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List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family 

The following is a listing of fictional characters from the HBO series The Sopranos that are associated with the Soprano crime family (formerly known as the DiMeo crime family).

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Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile, Sr.

Main article: Jackie Aprile, Sr

Silvio Dante

Main article: Silvio Dante

Ercole "Eckley" DiMeo

Ercole DiMeo, a.k.a. "Old Man" and Ercole "Eckley" DiMeo, is the founder and the reputed official Boss of the DiMeo Crime Family. He is serving a life sentence in a high security United States Prison in Springfield, Missouri. In season two, when Philip "Philly Spoons" Parisi picks up Gigi Cestone at the airport, we got some information about the prison where he is serving his life sentence. It is implied from the conversations that DiMeo is suffering from extreme old age and requires round-the-clock nursing care in the prison hospital wing. When the death of Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile is reported on television in season one, the newsreporter states that; he was the Acting boss for the 74-year-old Ercoli "Eckley" DiMeo, which then makes him over 80 years old at the end of the series.

DiMeo ran the family from sometime in the late 1950s or early 1960s until he received a sentence of life imprisonment in 1997, at which point Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile became Acting boss of the family. In 1999, in the first season of The Sopranos, Jackie mentions "I may be Acting boss while the old man's a guest of the government". At that time, Jackie was in full control of the family.

DiMeo was apparently a major force in his prime. He served as a mentor to Tony Soprano and, according to other characters, had Tony and Jackie pegged early on as an eventual candidate for boss. DiMeo also took a liking to Tony's father Giovanni "Johnny Boy" Soprano and it is likely that Johnny would have been Acting boss had he not died of emphysema in 1986. However, it is clear that DiMeo had great muscle behind him when he led the family, as prominent capos Giovanni "Johnny Boy" Soprano, Corrado "Junior" Soprano, and Michele "Feech" La Manna were below him.

DiMeo is based on the real boss of the North Jersey-based DeCavalcante crime family, Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi, an aging mobster serving a long prison term who made only the occasional intervention via the various acting bosses. The namesake "DiMeo" is thought to be derived from Gambino crime family capo Roy DeMeo. Roy DeMeo operated his own crew out of Brooklyn, New York from the 1970's, until his death in 1982. Another reason for using the name "DiMeo", can be that the real NJ crime family is named the DeCavalcante crime family, after Simone "Sam the Plumber" DeCavalcante. Both DiMeo and DeCavalcante can be related, as the DiMeo/Soprano crime family is proved to be based on the DeCavalcante crime family.

Michael "Mikey Grab Bag" Palmice

Main article: Mikey Palmice

Joseph "Beppy" Sasso

Beppy Sasso is an original member of Junior Soprano crew, and was promoted to Underboss to Junior Soprano after the death of Jackie Aprile. Sasso was arrested at the same time as Junior and Larry Boy Barese in 1999.

Corrado "Junior" Soprano

Main article: Junior Soprano

Tony Soprano

Main article: Tony Soprano

Paulie Gualtieri

Main article: Paulie Gualtieri

Soprano/Gualtieri/Moltisanti crew associates

Alfie

Alfie is part of the group Little Paulie takes to vandalize Carmine's restaurant over the HUD dispute. His nickname is supposedly taken from the 1966 British film starring Michael Caine.

Perry Annunziata

Perry Annunziata, also known as "Muscles Marinara" is from Bloomfield, New Jersey. He served as a bodyguard and driver for Tony Soprano during his recovery from a gunshot in 2006. Tony calls him Penne Arrabiata as a nickname which is a mispronunciation of the Italian pasta dish Penne all'arrabbiata. He is first runner-up in Mr. Teenage Bloomfield and cousin of Gina Annunziata. Tony picked a fight with Perry at Satriale's to regain the respect of the family following his injury - selecting Perry specifically because of his muscular build and hot-headed nature. Perry knows the ramifications of beating up a mob boss and instead chooses to remain passive during the fight. Tony beats him to the ground and gives him a broken nose. Tony later paid Perry off as an apology for the altercation although Perry stated that he was in the wrong. Perry takes advice from both his father and from capo Carlo Gervasi. Perry renewed his duties by accompanying Tony to the Feast of Saint Elzear and to Christopher Moltisanti's belated bachelor party. Annunziata was driving Tony when he discovered the corpse of Fat Dom Gamiello at Satriale's, but he remained in the car.

Matthew Bevilaqua

Matthew Bevilaqua, a.k.a. Matt Drinkwater, was Sean Gismonte's partner-in-crime and an associate in the Tony Soprano crew. He worked the executive card game along with Sean. He also sold shares in Webistics through a stock brokerage operated by Christopher Moltisanti. The Webistics scam was a typical pump and dump exercise. They got into trouble with Chris for stealing cars and beating up a broker who recommended the sale of other stocks. Matt also did some burglary jobs with Chris and Sean. Furio and an associate took extra money when they came to collect Tony's cut from the burglaries. Because of their lower status, Matt and Sean could not refuse. They wanted to move up in the ranks of the family, so they planned a hit on Chris in order to get recognized by Richie Aprile, who disliked Chris for hitting his niece, Adriana.

Matt and Sean attempted a drive-by hit on Chris which resulted in Chris shooting Sean to death in self defense. Chris was seriously wounded in the attack. Matt ran away from the scene and went to Richie seeking help. Richie refused because he knew Tony would kill anyone involved in the attack. Richie chased Matt away with a baseball bat and Matt went into hiding. Eventually, Pussy learned of Matt's whereabouts. Pussy and Tony dragged a beaten Matt to an abandoned shack and shot him 21 times in the chest, stomach and head. Cops later found Matt's body and a witness told officials about the murder. The witness identified Tony from a picture without knowing that he was a mob boss. When the witness learned that the man he fingered was Tony Soprano, he refused to cooperate. The feds continue to try to pin the murder on Tony, but remain unsuccessful.

Patrizio "Uncle Patty" Blundetto

Former soldier in the Soprano crew, worked alongside Johnny Boy Soprano. Unlike many of his contemporaries he was able to retire from "the business". He suffered from hiccups and contemplated suicide. Uncle of Tony Blundetto and father of Louise Blundetto. Tony Soprano calls him Uncle Pat but they are not blood relatives. Pat's brother Al Blundetto married Quintina the sister of Tony's mother. Owns a farm in Kinderhook, Upstate New York that his nephews used to visit in the summers of their youth. Several bodies were buried on the farm - Tony, Tony B and Chris dug them up and moved them in 2004. In the series finale, Pat is seen visiting a decrepit Uncle Junior in a New Jersey state mental facility. He there encounters Janice, whom he suspects is attempting to con Junior into giving her the last of his money. Pat later visits Tony at the Bada Bing to report his niece's suspicious behavior.

Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero

Main article: Sal Bonpensiero

Corky Caporale

An associate of Christopher Moltisanti and a heroin addict. Christopher enlisted him to accommodate the Italian hitmen provided to Tony for the hit on Rusty Millio. Corky was chosen primarily because he speaks Italian and would therefore be able to communicate effectively with the hitmen. Christopher paid him for the job with heroin. Corky performed well, delivering weapons and instructions at a remote spot without revealing much about himself, and the hit went smoothly. Chris delivered the second half of Corky's payment at the Feast of St. Elzear and included more heroin as a substitute for some of the money. Corky injected the drug in Chris' car, which initially prompted Chris to encourage him to get into rehab. But Corky eventually tempted Chris into joining him. After Chris' death, the Soprano Family used Corky again through Patsy Parisi. The target this time was Phil Leotardo, but Corky was not as successful. The hit was botched badly and innocents (a Ukrainian man who closely resembled Phil and his daughter) were killed. When Corky heard from the hitmen that the man spoke Ukrainian to his daughter, he mumbled "Whatever," thinking that Phil spoke Ukrainian. He had no idea of the gravity of the mistake. However, he did mention this to Patsi Parisi.

Frankie Cortese

He is a second generation immigrant from Villa Cortese. He served as a driver and bodyguard for Tony as a soldier of the Soprano crime family in 2004. In the episode "Irregular Around the Margins," Frankie was one of the parties that restrained Christopher when he came after Tony with a gun at the Bing (Frankie threatened to break him like a wishbone during this incident). Frankie also accompanied Tony, Silvio and Christopher to a tense sit-down with Johnny Sack, Phil Leotardo and Jimmy Petrille shortly after Tony Blundetto killed Billy Leotardo.

Peter "Bissell" LaRosa

Bissell, also known as Petey, was part of the group Little Paulie took to vandalize Carmine Lupertazzi's restaurant in the HUD dispute. Petey made his bones (along with Benny Fazio) by killing Stanley Johnson and Credenzo Curtis, on orders from Christopher Moltisanti. Petey/Bissell is often seen at Satriale's. He was sweeping up at Satriale's when Tony returned after recovering from his injury and later showed Phil Leotardo into the room. He continued his role as a doorman, admitting Anthony Infante to his meeting with Tony at the Bada Bing. His nickname Bissell is allegedly taken from Bissell Homecare, Inc. which is a Detroit, Michigan-based manufacturer of vacuum cleaners. It is not explained what this means, or how Peter earned this peculiar nickname.

Cary De Bartolo

An associate of Paulie Walnuts who accompanied him on a robbery of Colombian drug dealers in 2006. As his last name says, he is from Bari, Italy. Shot a Colombian who was trying to stab Paulie. Later seen visiting Tony as he recovered from his gutshot. Cary helped Paulie and Chris intimidate the EMT Tony believed took cash from him as he was brought into the hospital.

Benito "Benny" Fazio

Main article: Benny Fazio

Brendan Filone

Brendan Filone was Christopher Moltisanti's friend and partner in crime and an associate of Tony Soprano. Brendan was addicted to crystal meth, and occasionally used it with Christopher. In the episode "46 Long", Brendan and Christopher hijacked a Comley Trucking truck and stole a number of DVD players. Comley Trucking was under the protection of Uncle Junior, who demanded restitution. At a sit down, Uncle Junior tells Tony to keep Brendan and Christopher's "loose cannon" behavior under control. In a nightclub, Brendan tries his best to convince Chris to neglect Tony and Uncle Junior since they were both being denied a rise. Early the next morning, Brendan urges Chris to get ready for the next heist, a truckload of gorgeous Italian suits. Christopher tells him that he has decided to go along with the rules instead.

Always high on crystal meth and unable to comply with orders, Brendan, this time without Christopher, hijacked another Comley truck with two cohorts. In the process, the driver of this second truck was accidentally shot and killed by a ricochet bullet when one of the thugs dropped his gun. Once Tony learns about this mishap, Brendan and Christopher receive a lecture about leadership and are ordered to return the truck to Comley. However, Uncle Junior isn't satisfied. Mikey Palmice and Livia Soprano both give Uncle Junior advice on the matter. Because of this, Junior ordered that Christopher receive a mock execution — and a real one for Brendan. Brendan was shot clean through the eye ("Moe Greene special") while in his bathtub by Uncle Junior's trigger man, Mikey Palmice, as Junior stood by. In the aftermath, Christopher and Adriana find Brendan's body in his bathtub and Christopher called for harsh retaliation against Palmice. Tony decides to confront his uncle and Mikey for their punishing methods.

"Little Paulie" Germani

Main article: Little Paulie Germani

Burt Gervasi

A younger paternal cousin to Carlo Gervasi, Burt was made a formal member of the Soprano crime family in 2006, at the same time as Phil Leotardo's soldier Gerry Torciano. He is the uncle of Jason Gervasi. He lives with his wife Lorraine and toy terrier Spencer in an effeminately and guady decorated home. He seems to be intelligent as he is reading The New York Times when he is garroted by Silvio and a jogging enthusiast like Mikey Palmice. Gerry Torciano and Burt were given a joint celebration by the New Jersey and New York families at Nuovo Vesuvio where Burt was seated between Carlo and Gerry. Burt helped Patsy to make collections shortly after he became a made man and also attended Christopher Moltisanti's belated bachelor party; and later his funeral. According to Silvio Dante, Burt was eventually swayed to join the Lupertazzi Family, and went to Sil to convince him to go along in a coup d'etat, but Sil responded by strangling him to death not long after with a garrote.

Gaetano Giarizzo

An Italian associate of Furio Giunta. Accompanied Furio to Sean and Matt's apartment to collect money for Tony Soprano. They also intimidated the two into giving them $1000. Furio and Gaetano joked about the two, speaking Italian so Sean and Matt did not understand. It is unknown how long Giarizzo stayed in the country or his role in the family as he has not appeared since.

Sean Gismonte

Sean Gismonte is a small time associate of the DiMeo crime family who was an associate and below-average mobster who was Matthew Bevilaqua's partner in crime and an associate in the Gualtieri crew in 2000. The two shared an apartment together. Sean's ambition was to impress his superiors in order to move up the ranks with his best friend, Matt. He is a cousin of Louis Gismonte, a convict who spent time in the license plate workshop with Richard Aprile Sr. He worked the executive card game along with Matt, which they found to be a demeaning experience. They also worked under Christopher Moltisanti at a stock firm assigned to push Webistics, selling shares in the company to naive clients to pump the share price before Soprano crew members dumped their shares for a profit. While at the brokerage they got into trouble with Chris for stealing other brokers' cars and beating a broker who sold other stocks. Led by Christopher, Matt and Sean broke several bank safes although they had to pay a large percentage of the cash to Tony. Matt and Sean also took part in the Soprano family's picket busting efforts at Massarone construction. Bevilaqua and Gismonte both tried to impress T in the toilets of the Bada Bing but failed miserably after asking Tony about his taste in a recent job they both pulled. T ends up drying his hands on their shirts. Gismonte then blames Bevailaqua for making him do all the talking.

After these jobs, they felt they were getting nowhere under Christopher and decided they needed to take decisive action to move up in the ranks of the family over drinks at the Bada Bing. They planned a hit on Chris in order to get recognized by Richie Aprile, who they knew disliked Chris for striking his niece, Adriana. Matt and Sean pulled a drive-by hit as Chris left the Skyways Diner in Kearny. Sean shot Christopher multiple times but then Matt abruptly ran out of the car and Christopher retaliated. Sean attempted to follow Matt but his seatbelt was stuck and he could not escape, Christopher then fired off a shot that hit Sean in the face, killing him.

Furio Giunta

Main article: Furio Giunta

Georgie Santorelli

Georgie was the bartender at the Bada Bing. He was occasionally involved in the crime family's activities - he helped Christopher move Emil Kolar's body, and swept the Bing for bugs following rumors of federal indictments. He was well liked by Silvio Dante, the Bing's owner.

It is suspected that Georgie suffers from some type of mild learning diability. He often infuriated Tony with his slowness, and for saying the wrong things at the wrong time. This led to him receiving multiple beatings at Tony's hands. He also received a serious eye injury from Ralphie in the episode "University." Ralphie smacked Georgie in the eye with a lock and chain while imitating the movie "Gladiator". In the season 5 episode "Cold Cuts," after receiving a severe beating from Tony, for a seemingly innocuous comment, Georgie suffered a ruptured ear drum. As such, he stated to Paulie that he wouldn't be returning to the Bing, and that he would appreciate it if Tony would not visit him. Tony gave some money to Paulie to give to Georgie to ensure that he received the best care.

In Season 6 he can be seen back at work in the Bing.

Corky Ianucci

Corky is a Soprano associate who mainly acts as an arsonist who is skilled at making the cause of his work appear accidental. He assisted Silvio in starting the fire which burned down Artie's restaurant in 1999. Tony later suspected that Ralph Cifaretto had hired Corky to light numerous fires, including the fire at the stables which killed Pie-O-My, a horse owned by Ralph that Tony took great interest in. Corky's last name is thought to be loosely based on Gambino crime family mob associate Joseph Iannuzzi.

Christopher Moltisanti

Main article: Christopher Moltisanti

Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti

Former soldier in the Soprano crew. Died in the mid-1970s, Married to Joanne Moltisanti née Blundetto, father of Christopher. Dickie was in the navy and later served time in prison, making it unlikely that he spent much time with his family when alive. Dickie was killed during Christopher's infancy, right outside the house while bringing TV trays home. In 2002, Tony Soprano told Christopher that Dickie's killer was Lt. Barry Haydu, who had just retired from the force. Tony delivered Haydu to Christopher Moltisanti as a part of his process of bonding Chris to him and slowly easing him up the family hierarchy. However, when confronted by Christopher, Haydu denied ever having heard of Dickie Moltisanti and claimed that someone was "obviously" setting him up; however, Haydu's last words are 'I'm sorry' indicating that he was responsible.

Tony remembers Dickie as a "stand up guy" and describes a lot of his positive qualities to Christopher. Dickie once took on a whole crew from New England and brought the war home to their turf. Tony also remembers that Dickie was killed because of a beef with Jilly Ruffalo, a man he was in prison with. Jilly murdered Dickie's cell mate and Dickie gouged out his eye in revenge.

According to Christopher, Dickie also struggled with problems of alcoholism and drug addiction.


Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi

Main article: Patsy Parisi

Fabian "Febby" Petrulio

Former soldier in the DiMeo family; he was possibly in the Soprano crew as Johnny Soprano knew him although Tony Soprano said he didn't know him well and Febby thought his name was "Teddy" not Tony. He was possibly in the Aprile crew as Tony said Jackie Aprile, Sr. knew him really well, and they served time together in Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary. He entered the Witness Protection Program after he informed on a lot of people from the DiMeo family to the FBI which led to convictions, allegedly that of Jackie Aprile, Sr. But he was eventually kicked out of the program. He later becomes a bonded and certified travel agent who is the proprietor of his own agency outside of Waterville, Maine. He promoted cruise line trips and train excursions. Tony recognised him living under the false name "Frederick 'Fred' Peters" while visiting Colby College in Waterville, Maine with Meadow. Tony waits for Febby to leave his place of business—a travel agency— and kills him with a garotte.

Febby was an amateur sculptor since prison but had a problem carving lifelike lips. Christopher says he thought Febby's bust of Frank Sinatra was actually that of Shaquille O'Neal, and Tony realizes he's found Febby when he sees that a bust in his office of Ronald Reagan has overlarge lips. At the time of his murder, Febby had a daughter who was around the age of Meadow Soprano at the time of his death and was apparently married, had served as a volunteer fireman, and had dealt some drugs locally. He had the chance to shoot Tony the previous day while accompanying his daughter to an orientation day at Colby College but cancels the plan because of the presence of his daughter.

Giovanni "Johnny Boy" Soprano

Main article: Johnny Boy Soprano

James "Murmur" Zancone

A friend and AA sponsor of Christopher Moltisanti, Murmur is reportedly an expert at forging documents. Attended Raymond Curto's funeral to Tony Soprano's chagrin. He's also shown that he has the ability to do some muscle work as well, as seen by his and Benny Fazio's quick kidnapping of J.T. Dolan. Present at Christopher's pitch meeting for his movie project "Cleaver." Also with Christopher at an AA meeting when the crew first learned of Vito Spatafore's homosexuality although Tony dismissed him from the back-room discussion of the news at the Bada Bing. James earned the monicker "Mumur" from his parents for having a heart murmur during child birth.

Murmur made Chris' rounds while he was in LA - buying credit card numbers from a pizza parlour and from Hillel at the Teittleman's hotel then selling the numbers on to Mohammed and Ahmed at the Bada Bing. Murmur also went out to LA to meet Chris because he was "chipping." While there they robbed Lauren Bacall of a gift basket she received at an awards ceremony. Murmur later attended Chris' belated bachelor party at Nuovo Vesuvio and continued to hang out with the crew at Satriale's. Murmur was skeptical of the benefits of Christopher's relationship with fellow addict Julianna Skiff, warning Christopher that it could be enabling and of the possibility of Tony finding out about his recent slip at the Feast of St. Elzear. He was also responsible for informing Tony that Phil Leotardo had a heart attack - Tony had warmed to him a little by this point and rewarded him with a club soda. Ironically, he later (unknowingly) informed Paulie and Silvio, by showing them a newspaper article on the murders of two civilians, that Phil Leotardo is still alive and the job to kill him failed because the hitmen misidentified their target.

Aprile crew associates

Jackie Aprile, Jr.

Main article: Jackie Aprile, Jr.

Richie Aprile

Main article: Richie Aprile

Gigi Cestone

Cestone's first name is never told, although "Gigi" is a derivation of the name "Gianluigi". Former soldier in the Junior Soprano crew, defected to Tony Soprano's crew in 1999 following the execution of Philly Parisi (the acting capo of Junior's crew while Junior was incarcerated). The hit was ordered by Tony as revenge for Philly spreading rumors about Tony's mother with regards to Tony and Junior's feud. Gigi was picked up by Philly from the airport, and Philly drove him home. Before exiting the car, Gigi shot Spoons twice in the head and, deafened by his own gunshots, made off in another vehicle being driven by Paulie Walnuts. Gigi was quickly made part of the inner circle of Tony's crew unlike fellow new member Patsy Parisi. Gigi faced some awkward moments around Patsy as he expressed his grief over the loss of his twin brother Philly.

Gigi made a final transition in 2000 when he was granted the role of capo over the Aprile crew, following Richie Aprile's "disappearance." He was well-received by most of his new crew (Donny K, Vito Spatafore and Eugene Pontecorvo), but Ralph Cifaretto took every opportunity to make his life difficult as he had hoped to receive the promotion himself. It was also Gigi's idea to have Bobby Bacala, Sr. perform the hit on Mustang Sally, in the episode, "Another Toothpick."

In a flashback scene in the episode, "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power," Gigi accompanied Junior to a sit-down with acting boss, Jackie Aprile, Sr., in 1995 following Junior's hijackings of Jackie's trucks.

The stress of putting his children through college and trying to control a resentful Ralphie, combined with constipation following Thanksgiving, induced a fatal heart attack while he was on the toilet.

Ralph Cifaretto

Main article: Ralph Cifaretto

"Big" Frank Cippolina

Was at The Bing for Richie Aprile's homecoming after being released from prison. Gave Richie Aprile an envelope of money and told him he was now a grandfather. Got into a short verbal altercation with Paulie Walnuts while doing this.

Peter "Beansie" Gaeta

Peter "Beansie" Gaeta was a former associate of Richie Aprile, supervising a drug operation for him. Upon Richie's release from prison, he tracked down Gaeta at his pizza parlor, Beansie's Pizzeria, and demanded payment allegedly still owed to him for his financial support. After Gaeta denied the validity of the debt, Richie first broke a hot pot of coffee over Beansie's head, gave him a serious beating, then ran him over with his car, rendering Beansie hospitalised and parapelegic from his injuries. Tony Soprano later gave a reluctant Beansie a large envelope of cash in compensation, insisting he could donate it to the Spinal Injury Foundation. Now confined to a wheelchair, Beansie later moved down to open a club in Miami, but has evidently remained in contact with Tony Soprano; he helped set up a meeting between Tony and fellow Miami resident Little Carmine Lupertazzi, and in 2007 secured AJ Soprano a job in his New Jersey pizzeria.

Dante "Buddha" Greco

Member of the Aprile crew first seen taking delivery of cigarettes from Christopher Moltisanti on his return from North Carolina. Often seen in the back at Satriale's Meat Market. Visited Benny Fazio in hospital after his beating by Phil Leotardo. Brought T a glass of water and helped take his shoes off when he collapsed while arriving at Allegra Sacrimoni's wedding. Later at the wedding Dante brings drinks for the Soprano family and dances with Rosalie Aprile. He shares the same nickname as real-life Lucchese crime family mob associate Joe Manri who was involved in the 1978 Lufthansa heist.

Dante accompanied Benny to look for Vito Spatafore at his goomah's beach house following the revelation that Vito was homosexual. Dante's mother suffered from Lupus and he considered a career in healthcare while looking after her.Was playing pool in the back room of the Bada Bing when Anthony Infante informed Tony that Johnny Sack had died. Recently, Dante has been acting as Tony's driver and bodyguard, carrying around a sawn-off shotgun.

Robert "Bobby" Coniglio

Also known as Bobby Zanone. Bobby was a member of Richie Aprile's crew who talked to the man who had trash dumped in the driveway by a dump truck. The man complained about prices and service, so they dumped trash in his driveway "thinking he wanted it back".

The character is portrayed by Vito Antuofermo, the former undisputed Middleweight Boxing Champion of the world (1979-1980) and a member of the Boxing Hall of Fame.

Corky DiGioia

Biker and associate of the Soprano family. Met Christopher Moltisanti when he returned from North Carolina with a cigarette load. Along with Dante Greco, explained to Christopher how his fiancee Adriana La Cerva was in a car accident with Tony Soprano the night before at 2 am. Helped Frankie Cortese restrain Christopher when he showed up at the Bing with a gun looking for Tony. Escorted Chris to the field with Cortese where Tony almost shot him. He shares the nickname "Corky" which is the title of a comedy movie, Corky Romano released in 2001 starring former Saturday Night Live cast member Chris Kattan. The movie is a spoof on the mob lifestyle.

Don "Donny K." Kafranza

"Donny K." is a member of the Aprile crew. Often seen at the crew's social club and at private parties at the Bada Bing. Present when Gigi Cestone died at the social club. Donny is a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in Local 623 and held one of the "no work" carpenter jobs on the Esplanade construction site for the Aprile crew.

Donny was beaten unconscious and urinated on outside the Benito One bar located at 145 Mulberry Street in Little Italy, Manhattan by Johnny Sack following Ralph Cifaretto's insult to Ginny Sack. Johnny spotted Donny in a bar and, knowing of his association with Ralphie, followed him outside to exact some revenge for Ralphie's comments. Donny is a loud and boisterous drinker which irritates John Sacramoni. Donny is known to have received some nerve damage from the beating and has not been seen since. He drives a silver 2000 Honda Accord.

Kevin "Dogsy" Interdonato

Kevin "Dogsy" Interdonato is an associate in the Aprile crew. Dogsy helped Vito Spatafore beat up the Soprano family's appraiser on the HUD scam restoring his loyalties to them.

Jason Molinaro

Member of the Aprile crew. He becomes the executor of Joe "Peeps" Peparelli's estate and affairs. It seems that Joe has no surviving family or relatives. Jason arranges to have a headstone made following his death - but failed to have Peparelli's name correctly spelled, the final product being simply "Joseph Peeps." He is either illiterate, dislexic or dimwitted. Accompanied Vito when passing on information about the Colombian drug money heist in 2006. Stood guard outside the ICU as Tony recovered from his gutshot. Later took part in a card game at Satriale's that took place as T rejoined the crew. Jason helped to break up an altercation between Paulie Gaultieri and Bobby Baccala at the Feast of St. Elzear festival.

Eugene Pontecorvo

Main article: Eugene Pontecorvo

Carlo Renzi

Jackie Aprile Jr. and Dino Zerilli's friend and partner in crime on the robbery of Eugene Pontecorvo's low stakes Saturday night card game. Carlo was recruited because he owned a large shotgun. He was killed during the robbery by Christopher Moltisanti with a shot between the eyes after shooting Furio Giunta in the leg, killing him instantly. He is based loosely on Christopher Paciello.

Bryan Spatafore

Brother of Vito Spatafore, and partner in Spatafore Bros Construction. When Tony insisted to Richie Aprile that he build a wheelchair ramp on Beansie Gaeta's house (since it was Richie who put Beansie in the wheelchair in the first place), Richie sent Vito and Bryan over there to get this done (despite the Gaetas' protests).

Bryan was put into a coma by Mustang Sally, in the episode entitled, "Another Toothpick," when Sally's girlfriend had turned to him for help after she and Sally had fought, he was beaten mercilessly with a golf putter, and expected to remain a "vegetable". In the episode, "The Ride," Tony briefly mentions to Carmela that Bryan made some repairs at Satriale's. Even though this statement was most likely a lie on Tony's part (to cover up the real reason for his ankle injury in that episode), it was the first sign that Bryan awoke from his coma and recovered from his beating. Upon Vito's return to New Jersey, Bryan, apparently armed, watchdogged his brother's meeting with Tony and later attended a family dinner. As he remained silent throughout, it is unclear if Bryan has sustained brain damage from the assault, although his eyesight seems to have suffered.

Vito Spatafore

Main article: Vito Spatafore

"Sunshine"

Sunshine was the dealer for Tony Soprano's high stakes, all night, executive card game in 2000. He is extremely talkative in a very monotone voice and dispenses metaphors and famous quotes while acting as a card dealer. Sunshine also was dealing for Eugene Pontecorvo's Saturday night low stakes game in 2001 when Jackie Aprile, Jr. and his friends tried to rob the game. Sunshine continued talking when the robbers told him to be quiet, causing Jackie to panic and shoot him.

Dino Zerilli

Dino was a childhood friend of Jackie Aprile, Jr. and partner in crime and an associate in Ralph Cifaretto's crew. He helps Jackie Jr. with the disruptive Hispanics at Pizzaland. Dino is the one who holds onto Jackie's handgun after Jackie Jr. threatens the Hispanics with it. Like Jackie Jr. and Carlo Renzi he feels that Ralph Cifaretto is holding them back from their full potential and hesitantly agrees to rob the card game only after reassurance from Jackie Jr. He looks up in admiration to Christopher Moltisanti who was at that point in time a rising figure in the DiMeo crime family. After quickly picking up his bad habits along with Jackie Jr., he gets arrested for a short period of time. When he is released, Jackie gives him the lowdown. Dino resists at first but later decides to comply with Jackie Jr.'s scheme. They team up with Carlo Renzi, who wields a heavy shotgun, to pull off a card game robbery in order to impress the higher mob associates. Things do not go their way when Sunshine gets whacked during the robbery, triggering an array of gunshots from both sides. This scuffle leaves Carlo dead and Furio wounded. Dino and Jackie Jr. try to retreat, but their getaway wheelman, Matush, had fled out of fear after hearing the gunshots. Jackie boosts an oncoming car and high-tails it out of the area, leaving his buddy Dino Zerilli to face an angry Christopher Moltisanti and Albert Barese. Dino tries to level with them by mentioning he's with Ralph, but that does not help. Chris and Albert promptly lay waste into Dino's face with an array of bullets.

Junior Soprano/Bacala crew associates

Robert "Bobby Bacala'" Baccalieri

Main article: Bobby Baccalieri

Started out as Junior Soprano's driver and eventually became a capo in season 6. His wife , Karen Baccalieri died in a car accident in season 4. Shortly after, he starts seeing Janice Soprano, whom he later marries. Between Seasons 5 and 6, they have a child. In season 6, part 2, he gets 'whacked' while purchasing a toy train set, by two masked gunmen.

Robert "Bobby" Baccalieri, Sr.

Father of Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri. Soldier in Junior Soprano's crew in his younger days. Tony mentioned to Bobby's son how it was unusual that he never whacked anyone, considering his father was "the terminator in that respect", suggesting Bobby, Sr. was responsible for numerous homicides before his retirement. Returned to New Jersey from semi-retirement in 2001. Suffered from lung cancer after a lifelong smoking habit. Tony Soprano gave him the task of killing Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile. The hit was ordered as retribution for the savage unprovoked beating of Bryan Spatafore, brother of Vito Spatafore. Vito was a made man in the Aprile crew at the time. Mustang Sally was Robert's godson but he felt he had always been a problem so had no reservations about the job and was glad to be of use. Despite his poor health and shortness of breath on exertion he was able to overwhelm and kill the much younger Mustang Sally and his friend Carlos. Died after choking on blood brought on from his lung and losing control of his car and crashing into a sign post while leaving the scene of his final hit.

Thomas "Tommy" Di Palma

Tommy is an elderly soldier in Junior Soprano's crew who is responsible for looking after him as his dementia worsens. He allows Junior to wander out of the house.

George "Gus" Inzerillo

Bodyguard of Uncle Junior. Appears outside the old Vesuvio, in "Pilot" and takes part of the wiseguys mob during the Columbus Day riots in "Christopher." He shares the same last name as Sicilian mob boss Salvatore Inzerillo.

Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile

Salvatore Intile, nicknamed "Mustang Sally" for the '85 Mustang convertible he drives, is the godson of Robert Bacalieri, Sr. He dated Tina Francesco, who was an exotic dancer at the Bing and a friend of Adriana La Cerva. Although he is a godson, Salvatore calls him "Uncle Bobby." He is verbally and physically abusive and very possessive with his girlfriends and suffers from anger management problems. In 2000 Ralph Cifaretto says that Salvatore threw a hot dog vendor off a fifth floor mezzanine for serving too much onions on his hotdog. He enjoys watching The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, which is what he is watching the day he is murdered. He is callous and has a morbid sense of humor, joking about the attack on Bryan Spatafore with Baccalieri, Sr. Tina and Mustang Sally argued in the street and when Tina urged Bryan Spatafore, of Spatafore Bros construction, who was standing by his truck waiting for a companion, to take her home, Mustang Sally beat him to the point where he was in a coma. Bryan Spatafore's brother, Vito Spatafore, was a made man in the Aprile crew at the time. Sally was killed by his godfather, Bobby Bacala, Sr. along with his friend Carlos, as retribution for the beating. He drives a 1985 Mustang GT. He keeps a golf club driver underneath the seat of his car. His nickname "Mustang Sally" is the same as the R&B blues song written and first recorded by Mack Rice in 1965. It gained greater popularity when it was covered by Wilson Pickett. Although it's not appreciated by his godfather, he associates with Hispanics or as Bobby Baccala Sr. calls them, "greaseballs." He has his right ear shot off when Robert first attempts to execute him with a gunshot to the back of the head as he gets him a glass of water-- then after a brief struggle he shoots him in the head.

Murf Lupo

Elderly soldier and former capo of Junior Soprano's crew, replacing Philly Parisi. After displaying signs of mental and physical enfeeblement that affected his capacity to run the crew's business, Junior had him replaced by Bobby Bacala.

Anthony "Tony Black" Maffei

Anthony was a solider in Bobby Bacalieri's Crew. Alongside his captain, he collected proceeds from John Stefano's illegal asbestos-dumping operation and delivered them to Tony Soprano. Seen in the series finale delivering what appears to be the proceeds from Bobby's last collection while Tony is on the lam from Phil Leotardo.

Donnie Paduana

He is a low level associate of Junior's Crew and close friend of Mikey Palmice. He drives a 1982 Chevrolet Camaro. Mikey Palmice uses him as an intermediary to seek out contract killers and organize a hit on Tony Soprano. After given the task Donnie's contract killers fail to fulfill the job, as there are too many witnesses which angers Corrado Soprano. Donnie arrives at a clandestine meeting and after Mikey and Chucky talk to Donny for a moment, Donnie makes a joke saying "I hear that Tony Soprano's own mother even wants him clipped." Mikey tells him that's not funny and Donny just says "Tomorrow" to which Mikey replies "Fuckin A". Mikey walks back to the car, but doesn't get in, he stands outside the back door and talks to Junior. Junior doesn't share the sarcastic humor that Donnie shares. Junior says to Mikey "I don't like it! This fuckin guy's big mouthed" Mikey tells Junior "No, he's ok." Junior persists "I don't like it! Next time he could be makin the jokes about me." Mikey tells Chucky to tell Donnie, who was in his car, to wait a second. Mikey walks over to Donnies's car and bends down to look at Donnie through the passenger side window. Mikey says "Sorry" and then fires two 9mm bullets into Donnie's head with a Sig Sauer.

Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi

Phillip is a identical twin brother of Patsy Parisi who was born eleven minutes before his older brother Pasquale in Bloomfield, New Jersey. The two brothers were extremely close and Pasquale would follow his older brother into a life of organized crime in the DiMeo crime family. He is the uncle to Patrick Parisi and coy with revealing mob information. Unlike his brother he rose in the ranks of the DiMeo crime family and became a capo. He acted as capo of Junior Corrado's crew following Junior's arrest in 1999. He speaks to Cestone about his time evading federal indictments and the troubles of being a wanted fugitive. It is unknown what the indictments were actually investigating Parisi for at the time. He is executed by Gigi Cestone in 2000, when Philly picked-up and drove Gigi home from the Newark Liberty International Airport. Tony Soprano ordered the hit to silence rumors (which in reality was factual gossip of Tony's troubled personal life at the time) that "Spoons" had been spreading that Tony had tried to smother Livia Soprano. Appeared in Tony's dream while he was suffering from food poisoning as Meadow graduated high school in 2000. Phillip and his twin brother Pasquale Parisi were based on real-life Patriarca crime family mob associates Rocco and Salvatore Balliro from Roxbury, Massachusetts. When the police attempted to arrest Salvatore Balliro, he escaped and fled to Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts where he was finally arrested by the FBI and later for arraignment in New Jersey.

Giuseppe "Beppy" Scerbo

Beppy is an elderly soldier in the Junior Soprano crew, full name Giuseppe Scerbo. Agrees with Junior on the need to kill Pussy Malanga and sides with Junior when Tony tries to persuade Junior into changing the planned location of the hit. Stands by Junior throughout his RICO trial and can often be seen in the courtroom. He also visits Junior in the asylum where Junior currently resides. Joe Pucillo, the actor who portrays Beppy, is David Chase's uncle. Like the Beppy Sasso character, Scerbo's nickname is thought to be a reference to Beppe Grillo the Italain comedian, actor and activist.

Charles "Chucky" Signore

Mikey Palmice's partner and another solider in Uncle Junior's crew. Once it was confirmed that Junior and Mikey org