NYFA / ALUMNI / ACTING FOR FILM / MICHAEL GANDOLFINI
Michael Gandolfini
ACTOR
Graduated from NYFA LA Campus in 2010
His early work included a supporting role in Ocean’s 8 (2018) and a recurring performance as Joey Dwyer in HBO’s The Deuce (2018–2019), where he appeared in 10 episodes.
He gained industry-wide recognition in 2021 when he was cast as the young Tony Soprano in The Many Saints of Newark, the prequel to The Sopranos. Following that, he took on a leading part in the Russo brothers’ Cherry (2021) and has since been cast in several high-profile projects including Beau Is Afraid (2023), Landscape with Invisible Hand (2023), Bob Marley: One Love (2024), the Marvel series Daredevil: Born Again (2025), and A24’s war drama Warfare (2025)
Gandolfini’s performance in the short film Tea (2024), which premiered at Cannes, earned him the 2024 Micheaux Film Festival Award for Outstanding Actor (Short Form)
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