Tony Sirico Net Worth
Tony Sirico has an estimated net worth of $10million. He was best known for playing Peter Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri on The Sopranos. He was a very talented actor who sadly passed away on June 8, 2022.
Tony Sirico has an estimated net worth of $10million. He was best known for playing Peter Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri on The Sopranos. He was a very talented actor who sadly passed away on June 8, 2022.
Sirico was born to an Italian-American family on July 29, 1942, in New York City. He was raised in Brooklyn’s East Flatbush and Bensonhurst areas. Robert Sirico, a priest and co-founder of the Acton Institute for Free Enterprise, is Sirico’s brother.
Tony Sirico Background
Tony Sirico, an American actor who lived from July 29, 1942, to July 8, 2022, was best known for playing Peter Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri on The Sopranos. He also had a lot of appearances in Woody Allen movies.
Richard Castellano helped Tony Sirico land his first verified movie appearance as an extra in the 1974 film Crazy Joe.
Tony Sirico Career
The first acting mentor for Sirico was Michael Gazzo. Goodfellas, Mob Queen, Mighty Aphrodite, Love and Money, Fingers, The One Man Jury, Defiance, The Last Fight, Innocent Blood, Bullets over Broadway, The Pick-up Artist, Gotti, The Search for One-eye Jimmy, Cop Land, Turn of Faith, Hello Again, Mickey Blue Eyes, and Wonder Wheel are just a few of the movies in which Sirico has portrayed gangsters.
In the movies Dead Presidents and Deconstructing Harry, he also played police officers.
Paulie Gualtieri in David Chase’s Emmy-winning drama The Sopranos was Sirico’s most well-known role. Frank Vincent and he initially went in for the Uncle Junior audition, but Dominic Chianese won the part. Sirico accepted David Chase’s offer to play Paulie Gualtieri instead on the condition that his character “would not become a rat.”
He provided the voice for Vinny Griffin, the Griffin family’s pet dog on Family Guy for three episodes starting in late 2013. Brian Griffin would subsequently be brought back in time through time travel.
In the episode “Stewie, Chris, & Brian’s Excellent Adventure,” Sirico also made a live-action cameo and threatens Stewie for calling Italians “stupid people.” At the conclusion of the Season 15 premiere, “The Boys in the Band,” Vinny would make a brief cameo appearance.
In the 2018 film Sarah Q, he worked once more with Federico Castelluccio and Vincent Pastore, both former Sopranos stars.
Tony Sirico Ethnicity
Sirico was born to an Italian-American family on July 29, 1942, in New York City. He was raised in Brooklyn’s East Flatbush and Bensonhurst areas. Robert Sirico, a priest and co-founder of the Acton Institute for Free Enterprise, is Sirico’s brother.
According to his manager Bob McGowan, actor Tony Sirico, well known for his role as Peter Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” has passed away.
Tony Sirico Death
Despite without stating a cause of death, McGowan described Sirico as a “extremely devoted and long-term client” who had been a client for 25 years and had “always given to charity.”
Michael Imperioli, a “Sopranos” co-star of Sirico, also announced the news on Instagram, stating that Sirico passed away on Friday.
