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Genaro Anthony Sirico Jr. (/ s ɪ ˈ r iː k oʊ /; July 24, 1942 – July 8, 2022) [2] was an American actor who portrayed Paulie Gualtieri in The Sopranos. Born in Brooklyn to an Italian-American family, Sirico had a tumultuous early life marked by multiple arrests and periods of imprisonment for crimes including robbery, assault, and extortion.
In the first season, Paulie is a vital member of Tony's crew. He executes a Colombian drug dealer and steals a large quantity of drugs and cash from his hotel room. Other tasks he performs are recovering a stolen car (with Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero), torturing a hotel co-owner so the crew can own 25% of the business, and extorting Meadow's soccer coach by giving him an unwanted free TV.
The song Carmela says she was playing in Tony's car an entire weekend at Long Beach Island and now plays in his hospital room is "American Girl" by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. When Tony is waiting at the bar, "The Happy Organ" by Dave "Baby" Cortez can be heard. This song was also used in the season 3 episode "Fortunate Son."
Tony Sirico, the actor known for playing mobster Peter Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri on “The Sopranos,” died Friday, Variety confirmed with his manager. He was 79. Sirico’s Paulie ...
Actor Chris Diamantopoulos, who guest starred on HBO's The Sopranos as Jason Barone, a family friend of Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), recalled the time a scene involving a prop rubber pipe went ...
"I got whacked by Paulie Walnuts and lived to tell about it," 'The Sticky' star jokes of his guest-star appearance on 'The Sopranos'
"Woke Up This Morning" is a song by British band Alabama 3 from their 1997 album Exile on Coldharbour Lane. The song is best known as the opening theme music for the American television series The Sopranos, which used a shortened version of the "Chosen One Mix" of the song.
The music playing when Tony walks down his driveway in the first scene is the intro to "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlife"' by Alabama 3, who also perform the opening theme song. The episode features the "Peter Gunn Theme" (by Henry Mancini) and "Every Breath You Take" (by The Police) mashed up by Kathryn Dayak from HBO. The music is played when the ...