"My parents didn’t want me outside on set, exposed to the show’s violence and language," Michael Gandolfini said of his ...

James Gandolfini's son Michael was not allowed to see his dad work as Tony Soprano on the hit drama series when he was a kid.

American actor Michael Gandolfini, whose recent film Warfare was released a couple of weeks ago, spoke to The Wall Street Journal.

“The Many Saints of Newark was a transformative role,” Gandolfini recalled. “To play Tony as a teen, I had to get a full ...

Michael Gandolfini may have grown up with a famous father, but fame was never normalized in his household. "When I’d visit him on the Sopranos set, I'd hang out in his trailer," said Michael.

Like Tony Soprano, the Emmy-winning actor who played him was protective of his family—much to his son’s annoyance.

Son of the late James Gandolfini, Michael Gandolfini is an American actor known for playing the young Tony Soprano in The Many Saints of Newark (2021), a prequel to The Sopranos.