List of The Sopranos characters
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This is a list of characters from the HBO series The Sopranos, and its prequel film The Many Saints of Newark.
Main characters
Cast table
Main character biographies
Tony Soprano
Jennifer Melfi
Carmela Soprano
Christopher Moltisanti
Corrado "Junior" Soprano
Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero
Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero is portrayed by Vincent Pastore. Big Pussy was a longtime close friend and mob enforcer to Tony Soprano, and is also shown to be close friends with fellow DiMeo crime family mobsters Paulie "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri and Silvio Dante. He was once a close friend to Tony's uncle Corrado "Junior" Soprano. In the tie-in video game it is revealed he has an illegitimate son named Joey LaRocca. Samson Moeakiola portrays a young Bonpensiero in the 2021 prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark.
The son of Lino Bonpensiero, Salvatore Bonpensiero started out as a cat burglar, and is affectionately known as Pussy in reference to those talents. He is called "Big Pussy" to distinguish him from Gennaro "Little Pussy" Malanga. Sal has a wife, Angie, and three children. He operates an auto body shop with his brother Edward "Duke" Bonpensiero.
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