's head.
* BreakoutCharacter: He is arguably the most famed character in the series.
* CloudCuckooLander
* CulturalPosturing: Laments that the "mulignan" have taken over traditional Italian things such as the capuccino, pizza, calzone, buffalo moozarella and olive oil.
* CommutingOnABus: He's incarcerated during season 4, as the actor needed some time for a back surgery.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DontExplainTheJoke[=/=]OverlyLongGag: Repeating or explaining his jokes is one of his quirks, funnier on its own.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
* FauxAffablyEvil
* {{Greed}}: A ridiculously rapacious and cheap bastard. Comically absurd like many of his shenanigans.
* HairTriggerTemper
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: After learning that his actual mother was knocked up by an unidentified sailor, Paulie realizes that in all likelihood he is not full Italian. It doesn't sit well.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Zig-Zagged. In the first half of the series, this trope is played straight with regards to his character due to the fact that most of his victims are either [[AssholeVictim criminals like himself or otherwise incredibly obnoxious and cruel]]. However, while his odd quirks continue to be a source of humor, this trope is gradually subverted as his crimes become increasingly heinous in later episodes.
* IAmNotYourFather: Nucci.
* InSeriesNickname: "Walnuts"
* {{Jerkass}}: He's petty, vindictive, self-centered, and superstitious.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold[=/=]PetTheDog: His relation with his mother. Deconstructed in that it leads to more crime in order to provide for her. A straightforward example in ''From Where To Eternity'', which shows him comforting his goomah's children after they are awakened by his night terror.
* KarmaHoudini: He has committed many murders, but he never really gets any kind of comeuppance.
* LaughablyEvil: Of course.
* {{Malaproper}}: The prince of mangled words.
* MarriedToTheJob: Literally, he doesn't have a life.
* TheMentor: For Christopher.
* TheMole: Feeds Johnny Sack with information for a while. Tony gets suspicious and contemplates killing him for it, but Paulie is wise enough to deny it.
* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: Deconstructed, this guy is such a cheapskate that any activity organized by him may go dangerously awry.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: A servile brown-noser who shows his real "allegiance" the minute Tony gets indisposed.
-->I live but to serve you, my liege.
* PsychopathicManchild: He's a [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas mama's boy]]; and he has not one iota of concern for human life.
* RaisedCatholic: A criminal with a peculiar view on the afterlife and the purgatory.
-->You add up all your mortal sins and multiply that number by 50. Then you add up all your venial sins and multiply that by 25. You add that together and that's your sentence. I figure I'm gonna have to do 6,000 years before I get accepted into heaven and 6,000 years is nothin' in eternity terms. I can do that standing on my head. It's like a couple of days here.
* SkunkStripe: One of his signature traits.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Tries hard to emulate Tony's WickedCultured nature, but fails, hard.
* ThatCameOutWrong: In the sixth season, he calls "Beansie" Gaeta, who is in a wheelchair, a "stand-up guy" before hastily apologizing.
* TheSociopath: PlayedForLaughs in the first half of the series but then played straight in later seasons.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The job of a top enforcer is examined through Paulie, first in tandem with Pussy and later with Christopher.
* {{Turncoat}}: Tries to defect to New York, but his scheme ends in EpicFail when he discovers that Carmine Sr. doesn't even know him. Paulie was just cajoled and exploited by Johnny Sack.
* VerbalTic: His "Heh-Heh" laugh.
* VillainousFriendship: A flimsy one with Tony, Paulie was more like a {{mentor}} back in the day, and a friend of Tony's father.
* VillainProtagonist
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Christopher.

!!Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero
->'''Played by:''' Vincent Pastore

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Tony's best friend and member of the Soprano crew.

* AffablyEvil: Despite being a hardened criminal, he's a benevolent mentor to the hotheaded Christopher Moltisanti whose easygoing personality belies his unwaveringly loyal to Tony Soprano. [[spoiler: This is largely subverted in Season 2 when his likable persona is revealed as a facade masking his bitterness towards Tony and his crew for whom he harbors few loyalties. Though loving father, he's a cold and [[DomesticAbuser at times even abusive husband]].]]
* AnyoneCanDie
* TheBrute
* BoxedCrook
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Tries to do this, asking that the shooters leave his face alone, but he visibly starts to panic in the moments before he is shot.
* FatBastard
* HeroicBSOD: At the end of "D Girl" at AJ's Communion party.
* HiddenDepths: Again, near the end of "D Girl".
* KickTheDog: When he can't take the pressure anymore, his wife gets the brunt of it.
** And then there's that time he crushes an Elvis impersonator's skull with a hammer. Don't ask.
* {{Mentor}}: To Chris and in a lesser way to his godson AJ.
* ManipulativeBastard: The primary reason why he's been able to stay under his fellow mobsters' radar for years while working as an FBI informant.
* MistakenIdentity: For a while Tony thinks the authorities confused Pussy and Jimmy Altieri, since the two fat crooks look alike.
* TheMole
* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: A great Santa Claus during the christmas parties organized by the mob.
* PassedOverPromotion: Says so to Tony during one of [[DreamingTheTruth Sopranos's dreams.]]
* PetTheDog: He has a heart-to-heart with AJ at his communion party. Notably occurs at the end of "D Girl", the same episode as his aforementioned KickTheDog.
* SanitySlippage: Played for laughs. After being alienated from his friends and family, Pussy actually seems to think that he can join the FBI.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Paulie or Christopher in the first season.
* VillainousFriendship: With Tony and Christopher.

!!Bobby "Baccala" Baccalieri
->'''Played by:''' Steve Schirripa

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A rising member of the Soprano crew, who later on marries Janice Soprano.

* AscendedExtra
* AntiVillain: The most sympathetic and most innocent mobster in the series by a wide margin.
* AnyoneCanDie
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Honestly, Bobby was probably the nicest guy you could ever meet, and only did non-violent work for the most part. You constantly push his buttons though, and it's not pleasant, as Tony can attest.
* ButtMonkey:
** Early on, Bobby is the butt of many of Tony's jokes. Tony nearly falls over laughing at Bobby when he shows up in full hunting gear to help him rescue Christopher and Paulie.
** More so to Junior, who never stops disrespecting him and abusing him.
* TheCaretaker: For Junior.
* GentleGiant: With shades of ExtremeDoormat
* GoodParents: To his kids.
* HappilyMarried: With Karen. With Janice, not so much.
* ManChild: His toy trains.
* MookPromotion
* {{Nepotism}}: Being the brother-in-law of the boss is a great boost for his career.
* TokenGoodTeammate: At first. He gradually grows more ruthless as the series progresses.
* TookALevelInBadass: Went from being one of the biggest teddy bears in the family to marrying Tony's sister and skyrocketing up to #3 in the pecking order by the end.
* TookALevelInJerkass: As he committed his first murder and ascended to Tony's inner circle in the final nine episodes, he adopted a solidly Darwinist mentality, looking out only for himself and his boss.
* TraumaCongaLine: His father and his wife die within months, and then Janice takes an interest in him, leading to a verbally abusive relationship. Then a ride breaks down with Janice and his kids on it. Then he suffers a near-death experience in which some street kids shoot him in the face, temporarily blinding him in one eye. Then he gets into a drunken brawl with Tony and beats him, causing him to fear for his life. Tony deliberately intimidates Bobby after this, then arranges for Bobby to make his first kill, which is a messy and brutal one.
* VillainsOutShopping[=/=]RealMenWearPink: Has a toy train hobby whenever he's not doing things for the family.
* YourCheatingHeart: Notably averted, other than Johnny Sack, Bobby is the only mobster on the show to not take a mistress.

!!Giacome "Jackie" Aprile, Sr.

The boss of the [=DiMeo=] family at the start of the series.

* AffablyEvil: Despite being a ruthless mob boss, he is depicted as being very friendly and diplomatic in his dealings with others even while suffering from terminal cancer. Additionally, even after being confined to the hospital, Tony and the other capos within the [=DiMeo=] crime family speak fondly of his fair and charismatic leadership.
* TheDon: Boss of the Jersey crew at the start of the series
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Wanted to keep his son away from the criminal life. Tony tries to honor this desire.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: His demise leads to an early SuccessionCrisis and a MobWar.
* SiblingYinYang: Affable and easygoing, unlike Richie, his ruthless and sociopathic brother.
* VillainousFriendship: A very close friend of Tony.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies of cancer in the fourth episode.

!!Ralph Cifaretto
->'''Played by:''' Joe Pantoliano

-->''"Tomorrow I can be on time, but you'll be stupid forever."''

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[[caption-width-right:350: "Why was I born handsome instead of rich?"]]

The the Soprano crew's loose cannon, who returns from an extended stay in Florida in Season 3.

* AllThereInTheManual: Joe Pantoliano says that Ralph was sexually abused as a child. Some manner of childhood abuse was implied in "Mergers and Acquisitons", but never made explicit within the show.
* AnyoneCanDie: His status as a big earner makes him less expendable than most in-story. When his demise comes, the when and the why are completely out of the blue.
* AssholeVictim: Virtually every single person Ralphie knows mentions at one point or another that they'd kind of looking forward to the day he dies.
-->'''Albert Barese:''' This is bad, my friend. I mean, don't get me wrong. ''I wouldn't piss on this Ralph if he was on fire''. But to whack the guy over a horse? How fucked up is that? If it can happen to him, it can happen to any of us.
* AxCrazy: Possibly one of the biggest examples. He has extreme outbursts and it shows every time he kills (or attempts to kill) someone.
* BadLiar: His lies are so transparent that it's ambiguous if CryingWolf is in play.
* BaldOfEvil: Despite his ugly toupee.
* BigBad: Subverted. After the departure of Richie Aprile and Pussy Bonspenserio, a scheming, psychotic mobster played by a well-known character actor is introduced at the beginning of Season 3, and starts to butt heads with Tony. [[spoiler: Ralph and Tony bury the hatchet before the season finale, at which point it appears Ralph will be kicking around for a while. He continues acting as a series regular until about 2/3 of the way through Season 4, at which point all the resentment between the men comes bubbling up in an argument over a horse, and Tony beats him to death.]]
* UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}}: Heavily into bondage and masochism. His kinks include roleplaying as a whore being pimped out by his "mommy" while she holds a vibrator in his ass, having his penis and testicles abused, and [[NoodleIncident something involving a leather mask.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite his obnoxiusness, he's the biggest earner in the Soprano family.
* BrutalHonesty: Punctual. Tony gives him some credit for not being a YesMan.
* CombatPragmatist: Uses a can or Raid as a weapon during a fist fight.
* ComfortingTheWidow[=/=]RomancingTheWidow: Rosalie Aprile. He [[YourCheatingHeart cheats on her]] with Janice before long.
* DeadpanSnarker: His big mouth often gets him in trouble, so much that Johnny Sack tries to have him killed for insulting his wife.
** LiteralistSnarking: When Tony orders him [[PragmaticVillainy to put an end to his arsons]], he makes a call back to the line "no more fires" while his crew is beating the crap out of some guys, but in a less flashy way.
* DepravedBisexual: Suggested.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: In Season 3. From the moment he first appears, he creates turmoil among the Soprano Crime Family's ranks by encroaching on other gangsters' territory, engaging in random bursts of violence, and [[TheCorrupter spurring Jackie Aprile Jr. to further acts of delinquency]]. However, after making him a ''capo'' in "He Is Risen", Tony brings his recalcitrant behavior to heel and he is largely neutralized as a direct threat to the well-being of Tony's business and family.
* DrugsAreBad: He blames his coke addiction for his bad behavior.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The episode with Tracee becomes his entire defining element, both for the cast and the audience.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* FanBoy: Of ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''. EyeScream ensues for Georgie.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He is introduced in a scene in which Tony yells at him for unnecessarily setting trucks on fire. A later fire contributes to his death.
** During an argument with him on the phone Johnny Sac says "I should have let Tony cut your head off a year ago", guess what eventually happens.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Begins to show genuine remorse and something resembling human compassion...and then he is written out of the show 20 minutes later thanks to a never extinguished feud.
* HiddenDepths: Intellectually, Ralph dwarfs most of his criminal associates However, his obnoxious and unstable personality consistently work to frustrate his ascent within the underworld despite his wide range of talents.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Wanted to be an architect but the death of his mother truncated his dream as he had to [[PromotedToParent raise his numerous family]]. Additionally he regrets not being part of the big hit against Feech [=LaManna=], the breakthrough for Tony and his pals.
* {{Jerkass}}: In a show full of people with anti-social behavior he's one of the most triumphant example, which is saying something.
* ManipulativeBastard: As evidenced in his interactions with Jackie Aprile Jr. in Season 3. While Jackie has hardly any respect for him, Ralph nonetheless turns him into an unwitting pawn for his own agenda by insidiously playing on the young man's [[SmallNameBigEgo oversized ego and ambitions]].
* {{Mentor}}: For Jackie Jr.
* MommyIssues: Hinted at. Considering the show's adherence to FreudWasRight, it's hard to imagine a character like Ralph ''not'' having mommy issues.
* PassedOverPromotion: By Gigi, as Tony deems Ralph is too voluble for a captaincy.
* PosthumousCharacter: Appears in several dreams after his demise. Melfi interprets a Kafkaesque one as a confirmation of RedemptionEqualsDeath.
* PyroManiac: Arsonist, which falls in line with his freudian sexual oddities.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: To a certain degree. He starts to become a better person when his son is injured but is killed by Tony before it can really go anywhere.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He is based in Miami during the first two seasons.
* SmugSnake[=/=]SmugSmiler: Ralphie is usually too pleased with himself and [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/RalphCifaretto_8040.jpg smirking]] for some reason or another.
* TheSociopath
* StealingFromTheTill: Raises suspicions about him pocketing money from the esplanade project, as he seems to be living beyond his supposed means.
* TragicVillain
* UncertainDoom: In-universe, Tony uses his disappearance as an implicit MotivationalLie for his crew against Johnny Sack.
* WouldHitAGirl: He would beat her to death, [[KickTheDog in fact]].

!!Richie Aprile
->'''Played by:''' David Proval

->''"Threatenin'? I got a hard-on for you already. C'mon, gimme a reason...."''

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[[caption-width-right:300: ''"What's mine is not yours to give me."'']]

A [=DiMeo=] crime family member released from prison at the start of Season 2.

* AnyoneCanDie
* AxCrazy: By far, one of the most crazy mobsters in the show.
* {{Badass}}
* BaitAndSwitch: It looks like his growing conflict with Tony will come to a head by the end of Season 2. Instead, he is abruptly taken out of the picture when his wife, Tony's sister Janice, shoots him dead after a domestic argument.
* BigBad: Of Season 2. Upon being released from prison, Richie actively undermines Tony's authority as boss of the [=DiMeo=] crime family and ultimately moves to have him killed towards the end of the story arc. [[spoiler: However, he is killed by Janice in the season's penultimate episode before his plans come to fruition. Three seasons later, Tony notes that his experience with Richie has taught him to always nip this kind of thing in the bud, leading him to arrange Feech's return to prison.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
** LiteralistSnarking: He's ordered to back off a guy, he does "and then [[CarFu puts it on drive]]".
* DudeWheresMyRespect: After doing his jail time he's content with Tony's financial treatment but then Janice meddles in and informs Richie that the amount of money he is given was only fair several decades ago.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After his release from prison one of the first things Richie does is threaten Chris Moltisanti for hitting his girlfriend Adriana, who is Richie's niece. Richie specifically tells him to wait until they're married to put his hands on her. Richie eventually [[spoiler:punches his fiancee Janice in the mouth]], which causes her to [[spoiler:lose her temper and shoot him]], he probably should have listened to his own advice.
* {{Jerkass}}: Possibly the biggest example in the series. He is extremely rude and unpleasant to anyone who interacts with him.
* KubrickStare: He is notorious for subjecting others to these to the point that Tony dubs his eyes, " Manson Lamps."
* LackOfEmpathy
* LoanShark
* TheNapoleon: Despite being more or less average in height, he is nevertheless one of the shorter members of the Soprano Crime Family (particularly when compared to the hulking Tony Soprano). However, what he lacks in size, he makes up for in sheer aggressiveness and brutality.
-->'''Junior:''' He's got tremendous moxie for a guy his size.
* OldFlame: Resumes an old relation with Janice.
* PapaWolf: While meeting with Tony after being released from prison, he angrily dresses down Christopher for abusing his niece, Adriana. However, this is [[PragmaticVillainy largely revealed to be a calculated ploy to reaffirm his credentials as an "old-school" wiseguy in order to curry Tony's favor]] when he callously admits to having no concern for what Chris does to Adriana "after he puts a ring on her finger".
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* RememberTheNewGuy: One of the several convicts released from the can during the show.
* SiblingYinYang: Richie is covetous and bloodthirsty, while Jackie is benevolent and easygoing.
* TheSociopath: Again, possibly the biggest example in the entire series.
* TheStarscream
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!!Jackie Aprile Jr.

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[[caption-width-right:308:[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections "You know who my father was?"]]]]

Son of the late boss.

* AscendedExtra: Briefly seen before the Season 2 finale, he's later a major character in Season 3.
* AmbitionIsEvil: His efforts to make a name for himself are the driving source of conflict in the third season.
* BaitTheDog: Looks like he might be bonding with the young girl living in his safehouse, who wants to teach him chess, but he quickly gives up on this endeavor and goes outside, where he is immediately killed.
* BigBadWannabe: In Season 3. While he creates tension within the ranks of the [=DiMeo=] crime family throughout the story arc, he never musters the resources to directly threaten Tony's leadership and is unceremoniously whacked the moment he shows signs of doing so.
* BullyingADragon: Wanting to [[FollowTheLeader repeat Tony's breakthrough hit]], he robs a card game organized by the [=DiMeo=] family. It gets messy and deadly.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: A notable inversion during his romance with Meadow. At first Tony is relieved with a ''paisan'' and everybody else is delighted by the prospects of a Soprano-Aprile marriage.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Gets arguably the least dramatic death of any major character in the series.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Feels entitled to respect due to his heritage, but earns and receives none. His final human interaction is a little girl laughing at him.
-->'''Tony''': Those who want respect, give respect.
* IvyLeague: Rutgers, a university considered part of the "Public Ivy". He flunks out, but keeps pretending he is attending college.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
* ManChild: Of the [[SpoiledBrat spoiled rotten]] JerkAss variety.
* {{Narcissist}}: An [[TheCasanova "amorous"]] and [[http://www1.appstate.edu/~hillrw/Narcissism/stylesunprincipled.html "unprincipled"]] example. Aside from his uncle and father who were both arrogant and ruthless individuals, he shows [[LackofEmpathy hardly any respect or loyalty towards anyone other than himself]]. Ultimately, his [[JerkAss sheer obnoxiousness]] and [[SmallNameBigEgo bloated sense of entitlement]] reaches a point that Tony Soprano, his [[VillainousFriendship father's best friend and former right-hand man]], finally gets sick of him [[spoiler: and has him killed.]]
* PetTheDog: Affectively coaching A.J., who looks up to him.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: His father wanted him to have a honest life and Tony tries to keep him straight, but the [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster underworld is just too attractive]] to Jackie. Ralph gives him the final push encouraging Jackie to follow in his father's footsteps.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: As shown briefly during a flashback in the Christmas episode.
* WellDoneSonGuy: His father's death leaves an immense chip on his shoulder.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Meadow, gets caught red-handed and becomes an ex-boyfriend.


!!Furio Giunta
->'''Played by:''' Federico Castelluccio

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An enforcer from Italy who joins the [=DiMeo=] family in Season 2, brought in as part of a "men-for-cars" deal with the Neapolitan [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camorra Camorra]].[[note]]Fun fact: in Napoli, the Camorra ''are'' the waste-management business. Seriously; their handling of the city's municipal waste has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples_waste_management_issue caused serious environmental issues.]][[/note]]

* AffablyEvil: He's very polite and cultured in addition to being a violent thug.
* BewareTheQuietOnes
* TheBigGuy: The tallest and easily the fittest of Tony's crew.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter
* TheDriver
* TheDragon: For Tony
* HiddenDepths: His feelings for Carmela.
* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* PunchClockVillain: He can go from laid back to vicious as the job demands.
* PutOnABus: Or rather a plane, back to Italy, when his and Carmela's feelings for each other become too strong to ignore (and before Tony finds out)
* RealMenWearPink: His "Euro-trashy" wardrobe. Also, he's officially brought in for visa purposes as a "master cheese maker" for Artie, and seems to at least be competent at it.
* RuthlessForeignGangsters: Pure-blooded Italian, hired straight from Napoli, and presented as fiercer than the average enforcer.
* WickedCultured
* WouldHitAGirl: In Italy, there's really no gender discrimination. Suggested to be part of why Tony brought him back to the States.

!!Vito Spatafore
->'''Played by:''' Joseph R. Gannascoli

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A rising member from the Cifaretto crew. Closet gay.

* AmbitionIsEvil: An interesting TheStarscream variation; he begins to postulate himself slowly as big boss candidate, in a particularly greedy way during a delicate moment when Tony is indisposed.
* ArmoredClosetGay: Shows signs of this a couple times.
* AscendedExtra
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Tony regards him as this. His "quirk" is somehow forgivable because like Ralph before him, he's a big earner, unlike Gervasi:
-->'''Tony (to Gervasi): '''Maybe you should start sucking cock instead of watching TV Land 'cause Vito brought in three times what you do on construction! Yeah! And I didn't have this fuckin' problem!
* BuryYourGays
* CivilianVillain: Has a shot at a civilian life, but decides that crime pays better.
* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted, after going on the run once he's discovered to be gay the camera focuses on him and his gun many times but he never kills himself.
* FormerlyFat: He's imbued with new ambition and drive after a masive loss of weight.
* {{Gayngster}}: A straight deconstruction.
* InterruptedIntimacy: Finn witnesses his interest in men, and is called to "testify" later by the mobsters.
* LeatherMan: The visible reason why he's outed.
* MeetCute: Finds a handsome barman/fireman boyfriend in New England.
* MookPromotion
* SecretIdentity: Flees from Jersey and starts a new life in New England, at first [[ItsForABook posing as a writer]].
* YouLookFamiliar: Joe Gannascoli appears in season 1 as the random client of a bakery while Christopher waits in the line.

!!Eugene Pontecorvo
->'''Played by:''' Robert Funaro

An enforcer in the Cifaretto crew.

* AscendedExtra: Until he gets his own episode in series 6, his biggest scene is when he smashes a bottle on Little Paulie's face. Though for some reason Robert Funaro is often billed in the opening credits before series 6, despite having smaller roles than other characters (maybe he had a good agent)
* ADeathInTheLimelight
* DespairEventHorizon: His realization in "Member's Only" that he'll never be able to leave the mob and move with his family down to Florida.
* DrivenToSuicide
* TheMole
* MookPromotion: Shares his made man initiation with Christopher.
* OutOfFocus: Listed in the main cast of season 3 but mostly amounts to being a background character until the premiere of season 6 and then he dies.
* ResignationsNotAccepted

!!Feech [=LaManna=]
->'''Played by:''' RobertLoggia

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An old Mustache Pete released from prison in Season 5.

* AxCrazy: When he's in a bad mood, his HairTriggerTemper and violent nature are genuinely terrifying.
* BadassGrandpa: Can still deliver a nasty beat down.
* BaldOfEvil
* FauxAffablyEvil: While he comes across as charismatic and grandfatherly in his early appearances, it quickly becomes apparent that he's a violent sociopath who resents Tony's rapid ascent much like Richie Aprile before him.
* GrumpyOldMan
* HairTriggerTemper: And ''how''.
* {{Jerkass}}
* LackOfEmpathy: Yes, as usual in ruthless mobsters.
* LivingLegend: Famed mobster.
* TheMunchausen
* RememberTheNewGuy: One of the several convicts released from the can during the show, but he is one of the few [[TheGhost aversions]] because he's mentioned in season 3 as the man whose poker game was robbed by Tony and his pals.
* RuthlessForeignGangsters: Part of his backstory is that he was an original gangster who was made in Italy, before immigrating to New Jersey in the 1950s.
* TheSociopath
* TheStarscream: Tony perceives some hints about his unloyalty and gets rid of him before he can do any harm.
* TraitorShot: Gets several from Tony's point of view, in slow motion. He's the only minion who doesn't suck up to Tony's jokes.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Tony schemes his return to prison after four episodes.
* WhenIWasYourAge: Loves to go down memory lane time and again and struggles to acknowledge that Tony is not a kid anymore.

!!Carlo Gervasi
->'''Played by:''' Arthur J. Nascarella

A captain in the family as of Season 4.

* TheButcher: Invoked in the imagery when he kills Fat Dom Gamiello.
* ThePeterPrinciple: Presumably a good soldier, he gets to be a captain thanks to seniority, but his managerial skills suck:
-->'''Tony: '''Maybe you should start sucking cock instead of watching TV Land 'cause Vito brought in three times what you do on construction! Yeah! And I didn't have this fuckin' problem!
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite having relatively few lines in the entire series, it's implied that him [[spoiler: turning government witness]] may end being the thing that will eventually bury Tony. [[spoiler: If Tony's still alive, of course.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy[=/=]MetaGuy: Played with in "Chasing It"; he compares Tony's luck with an episode of ''Series/TheTwilightZone''. Tony, never a big fan of sci-fi, immediately chides him for it, but when Tony goes to las Las Vegas on a [[MushroomSamba weird trip]], Carlo's comparison gets vindicated.

!!Ray Curto

A long-running captain in the family.

* ADayInTheLimelight: An important scene of the Season 5 finale takes place at his birthday dinner, but Tony quickly arrives and steals the spotlight.
* DeadpanSnarker
* KilledMidSentence: Has an aneurysm while imparting some information to the FBI.
* TheMole: The longest lasting confirmed mole of the series.
* OutOfFocus: He seems to prefer it this way.

!!Gigi Cestone

->'''Played by:''' John Fiore

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An enforcer introduced in Season 2.

* AffablyEvil
* TheChainsOfCommanding: After he is made captain, the stress of containing Ralphie adds a new toll to his health.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Bites it halfway through Season 3 in a pretty undignified way.
-->'''Tony (in the series finale)''': Gigi died takin' a shit!
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Ralph constantly breaks his balls.
* MauveShirt
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After shooting Philly Parisi, Gigi must regularly interact with Philly's identical twin brother Patsy. This is another contributing factor to his mounting stress.
* UndignifiedDeath: Suffers a heart attack while constipated on the toilet of the Bada Bing, and surrounded by porn magazines, though Tony does his best to paint it in a more dignified light by comparing him to Elvis.

!!Benny Fazio
->'''Played by:''' Max Casella

A young enforcer and friend of Chris Moltisanti.

* TheAce
* TheDriver

!!Little Paulie Germani
->'''Played by:''' Carl Capotorto

Nephew of Paulie Gualtieri.
* ButtMonkey: Besides Georgie the bartender, he is one of the most abused characters on the show. He gets hit with a bottle on 2 separate occasions and eventually gets pushed out of a window.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Was actually pretty scary in a scene where he had to intimidate and beat up JT Dolan.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: In a subtle scene he cheats during a pool game against his uncle (who got distracted by a phone call) by putting a few balls in his pockets.
* SkunkStripe: Develops a little one, less prominent than his uncle's.

!!Peter "Bissell" [=LaRosa=]

A would-be soldier in Paulie's crew.

* TheApprentice: A rising hitman who makes his bones during the show and doubles as doorman.

!!Mikey Palmice

Junior's right hand man.

* ButtMonkey: For Tony, who dislikes and abuses Mikey with impunity.
* TheConsigliere: After Junior becomes boss, the FBI have him as this on their wall chart. Although he's half Junior's age and is more of a sychophant than a real advisor.
* TheDragon: Doubles as Junior's main enforcer.
* TheDriver: Initially for Junior.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Junior is getting fitted for a new suit, Mikey is with him. They have a discussion about how the young mobsters don't wear suits anymore instead opting for athletic clothes like tracksuits. Junior says "I swear these bums would get buried in sweat-suits if they could", [[spoiler: when Mikey is finally killed he's wearing jogging clothes.]]
* JoggersFindDeath: He's killed by Paulie and Chris in the middle of his outdoors routine.
* PsychoForHire: Clearly relishes his job as Junior's hitman and enforcer.
* SmugSnake

!!Jimmy Altieri
->'''Played by:''' Joe Badalucco

A captain in Season 1.

* BoxedCrook
* DueToTheDead: To drive the point home about snitching he's also punished post-mortem; a rat is stuffed into his mouth and Christopher calls in a bomb threat to his wake.
* TheMole: The first FBI informant discovered. Like all the subsequent moles in a strict sense he's an inversion, as the villain protagonist point of view reverses some concepts.

!!Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi
->'''Played by:''' Dan Grimaldi

An enforcer introduced in Season 2.

* AffablyEvil
* AlliterativeName
* AngstySurvivingTwin: He's devastated after his talkative [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins twin]] gets killed on Tony's order.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: When Vito is outed as a homosexual, Patsy is the only mobster to explicitly state he doesn't give a fuck. (As noted above, Tony gives a fuck, but it's a much smaller one than the fuck he gives about Vito being a big earner.)
* TheGenericGuy: The accountant of the organization. Appears in the background in many scenes but has very little characterization.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Intimidating Gloria Trillo.
* PassedOverPromotion: By Christopher when Paulie is sent to jail.
* TheResenter: Towards Tony over the death of his twin brother. He eventually buries the hatchet.

!!Robert "Baccala" Baccalieri, Sr.

An aging but brutal Di Meo hitman and father of Bobby Baccala.

* AffablyEvil
* BadassGrandpa
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: On the way home from a brutal murder of two goons, he succumbs to a coughing fit and crashes into a billboard, accompanied by "Sister Golden Hair" by America. One of the few deaths that averts SoundtrackDissonance - The panning shot of the aftermath of his crash to the song's guitar solo is quite cinematic.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Implied. Baccala Sr. is one of the most vicious and efficient killers in the syndicate, but his middle aged son has never killed anyone.
* GutturalGrowler
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: A pretty nasty one.
* TheLastDance: He is more than eager to carry out one final hit, despite - or possibly because of - his deteriorating health.
* LivingLegend: Not for long.

!!Walden Belfiore
->'''Played by:''' Frank John Hughes

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A Soprano hitman notable for committing the final murder of the series.

* TheAce
* AffablyEvil
* {{Badass}}
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/BandOfBrothers "Wild Bill" Guarnere]] is no stranger to killing
* RememberTheNewGuy
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Introduced midway through the second half of Season 6, is in the background of a few scenes, has maybe half a dozen lines, and carries out the spectacular final hit of The Sopranos.

!!Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese

One of the original five captains at the start of the series.

* AffablyEvil
* CommutingOnABus[=/=]DemotedToExtra: After he is sent to jail in the season 1 finale he only appears from time to time, but mantains his captaincy throughout the series.
* TheStoolPigeon: Discussed as the source behind the unburial of Tony's first murder, with the suggestion that he gave false information not to incriminate Tony and Paulie.

!!Albert "Ally Boy" Barese

Acting capo of the Barese crew

* VerbalTic: Tends to repeat whatever you just said.

!! Ercole "Eckley" [=DiMeo=]

Longtime head of the [=DiMeo=] crime family.

* ArtifactTitle: In-universe: the [=DiMeo=] Crime Family, of which the Soprano crew is a major part, still bears Ercole [=DiMeo=]'s name, even though he's been in prison for decades, and no one named "[=DiMeo=]" has any part in running the family.
* TheDon: Founder and hierarchical boss of the [=DiMeo=] family.
* TheGhost: Never seen, he's a "guest of the government" for life in Springfield, Missouri. After Junior becomes the official boss of the family, he's completely forgotten about and never even mentioned again.
* InSeriesNickName: The Old Man.
* {{Mentor}}: For the old Mustache Petes.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Lupertazzi Crime Family Members]]

!!Carmine Lupertazzi Sr.
->'''Played by:''' Tony Lip

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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"A don doesn't wear shorts."'']]

-->''"Our family's been doin' our Jersey business a long time with the Sopranos in a peaceful and profitable way, and I want to keep it like that."''

Longtime don of the Lupertazzi crime family.

* AffablyEvil: Despite being utterly ruthless in his business dealings, Carmine is nonetheless a doting father to his son, Little Carmine, and prefers to resolve tensions with the Sopranos through diplomacy rather than conflict.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Asks his middle-aged son Carmine Jr. if he's put his sun block on, in front of Johnny Sack.
* BiggerBad: In Seasons 1-3. After he and his empire are referred to merely as "New York" in the first two seasons, he finally appears in-person during Season 3. Despite being a longtime ally of the [=DiMeo=] crime family, Carmine's organization is almost universally viewed by Tony and his associates with wariness and suspicion (not least because the former regularly uses its vastly greater size and resources to coerce the New Jersey mobsters into "sharing" their profits on local business ventures). [[spoiler: After the relationship between the two families deteriorates in Season 4, the Lupertazzi crime family ultimately [[BigBad becomes the story's preeminent antagonist and remains so until the end of the series]].]]
* BigBadDuumvirate: With Johnny Sack in Season 4.
* TheDon: A classic one, disregards the [=DiMeo=] family as a glorified crew.
* PragmaticVillainy: According to Johnny Sack, he once refused to sanction a hit on a high-earning "made man" within his Family requested by another mobster whose honor had been violated. However, when the earning capacity of the aforementioned "made man" became diminished, Carmine had him murdered.
* SharpDressedMan: Scolds Tony for using casualwear.
* SuccessionCrisis: His death ultimately starts a civil war within the Lupertazzi Crime family due to widespread lack of confidence in his sole heir, "Little" Carmine.


!!"Little" Carmine Luppertazzi Jr.
->'''Played by:''' Ray Abruzzo

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[[caption-width-right:345: ''"A pint of blood is worth more than a gallon of gold."'']]

Carmine Lupertazzi's son and heir apparent.

* AffablyEvil: Arguably one of the nicest guys in the show.
* HappilyMarried: Prefers to enjoy the good life with his wife rather than wearing TheChainsOfCommanding.
* HeelFaceTurn: Heel less heel turn. At some point he decides he's had enough of the Mafia powerplay and retires to a civilian life, serving as a neutral mediator in mob conflicts
* HiddenDepths: Reveals a certain level of wisdom late in the series.
* {{Malaproper}}: The king of this, to the point where other characters refer to him as "Brainless the Second" and exchange confused looks during one of his malapropism-riddled speeches.
* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe, he's the producer of ''Cleaver'' and has some creative control. In league with Christopher, WagTheDirector is fully enforced.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he's considered to be a goofy buffoon by diehard mafiosi, he reveals himself to have inherited at least ''some'' of his father's talent for diplomacy and is capable of giving wise (albeit terribly worded) advice from an objective standpoint. Tony himself calls upon his talents to assist him in making peace with Phil Leotardo and his right-hand man, Butch DeConcini.
* TeamSwitzerland: Mediates between Tony and Phil, but he [[EpicFail bungles it completely]] when he pointlessly brings up the death of Billy Leotardo.
* TookALevelInKindness
* VillainousFriendship: With Lorraine Calluzo. He's very angered when Phil Leotardo kills her.
* TheWrongfulHeirToTheThrone: Despite being the legitimate heir of Carmine Sr., a sizable faction of the Lupertazzi Family led by Johnny Sack contests his succession not least because he is glaringly lacking in his father's cunning and ruthless decisiveness.

!!John "Johnny Sack" Sacramoni
->'''Played by:''' Vincent Curatola

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[[caption-width-right:290:''" What's this, the fucking U.N. now?!"'' ]]

-->''" Don't talk crazy!!....You want to commit suicide? Pills are a lot easier!"''

Underboss of the Lupertazzi crime family, and old friend of Tony Soprano.

* [[spoiler: AlasPoorVillain: He's given a rare empathic death, dying after a long illness and surrounded by his anguished family, underscoring that a broken mobster is still a human being. In-universe even the gangsters who felt deeply betrayed by him are saddened by his passing and honor his memory]]
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He's a New York underboss eager to be Number One, but once he gets there everything starts to go awry.
* BiggerBad: For Seasons 1-3 as the [[MouthofSauron foremost representative of the massive Lupertazzi Crime Family]].
* BigBad: In Season 5 along [[BigBadEnsemble with Tony Blundetto]]. Upon learning that Tony Soprano's cousin has joined forces against him with Little Carmine, he and his brutal [[TheDragon right-hand man]], Phil Leotardo, effectively [[DisproportionateRetribution declare war on the entire Soprano Crime Family]].
* BigBadDuumvirate: With Carmine Lupertazzi in Season 4.
* BigGirl: His beloved wife.
* ButtMonkey: His whole arc in season 6, when he falls from grace and suffers from a declining health.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Soon learns that Tony's warnings about it were true.
* TheConsigliere: To Carmine Sr.
* CoolCar: As he gets closer to becoming Boss in Season 5, he splashes out on a new Maserati (which later ends up being sold to Christopher Moltisanti after he goes to prison)
* DeadpanSnarker
* [[spoiler:ADeathInTheLimelight]]: Stage 5.
* DragonAscendant: A brief stint as TheDon.
* DrunkWithPower: He becomes less pragmatic and more ruthless after Carmine Sr. dies. Discussed by the Jersey crew.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Despite being genuinely devoted to his wife and children, he acts friendly and charming towards others only to the extent that doing so advances his own interests.
* HappilyMarried: Except for a minor incident, one of the best/rare examples.
* HiddenDepths: A genuinely loving husband and father as well a mob boss.
* HonorBeforeReason: Usually inverted, as he's a very pragmatic businessman, but when he uses the honor angle during the conflict with Ralph over the weight of his wife, Carmine disagrees and Johnny almost pays with his life for it.
* OddFriendship: In Stage 5 he befriends fellow inmate and custodian Warren Feldman, a former oncologist and convicted spree murderer.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:Pleads guilty and reveals [[TheMasquerade the existence of the Mafia]] to lower his sentence, but dies no long after he shames himself in the eyes of the other mobsters by breaking the Omertà.]]
* TheStarscream: Puts a hit on Carmine Sr. during the [[RealEstateScam Frelinghuysen Avenue]] crisis. Inverted earlier when Carmine Sr. wants to get rid of Johnny due to his ruinous feud with Ralph. Both events are outsourced to Tony but settled down and defused before it's too late.
* VillainDecay: His donship is abruptly thwarted when he's incarcerated and reduced to a life of subsistence.
* VillainousFriendship: Interstate friendship With Tony.
** His friendship with Warren Feldman may also count, considering Feldman's backstory.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: His relation with Tony during Johnny's rising.

!!Phil Leotardo
->'''Played by:''' Frank Vincent

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[[caption-width-right:294:''"No more, Butchie... No more of this."'']]

-->''"You want compromise, how's this? Twenty years in the can I wanted manicott', but I compromised. I ate grilled cheese off the radiator instead. I wanted to fuck a woman, but I compromised. I jacked off into a tissue. You see where I'm goin'?"''


A hot-headed capo in the Lupertazzi family, released from prison in Season 5.

* AesopAmnesia: Shortly after Tony makes an impassioned plea for peace to him following a near-death experience, Phil begins contemplating thoughts of retirement as well as adopting a more pacifist approach to life in general. However, his old ruthless, bloodthirsty personality resurfaces after his protége, Gerry Torcio, is murdered by "Doc" Santoro and he blames this turn of events on his own "weakness."
* AxCrazy: He is arguably one of the most brutal characters of the entire series. Not to mention that every time he kills, tortures, or intimidates anyone, he has a huge SlasherSmile.
* BadassGrandpa: A dreaded hitman well into his sixties.
* BigBad: During the final season. With all the resources of the Lupertazzi Crime Family at his disposal combined with a vicious streak comparable to that of Richie Aprile, he is by far the most dangerous adversary Tony encounters throughout the entire series.
* BrutalHonesty: Combined with DeadpanSnarker for additional injuries.
* ConflictKiller: Tony had more than a few disagreements with Johnny Sack, but that was nothing compared to when Phil took over.
* [[spoiler: CruelAndUnusualDeath: A mix, while AssholeVictim is in play, he's executed in front of his wife and his baby grandchildren, and [[YourHeadASplode then run over by his car]], [[GoryDiscretionShot offscreen]]. It's [[NoEnding left unsaid]] if Tony gets a retribution for this gory method/outcome, as a death in front or your family is [[EvenEvilHasStandards a big no-no by many members of The Mafia]]]].
* [[spoiler: DecapitatedArmy: His final strategy in season 6]].
* TheDon: Acting Boss after Johnny Sack is arrested, official Boss after Johnny [[spoiler:pleads guilty and subsequently dies of cancer]]
* DragonAscendant
* TheDreaded: Has a reputation in New York and Jersey alike for his ferocity, and [[HeroKiller even the bosses fear him.]]
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Eventually rationalizes that he has been 20 years in jail to protect a bunch of people that he despises. Phil thinks that he should be the one commanding respect and not giving it to others who deserve or earn none, like Doc Santoro.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He views Tony as TheStarscream towards his uncle Corrado, is disgusted by the unceremonious initiation rituals of the Jersey crew and its overall laxitude.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He is genuinely grief-stricken and enraged when Tony Blundetto kills his brother, Billy. Similarly, he is later revealed to have a close relationship with his henchman and protégé, Gerry Torciano, as evidenced when he has "Doc" Santoro assassinated in order to avenge the former's death.
* EvilCounterpart: To Tony Soprano on a scale of BlackandGreyMorality. In addition to being hot-headed yet decisive as leaders, both characters actively cultivate alpha-male personas for which they are widely respected and/or feared by their associates. Moreover, both view the current generation of wiseguys with disgust while looking back nostalgically on a bygone era when members of La Cosa Nostra strictly observed principles of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omerta ''Omertà']]' and held those within their ranks to high standards of masculinity.
* FaceHeelTurn: From his point of view, as "the Leotardo family has been taking shit from everybody the minute they got off the boat from Italy."
* FatalFlaw: Despite being one of the most ruthless characters in the series, he considers himself too agreeable in nature and willing to compromise for his own good. [[spoiler: In reality, it is his obsession with preserving his alpha male persona at all costs that proves to be his downfall.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Sometimes keeps an old-school demeanor and civility above his icy mercilessness.
* FinalBoss: He is the ultimate enemy of the series.
* [[spoiler: GoryDiscretionShot]]: [[spoiler: Just as the back wheel of a van starts to roll onto Phil's head, we cut to a shot of his grandchildren in the backseat of the vehicle, accompanied by the SickeningCrunch of his skull.]]
* IgnoredEpiphany: While Phil is recovering in the hospital, Tony comes to visit him and pleads for them to bury the hatchet so they can be around to see their grandchildren. He seems to get through to him, as Phil is moved to tears, but a few episodes later, Phil thinks about the indignities the Leotardos have suffered and decides he can't let them go.
* InSeriesNickname: "The Shah of Iran". He resents it.
* ItsPersonal: Partially, in the end the death of his brother is just one of many reasons for him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Probably the most unpleasant and unapologetic guy of the show, unlike other mobsters he's not restrained by friendship or loyalty ties and can back his bark with his bite without being put upon by anybody. It comes with the RuthlessForeignGangsters baggage.
* JerkassHasAPoint: For a while at least, as made men can't be killed by rival families with impunity.
* KickTheDog: "Comforts" [[spoiler: Vito's widow (after murdering him)]] by telling her that it's for the best that her kids don't "have that kind of role model around."
* LackOfEmpathy
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Views homosexuality as an infamous disgrace and orders Vito Spatafore killed for being gay.
* PragmaticVillainy: For a while, he's talked out of [[RevengeBeforeReason his vendetta]] because it's bad for business. Eventually he argues for the oppossite and evaluates there are too many middle-men.
* RedemptionRejection: TookALevelInKindness after his close encounter with death, but his ruthless ways make a comeback.
* RememberTheNewGuy: One of the several convicts released from the can during the show.
* RuthlessForeignGangsters: New York boss whose conflict with Jersey steers the events towards TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil from the point of view of the FBI.
* [[spoiler: SickeningCrunch]]
* SilverFox: Frank Vincent's iconic, good looking hair.
* TheSociopath
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: [[KlingonPromotion Kills the head of his family to become Don]], and in turn he's betrayed by Butch after his consigliere estimates that the war is pointless and no longer good for the business]].
* [[spoiler: UndignifiedDeath]]: [[spoiler: His wife's minivan rolls over his skull post-mortem, with their infant grandchildren inside, at a gas station with a number of onlookers. The legendary Lupertazzi hitman will most likely be remembered by candid cellphone pictures of his squashed head on the internet.]]
* UnfortunateNames: Openly complains that his legal family name used to be "Leonardo," like the painter. But an Ellis Island bureaucrat goofed it up, and now he's saddled with a name for a ballet outfit.
* WhamLine:
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLrlIpoQfQg "No more of this Butchie... No more"]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-YlD9UrpA4 "There is no scraps in my scrapbook, make it happen"]].


!! Butch "Butchie" [=DeConcini=]
->'''Played by:''' Greg Antonacci

Phil's right hand man after Gerry Torciano gets retired.

* TheConsigliere: Phil's. Surprisingly he's more confrontational and bloodthirsty than his boss. [[spoiler: At first]]
* [[spoiler: DragonWithAnAgenda]]
* [[spoiler: MistreatmentInducedBetrayal]]: It's implied that Phil's unhappines about his lack of zeal in the war with Jersey is gonna cost him dearly.
* [[spoiler: TheStarscream]]: [[spoiler: Implicitly approves the removal of Phil]] after the war with Jersey starts to drag on pointless.
-->You do what you have to do
* [[spoiler: RedHerring]]: [[spoiler: The S6 mid-season finale heavily implies that Butchie will become the largest threat now that Phil seems to be relatively benign. This situation reverses itself two episodes later.]]


!! Rusty Millio
->'''Played by:''' [[Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons Frankie Valli]]

A captain in the Lupertazzi family who guides Carmine Jr. during his war with Johnny Sack.

* CelebrityParadox: Frankie Valli is an acquaintance of Tony's and has to be contacted by Silvio after a casino manager wants a favour returned.
* TheEvilGenius
* TheManBehindTheMan: Behind Carmine Jr. Rusty largely pulled his strings during the Lupertazzi civil war.

!! Angelo Garepe

Former consigliere for Carmine Lupertazzi. Released from prison at the beginning of Season 5 as one of the "Class of '04", and seeks to retire.

* AffablyEvil: Hardly even counts as "evil" anymore, even as he's drawn back into the Lupertazzi syndicate he remains fairly benign, outside of conspiring to have Joey Peeps murdered.
* AntiVillain
* TheConsigliere: To Carmine Lupertazzi, and later to his son, though Little Carmine generally favors Rusty Millio's advice over Angelo's.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: His son Charlie is legit.
* TheMentor: To Tony Blundetto in prison.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Angelo's murder leads Tony B to go off the reservation, kicking off the conflict between NY and Jersey.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Rusty Millio's Red, providing a much-needed voice of caution to Little Carmine's side of the civil war.
* {{Retirony}}: Subverted, in similar fashion to his old friend Tony Blundetto. Angelo is coerced back into the business by Tony Soprano and Rusty Millio, and gets involved in an escalating civil war in New York, which he is eventually a casualty of. Phil Leotardo references this in his final words before killing Angelo.
-->'''Phil''': You couldn't fuckin' retire!?
* TheSmartGuy

!! Robert "Billy" Leotardo

Younger brother of Phil Leotardo.

* CynicismCatalyst: While Billy was alive, Phil was a restrainable soldier, almost amiable by Phil's standards. After Billy dies, Phil never gets over it and is helplessly embittered, which eventually drives him to stop compromising and to break the status quo.
* TheGenericGuy: Billy was apparently written to have as little personality as humanly possible.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His death snowballs into the Jersey-New York war and many of the unprecedented events of the final season.

!! Joey "Peeps" Pepperelli

Protege of Johnny Sack.

* AffablyEvil
* DeathBySex: Killed by Tony B outside a brothel, also resulting in the collateral death of a prostitute he was taking home off the books.
* DisposableSexWorker: Though the murder of mob wives is strictly forbidden, and the murder of goomahs is frowned upon, when a prostitute is killed along with Joe, nobody makes a [[IncrediblyLamePun peep]].
-->'''Little Paulie: '''I heard the hooker he was with got it in the chest, must have been silicone everywhere.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His gravestone is accidentally engraved "Joey Peeps".
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!! James "Jimmy" Petrille

Johnny Sack's right hand man.

* TheConsigliere: Johnny's
* TheMole: An FBI informant who brings Johhny down.
* VillainousFriendship: With Johnny.


!! Faustino "Doc" Santoro
->'''Played by:''' Daniel Conte


The much-reviled successor to Phil Leotardo as head of the Lupertazzi family.

* DudeWheresMyRespect
* MoeGreeneSpecial
* RememberTheNewGuy: Introduced in the second half of Season 6, at which point he is apparently next in line to lead the Lupertazzi crime family.
* SmugSnake
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!! Gerry Torciano
->'''Played by:''' John Bianco

Phil's second and would-be successor.

* AffablyEvil: Seems to keep Phil's unending rage in check, to a degree. Phil really starts to go downhill after Gerry is killed.
* TheDragon
** DragonAscendant is averted, thanks to Doc Santoro.
* InSeriesNickname: "The Hairdo."
* KickTheDog: Participates in the unnecessarily brutal hate crime murder of Vito Spatafore.

!! Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello

A heavy subordinate of Phil Leotardo.

* BloodyHilarious: His death is really something to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSoeSscFZX0 behold]].
* TheBrute
* BullyingADragon: See tempting fate below.
* FatBastard
* {{Jerkass}}
* TemptingFate: Making gay jokes about [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Carlo]] [[AxCrazy Gervasi]] in the Soprano HQ, when only Carlo and Silvio are present? Bad move, Dom.
* TooDumbToLive
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!!Coco

A subordinate of Phil and restaurant owner.

* CurbStompBattle: Literally.
* DirtyOldMan
* IncestSubtext: Brings this into play between Tony and Meadow while hitting on her. This is implied to be a huge part of what unsettled Meadow about their encounter - if he had left this out then he might have even gotten away with it.
* TemptingFate: Seriously, how could he think it was a good idea to hit on Tony Soprano's daughter?
* SmallRoleBigImpact: His curb stomping is essentially the straw that broke the camel's back, with regards to the brewing Soprano/Lupertazzi conflict.
* TooDumbToLive: It's amazing that he even DID live.

[[/folder]]


[[folder:Other Criminals and Antagonists]]

!!Slava Malevsky

A Russian mobster and business partner of Tony.

* AffablyEvil
* TheDon: Of the Russian mob
* TheMafiya
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Valery's Red.
* SwissBankAccount: Tony's money launderer and banker.

!!Valery

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-->''"Cocksuckers, I'll kill you both!"''

A memorable one-episode-wonder Russian mook who proves to be too much for Christopher and Paulie in "Pine Barrens".

* TheAlcoholic: He routinely abuses drugs and [[VodkaDrunkenski alcohol]].
* {{Badass}}: An elite veteran of the Chechen War. Paulie and Chris get their asses handed to them.
-->'''Paulie:''' He killed 16 Czechoslovakians. Guy was an interior decorator!"
* TheDragon: Slava's.
* DrowningMySorrows: The implied reason for his rampant alcoholism and drug abuse according to Slava.
* HuskyRusskie
* MadeOfIron: He's not the type who gets affected by trivial things like a throat crushed or [[BoomHeadshot headshots]].
* TheMafiya
* MeaningfulName: Valery means "healthy" or "strong" in Russian.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: And how! He feels at home in a frozen forest.
-->You think the cold bothers me? This is warm, I wash my balls with ice water!
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: He only had to pay Silvio's money, but Paulie escalates the conflict to a point of no return.
* RasputinianDeath: Maybe, WhatHappenedToTheMouse ... NeverFoundTheBody.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Slava's Blue.
* VillainousFriendship: Slava's best comrade, the two are like brothers.
* WorthyAdversary

!!Peter "Beansie" Gaeta

A former associate of Richie Aprile involved in his drug operations.

* ButtMonkey: Richie beats him and finally leaves him paraplegic.
* CarFu: Richie's method of choice consists in running over him with a car.
* PutOnABus: Moves to Miami. [[TheBusCameBack Reappears briefly]] again in seasons 4 and 6.

!! Matthew Bevilaqua

A young associate of Chris Moltisanti.

* AintTooProudToBeg
* BigBadWannabe
* ButtMonkey
* BringMyBrownPants
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sean Gismonte. The "heterosexual" part is debatable, according to Furio.
* HopeSpot: Deliberately used by Tony Soprano as a form of sadistic psychological torture before killing him.
* ItsPersonal: His shooting of Chris Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, pretty much sealed his horrible fate.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Sean Gismonte's Red.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Shot over 50 times by Tony and Big Pussy.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Sean Gismonte.
* UndignifiedDeath: Pisses himself and cries "Mommy" just before he is killed.

!! Sean Gismonte

Associate of Chris Moltisanti and best friend of Matt Bevilaqua.

* AmbiguouslyGay: If one of them is gay it's probably Sean.
* BoomHeadshot
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "D-Girl", Livia tells A.J. about a group of teenagers who crashed their car and burned alive because they couldn't escape their seatbelts. One episode later, after committing a drive-by shooting on Christopher, Sean's seatbelt gets stuck and Chris shoots him in the head as he struggles with it.
--> '''Sean:''' [[FamousLastWords Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt!]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Matthew Bevilaqua.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Matthew's Blue.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Matt.

!! Fabian "Febby" Petrulio

Former soldier in the [=DiMeo=] family who turned federal informant.

* MoodWhiplash: A quiet moment with a [[{{Bambification}} deer]] is followed by Tony appearing out of the blue and ferociously murdering him. Finally a band of birds/ducks crosses the sky.
* ProperlyParanoid: Carries a HandCannon and is GenreSavvy enough to recognize he's being stalked, but misses his chance to kill Tony.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: It catches up to him with a 10 years delay.
* TheStoolPigeon: Became an informant, leading to a lot of convictions of [=DiMeo=] crime family members.
* VillainsOutShopping: Found by Tony when the mobster and Meadow are touring Maine examining colleges. The character serves to show early on, in first person, the murderous, almost casual nature of what Tony does for a living and how good he is at lying to his family.
* WitnessProtection: Eventually kicked out of the program. He later [[SecretIdentity went by the name]] of Frederick 'Fred' Peters.

!! Vin Makazian
->'''Played by:'''John Heard

A corrupt cop on Tony's payroll.

* AbusiveParents: His father.
* ButtMonkey
* DirtyCop
* DrivenToSuicide
* DudeWheresMyRespect: A very valuable informant who is treated poorly and ungratefully by Tony.
* FreudianExcuse: Had a turbulent childhood. It's hinted that this was a major part of the motivation behind his suicide.
* PosthumousCharacter: Appears in "The Test Dream", occupying the role of Finn [=DeTrolio=]'s father.
* VillainousBreakdown

!! Barry Haydu

A veteran New Jersey policeman.

* AmbiguousSituation: There's no way to tell if [[ConsummateLiar Tony]] is saying the truth about his past or it's just part of his scheme to bond with Christopher, his intended successor. Hence, most of his tropes are "according to Tony".
* DirtyCop: In bed with the mob due to his gambling addiction, he carried out a series of contract killings to WorkOffTheDebt.
* TheGamblingAddict: Lead to TrappedByGamblingDebts.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Chris kills him and then plants a gun on the man to make the crime scene look like a suicide.
* OneShotCharacter: Appears in a single scene when Tony grooms Chris as his heir.
* {{Retirony}}: Killed by Christopher right after the guy comes home from his retirement party.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After his retirement, Tony sells him down the river as he is no longer useful to the mob.
* YouKilledMyFather: Dickie Moltisanti, according to Tony.

!! Corky Caporale
'''Played by:'''Edoardo Ballerini

A first-generation Italian heroin junkie, friend and associate of Christopher. His fluency in the Italian language means he is generally the bottom level go-between with [[RuthlessForeignGangsters friends from the other side]].

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Briefly mentions that he was born in Italy, and is shown to be wary of native Italian mobsters, for unspecified reasons.
* FunctionalAddict: Though something of a bottom-feeder.
* SpannerInTheWorks: In the penultimate episode, Corky acts as a go-between with the Italian assassins in the hit on Phil. [[spoiler: After the hitmen mistakenly murder Phil's goomah's father instead, they briefly mention to Corky that she referred to the target as "Daddy" in Ukrainian. Corky, in a porn store at the time, thinks nothing of this. His mistake results in Bobby's death and Silvio's coma.]]
* TheStoner

!! Lorraine Calluzzo

A rare female loan shark and associate of the Lupertazzi crime syndicate.

* AintTooProudToBeg: Begs for her life by offering to blow the Leotardo brothers. It turns out to be a mock execution, Phil makes fun of the situation and [[IWarnedYou warns her]] that "Next time there won't be a next time".
* ButtMonkey
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Her death visually mirrors [[spoiler: Adriana's]], later that season.
* KissingCousins: Little Carmine's second cousin and one-time lover. Johnny Sack expresses his disgust at their incest as one of many reasons to have Lorraine whacked.
* LoanShark: She is [[InSeriesNickname known]] as Lady [[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice Shylock]].
* MenAreTheExpendableGender: Averted.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: According to Johnny Sack, the body count was never high enough with Lorraine. Another of his justifications for having her killed.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Appears in a total of three episodes and maybe four or five scenes before her death, which has major repercussions throughout the season, and ultimately the series.
* UndignifiedDeath: Ambushed by Billy Leotardo and Joey Peeps while emerging from the shower, at which point Billy tears off her towel, slaps her with it as he chases her across the room, then shoots her dead while she crawls away, naked, on her hands and knees. With classic Sopranos SoundtrackDissonance to boot.
* VillainousFriendship: With Little Carmine.
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!! William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray

Two small-time criminals commissioned by Junior Soprano to kill Tony in the first season.

* BoomHeadshot: Petite Clayborn's death, in slow motion.
* CarFu: Their altercation with Tony is comprised mostly of this.
* GangBangers
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Rasheen accidentally shoots Petite in the head while aiming for Tony in a moving car.
* MuggingTheMonster: Attempted to kill Tony Soprano before he had a real reputation.
* ScaryBlackMan
* ThoseTwoBadGuys
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Rasheen Ray apparently survives the shootout, and is never heard from again.

!! Jasons Gervasi and Parisi

Best friends and sons of Carlo Gervasi and Patsy Parisi, both named Jason.

* BaitTheDog: Introduced as happier counterparts to A.J. Seeing their apparently functional lives, Tony pushes A.J. to befriend them. They genuinely bond with him and things seem to take a turn for the better, but then they start roping him into their violent activities.
* BoxedCrook: Jason Gervasi gets caught dealing drugs, a charge used to box his mafioso father.
* BlackSheep: Jason Parisi appears to be this. His brother Patrick is a successful attorney dating Meadow Soprano, while Jason is a budding criminal.
* EvilMentor: To A.J.
* HeterosexualLifePartners
* LikeFatherLikeSon: They are both exactly what Tony wants to avoid with his own son.
* OneSteveLimit
* PetTheDog: They genuinely seem to care about A.J.'s mental health.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: After knocking over a Somalian cyclist with a car door, Jason G calls him a nigger, then a terrorist. Notably Jason P does not partake in this racism, though he does not hesitate to join in on the beating they give the man.
* RedOniBlueOni: Gervasi is red, Parisi is blue. Definitely consistent with their respective fathers' personalities.

!! Ronald Zellman

New Jersey assemblyman in bed with the mob.

* CorruptPolitician: Tony's equal partner in a major RealEstateScam.
* FoeCooties: Played with, initially Tony appears unnafected by his dating of Irina and gives his blessing, but eventually Zellman gets viciously beaten up for having a relationship with the former comare of Tony.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: He's unable to perform in bed after Tony humiliates him in front of Irina.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity

!! Annalisa Zucca
'''Played by:''' Sofia Milos

The exuberant and de facto boss of the Neapolitan Camorra.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: A shrewd businesswoman who has a quirky superstition; she burns her nail clippings to prevent some kind of curse.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Her father is the official boss of the Camorra, but he's senile.
-->'''Paulie: '''Ton, you give this guy a golf club, he'll probably try to fuck it.
* MsFanservice: Paired with a healthy dosis of MaleGaze.
* SexForServices: Immune to flirtation at first, she later tries to soften Tony up with sex during a negotiation, but he sees right through it and refuses.
-->'''Tony: ''' I do want... but I don't shit where I eat.

!!Italo and Salvatore

Two seasoned hitmen from Naples.

* EloquentInMyNativeTongue
* GeniusBruiser: For both their hits they use tactics to put their targets off their guard and get their hands away from their guns
* MistakenIdentity: They kill the father of Phil's mistress instead of Phil, because the two grey foxes look very alike.
* ProfessionalKillers: Hired to kill Rusty Millio and Phil Leotardo, with mixed results.

!!Matush

A Persian drug dealer who frequents Adriana's club, the Crazy Horse.

* TheAggressiveDrugDealer
* ChekhovsGunman: His efforts to sell drugs in the Crazy Horse are seemingly just a one-episode side plot to further Jackie Jr.'s story arc. However, he reappears two seasons later, now having solid roots for his operation in Crazy Horse, and ends up killing a guy in Adriana's office. This, in turn, leads to [[spoiler: Adriana's death when she tries to cover it up.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Sure he gets his ass kicked for dealing drugs at one point but in the larger picture he is extremely lucky. First he acts as the getaway driver for [[spoiler: Jackie Jr.]] when he and some friends rob Eugene's card game. When shots ring out Matush drives off leaving his buddies behind and everyone is [[spoiler: eventually killed but him]]. Then a few seasons later he [[spoiler: murders someone in the back of Adriana's club]], the FBI targets [[spoiler: her thanks to her connection to Christopher and she is eventually killed for being an informant]], meanwhile Matush literally gets away with murder and faces no repercussions from the FBI or Christopher.
* SmallRoleBigImpact
* TookALevelInBadass: In Season 3, he's a small-fry dealer who gets his ass kicked by mobsters for trying to deal outside their club, and later chickens out while acting as a getaway driver. In Season 5, he commits an extremely brutal murder without hesitation.
* TheWarOnTerror: While being interrogated, Adriana mentions that Matush has connections to a "young boy's school" in the Middle East. This visibly piques the interest of the FBI agents.

!! Warren Feldman
'''Played by:''' Creator/SydneyPollack.

A convict and former oncologist who befriends the ailing Johnny Sack late in the series.

* AffablyEvil: Having kicked his cocaine habit and spent some time in prison, he appears to be genuinely rehabilitated.
* AlmightyJanitor
* CoolOldGuy
* FunctionalAddict: Had a nasty cocaine habit back when he was a practicing oncologist.
* NeverLiveItDown: [[invoked]] Used to be well-regarded in the medical field until he murdered four people, including his wife, in a fit of cocaine-induced rage. For all his charm, that is obviously a permanent stain on his reputation, and the real doctors in the prison hospital are wary of his advice, as well-meaning as it may be.
* OddFriendship: With Johnny Sack.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: He murdered his wife, her lover, her aunt, and the mailman.
-->'''Warren:''' At that point, I had to fully commit.

!! Lou [=DiMaggio=] and the Atwell Avenue Boys

An old crew of brutal hitmen recommended to Tony for a whacking by Junior.

* AxCrazy
* BlindSeer: Invoked by Lou, who is blind, when he asks Chris if he's into drugs. Lou was actually just asking if the Soprano family was involved in drug running, something he is fundamentally opposed to.
* CloudCuckooLander: The youngest member of their crew is unnervingly friendly and enthusiastic. Upon meeting Christopher Moltisanti, he remarks that his name is also Chris. Seeing a picture of Johnny Sack at his birthday, he remarks that it's his birthday as well.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Beat one treacherous mobster and his wife to death with baseball bats, earning Lou's nickname "[=DiMaggio=]". They also decapitated a man with a hacksaw while he was still alive. The boys almost certainly intended to subject Johnny Sack to a similar fate.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: They hate drug dealers.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The stocky one hooked up to the oxygen tank, whose only line is "quiet as a mouse pissin' on cotton", is Richard Bright, best known as [[TheGodfather Al Neri]].
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant

!! Richard "Dick" Barone

Owner of Barone sanitation, a front business for the Soprano crew.

* DueToTheDead: His funeral congregates a high number of mafiosos, despite not being a made man or a relative.
* FamilyBusiness: Inherited by his son, who is not interested in playing ball with the mob until Paulie [[{{Kneecapping}} renews the arrangement]].
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: "Waste management consultant for Barone Sanitations" is Tony's official job.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Partly based on [[http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/25/nyregion/garbage-hauling-is-tied-to-mafia-in-suburbs.html Thomas Milo]], a garbage hauler cracked down by Giuliani in the 90s.
* SelfMadeMan: Garbage hauling is a legitimate and profitable business on its own.

!! "Black" Jack Massarone

Owner of Massarone Construction.

* TheCon: Victim of a semi-classic protection racket; goes to Tony for protection against a picket organized by Tony.
* DueToTheDead: A golf club cover is stuffed in his mouth when he is retired, in order to deliver a message about rats and snitching.
* TheMole

!!Neil Mink

Tony's attorney.

* AmoralAttorney: A traditional mob lawyer.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Clues Tony in when the already savvy boss needs additional criminal advice.

!!Harold "Mel" Melvoin

Junior's attorney.

* AmoralAttorney: A traditional and very expensive mob lawyer.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Knows "his" jurisprudence and invokes all kinds of loopholes in the benefit of Junior.
* SpeechImpediment: Suffers a stroke that affects his ability to speak. Gets fired afterwards by Junior.

!!Ahmed and Muhammad

Muslim associates of Christopher.

* ConflictKiller: Islamic terrorism becomes an important part of the equation in the [[EnemyMine complex relationship]] between the FBI/Tony/Phil.
* TheWarOnTerror: Christopher considers them not to be terrorists at first but some sudden behavior may indicate otherwise. Due to post-9/11 changes of policy, the FBI take a keen interest in them and an investigation ensues.

!!James "Murmur" Zancone

Friend, AA sponsor and criminal associate of Christopher Moltisanti.

* EvilGenius: An expert at forging documents
* RememberTheNewGuy: Introduced in Season 6, at which point he is best buds with Chris. On the other hand Tony resents the excessive familiarity about the new guy and shoos him away.
* TheSponsor: Christopher's
[[/folder]]


[[folder:FBI and Law Enforcement]]

!!Special Agent Dwight Harris
->'''Played by:''' Matt Servitto

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-->''"Damn! We're gonna win this thing!"''

A senior FBI agent assigned to Tony's investigation.

* EnemyMine: His final scene in the series is him celebrating [[spoiler: the death of Phil Leotardo]].
* [[FakeNationality Fake Ethniticy]]: An Italian-American playing an Irish-American. Notable in that Tony resents Italian-Americans who work for the FBI.
* FBIAgent
* FriendlyEnemy: Mild example with Tony.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Agent Harris isn't above enjoying a sandwich and a chat with Tony at Satriale's from time to time.
* GoodIsNotNice: Not a bad guy but mostly a fairly typical stern, humourless federal officer.
* HeroAntagonist
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* TheWarOnTerror: He is briefly reassigned to Asia when the priorities of the Bureau change.

!!Frank Cubitoso
->'''Played by:''' [-(Frank Pellegrino)-]

An FBI director in charge of investigations into the Soprano family.

* BigGood: Technically, what with being the the senior upholder of the law.
* TheDanza
* FBIAgent: FBI chief of New Jersey division.
* GoodIsNotNice: Although mostly a calm, soft-spoken man, he scares the relatively innocent (by the standards of this show) Adriana into becoming an informer with the threat of a very long prison sentence for drug dealing, so much that she vomits all over him. In her final episode he berates and threatens her for not giving juicy enough info.
* HeroAntagonist

!!Robyn Sanservino
->'''Played by:''' Karen Young

An FBI agent who notably serves as handler to Adriana La Cerva.

* ButtMonkey: She handles Federal witnesses Adriana La Cerva, Eugene Pontecorvo and Ray Curto. [[spoiler: Adriana is murdered, Eugene commits suicide, and Ray dies of an aneurysm ''in Robyn's car.'']]
* HeroAntagonist
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Though she is seen mocking Adriana's naivety with her fellow agents, she later warms to Adriana and seems to bond with her.
* WideEyedIdealist: Develops an emotional attachment to her witness, and later shows signs of denial at her death.

!! Deborah Ciccerone
->'''Played by:''' Lola Glaudini

A special FBI agent who goes undercover befriending Adriana.

* AbortedArc: Introduced in the Season 3 finale as an undercover agent who will befriend and gradually groom Adriana to be a Federal witness. Her courting process lasts all of two episodes before Christopher tries to fuck her, driving a rift between her and Adriana. At this point the FBI decides to just arrest their mark and intimidate her into compliance. Deborah is summarily replaced as handler by Robyn Sanservino.
* DyeingForYourArt: In-universe. The first thing that her FBI boss asks for is a change of hairstyle and color.
* FairCop: Part of why she was chosen to go undercover with the mob wives, despite her lack of experience. Also ends up ruining her cover.
--> '''Harris:''' You know what the problem was, right? She gave Moltisanti a hard-on.
-->'''Cubitoso:''' So, what do we do? Hire only schifosas?
* HeroAntagonist
* HeyItsThatGuy: She's married to [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment GOB]].
* LoveTriangle: After Moltisanti makes a pass on her, Adriana gets jealous of her and breaks off their relationship.
* TheMole: A cover agent who poses as a superficial gal and potential trophy girlfriend. Adriana doesn't learn she's FBI until much later.
* MsFanservice: She doesn't wear much around the house.
* VillainsOutShopping:
** Meets Adriana in a fashion boutique, invoking a CommonalityConnection.
** In a rare inversion, she is the only FBI agent with an on-screen personal life [[note]] Harris is shown having some sort of affair[[/note]]; she is married and has an infant son.

!!Agent Frank Grasso

* CategoryTraitor: Tony is disgusted by the mere ''concept'' of an Italian-American working for the FBI.
* ContrivedClumsiness: Tony thinks Grasso purposely breaks a bowl during a register of his house.
* HeroAntagonist
* ShoutOut: His name is an homage to Sonny Grosso, co-author of the book ''Film/TheFrenchConnection''.

!!Agent Skip Lipari

The handler of Pussy Bonpensiero.

* HeroAntagonist
* LimaSyndrome: A non-villanous example. His boss fears that he's become too friendly with Pussy, reality checks notwithstanding.


!!Leon Wilmore
->'''Played by:''' Charles S. Dutton

An incorruptible police officer who comes into conflict with Tony. Played by Charles S. Dutton.

* BeingGoodSucks: He refuses to accept a bribe from Tony Soprano and writes him a ticket. For this, he loses his overtime pay and is forced to work a degrading retail job at a garden store. Here he once again encounters Tony, who feels remorseful for Wilmore's situation and offers him several hundred dollars unconditionally, which Wilmore refuses yet again.
* ButtMonkey
* ByTheBookCop
* TheFettered
* GoodIsNotNice: An upright officer of the law, who has the personality of a rock and reportedly suffers from depression and mental illness.
* HeroAntagonist
* HonorBeforeReason: Refuses two bribes from Tony Soprano, the second of which was essentially charity.
* NotSoDifferent: Tony seems to empathize somewhat with Wilmore after learning that he too suffers from depression.
* PunishmentDetail
* TheStoic: Stands by his values and takes the resulting abuse in stride.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Passes.


[[/folder]]

[[folder:Civilian Characters]]

!!Dr. Jennifer Melfi
->'''Played by:'''Lorraine Bracco

[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DrMelfi2_2063.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"How are you, Anthony?"'']]

-->''Your mother, believe me, in your childhood she's inflicted serious psychic injuries on you that are still there''.

Italian-American psychiatrist and in some ways confidant of Mafia boss Tony Soprano.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: It becomes such a problem,[[spoiler: Jennifer ends up seeing her own head doctor to deal with her growing attraction to Tony. Finally, she admits to her problem and is able to strongly refuse Tony's advances by the end of the series.]]
* ConfessInConfidence: Partially, she's only given vague details for pragmatic and potentially legal reasons (partly this is overcautiousness, but partly--and Dr. Melfi references this--it's because she would have a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_to_warn#Clinical_psychology duty to warn]] and to notify the authorities if Tony revealed evidence of a future crime).
* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure: Gradually gets distraught by her therapy sessions with Tony, leading to weight gains, drinking and needing therapy herself.
* DayInTheLimelight: "Employee of the Month"
* DrowningMySorrows
* TheFettered: Has the chance to unleash Tony against her rapist, but decides not to.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Present and discussed.
* OutOfFocus: Starts off as a vital part of the series but gradually becomes less important in the scheme of things despite appearing in every season.
* ShesGotLegs
* TheShrink
* TheWatson

!!Hesh Rabkin
->'''Played by:'''Jerry Adler

An old Jewish business associate of the Soprano family, and good friend of Tony.

* ADayInTheLimelight: ''"Chasing It"''. [[spoiler: Though it's Hesh's final episode, ADeathInTheLimelight is thankfully averted.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* GreedyJew: Tony likes making fun of this trope.
* HiddenDepths: The only person who has anything nice to say at Livia's funeral.
* HypocriticalHumor: Takes the side of a Cuban associate who disparages ChristopherColumbus, saying that as a Jew he feels solidarity with oppressed groups; when the associate goes on to [[GodwinsLaw compare Columbus to Hitler,]] Hesh is tremendously offended and no longer takes his side.
* TheMentor: To Tony.
* NiceGuy
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Allegedly based on real-world mob-linked music industry figure Mo Levy.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!!Artie Bucco
->'''Played by:'''John Ventimiglia

Tony's childhood friend, who now owns a restaurant.

* ButtMonkey
* ChildhoodFriends: With Tony Soprano
* DivorceIsTemporary
* HenpeckedHusband
* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl: A brief infatuation with Adriana.
* MoralityPet: One of the few people who Tony seems to be genuinely concerned as to the well being of.
* NeverLendToAFriend: Goes to Ralph for money at first, but Tony seals the deal anyway.
* {{Protectorate}}: Tony's. Artie resents it.
* WorkOffTheDebt: Tab cleared off and free meals for Tony.
* SelfMadeMan: An honest restaurant owner. Tries to expand his activities with the Armagnac wine deal but it goes sour.
* SupremeChef

!!Charmaine Bucco

Artie's wife.

* TheBartender: Hostess at the Vesuvio.
* DivorceIsTemporary: Separates from Artie and asks for a divorce, but it doesn't take and they reconcile.
* {{Fanservice}}: Lowers her neckline and shows more cleavage to attract male clientele.
* TheGlassesGottaGo: Said by her husband, because the glasses work against the fanservice.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: Wanting to keep their relation cold, she tells Carmela that she and Tony had a short affair when they were young.
* OldFlame: [[ReallyGetsAround Tony]] would want to resume the affair he had with her.
* WomenAreWiser: Unlike Artie, she knows well that mobsters should be avoided or at least not befriended under any circumstance, but her livelihood depends on them anyway.


!!Marianucci Gualtieri

Paulie Walnuts' mother, later revealed to be adoptive.

* DueToTheDead: Dies off-screen on the same episode as [[spoiler: Christopher]], whose wake overshadows Nucci's. Paulie sees this as a final insult from beyond the grave by [[spoiler: Chris]].
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
* IAmNotYourFather: Paulie is actually the son of her sister, knocked up by an unknown sailor. Nucci took responsibility for the boy and raised him as her own. When Paulie finds out, he disowns Nucci and has a major identity crisis. Eventually they reconcile, though.
* MoralityPet: For Paulie, sort of.
* SatelliteCharacter: Basically serves as a foil to develop Paulie's character.
* ShrinkingViolet

!!Father Intintola

A priest who is close to Carmela.

* BigEater: Tony refers to him as "Monsignor Jughead" when he correctly guesses who ate all the ziti.
* DemotedToExtra: A major character in the first season, makes only punctual apparitions after it.
* HotForPreacher: Close, but doesn't get to happen.
* SexyPriest
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Carmela.

!! Robert Wegler
->'''Played by:''' DavidStrathairn

AJ's high school guidance counselor who begins an affair with Carmela.

* GentlemanAndAScholar: A suave and cultured man, a refreshing change for Carmela.
* HotTeacher
* IfOnlyYouKnew: Tony indirectly calls him a fag for being bland and enlightened, all while he's having sex with Tony's wife every other night. Carmela is quietly amused by it.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Serves to explore Carmela's new life as a single mother and as Tony's {{foil}}.
* SecretRelationship: Tony is kept in the dark, and with good [[CrazyJealousGuy reason]].
* SexForServices: Feels he has been manipulated by Carmela to bump up AJ's grades and college prospects.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Carmela's good man during her separation of Tony. It doesn't stick.
* WhatTheHellHero: One theacher calls him out on his suspicious sudden interest in helping an undeserving AJ., whom the teacher calls [[Film/TheGodfather Fredo Corleone]].

!!George "Georgie" Santorelli.

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A bartender at the Bada Bing

* TheBartender
* ButtMonkey: The poor guy is always receiving gratuitous beatings.
* DumbMuscle: Occasional bouncer and generic helper.
* EyeScream: Ralphie reenacts ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' on Georgie's head...
* FatalFlaw: ''Opening'' his mouth around sociopaths with a HairTriggerTemper, the guy tries to socialize or just drop a word and gets randomly kicked for it.
* FatIdiot: The man is dim-witted and has some level of retardation.
* NiceToTheWaiter: The designated [[KickTheDog target]] of the series, the painful bad guy variety.
* PunchClockVillain: Quite literally. He regularly sweeps the club for bugs but he's only a bartender surrounded by criminals.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Decides to quit after Tony leaves him partially deaf, but Silvio changes Georgie's mind.

!!Elliot Kupferberg
->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterBogdanovich
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The therapist of Dr.Melfi

* AdmiringTheAbomination: He's hardass about sociopathy but at the same time he is fascinated by Soprano and not only in a clinical way, he closely follows the Mafia power play too.
* FascinatingEyeBrow: So frequent it annoys Dr.Melfi.
* NerdGlasses
* RecognitionFailure: Has a brief but harsh encounter with Soprano in an underground parking. The doctor doesn't recognize Tony but uses the incident as an example during therapy, in-which Tony is the main subject.
* SecretKeeper: In a very unprofessional move, he reveals inside a common social circle that Melfi is treating Soprano.
* TheShrink: The shrink behind the shrink who discusses her CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure.
* TheWatson: Examines Soprano's impact on Melfi.

!!Blanca Selgado
->'''Played by:''' Dania Ramirez

A Puerto Rican woman who briefly dates AJ in Season 6.

* GoldDigger: Inverted. AJ attempts to support Blanca independent of his parents, while Blanca frequently spends time at their home and encounters the tremendous wealth that AJ unwittingly deprives her of. This is ultimately a big part of why she leaves him.
* [[BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama Latina Gal On White Guy Drama]]
* MoralityPet: She and her son Hector inspire a major improvement in A.J.'s attitude.

!!Svetlana Kirilenko

Cousin of Tony's mistress Irina, and caretaker to Livia.

* TheCaretaker: Livia's nurse.
* DisabledLoveInterest
* {{Foil}}: To Janice. Svetlana is a reliable, down to earth and zero-nonsense character. After a silly dispute their antagonism reaches a point where Tony has to meddle in a professional quality.
** Also serves as a foil to her cousin Irina, who has a great body but is a childish emotional trainwreck.
* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Having only one leg is not a handicap to her, and Tony admires her for it.
* TheMistress: Tony tries to add her to the list after a one-afternoon stand, but she politely rejects him. He takes it graciously [[NotGoodWithRejection for once]].
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: In tandem with "cushy America makes you weak", she discuss it as the reason behind her firm and stoic spirit.
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Defied, one of the reasons why Tony is attracted to her.

!!Bruce and Jeannie Cusamano

The next door neighbours of the Sopranos.

* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Bruce and his friends are fascinated by the Mafia mythology and are casually curious and funny towards Tony, who resents this kind attraction.
* DoctorsOrders: From time to time, as Bruce is the Sopranos' family physician and the one who referred Tony to Dr. Melfi.
* {{Housewife}}: Jeannie.

!!Tom Giglione

Husband of Barbara Soprano.

* TheGenericGuy
* HappilyMarried
* HufflepuffHouse
* NiceGuy
* OnlySaneMan: He and Barbara collectively play this role in the Soprano family.

!!Brian Cammarata

--> ''"Thanks Tony! You're a great guy!"''

Carmela's cousin and a financial advisor.

* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: He's clearly seduced by the flashy aspects of the criminal life and likes to casually hang around with the professional thugs.
* EvilGenius: Tony's fiscal advisor and the brains behind the HUD scam.
* MoralityPet: Initially Tony does Brian favors to earn praise from an upstanding civilian. As Brian gets drawn into Tony's criminal lifestyle this role deteriorates, and Tony loses interest in this friendship.
* VillainousFriendship: Downplayed in that Brian is not officially part of Tony's organization but still notable because the two have a rare rapport and Brian acts as consigliere in a major scheme.

!!Anthony Infante

Brother-in-law of John Sacramoni and his spokesperson.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One of his first scenes appears to be a VillainsOutShopping moment, but it turns out to be a professional meeting in his optical shop. He's a mild civilian who is over his head among hardened gangsters and is acting out of loyalty to his family.
* MouthOfSauron: Semi-obligatory. Serves as Johny Sack's meek spokesperson.
* SpySpeak: He's really bad at it. Played for laughs to show the inherent absurdity of the criminal world.


!!Noah Tannenbaum

Meadow's college boyfriend.

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Meadow's "un-Italian" boyfriend. Tony falls apart when he meets him.
* IvyLeague: Meets Meadow at Columbia
* TheMovieBuff: Praises Tony for his movie collection and tries to discuss the roots of Gangster cinema with him.
* TwoferTokenMinority: Black-Jewish, Tony despises him since he thinks Noah plays the race card by considering himself black. This gets him an InUniverseNickname.
-->'''Tony'''... Jamaal Ginsburg, the hasidic homeboy.

!!Finn Detrolio

Meadow's college boyfriend, and later fiance.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Fears that Vito is gonna whack him any moment to keep the ''{{gayngster}}ism'' a secret.
* InterruptedIntimacy: Witnesses Vito going down on a security guard, but keeps his mouth shut and only shares it with Meadow. He's called to testify on this much later by the Jersey crew.
* IvyLeague: Meets Meadow at Columbia.
* PutOnABus: Leaves the picture after a sudden breakup with Meadow, his longtime fiancee. The exact details are left ambiguous and only mentioned in passing or hinted, at best.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Defied, when the mobsters learn he may be the son-in-law of the big man, he's excluded from doing actual work at a construction site, but he dislikes this favoritism and keeps working honestly anyway.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Panicks and decides to leave town and flee from Vito, but Meadow talks him out of it.

!! Hunter Scangarelo
->'''Played by:''' [-(Michele [=DeCesare=])-]

Meadow's troubled friend from high school.

* BackForTheFinale
* ChildhoodFriends: Meadow's best friend at the start of the series.
* DemotedToExtra: After season 1.
* RealLifeRelative: Played by the daughter of David Chase (born David [=DeCesare=]).

!! David Scatino
->'''Played by:''' [-(RobertPatrick)-]

Old friend of Tony, who now runs a sporting goods store.

* ButtMonkey
* TheGamblingAddict: Leads to TrappedByGamblingDebts.
* NeverLendToAFriend
* {{Protectorate}}: His friend Tony shields him from Richie, an even more predatory mobster.
* PutOnABus: Leaves town for Nevada after his business with Tony drains all his money and alienates his family.

!! J.T. Dolan
->'''Played by:'''(Creator/TimDaly)

->''Chris, you are in the Mafia!''

A TV writer who meets Chris Moltisanti in Narcotics Anonymous.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Killed by an intoxicated Christopher after the mobster gives away too much information.
* TheGamblingAddict: Leads to TrappedByGamblingDebts.
* MostWritersAreWriters: An established TV-writer, he participates in the script of ''Cleaver''.
* TheSponsor: Christopher's.
* WorkOffTheDebt: Christophers offers to clear the debt if he accepts to write ''Cleaver''. Dolan gets the implication it's an AnOfferYouCantRefuse.

!!Minn Matrone

A grumpy old woman living in the same nursing home as Nucci Gualtieri.

* AlphaBitch: The nursing home director describes the place as "high school with wheelchairs".
* DiesWideOpen: Her glassy eyes in death are downright creepy and almost supernatural looking.
* VorpalPillow: Paulie murders Minn in this fashion after she catches him breaking into her home.

!!Carter Chong

A patient at a mental hospital who befriends Junior Soprano.

* TheDragon: Becomes an odd variant to Junior, helping him to set up illicit card games among the patients.
* HairTriggerTemper
* MyBelovedSmother
* PsychopathicManchild: Has shades of this.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Junior sees the troubled, temperamental Carter as a surrogate Tony.
* WellDoneSonGuy

!!Dr. Krakauer

A psychiatrist and teacher of Dr. Melfi who delivers an ultimatum to Carmela.

* CoolOldGuy
* TheMentor: To Melfi
* OneShotCharacter: Appears literally for [[OneSceneWonder one scene]], but states some truths to Carmela that no series regular would dare acknowledge.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He very bluntly outlines the cold hard facts of Carmela's marriage to her.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Refuses to accept blood money from Carmela.
* TheShrink

!! Jim "Johnny Cakes" Witowski

A NewEngland barman and volunteer firefighter who begins an affair with Vito Spatafore.

* TheAce: A local hero who owns a dinner and lives a perfectly balanced life.
* BadassMoustache[=/=]PornStache
* TheBartender
* FiremenAreHot
* ManlyGay
* MeetCute: Vito is a regular patron of his establishment.
* NiceGuy
* SelfMadeMan

!! Robert "Bobby Jr." III and Sophia Baccalieri

The children of Bobby and Karen.

* ButtMonkey: Bobby is bullied by AJ and this makes him wary of family meetings.
* OneSteveLimit: Bobby is Robert Baccalieri III, but he is simply called Bobby Jr.
* ParentalSubstitute: They are not very happy under Janice, despite -and partly because of- her obnoxious, sneaky and manipulative attempts to be loved.
* TraumaCongaLine: Their mother dies and Janice becomes their stepmother. It only gets worse with [[spoiler: the death of their father]].

!!Sal Vitro

A gardener who gets in the middle of a feud between Paulie and Feech.

* ButtMonkey: The poor guy becomes the official gardener for the mob.
* FamilyBusiness: His son has to drop out of college to lend a hand because of the ensuing money shortages.
* ThrowTheDogABone: His slave-like workload gets happily reduced when Johnny Sack has to change his residence.

!!Bryan Spatafore

Brother of Vito and a construction worker.

* GolfClubbing: Mustang Sally beats him badly with a golf club.
* InnocentBystander: Gets involved in a street incident when the girlfriend of Mustang Sally turns to him for help.
* MuggingTheMonster: The monster's brother. Mustang Sally pays with his life the beating of a made man's brother.
* PutOnABus: In a coma after the events of "Another Toothpick". Plays a sporadic minor role again in Season 6.
* SiblingTeam: Serves as Vito's protector when his brother negotiates with Tony.


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[[folder: Mob wives and "Sweethearts"]]

!!Adriana La Cerva (Creator/DreaDeMatteo)
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Chris Moltisanti's girfriend, and later fiancee.

* AscendedExtra: Quite literally, in the very first episode she appears for a few seconds as a hostess at Artie's restaurant before getting a name in episode 2 and finally getting storylines in the seasons after that.
* ButtMonkey: To Christopher.
* DistractedByTheLuxury
* DomesticAbuse
* DumbBlonde: At times very naïve and superficial.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch
* LoveMartyr
* MafiaPrincess
* TheMole
* MsFanservice: Nary a scene at her place goes by without her being down to her underwear. She's this to the FBI stooges tasked on vigilating her, as well.
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Partially defied, she refuses to be the typical Mafia housewife and sets up and manages "The Crazy Horse" club. Bankrolled by the Mafia, the mobsters gradually turn it into a LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub.
* TraumaCongaLine: Dead dog, junkie boyfriend, serious intestinal and health problems and a criminal lawsuit around the corner.
* UglyGuyHotWife: With Christopher. Acknowledged in-universe.

!!Kelli Lombardo/Moltisanti (Cara Buono)

Chris's girlfriend and eventual wife in Season 6.

* {{Foil}}: To Adriana.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Chris feels no genuine love for Kelli. In her first scene she declares that she's pregnant, and he marries her on a whim. This is in sharp contrast to Adriana, who was barren and loved by Chris.
* MafiaPrincess
* NiceGirl
* ShrinkingViolet
* SpoiledSweet

!!Tracee

A stripper at the Bada Bing, and girlfriend to Ralph.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Ralph beats her to death in the parking of the Bing, while she is pregnant of Ralph's child, no less. ([[BadLiar Ralph]] would contest that point later)
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Stripper variety.
* HumiliationConga: Most of her time onscreen. TraumaCongaLine also applies.
* KillTheCutie
* TheMistress: Ralph's. Technically she is just a sweetheart as Silvio points out, since Ralph is divorced.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Her demise.


!!Rosalie Aprile.

Wife of the late Jackie Aprile Sr. A good friend of Carmela's; they seem to have a standing lunch date at Vesuvio, and she shows up whenever Carmela or her family is in trouble. Carm often turns to her for advice.

* ButtMonkey: Loses [[spoiler: her husband, then her son, then Ralph, who leaves her for Janice--although by all accounts losing Ralph wasn't much of a loss]].

!!Ginny Sacrimoni

Wife of Johnny Sack.

* {{BBW}}: YMMV in general, but John describes her as "Rubenesque".
* BigGirl
* BreakTheCutie: It's hard not to feel sorry for Ginny Sack by the end of the series.
* HappilyMarried
* HumiliationConga: Shared with her husband.
* MoralityPet



!!Karen Baccalieri

Bobby Baccalieri's wife

* HappilyMarried: Implied, despite her little screen time showing mild discussions with Bobby.
* ADeathInTheLimelight[=/=]SatelliteCharacter: Her character is introduced only to be killed a few episodes later

!! Gabriella Dante (Maureen Van Zandt)

Silvio's wife.

* IWasQuiteALooker: According to Tony.
* LadyMacbeth: A very mild form. When Tony [[spoiler:is in the hospital after being shot by Junior]], she encourages Sil to consider taking over after Tony is gone. That said, she never advises him to hurry the process along--merely to throw his hat into the ring when the SuccessionCrisis hits.
* RealLifeRelative: She is also the wife of Steve Van Zandt in real life.

!! Angie Bompensiero

Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero's wife.

* DomesticAbuse: Her marriage is not a happy one.
* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Works in a supermarket to make ends meet after Pussy gets retired. This reinforces Carmela's anxiety about what would happen to her with Tony gone.
* {{Housewife}}: Initially, she later works at his husband's car repair shop.
* LoanShark: She stays economically afloat with the car shop and becomes a silent partner to other loan sharks of the family.
* RaisedCatholic: Contemplates the ideas of divorce and suicide, but she is talked out of it on religious grounds by the other mob wives.

!! Marie Spatafore

Vito's wife and cousin of Phil Leotardo.

* TheBeard: To Vito, although she doesn't know it.
* FriendlyEnemy: Indirectly, as she doesn't know that Phil is an enemy. She's a friend of Phil's wife and is in very good terms with the Leotardos, but to Phil this is irrelevant.
* RealLifeRelative: Played by Elizabeth Bracco, real-life sister of Lorraine Bracco (Dr. Melfi).

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Goomahs]]

!!Irina Peltsin ([-Oksana Lada-])
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Tony's Russian goomah.

* BrainlessBeauty: Tony finds her too childlike and simple.
* BungledSuicide: A mix of pills and vodka, after Tony ends the relation.
* DemotedToExtra: After Tony dumps her.
* DistractedByTheLuxury: During the breakup she is given a generous severance pay that successfully appeases her for a while.
* TheMistress
* MsFanservice
* TheOtherDarrin: Played by a blonde actress in the pilot.
* SensualSlavs: Russian.
* StatuesqueStunner
* WhamLine: "I used to fuck your husband" and the [[YourCheatingHeart reveal about Tony's affair with her cousin]] nearly sink Tony's marital life.
* WomanChild
* WomanScorned: Snaps and retaliates after Tony humiliates and beats her new boyfriend -an assocciate of Tony's- for dating her.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Including the occasional [[{{Malaproper}} malapropisms]].

!!Gloria Trillo ([-Anabella Sciorra-])
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A patient of Dr. Melfi who starts a turbulent affair with Tony.

* BusCrash[=/=]DroppedABridgeOnHer: She's DrivenToSuicide at some point, offscreen. Mentioned in passing.
* CuteAndPsycho: Tries to a pull a ''Film/FatalAttraction'' move on Tony, but one of his goons [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse disencourages her]].
* DeathIsDramatic: She wants it to be. Gloria seduces then angers Tony in the hopes that he will fulfill this wish. Tony throws cold water on this by having Patsy Parisi intimidate her, and give a very blunt description of how he will murder her if she continues down this path. She later hangs herself from a chandelier, though the show itself manages to avert this trope in that instance as well, by keeping it off-screen.
* DeathSeeker
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Patsy threatens her and says that her death "won't be cinematic" she later kills herself offscreen.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: A deconstruction or a global subversion. She's actually a very clingy and unstable individual and ends up being a new source of problems. Tony lampshades this trope when he describes her as "too good to be true", one episode before her flaws start to show.
* MeetCute: Meets Tony while waiting outside Dr. Melfi's office due to a schedule confusion. It's subtly hinted that Gloria might have deliberately showed up at the wrong time to initiate a meet-cute with another of Melfi's patients.
* TheMistress
* SelfMadeWoman: A successful car seller and a very indepedent-spirited woman, very appealing traits for Tony. When Tony relates this to Dr. Melfi, some of her reactions seem to indicate that Gloria may not be as independent as she seems.
* SuicideByCop: Antagonizes and provokes Tony into killing her, but he restrains himself. Tony drops the name of the trope during therapy.
* {{Tsundere}}[=/=]MoodSwinger: Sweet and spiteful. The latter behavior gradually becomes the dominant one.
* WomanScorned
* {{Yandere}}
* YouRemindMeOfX: In another instance of FreudWasRight (in-universe), she is acknowledged as a Livia stand-in. Tony realizes and says it out loud after hearing the familiar jab "Oh, poor you!"

!!Valentina La Paz ([-Leslie Bega-])
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Ralph's, and later Tony's goomah.

* FacialHorror: She's badly burned in a domestic accident.
* FoeCooties: Tony has his qualms at first, since she's Ralph's comare.
* TheMistress: Ralph's and then Tony's.
* MsFanservice: The character arc with the highest ratio of nude scenes.
* MixedAncestry: Cuban and Italian.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: A satellite character like the other mistresses, but more so as Tony finds her very boring once the initial flame extinguises and wants to dump her as soon as possible.

!!Fran Felstein

Johnny Boy Soprano's old goomah, who befriends Tony.

* ChristmasCake
* GoldDigger: Was this for Johnny Boy, and attempts to latch onto his son for a similar relationship.
* TheGump: Claims she slept with JFK at one point.
* IWasQuiteALooker
* KickTheDog: Literally, for both Fran and Johnny. Johnny gave Fran his dog Tippi, towards whom Tony had a great deal of affection. Fran then had the dog put to sleep when her son went to college.
** She and Johnny had another mutual KickTheDog moment when Livia suffered a miscarriage, and Johnny spent the night with Fran rather than deal with his wife's (in this case, quite justified) grief.
* StepfordSmiler

!!Julianna Skiff ([-Julianna Margulies-])
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A real estate saleswoman who has an affair with Christopher and a near-affair with Tony.

* TheAlcoholic: Drug addiction.
* BrainyBrunette
* TheDanza
* HelloAttorney: Real estate broker. Incidentally, Julianna Margulies is the trope image (from ''Series/TheGoodWife'')
* LoveTriangle: When Tony changes his mind and resumes his interest in her, she's already dating Chris and refuses Tony's advances.
* MeetCute: Meets Christopher during [[TropaholicsAnonymous an AA meeting]].
* TheMistress: For Tony and Chris. A subversion in Tony's case, since after some build-up he unexpectedly refuses to sleep with her.
* ReplacementGoldfish: It could be argued that her vague resemblance to Adriana is what attracted Chris so intensely.
* YourCheatingHeart: Refuses Tony -initially- claiming she is engaged.

[[/folder]]

* AxCrazy: Downplayed. However, Paulie is highly impulsive, paranoid, and homicidal. And, just check out some of his psychotic expressions.

* TheBigGuy

* AxCrazy: Possibly the biggest example throughout the series. He has extreme outbursts and it shows every time he kills (or attempts to kill) someone.

* FatBastard

* LonelyAtTheTop: Lacks genuine friends, the closest ones he has are Jackie Aprile Sr., Pussy Bonpensiero, as well as Artie Bucco with whom he has been friends since childhood. Jackie and Pussy die early on [[spoiler:(the latter by Tony's own hand)]] and he increasingly alienates Artie as the title of "Boss" goes to his head.

* YouAreWhatYouHate: During most of the series, Meadow rebels against her father and his lifestyle. But by the end of the series,[[spoiler: she ends up defending her father's lifestyle, chastises other mob kids for speaking frankly in front of "outsiders" and even embraces the role of crime family wife, being engaged to a Mafia family attorney.]]

* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Threatened with this by Phil Leotardo after killing his brother Billy. Ultimately Tony S finds some middle ground by graphically blowing Blundetto's face off with a shotgun.]]

* [[spoiler:EtTuBrute: The last thing that goes through his head, other than a shotgun shell, is the realization and glimpse of his dear cousin poised to kill him.]]

* [[spoiler:AnyoneCanDie]]

* [[spoiler:AnyoneCanDie]]

* BaitAndSwitch: It looks like his growing conflict with Tony will come to a head by the end of Season 2. [[spoiler: Instead, he is abruptly taken out of the picture when his wife, Tony's sister Janice, shoots him dead after a domestic argument.]]

* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe]]

* BigBadWannabe: In Season 3. While he creates tension within the ranks of the [=DiMeo=] crime family throughout the story arc, he never musters the resources to directly threaten Tony's leadership [[spoiler: and is unceremoniously whacked the moment he shows signs of doing so.]]

* EqualOpportunityEvil: Although the Mafia is of course restricted to ethnic Italians--and it seems the Jersey family is fairly strict with that rule--Tony is more than happy to do business with anyone who won't snitch. And although he professes to be disgusted by homosexuality, it's clear when [[spoiler:Vito]] is outed that he hates the idea of giving up a big earner much, much more than he's interested in enforcing traditional Mafia norms.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Wants to live up to his father's perceived expectations but fails. A tragic example has him [[WrongGenreSavvy trying to emulate Michael Corleone's rise]] by [[spoiler: attempting to kill Junior]].

* BigBadDuumvirate: In Season 1 [[spoiler: with Tony's mother, Livia. ]]

* PetTheDog: During the first season, he genuinely seems to love his nephew, Tony, like a son despite growing increasingly resentful of his widespread influence within the DiMeo crime family. This is evidenced by his apparent unease over ordering Tony's assassination even while firmly believing that he poses an imminent threat to his position as [[TheDon Boss]]. [[spoiler: However, after Tony effectively strips him of all his power and influence by the beginning of Season 2, nearly all his feelings of affection towards his nephew are tainted by a deep-rooted contempt that endures throughout the remainder of the series.]]

* SanitySlippage: Senile dementia. Showcased in two episodes of note; First in "Where's Johnny?" when a disoriented Junior wanders off in search of his (deceased) brother, "Johnny Boy," forcing Tony, Janice and Bobby into a day-long search that ends when he's finally returned home by the police. Then again at the end of "Members Only," when he confuses Tony's late-night presence in his home for his (also deceased) rival "Little Pussy" Malanga[[note]]the guy he had killed in the pilot, and the one Tony torched the original Vesuvio to keep Junior from killing him there.[[/note]] and [[spoiler:shoots Tony in the stomach]]. Season 6 sees him ostracized by the family following this incident, dooming Junior to increasingly shabby state care and finally a LossOfIdentity.

* [[spoiler:AnyoneCanDie]]
* [[spoiler: BigBadDuumvirate: With Junior Soprano in Season 1.]]

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: While in high school, she dated the brutal Richie Aprile whom she is later revealed to remain attracted towards despite the abusive nature of their prior relationship . While they briefly resume their relationship in Season 2, she ultimately decides to cut her ties with Richie permanently [[spoiler: by shooting him after realizing that she will never be safe from his violent disposition.]]. In Season 4, she attempts to replace Richie with the violently unstable mobster, Ralph Cifaretto, but quickly tires of him. By the end of the series, she seems to have shifted her attention from [[HotBlooded hot-headed]] and often AxCrazy hoodlums to more manipulable men [[spoiler: by marrying the sweet and humble, Bobby Baccalieri]].

* CoolAunt: Her seemingly laid-back and free-spirited personality along with her liberal outlook charms even Meadow who is largely distrustful and contemptuous towards adult figures in her family. [[spoiler: This is subverted when she reveals her narcissistic and vindictive nature by angrily calling upon Meadow and her friends to be punished for wrecking Livia's house where she plans on living.]]

* [[spoiler: BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Deadly deconstructed]]

* [[spoiler:DeathByIrony]]: [[spoiler:His large nose, often the butt of ridicule by the other guys, is ultimately the instrument of his demise, as Tony pinches it shut, causing Christopher to choke on his own blood.]]

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Even after reaching the rank of capo Paulie and the others treat him like a ButtMonkey and crack disrespectful jokes about his family. [[spoiler: This sets up a fatal chain of events]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Tony hears that Chris killed Adriana's dog, Tony flips out and yells [[spoiler: "I oughta suffocate you, you little prick!!!"]]

** Has plenty of other instances, as well, including his physical abuse of Adriana and his [[spoiler:murder of JT Dolan.]]

* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath]] interweaved with [[spoiler: RedemptionRejection]] and ReformedButRejected in a literal way: He dettaches himself from the dens in order to avoid temptations, but in turn this hinders him professionally and makes the others resent and treat him with contempt, which makes him so miserable he returns to the old escapist drug habits he managed to avoid in the first place.

* [[spoiler: ShootTheShaggyDog]]: [[spoiler: His struggle with heroin - it gradually worsens after the trip to Italy, Chris's shooting, and the Pine Barrens incident, finally spiraling out of control just after he helps Tony dispose of Ralph. Chris goes to rehab and joins Narcotics Anonymous, then relapses after hearing a false rumor about Adriana blowing Tony. He seems to pull it together after this, until Adriana's death, at which point he suffers another relapse. He pulls it together again, only to have another relapse while visiting Hollywood. Then another one after he learns his new girlfriend Kelli is pregnant and Tony convinces him to toast to fatherhood. He recovers again with help from his sponsor Murmur, but then relapses after he hooks up with Julianna Skiff. The two of them go to another meeting and recover again. A few episodes later he has a heated feud with Paulie, and after they reconcile Chris decides to drink with Paulie, and goes overboard, relapsing again and shooting JT Dolan. Then he crashes a car while high and driving Tony, and Tony impulsively kills him. However, the use of this trope is [[TropesAreNotBad immensely tragic and poignant]], and with many recovering addicts, especially those leading a life of crime, this is sometimes TruthInTelevision.]]

* [[spoiler:AnyoneCanDie]]

* [[spoiler: FaceDeathWithDignity]]: [[spoiler: Tries to do this, asking that the shooters leave his face alone, but he visibly starts to panic in the moments before he is shot.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: The primary reason why he's been able to stay under his fellow mobsters' radar for years while working as an FBI informant.]]

* [[spoiler: TheMole]]

* SanitySlippage: Played for laughs. After being alienated from his friends and family, Pussy actually seems to think that [[spoiler: he can join the FBI.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Junior is getting fitted for a new suit, Mikey is with him and they have a discussion about how the young mobsters don't wear suits anymore instead opting for tracksuits. Junior says "I swear these bums would get buried in sweat-suits if they could". [[spoiler: When Mikey Palmice is finally killed he's wearing jogging clothes .]]