Introduction
Michael Gandolfini (born 2000) is an American actor.
Early life and career
Born in 2000, Gandolfini is the son of actor James Gandolfini. Growing up, Gandolfini enjoyed performing, but his father would generally discourage him from pursuing it as a career. Upon his father's death in June 2013, Gandolfini decided to pursue acting, enrolling at New York University. In his early audition efforts, he would get cast in the HBO drama series The Deuce as Joey Dwyer. In 2019, he was cast in The Many Saints of Newark to play the young version of Tony Soprano, the role played by his father in the television series The Sopranos. Gandolfini, having never watched the show, watched through it to prepare for the role, describing it as an intense process. Later that year he would be cast in the Russo brothers crime drama Cherry.