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Lonely Hearts. Furio eventually becomes infatuated with Tony's wife, Carmela , who shares the same feelings. The two never truly become romantically entwined, which creates significant sexual tension between them. Carmela repeatedly finds excuses to visit Furio including assisting him in buying and decorating a house and planning a house-warming party.

At the house-warming they share a sexually charged dance. Furio later claims he forgot his sunglasses at the Soprano house, just as a ploy to talk with Carmela. When Furio's father dies, he returns to Italy for the funeral. He seeks the advice of his uncle, another Mafia member, telling him that Italy no longer feels like home and that he is in love with his boss's wife, feeling that they could truly communicate.

His uncle makes it clear he has to move on or kill his boss. In the Season 4 penultimate episode " Eloise ", Furio witnesses Tony's infidelity firsthand on a night out at a casino. A helicopter has been arranged to take them home and while Tony is urinating on the tarmac, Furio suddenly grabs him by his jacket and contemplates pushing Tony into the rear rotor blades of the helicopter.

Furio then pulls him away and plays it off by telling Tony "You were standing too close Furio, no longer able to bear the burden that the internal conflict is causing him that of his feelings conflicting with his honor, as well as his respect for the "family" hierarchy , sells his house and moves back to Italy. Carmela is devastated, and eventually reveals her feelings for him in an argument with Tony, to which Tony replies "If certain people see him, he's a dead man".

In Season 5, it is said that Tony has men looking for him in Italy. However, it is never stated whether Furio has been found. He was the longtime underboss of Carmine Lupertazzi , the boss of the Brooklyn -based Lupertazzi crime family. Until he received a severance package , he operated largely out of Essany Scaffolding. As underboss, he handled political payoffs and bid-rigging for the Lupertazzi organization.

Sacrimoni became boss after Carmine's death, and was also a friend of Tony Soprano. His wife Ginny was obese, and he reacted violently to remarks about her weight. He once ordered a hit on Ralph Cifaretto for making one such off-color joke, although he later called it off. Although unknown to Johnny, Tony and Carmine approved a hit on him later called off in order to protect the highly valuable Esplanade project to which Ralphie's involvement was key.

Johnny cultivated a friendship with Paulie Gualtieri , making use of him as a source of information about the Soprano family business. The relationship began when Paulie felt sidelined by Tony over the Esplanade construction project and proved most fruitful when Paulie was imprisoned in — a time when he felt particularly neglected by his friends.

Johnny lied to Paulie — telling him that Carmine held him in high regard and often asked about him. This encouraged Paulie to place more faith in his friendship with Johnny than in the loyalty of his friends in the Soprano crime family. Through Paulie, Johnny learned about Tony's Frelinghuysen Avenue property windfall and HUD scam — allowing the Lupertazzi crime family to demand a piece of the action because their mutual interests made both projects possible.

It was also Paulie who told John about Ralphie's insult about Ginny's weight. After a chance meeting with Carmine, Paulie discovered that Carmine did not even know who he was. Angered by John's deceit, Paulie became one of his biggest detractors. Following Carmine's death, Johnny's crew engaged in a bitter war with Carmine's son, Little Carmine.

After both New York factions suffered heavy casualties, the conflict was brought to an end when Little Carmine surrendered control of the family. This was followed by Johnny's tentative reconciliation with Tony Soprano, who had personally taken Tony Blundetto's life to bury the hatchet. Johnny's time as boss was cut short when he was arrested by the FBI after the family's consigliere, Jimmy Petrille , turned state's evidence.

While in jail awaiting trial, Johnny remained in control of the Lupertazzi family. In the sixth season, Johnny entrusted Phil Leotardo with the role of acting boss, while Johnny's brother-in-law Anthony Infante acted as a back channel for communications. Ginny remained supportive, often visiting him in prison. Johnny became more selfish while imprisoned, disregarding the problems of subordinates while saying that his "situation" should take precedence.

He ordered Phil to maintain a good relationship with Tony and avoid starting a war over any business disputes, particularly the new office park construction project — another shared venture like the Esplanade project. Johnny was granted a six-hour release from prison to attend his daughter Allegra's wedding, and agreed to cover the cost of U.

Marshals and metal detectors. When the time came for Johnny to leave, he was reluctant to go, desiring to wait until his daughter and her new husband departed. However, the marshals blocked her limousine and dragged Johnny away in handcuffs, causing him to break down in tears. Johnny's efforts to maintain control of his family ultimately proved futile.

However, as the trial neared, Ron arranged a deal with the government on Johnny's behalf. Members of both the Soprano and Lupertazzi families were angered by his admission, believing that John should have stood trial and stayed silent instead of confirming his membership and rank in the Lupertazzi crime family. Once sentenced and incarcerated, Johnny was considered persona non grata among his former associates.

Phil Leotardo , the former acting-boss during Johnny's incarceration and now de facto boss of the Lupertazzi family, was particularly disgusted by his predecessor's decision. Phil himself had previously stood trial and been sentenced to 20 years. Other mobsters including Richie Aprile, Tony Blundetto and "Feech" La Manna had all previously stood trial with lengthy sentences over their heads and never faltered.

During his incarceration, Johnny developed lung cancer. Phil subsequently threw a celebration to acknowledge his new position as boss of the Lupertazzi family. Vito Spatafore is played by Joseph R. Vito was a soldier in the DiMeo crime family and a subordinate of Tony Soprano. He was married to Marie Spatafore, who was a second cousin to high-ranking member of the Lupertazzi family, Phil Leotardo, and had two children, Vito Jr.

In the fifth season, it was revealed that Vito was a closeted homosexual. Gannascoli brought the idea to the writers of making his character gay based on the true story of Gambino crime family member Vito Arena , in the book Murder Machine. Gannascoli has said he saw the character as "a cross between Mike Tyson and Liberace. Vito is a member of the Aprile crew upon Richie's release from prison and quickly rises through the ranks to capo after the deaths of capos Richie Aprile, Gigi Cestone and Ralph Cifaretto.

Vito is vindictive and demands someone render Sal's comeuppance. Vito performs his first on-screen murder by shooting Jackie Jr. In , in the Season 4 episode " Whoever Did This ", Tony kills Cifaretto after he figures that Ralph was responsible for the death of their prized racehorse Pie-O-My for insurance money. Vito is subsequently promoted to capo of the Aprile Crew, as he was second-in-command.

In , in the Season 5 episode " Unidentified Black Males ", Vito was caught in the car of a security guard giving him oral sex early one morning at the Esplanade construction site by Meadow's boyfriend, Finn DeTrolio. Vito intimidates Finn into silence. By the Season 6 premiere " Members Only " in , Vito has lost over pounds to appear in a weight-loss commercial.

In the episode " Mr. John Sacrimoni Request ", during the wedding of Johnny Sack's daughter, Allegra, Vito claimed he was not feeling well, and he and his family left the wedding. Back at home, Vito informed his wife he had to "make some collections. Vito attempted to play it off as a joke, but the two men were not convinced. Petrified of the consequences if his homosexuality were made public, Vito went into hiding.

He fled to a bed-and-breakfast in New Hampshire , and tried to pursue a new life away from the Mafia. Under the alias "Vincent," he claimed to be writing a book. He contacted his family only once during a brief phone call. Discussing Vito with Carlo Gervasi, Tony says that Vito is a top earner for the family, and debates letting him come back to the family.

In New Hampshire, Vito develops a relationship with Jim " Johnny Cakes " Witowski who works as a volunteer fireman and as a short-order cook at a diner. Vito introduces himself initially as a sportswriter named Vincent from Scottsdale, Arizona and that he's been divorced for a few years. He also attempted to live a heterosexual lifestyle and fathered one daughter with his wife.

Vito and Jim soon form an attraction, though the two got into a fistfight outside a bar when Jim tried to kiss Vito and, still in denial about his homosexuality, Vito violently rebuffed him, calling him a fag. The two soon reconcile after Vito decides to "stop living a lie" and became Jim's live-in lover. The pair enjoyed romantic dinners, motorcycle rides, and picnicking lakeside.

Jim gets Vito a job as a contractor working for some of his friends, a job which turns out to be very slow-paced. Ultimately, Vito missed his family and fast-paced lifestyle back in New Jersey too much to stay with Jim. Vito left Jim's house early one morning to return to New Jersey while Jim was still asleep. While driving back to New Jersey, a drunk Vito crashed his car into a parked vehicle.

When he failed to convince the owner to keep the accident from the police, Vito shot and killed the man. Vito returned home and remained conflicted about whether or not to re-initiate contact with his old mafia family. Vito also later calls Jim, but Jim was still angry over the way Vito had left and wanted nothing more to do with him.

Vito eventually approached Tony at a mall, while Vito's brother, Bryan, kept watch. Vito claimed that his homosexual behavior had been caused by medication. Tony was tempted by the offer but realized this would bring him into open war with the Lupertazzis. Lupertazzi crime family boss Phil Leotardo, who disliked homosexuals, and who is a second cousin of Vito's wife Marie, demanded Vito's death, so Tony quietly arranged for Carlo Gervasi to make a hit on Vito.

Meanwhile, Vito is reunited with his family, explaining his absence to his children by claiming that he was an undercover CIA agent hiding out in Afghanistan and warning them not to tell anybody. Torciano and Gamiello duct-taped Vito's mouth shut and beat him to death with pool cues while Phil Leotardo watched. It was later revealed that Vito was found with a pool cue inserted into his anus, a message that he was killed because of his homosexuality.

Phil's unsanctioned murder of Vito proved to be a serious point of contention in his working relationship with Tony. The relationship was further strained when Phil correctly suspected the New Jersey mob of the disappearance of Gamiello, who had been killed by Silvio and Carlo Gervasi after making repeated wisecracks, in the wake of Vito's death, about the sexual orientation of New Jersey mobsters and Carlo in particular.

Phil Leotardo later told Vito's wife, Marie, that her husband was probably killed by two homosexual transients Vito had picked up at a bar. He told Marie that he loved Vito "like a brother-in-law," and suggested that Vito's death was probably for the best because a homosexual man would have made a poor role model for the children. However, a newspaper reported Vito was killed by mobsters after requesting to live an openly gay lifestyle.

Vito's children read the story, destroying the illusion of their father being a CIA agent. A year later Vito's son, Vito Jr. His mother, Marie, asked Tony Soprano for money so she could relocate her family to Maine, where no one would know them or what happened to Vito. Tony asked Phil Leotardo to intervene, because of his involvement in Vito's death.

Both paid separate visits to Vito Jr. Vito Jr. However, after gambling away most of the money he planned to give them, Tony instead paid for Vito Jr. He is Tony Soprano 's maternal cousin who is released from prison at the beginning of the show's fifth season. Upon release, Tony Blundetto begins to pursue a straight, non-criminal life. His second wife Gwen works in the field of actuarial science.

However, he is eventually overpowered by the challenges of civilian life and turns back to crime, dragging the DiMeo crime family into the Lupertazzi crime family 's power struggle. Blundetto is introduced in the second episode of Season 5, " Rat Pack ". Born in , he is a cousin of Tony Soprano and Christopher Moltisanti. To distinguish between them, they were called "Tony Uncle Johnny" Soprano and "Tony Uncle Al" Blundetto when they were kids, after their fathers' first names.

Blundetto, Soprano, and Moltisanti all grew up and played on a farm owned by their uncle, Pat Blundetto. Growing up, both Tonys were very close and Blundetto told Moltisanti that he loved Soprano like a brother. The two Tonys would often bully Moltisanti. Blundetto is the father of Kelli Blundetto, who is Meadow's contemporary and is said to have run away from home, and identical twin boys Justin and Jason Blundetto, whom he fathered by having Tony Soprano smuggle his semen out of prison nine years before, while still incarcerated.

In the episode " Unidentified Black Males ", it is revealed that he has a genius-level I. He sports a large number of crude prison tattoos , on his forearms, biceps, chest, back, and legs, including the name of his daughter Kelli and a tattoo representing the Roman god Mercury. Blundetto had a ruthless reputation in his younger years as an enforcer.

In , at age 28, Blundetto was arrested, tried, and incarcerated for almost 17 years for the armed hijacking of a truck that was attached to a larger RICO racketeering trial. Soprano was supposed to go along with his cousin the night of the hijacking but was not able to make it due to a severe panic attack caused by an argument with his mother, during which he passed out and injured his head.

Soprano tells Blundetto he was mugged by a group of black men the night of the hijacking and was knocked unconscious. Soprano strongly believes Blundetto holds some ill-will towards him because Blundetto's life and family fell apart during his incarceration while Soprano grew wealthy and has a family. Blundetto denies this ill will, but Tony Soprano still harbors enormous guilt.

After Blundetto's parole , he decides not to return to a life of crime and has the incentive to stay straight and clean. Instead, he initially decides to go into massage therapy. Tony S is seemingly disappointed that Blundetto has decided to pursue a legitimate career after he declines Soprano's offer to get started working with the DiMeo crime family in a stolen airbag scheme, but Soprano respects his cousin's decision.

Soprano gets his cousin a job working for a laundry company in Rutherford, New Jersey owned by a Korean man named Kim. Blundetto later goes into business with Kim in preparing to open a massage parlor and day spa in West Caldwell, New Jersey specializing in Shiatsu and Effleurage. Two days before they open, in an arbitrary fit of rage, he beats Kim.

Blundetto then meets Soprano to restart work for the crime family under Carlo Gervasi 's crew. Little Carmine 's crew simultaneously begins courting Blundetto through his old prison buddy, Angelo Garepe. Although he is reluctant at first, he later accepts the contract after he decided that he is not moving up fast enough in the Soprano crime family.

Blundetto shoots Joey and a prostitute he was seeing inside his car. Soprano later discovers that Blundetto committed the murder and confronts Blundetto, who claims innocence. Although Soprano knows the truth, he tells Johnny Sack that he does not know who the killer was. This drives Blundetto into a rage, and he tracks down the Leotardo brothers, wounding Phil and killing Billy.

By the end of Season 5, Tony Soprano is under heavy pressure to deliver his cousin to Johnny Sack who has taken over his crime family after Little Carmine's abdication , explicitly so he can be tortured and killed by Phil Leotardo. After one of Soprano's associates Benny Fazio is badly beaten by Phil, Tony Soprano realizes that he is putting everyone in his crime family in jeopardy by protecting his cousin.

Tony Soprano is able to track down Blundetto at their uncle Pat Blundetto's farm and kills him with a shotgun in order to prevent his torture at the hands of Phil. He then gives Blundetto's location to Johnny Sack. Later, Phil arrives to find Blundetto already dead and is furious to be deprived of his vengeance. Tony Soprano then tells Christopher to bury Blundetto secretly, and in one piece, off the premises.

Tony and Johnny reach an accord over Blundetto's demise, although Phil remains unsatisfied. Rosalie "Ro" Aprile is played by Sharon Angela. She is good friends with mob wives Carmela Soprano and Gabriella Dante, to whom she offers characteristically frank advice. One year after Jackie Sr. Ralph encouraged Jackie Jr. Jackie Jr. Tony and Ralph decided that Jackie Jr.

The hit was carried out by Vito Spatafore, but Rosalie and the rest of the family were told that Jackie was killed by black drug dealers. Following her son's death, Rosalie sank into a prolonged period of mourning. Ralph began an affair with Janice Soprano , and Ralph soon broke up with Rosalie, claiming he was tired of her constant grief.

Rosalie, angered by his selfishness, ordered him out of her home. While there, she pursued a brief relationship with a much younger Frenchman named Michel. Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi is played by Dan Grimaldi. Patsy had an identical twin brother, Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi also played by Dan Grimaldi , who had a hit taken out on him by Tony, and was killed by Soprano soldier Gigi Cestone.

At the time, Philly was acting capo of Junior Soprano 's crew and Patsy was a member. Patsy never had concrete evidence about his brother's murder, but it occurred soon after a brief and bloody war between Junior and Tony, and Philly was known to be talking about Tony's actions. It was this killing that prompted Tony to move Patsy to keep an eye on him.

Patsy took the killing very hard, which brought on a problem with alcoholism. In , a drunken Patsy was observed by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents outside the Soprano family home leveling a gun at Tony through his window. He reconsidered though, and only urinated in the Sopranos' pool. Patsy also openly vented his feelings of loss to the Soprano crew in front of the men responsible for his brother's death, Gigi and Tony, at a lunch in the back of Satriale's.

He eventually put his grief behind him. Patsy still has questionable loyalties. Patsy did not take this well, eventually getting into a fight with Christopher. When Paulie was released and promoted to underboss , Christopher was made capo permanently. Patsy manages to hold them off, but Silvio is badly wounded and put into a coma, while Patsy runs into the woods fleeing for his life.

Patsy later celebrates his son's engagement to Meadow Soprano with Tony and his family. Gabriella Dante is played by Maureen Van Zandt. They have a daughter, Heather Dante, who played volleyball and soccer with Meadow Soprano. She is close friends with Rosalie Aprile and Carmela Soprano and can often be seen dining out with them, typically at "Nuovo Vesuvio".

In , when Tony was shot, Silvio became acting boss of the family. Gabriella was supportive of her husband in this role and ambitious enough to encourage him to consider the possibility of it long-term. Angie is married to Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero whom she married in They have three children, Kevin, Matt, and Terri. Angie was unaware of her husband's status as an FBI informant.

His disappearance when he was afraid Tony Soprano became suspicious, and subsequent erratic behavior, created problems for their relationship. When she and her husband were having marital problems, Angie considered both suicide and divorce. When her husband returned, she was being tested for breast cancer. At Carmela's urging to stay true to her Catholic faith, Angie decided to move into a separate bedroom rather than end their marriage.

In , after Tony Soprano confirmed his suspicions by finding tapes in Big Pussy's cigar box, he is killed. Tony continued to compensate Angie in her husband's absence—but she used the money to buy a new car, but still complained to Carmela about her strained finances, prompting Tony to cease her allowance. Later, Carmela runs into Angie working at a grocery store after having lost contact.

Tony later made Angie the manager of Big Pussy's body shop. After a long period of time without talking, she and Carmela decide to end their quarrel and go out to dinner. Shortly after the reconciliation Carmela learns that Angie is putting money out on the street via Patsy Parisi and Benny Fazio for shylocking and they are using their connections to help her with the body shop.

Butch DeConcini is played by Gregory Antonacci. He is from Flatbush, Brooklyn. Butch is a high-ranking member of the Lupertazzi crime family , first appearing in the show as a capo and later being promoted to underboss under Phil Leotardo. He attended Little Carmine Lupertazzi's "meeting of minds" to try to resolve a dispute with the Soprano crime family in after Tony responded to the murder of Vito Spatafore by blowing up a wire room in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn that was owned by Phil.

After the effort failed, DeConcini was vocal in his desire to move against Tony. When Phil refused to consider killing a boss, it was Butch who suggested they move on someone else in Tony's family. When Phil ordered a hit on Faustino "Doc" Santoro to take over the Lupertazzi family, it was Butch who oversaw the assassination behind the wheel of one of the getaway cars.

Upon Phil's permanent elevation to boss, Butch was made underboss of the family. Alongside Albie Cianflone, Butch is one of Phil's primary confidants and advisors. Butch fails to eliminate the Soprano family leadership, and he notices Phil's threatening tone regarding his future due to the failure to find and murder Tony. While Butch will not reveal where Phil is hiding, he gives consent on behalf of the Lupertazzi family for Tony to hunt down and murder Phil, which he does.

Benito "Benny" Fazio Jr. Benny debuted in the third episode of Season 3, with his release from jail and renewed association with Christopher. He has a no-show job as a United Association plumber. He began working for Christopher just after Christopher became a made man in Later, Jackie Aprile Jr. Benny and Chris committed the robbery and made a clean escape with Jackie driving.

In , Benny was awarded one of the "no-work" United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America jobs at the Esplanade construction site. He was assigned the task of killing two would-be assassins contracted by Tony to whack New York City boss Carmine Lupertazzi after the hit was called off. In late , Benny was seriously beaten by Lupertazzi capo Phil Leotardo.

The crisis brought on by Tony Blundetto was reaching a breaking point and Phil severely beat Benny to send a message to Tony. Tony, feeling guilty about Benny's fractured skull, offered to give Benny his button when he recovered, meaning he would become a made man. Benny is married to Jen Fazio, who is pregnant. However, Benny began an affair with Martina, a new hostess at Nuovo Vesuvio, much to the irritation of the owner and head chef Artie Bucco who had his eye on her.

Benny was involved in Chris's credit card fraud scheme with Ahmed and Muhammad, using his relationship with Martina to get account numbers from Nuovo Vesuvio customers and sell them on through Soprano crew associate James "Murmur" Zancone. Benny gives Tony a tribute payment. American Express investigated Nuovo Vesuvio restaurant's role in the credit card fraud and pulled the restaurant's authority to accept American Express cards.

Artie is able to figure out that Martina is the criminal in his staff through her relationship with Benny. Artie then angrily drives to Benny's home to confront him; the ensuing fight sent Benny to the hospital. Benny is set on killing Artie, but Tony intervenes, insisting Benny's parents have their anniversary dinner at Nuovo Vesuvio, and that the two make amends.

Artie makes a table-side visit during their meal. In front of Benny's pregnant wife, Artie makes an innuendo to Benny's extramarital affair with Martina by asking Benny if he wants a "Martina," explaining that it is an Albanian martini Martina is Albanian and adding "Well, apparently they go down real easy. Right, Ben? Benny later attended Chris's belated bachelor party, also at Nuovo Vesuvio and hosted by Artie, but the two refrained from initiating further violence.

Benny helped guard Tony while he was in hiding from Phil Leotardo. Benny and several of Tony's other crew members were checking gas stations to find Phil Leotardo after being tipped off by Agent Harris that Phil was using a payphone at a gas station in the area. Germani is thought to be the nephew later revealed to actually be a first cousin once removed and right-hand of Soprano family captain Paulie Gualtieri.

Germani regularly hangs out with Christopher and accompanies him on debt collections visits. He was responsible for intimidating Alan Sapinsly after Tony's separation caused him to withdraw from a contract to buy property from Sapinsly. Paulie and Benny used Tony's home entertainment system speakers on his boat to blast Dean Martin recordings at the Sapinsly home at all hours.

In Season 5, Little Paulie holds a "no work" job at the Esplanade construction site and accompanied Chris when collecting a loan from writer J. Early in Season 4, Germani precipitates the crisis between Tony and Johnny Sack, when he hears Ralph Cifaretto make a joke about the obesity of Johnny Sack's wife, and repeats this joke to Paulie Gualtieri, who relays the news of this to Johnny.

In the Season 6 episode " Walk Like a Man ", Little Paulie is badly hurt after being pushed out of a second-story window by Christopher during a feud with Paulie. He suffers six broken vertebrae. He helps in the war with the Lupertazzi crime family, disguising himself as a police officer while searching for Phil Leotardo. Carmine "Little Carmine" Lupertazzi Jr.

He followed in his father's footsteps and became a member of the Lupertazzi family at an early age. Little Carmine also has interests in several legitimate businesses including nightclubs in South Beach , Miami and a scaffolding contractor company in New York and New Jersey with control of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in addition to receiving proceeds from illicit activities.

He moved with his wife and daughter to Florida in , along with his criminal operations, and splits time between Miami Beach, Florida and New York. While Little Carmine is initially portrayed as a pretentious, spoiled mobster whose constant malapropisms convey poor intellect, he later assumes an elder-statesmen role, frequently mediating disputes that arise in the Lupertazzi crime family.

Little Carmine is introduced in Season 4 when Tony Soprano visits him in Miami to seek his counsel in settling a dispute between Carmine Sr. In the beginning of Season 5, Carmine Lupertazzi Sr. Little Carmine immediately comes up to New York from Florida to see his father before he passes, and quickly becomes embroiled in a power struggle with Johnny Sack.

Since Little Carmine is the son of the former boss, he has de facto claim to the throne, much to Johnny's anger as he has been Carmine Sr. However, after a cycle of bloodshed that escalates into war, Little Carmine ultimately finds it difficult to stomach the continuing violence and abdicates. His decision is heavily influenced when the Leotardo brothers assassinate Angelo as retaliation for the death of Joey Peeps.

After this, Little Carmine keeps a low profile and is no longer seen as a threat. Johnny is arrested soon after by the FBI, who are acting on information given to them by Johnny's trusted ally and long-time Lupertazzi Captain Jimmy Petrille. With Johnny in federal custody during his federal racketeering trial, Phil Leotardo becomes the acting boss in New York.

By season six, Little Carmine is brought in as an investor on Christopher Moltisanti 's movie project, Cleaver. Little Carmine is instrumental in organizing a meeting with Sir Ben Kingsley in Los Angeles to court his interest in the project, but Kingsley eventually passes on the lead role.

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Little Carmine had helped Kingsley's booking agent out of some trouble he had down in the Florida Keys. Little Carmine continues to get involved in crime family affairs. He tries to help resolve a longstanding feud between the Lupertazzi crime family and the Soprano crime family. After Phil becomes boss, tensions escalate between the two crime families and Little Carmine makes a last effort to resolve it.

Phil is less generous in business dealings with the New Jersey family and still harbors anger over Tony's cousin killing Phil's brother Billy. When the conflict eventually escalates into a war between the two families, Little Carmine and Tony both turn to a neutral party, George Paglieri, to broker a negotiation between Tony and Butch DeConcini , the street boss for Leotardo while he is in hiding.

At a sitdown with Little Carmine, Butch, Albie Cianflone , Tony, and Paulie Gualtieri , everyone agrees that the war has gone too far and that Phil's decisions have led to negative consequences on both sides. Butch agrees to back off while the Soprano family hunts down Phil. Carlo Gervasi is played by Arthur J. Carlo was a capo in the DiMeo crime family.

He was promoted to caporegime of James "Little Jimmy" Altieri's crew after Jimmy was murdered on suspicion of being an FBI informant, and was put in charge of obtaining grey-market goods from container ships docking at the Newark ports. He is introduced in Season 4. In Season 6, Carlo begins to emerge from the background and become a more prominent character.

Carlo took over Vito Spatafore 's construction business in addition to the ports, after the revelation of Vito's homosexuality, his subsequent disappearance, and later his ultimate fate. When Tony decided that Spatafore had to be killed to appease acting New York City boss Phil Leotardo, and Silvio Dante asked if the hit should be assigned to anyone in particular, Soprano suggested Carlo for the job.

Carlo later avenged his family's honor by stabbing Fat Dom four times with a large chef's knife for making jokes about Spatafore's murder and implying that Carlo was also homosexual. The killing occurred in the back room of Satriale's pork store, with Silvio taking part. Tony Soprano later discovered them waiting to dispose of the body and was angry because of the murder's possible repercussions.

Carlo took charge of disposing of Gamiello's body and drove to Connecticut to deposit his head in a storm drain, phoning Silvio to confirm that the last part was safely away and to ask about Tony's plans to blow up Phil's wire room. Carlo's son Jason attends Rutgers University , where he is involved in gambling and loansharking. In the series finale , Carlo's son was said to be arrested by the FBI for drug dealing.

Gervasi failed to show up for a meeting with Paulie Gualtieri , which worried Tony that he may have been cutting a deal with the police. Tony's attorney confirmed that someone was going to testify before a grand jury and that indictments were forthcoming. In the final scene, Tony told Carmela that Carlo was testifying, confirming that he had turned informant, likely in a deal to keep his son out of jail.

Phil Leotardo is played by actor Frank Vincent. Phil is a high-ranking member of the Lupertazzi crime family and the primary antagonist of the final two seasons of the show. Originally a captain, following the death of the original boss, Carmine Lupertazzi , the imprisonment and death of his successor Johnny Sacrimoni , and a brief power struggle with would-be boss Faustino "Doc" Santoro , Phil becomes the boss of the family.

His inability to forgive the death of his brother at the hands of Tony's cousin, Tony Blundetto—even after Blundetto's own murder—forms one of the central conflicts of the series, with Leotardo aiming to kill Tony and cripple his entire organization in revenge. Leotardo had an alleged 27 hits to his credit. He quickly rejoined the Lupertazzi crime family, of Brooklyn , New York, once he was released from prison.

Phil was married to Patty Leotardo and was a second cousin of Marie Spatafore. Leotardo claims that when his grandfather immigrated from Sicily, officials changed their last name at Ellis Island from Leonardo to Leotardo. Following Carmine Sr. One side was led by Carmine's underboss, Johnny Sack , while the other was ostensibly led by Carmine's only son and Miami capo Little Carmine Lupertazzi.

Phil became Johnny's right-hand man during the war and carried out murders in order to weaken Little Carmine's resolve. Phil performed a mock execution of Lorraine Calluzzo, while she was tightly taped and gagged, shooting at her while holding a phone book in the path of the bullet, to persuade her to redirect her payments from Little Carmine to Johnny Sack.

When she failed to comply Phil returned with his younger brother, Billy Leotardo, and Joey Peeps, who killed Lorraine. Phil became personally involved in the war when his brother Billy was murdered by Blundetto as revenge for the hit the Leotardo brothers carried out on Angelo, who was Blundetto's close friend. Little Carmine ultimately found it difficult to stomach the continuing violence and abdicates.

After Little Carmine's capitulation, Johnny Sack becomes the boss of the Lupertazzi crime family and Phil becomes his underboss. Johnny Sack was arrested soon after by the FBI who were acting on information given to them by Johnny's trusted ally and consigliere Jimmy Petrille. With Johnny in federal custody during his federal racketeering trial, Phil Leotardo became the acting boss in New York.

Soprano initially protected Blundetto against Phil. When it became clear that Tony's men would not allow themselves to be imperiled for no good reason, Tony was forced to act. Tony ultimately murdered his own cousin to save his family and give Blundetto a quick and painless death after Johnny Sack had made it clear that Phil would torture Blundetto if he found him.

Phil was angered that his opportunity for vengeance was stolen. At a meeting between the two bosses, Johnny and Tony made peace, but the moment was interrupted by Johnny's arrest by the FBI, while Tony escaped. With Johnny in federal custody, Phil became acting boss of the Lupertazzi family. When Vito's homosexuality was publicly revealed in Season 6, Phil visited Marie to try to find out if she knew where Vito was he had gone into hiding in New Hampshire.

When she pleaded for mercy for her husband, he told her they just wanted to get Vito help. Phil also harassed Tony about his efforts to find Vito. Vito later returned to New Jersey after he could not adjust to life outside of the mob, and met Tony to offer to buy his way back into the family. American actor. Yonkers, New York , U. Early life and education [ edit ].

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