Across movies and TV, James Gandolfini is one of the most celebrated actors of all time. Which projects were his best?
James Gandolfini had a regrettably short career as an actor, starting in the 1990s with a series of small yet memorable roles before achieving stardom on a certain HBO show that began airing towards that decade's end. He gave one of the best performances in TV history throughout much of the 2000s and then resumed film work with a series of interesting supporting and lead roles before his untimely passing at the age of 51 in 2013.
9 'The Man Who Wasn't There' James Gandolfini was kept pretty busy with TV work between 1999 and 2007, but he still showed up in a handful of notable films during this period. Perhaps the best of those would be the underrated Coen Brothers movie The Man Who Wasn't There, which is a throwback to crime/film noir movies of the 1940s and 50s.
It doesn't reinvent the genres it fits into, but still serves as a well-made movie about the aftermath of a robbery gone wrong and how various downtrodden people are impacted. It's well-written by acclaimed author/screenwriter Dennis Lehane and is significantly elevated by its performances from Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and Gandolfini.
Its talented cast also includes Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, and James Gandolfini. This role and others from the late 2000s to early 2010s stand in contrast to Gandolfini's '90s roles. While he always shone in gangster films, he'd usually have brief appearances in the latter but decently large supporting roles in the former. He's great here as a hitman named Mickey, and has a consistently engaging dynamic with Pitt's character, Jackie, who's also a hitman.
4 'True Romance' Though he didn't direct it, Quentin Tarantino's style shines through in True Romance, thanks to the screenplay written by him. It's got some witty dialogue, surprising moments of violence, and a satisfying blend of genres, being something of a crime, romance, and action film all at once, being about two young lovers going on the run from the mafia after they steal drugs from them.
2 'Enough Said' Like The Drop, Enough Said ended up being a posthumous release for James Gandolfini, and it was released on what would have been his 52nd birthday. The film was dedicated to him, and it's notable for showing the great actor playing an entirely different character from the kind he usually played.
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