
The Sopranos , writer-producer-director David Chase's extraordinary television series, is nominally an urban gangster drama, but its true impact strikes closer to home: Like 1999's other screen touchstone, American Beauty, the HBO series chronicles a dysfunctional, suburban American family in bold relief. And for protagonist Tony Soprano, there's the added complexity posed by heading twin families, his collegial mob clan and his own, nouveau riche brood.
James Gandolfini Tony Soprano
Edie Falco Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli Christopher Moltisanti
Steven Van Zandt Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri
Robert Iler Anthony Soprano
Jamie-Lynn Sigler Meadow Soprano
Lorraine Bracco Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Dominic Chianese Corrado "Junior" Soprano
Aida Turturro Janice Soprano
Steven R. Schirripa Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri
Drea de Matteo Adriana La Cerva