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Sirico in 2015, photo by Debby Wong /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Gennaro Anthony Sirico
Date of Birth: July 24, 1941
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Death: July 8, 2022
Place of Death: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Ethnicity: Italian
Tony Sirico was an American actor. He is known for his role as Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri on The Sopranos . He was also billed as Anthony Sirico and G. Anthony Sirico.
Tony was raised in East Flatbush and Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, the son of Mary Francis (Cappelluzzo) and Gennaro Bartolomeo/Jerry Bartholomew Sirico. He was the brother of Robert Sirico, a Roman Catholic priest, and the founder of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The surname Sirico is from Campania, Italy.
Tony had two children.