Dominic Chianese

For me, Dominic Chianese will forever be Junior Soprano, that wonderfully cranky, scheming uncle who made The Sopranos crackle. Born in the Bronx in 1931, he had already played Johnny Ola in The Godfather Part II decades before HBO, which tells you how deep his roots in screen mob lore go. What I love most is that he's not only an actor but a genuine singer and musician, the kind of well-rounded artist they don't seem to make anymore. The Ellis Island Medal of Honor feels fitting for someone so tied to New York's Italian-American story. A true character actor's character actor.

Name (English)

Dominic Chianese

Name (Japanese)

ドミニク・キアネーゼ

Reading

どみにく・きあねーぜ

Born

February 24, 1931 (age 95)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Goat

Origin

The Bronx, New York, United States

Occupation

singer / actor / animator / executive producer / producer

University

Brooklyn College

Awards & achievements

• Ellis Island Medal of Honor

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.dominicchianese.net/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%9F%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8D%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BC

Tags

• New York
• singer
• actor
• animator

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.