Top 10 Best Sopranos Characters

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How could we ever fuhgeddaboudit our favorite "Sopranos" characters? For this list, we’ll be looking at the most memorable characters to have appeared on the television series “The Sopranos.” Our countdown includes Paulie Gualtieri, Jennifer Melfi, Christopher Moltisanti, and more! Who's YOUR favorite "Sopranos" character? Let us know in the comments!
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[@thesupervisor3270]

If u reading this fuck HBO Max. Buy the entire series on DVD. It’s worth it

[@mauricesmithjr4050]

Next: top 10 best fresh prince characters

[@erzaender]

jennifer melfi

[@erzaender]

carmela soprano

[@Jman417]

Janice Soprano is more hated by me. So devious and evil

[@giovanniferme4664]

I’m sorry having Paulie at 10 is a crime ‼️

[@eversonfeliciano4060]

He should be at least on top 5

[@Joe1887]

It feels like I've been stabbed in the heart!

[@andrewmurphy5532]

​@@Joe1887how much more betrayal can i take!?!?

[@Strange_Club]

Not watching this now because of that.

[@unclejesse215]

paulie is 1-3 deffinatly

[@AlbertLekaj]

Johnny Sack deserved a spot in this list

[@coreyioncarter1315]

Atleast an honorable mention fasho

[@ThutoMolefi]

"What's this, the fuckin' UN NOW!?!?!"

[@jacobyarmand13]

I haven’t watched it yet but the fact you’re saying he’s not even on it is it worth watching

[@kdizzle901]

Cuz watchmojo is a joke…..Patsy Parisi is underrated as hell

[@spedwellz2391]

Johnny sack was an insecure man

[@ar1462]

the fact that silvio was #6 shows watchmojo doesn’t have makings of a varsity athlete

[@burningbeard75]

🤌🏻🤌🏻

[@MrColebiz1]

WM needs to get some gabagool

[@maxeyre2024]

I mean would you rly put Sil higher than Chris, June, Carm, Tony or Melfi? I’d say 6 is a decent placement.

[@shomershabbos6291]

In comparison to other characters in this show, silvio honestly didn't have that much of a personality, i'll take paulie, melifie, junior or christopher over him anyday

[@jesuspernia8031]

@@maxeyre2024 Yes. Easily better than all those combined

[@preahko]

"Silvio had no arc" "You know who had an ark? Noah."

[@Crappler1989]

LOL - Chrissy said that, right?

[@rturner09251]

@@Crappler1989 Pussy said it to Chrissy.

[@tsartodd]

Noah -- you mean Jamal Ginsburg, the Hasidic Homeboy?

[@juanmeraz7736]

He had a mini arc as the boss which he was terrible about

[@orourkeda]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH.

[@allbeen]

I'd say Phil, but i'm not sure how many years in the can he did again

[@tylercooper1443]

20 or 30 right?

[@grizzlybayer5783]

I broke my freaking a** in Florida on that goddamn recumbent bike!

[@odeleon24]

It’s hard to say since he never mentioned it

[@fergalkeane2409]

Watchmojo had to compromise

[@eljefemaximo5420]

There are no scraps in his scrap book. Plus he's the only character that can turn into a house.

[@adamgrunther1367]

How is Livia not even an honorable mention? Just because Nancy Marchand was only able to be in two seasons (for obvious reasons), doesn’t mean she wasn’t one of the best characters.

[@jangosavdjdubsak1079]

Once she died, the show was more enjoyable.

[@Denis-89]

I think she was the biggest villain of them all. Not even Tony could beat her.

[@1977Suspiria]

Ooh, poor you!

[@kdizzle901]

She was the best villain in the show

[@kdizzle901]

@Sith JawaTony B is one of my favorites

[@coreyioncarter1315]

Ahh I feel like Richie should’ve atleast got an honorable mention. His role was short but he was a memorable antagonist.

[@usedcondom8481]

his deathstares🤣😭

[@dashriprock8596]

Absolutely!

[@spdutahraptor777]

probably the chracter i hated the most, to the point where i honestly felt his death was unfair, because he deserved to be whacked by tony or one of the guys

[@myestro4life]

Don't give me your fuckin' Manson lamps.

[@brucer4170]

Ritchie made Ralph look like a good guy. He certainly deserved to be mentioned.

[@codyhiginbotham6616]

James Gandolfini rightfully won those 3 Emmys for his performance as Tony Soprano

[@gradykeating1057]

Paulie at 10 is a crime.

[@devon99able]

Silvio was the perfect underboss because he didn't desire to be number one , so he was infinitely loyal . He was perfectly happy where he was . And that's rare .

[@Whocares792]

Dude gets a consistent check and keeps it cool, aside from cards

[@alvarorojas5515]

Can't believe you didn't include those two black guys. They were my favourite characters.

[@gabagool_and_psychiatry4856]

oh yeah those guys.

[@chelseacanales8763]

Of course Tony Soprano is #1. He is the king

[@mr.j.perala2861]

The Sopranos is still one of my all time favourite tv-series, and a very good reasons. Impressive acting, memorable characters, awesome drama, it has written well, and it is a very well done all the way. HBO knows how to create best quality on television.

[@RealTalkOrWalk]

Patsy Peresi was one of the most underrated characters on this show. Tony had his twin brother killed by GiGi (another highly underrated character) and he knew it… yet he STILL stayed loyal until the very end. He put aside his completely understandable hatred of Tony and became one his his most trusted Capos & was one of the MVPs of the war with the Lupertazzi family.

[@Klynch111]

Apart from the time he pissed in tonys pool 😂

[@maximilianodelrio]

Parisi

[@RealTalkOrWalk]

@@Klynch111 yeah he also went there to Tony’s house to kill him & or Gigi but elected to piss in his pool instead of capital murder in front of the feds. Besides that he was one of the realest. Hell I think every member of the Soprano crew went against Tony & showed some form of disloyalty at some point, even Silvio went against when Tony after he promoted Chistopher to acting capo of Paulie’s crew & was grooming him as his second, Sil took it personally & told Patsy to steal those tiles when Tony specifically told them not too. Well I guess that’s another example of Patsy being disloyal too lol but still he’s a real one. So was Albert & Larry Barese, it sucks we didn’t get to see more of them, especially Albert, he was one of my favorite characters. Richie Aprile “Imagine that getting a facelift and one week later end up in the can” Albert “can you imagine that, getting a facelift and one week later end up in the can” lmao 😂

[@corinaperez226]

One of my favorite Paulie moments is when he is "explaining" Purgatory to Christopher and the equation that's used to decide how long you will be there before you go to Heaven. Too funny.

[@seanfrance3182]

He can do that time standing on his head!

[@goirish25]

Adriana is higher than Paulie? Cmon? Paulie is #10 and Sil is #6. Who made this countdown Tony’s uncle Eckly? This countdown is shit!

[@burningbeard75]

😂😂

[@PaulieWalnuts1776]

Captain Teebs and his hotels…whateva happened there

[@jakemartin4729]

Furio is one of my favourites, deserved top 10

[@brassyjazzful]

How in the hell is Livia not on this list?...wtf. She was integral to this show in the beginning before Nancy's passing.

[@mgm3649]

I loved Sylvio, he was funny, smart and capable.

[@dashriprock8596]

Capable?

[@allimone5400]

Bobby Bacala is my favorite. So lovable and you don't expect someone like that in a Mob flick

[@lasteroid]

Paulie #1

[@michaeltrainum5471]

"His house looked like s***" to this day is my absolute favorite line!

[@dashriprock8596]

Come on - he was an interior decorator.

[@guilhermetb83]

Livia, the queen of evil. The root of it all.

[@jm0114]

My estimation of Watchmojo as a KZbin channel, just plummeted.

[@andrewb214]

Its hard to imagine anything they could have done to make the show even better than it was. Such a classic

[@JSalonsky]

Honestly.. what a phenom

[@yuliangeorgiev]

Less dream sequences lol

[@truerespect4247]

​@@yuliangeorgievTf they were fucking awesome, most realistic portrayals of hiw dreams how on television.

[@rayneozier]

Tony, Adriana, and Chrissy are my favorite characters.

[@hazard1319]

Mine are tony,Chris,Silvio,Paulie,artie and carm

[@mikerowave1986]

After watching so much crap on netflix, I return to Sopranos from time to time. This show is a treasure, the script, the tension, the raw and disturbing violence, the disgust, the dialogs, the characters, the humour, and the insane cast of superb actors and actresses. I miss this quality

[@seanswinton6242]

Joe Pantaliano as Ralph Cifaretto and him as Guido The Killer Pimp in "Risky Business" are my favourite and most memorable roles of his.

[@myestro4life]

I also liked him as Francis Fratelli in The Goonies.

[@Mr.Ditkovich.]

You forgot about Ginny Sack's mole. It deserves a spot on the list.

[@seanfrance3182]

The 90lb beast!

[@ficacar99]

It would take couple of spots so they didn't bother.

[@thesupervisor3270]

I literally just got done watching a episode. Its my fav show of times. I watch the entire series every year on November 1st after a month of Horror movies and take it to pass Christmas.

[@djwalkerfemaledj]

Cool

[@KliqDon1983]

I would have replaced Blundetto with Artie Bucco. He was Tony's best friend in school and played the straight restaurant owner to a tee. He had many up and downs and was a very relatable character.

[@tylercooper1443]

If any one could challenge Paulie for the funniest character in the shop its definitely Ralph

[@daviddolgin6230]

or tony

[@tylercooper1443]

@Chuck Buskee true but he compromised and did 20 years in da fuckin can

[@TheWritter-qo9ty]

Christopher beats him easily if you look at his shit

[@tylercooper1443]

@@TheWritter-qo9ty what do you mean by shit?

[@TheWritter-qo9ty]

@@tylercooper1443 I mean his dialouges,quirks etc.i'm not american and english isn't my first language so my usage of slang would be bad ofcourse

[@ashluna4974]

Carmela getting the Respect she deserves !!

[@thomasrevere7916]

Edie Falco was absolutely outstanding. I just got done watching the show for the first time and she blew me away.

[@kristianarana]

Best antagonist was Ralphie

[@maxfieldnuckels9075]

Yeah but if Phil was around at the time Phil would make Ralph his bitch

[@Avenge_HiiPower]

Tony's mother deserved a mention!!

[@anduthoughtiwascrazy]

Those 2 black guys were my favorite

[@lanceromance5768]

My favorite character has to be phils talking house or Vito as a pastry customer before he becomes Vito.

[@eljefemaximo5420]

My favorite character was the guy who asked if the Bing was open while they were standing around Tracee's body.

[@lanceromance5768]

@@eljefemaximo5420 one of my favorite episodes.

[@marcpicardi2943]

The scene when Ralph shows up at the Bing and starts swinging the chain at Georgie is my favorite Ralph scene.

[@usedcondom8481]

No way that can’t be your only favorite scene

[@dashriprock8596]

You must have loved when he beat the girl to a pulp.

[@PaulieWalnuts1776]

Can’t believe Captain Teebs and Quasimodo weren’t even honorable mentions

[@myestro4life]

Oh, right. Notredamus

[@McLovin-.]

Putting Paulie at 10 is borderline criminal.

[@coryhoneycutt3699]

Junior is my favorite right now. I've watched the series so many times I change my favorite character each time I watch it lol. Its went from Paulie to Sil to Tony

[@jonaslange306]

Paulie had a lot to do in the show…… pine barrens and his relationship with Chris, his contribution to the Johnny sac - Ralph ie issue, as well as his issue with his mom

[@joshfulcifan1015]

That was such a great listing video. A pleasure sitting through it. And I always labeled Bobby Baccala as the "Teddy Bear" of the show too.✔✔

[@powerpanda6446]

"Gabagool" is the best character!!🤌

[@MrColebiz1]

Woke up this morning got some gabagool

[@dasani7]

Ova heeaaa

[@TellemG]

How the hell is Johnny Sac not on this list

[@OVERKILL_PINBALL]

I loved Paulie... under-rated

[@dashriprock8596]

Paulie - psychopath and momma's boy who acted like a hurt little boy most of the time. Except for Pine Barrens, he didn't have much to do that was interesting.

[@joshuastubbs879]

Top 10 Sopranos Characters 10: Paulie Gualtieri Me: Alright Ima head out

[@DaytonJoey]

Paulie 10?

[@johnbzn6508]

This is gold keep on doing videos like this. This is awesome.

[@JacobA666]

"Before we unveil our number 1 pick". Had anybody here the slightest doubt in their mind that Tony isn't the number 1 character. By the way, not only on the Sopranos, but in all shows in general. I remember when the Sopranos was at its peak, everybody I knew wanted to be like Tony Soprano. RIP Jimmy :'(

[@dashriprock8596]

The greatest tv character -- bar none.

[@alainturret2076]

@@dashriprock8596 Walter white and Homer Simpson could give him a run for his money imo

[@ej1025]

Paulie, Chris, and Corrado(Junior) were some of my favorites.

[@TonyVerrazano]

The greatest characters in TV history. The greatest show in TV history. Not to mention,the Sopranos made it cool to be from Jersey. Prior to that we were always overshadowed by NYC. Long live the king of television, Anthony Soprano!

[@mikewritz]

How the hell is Pauly walnuts only #10?

[@diegonomarhernandez6352]

Paulie is top 5

[@DeathWatch-jh3yx]

Paulie is top 3 easily

[@johnennis8889]

Watchmojo should have done a top-20 Sopranos characters video: includin all of those in honorable mentions and Richie Aprile, Livia Soprano, Johnny Sack, Phil Leotardo etc. Livia and Artie are one of the most important characters on the show, Livia being the rootcause for many of Tonys problems while Artie is his only true friend.

[@nunomareco2702]

Richie Aprile and Phil Leotardo deserve some recognition!

[@zroy9263]

I think that Phil Leotardo should have been on this list. Frank Vincent was one of the greatest gangster actors of all time after this role. He was the embodiment of the New York wise guy. He also had heavy Scorsese credentials as well.

[@dashriprock8596]

Props to the Shah of Iran.

[@RossDeGrate]

Do a top 10 for characters from The Wire!

[@burningbeard75]

Omar coming! ( in at #1 )

[@tsartodd]

@@burningbeard75 Omar was such a great character, that he even made an appearance on "The Sopranos" (he was the guy who hid Jackie, Jr. after his attempt to rob the card game ended in disaster).

[@krispynachos9980]

Vito's waddle deserves no.1

[@eljefemaximo5420]

He was there it's a joke

[@cloudstrife1983]

Number 1 was obvious. But wheres Johnny Sack?

[@zacharyrodriguez6027]

The fact that Johnny Sack wasn’t on this list shows that WatchMojo doesn’t have the makings of a varsity athlete!

[@fwdcnorac8574]

How do you do this? Top 10 most iconic? They're all iconic. Even the one episode'ers. There will never be a more masterful cast again. From top to bottom they were brought together by a higher power and fate and made a masterpiece. True art.

[@joevalliquette2400]

The fact that Livia isn’t on this list is criminal

[@robertobanda3904]

Big fan . never made a bad watch mojo list yet keep I up

[@chscelebrity8325]

Debatable

[@batgurrl]

Great List, but could you PLEASE do a list of ‘another’ Top 10 Best The Sopranos characters?🙏🙏

[@Mattblaze1477]

IMO Ralph Cifaretto should have been higher than 9. His fight with Tony over scrambled eggs (With a little bit of sour cream) is my favorite scene in the entire show.

[@DominickRuocco]

I usually never complain about WatchMojo's lists but it's a capital crime that Paulie is only #10. There are so many characters that shouldn't be ahead of him. 🤌

[@SamTerrazas]

Damn right. Paulie Walnuts was a treasure in every scene he was in.

[@agedefyingfitness]

I agree. Pauly is my favorite character. He’s the funniest in my opinion and Chris, Sil, Uncle Junior, and Bobby are funny to very funny too. Tony can also crack me up. Such a special show.

[@cloudstrife1983]

Agreed

[@funkonsight]

Glad we all agree

[@WatchMojo]

We hear you

[@Jman417]

My favorite is Tony Soprano. The reason is because he realizes he is weak from his fainting spells and self doubt yet he tries to get stronger through talk therapy. Too bad he uses his strength from it to operate his criminal organization.

[@zombiediet]

My favorite characters are those two black guys that always cause trouble but get away! Lmao

[@jasonmceachern587]

John Sack was definitely the best dressed man

[@CaptBrightside89]

Wow... I didn't know WatchMojo had any credibility to lose but it found a way to lose more. Livia Soprano's impact on Tony and the entire show is LEGENDARY. Easily a Top 5 character (for me, she's second only to Tony himself) and easily one of the greatest TV characters of all time.

[@ameliafroehlich2577]

My favorite Paulie scene was when he's sitting at his kitchen table clipping coupons and the Pines story line.

[@nicksantaniello9547]

Johnny Sack not making the top 10 is a crime

[@skinglyfe]

Paulie chriss n jonny sack were my favorite characters

[@allisontucker9874]

I still need to watch this masterpiece of a show!!!

[@bravokilo8478]

Livia, Phil, Carmine Sr, Feech LeMana, Johnny Sack. So many worthy that were unmentioned.

[@taylorcarter2857]

You realize that when you watch it now, Adriana was a good person.

[@VakmanCA]

A true fan of The Sopranos won’t ever agree with a “best characters list”. The reason is simple, all characters were needed and great in their own way.

[@joelobban6707]

Whoever put Paulie Walnuts at #10 needs to be fired.

[@InspectahReese]

Bobby, Tony, Chrissy and AJ are definitely some of my favorites

[@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606]

Same Here

[@mikemckenzie3175]

Aj and meadow were the two worst characters in the show

[@xxxentbrandonredhoodrobins7606]

@@mikemckenzie3175 spoiled and much worse

[@jaredquinney204]

I really do appreciate what this show was

[@joevlam1055]

Man Chris's intervention hit home so hard as i was hopelessly addiced to heroin and cocaine upon first viewing i never laughed so hard whilst being so sick 😂😂😂

[@Kylor80sMetalFan]

Ralph is my favorite. I just started watching this and it's fantastic! 🤘😎🎸🤘

[@jduke93]

Paulie at 10?!? He was one of the best!!

[@oveidasinclair982]

I wish the show could have incorporated Furio and Bennie more into the show then just a couple seasons

[@dashriprock8596]

They should have found a way to bring Furio back from Naples.

[@ujwalkota7906]

Silvio should have been higher in the list, he was the most level headed among all

[@screamdream5011]

Johnny Sack, Phil, Richie, Livia, AJ, none of them even get an honorable mention? But Tony B made #8?

[@kamarichristie4346]

Love the sopranos

[@JuveVinny]

Ralph is the best "side character" (or seasonal antagonist) in the show. Joey Pants kills every scene. He's brilliant. So much charisma in the character. Brilliant performance.

[@bgko91880]

#1 is the most "DUH!" revelation. Should've been a list made up of characters not named Soprano.

[@ahmedturki6877]

The best two characters on this show were Tony's breathing and of course how could we forget, Johnny sack

[@Nefoxzxz]

1) Tony 2) Silvio 3) Junior 4) Paulie 5) Johnny Sack 6) Ralphie 7) Furio 8) Phil 9) Ritchie 10) Bobby

[@bahribahri8136]

Paulie, Richie April, Ralphie. BTW can't believe that guy played the nicest guy in the world in LA BAMBA.

[@ryanwolters8217]

Someone should be wacked for having Pauli at 10

[@mbta1000]

You're kickin' up four grand to Don Junior every week- I don't care if you're in Deer Valley, or Death Valley!

[@amparonarbona5142]

Could you please do one of ‘The cast of The Sopranos, where are they now’?

[@willbrock1962]

here's my list: 1. Tony Soprano (best character) 2. Christopher Moltisanti (personal favorite) 3. Jennifer Melfi 4. Paulie Walnuts 5. Artie Bucco 6.Silvio Dante 7. Pussy Bonpensiero 8.Adrianna La Cerva 9. Carmella Soprano 10. Furio Giunta Honorable mentions: Ralph, Vito, Phil leotardo, Janice

[@Zeltron_1804]

Never had the makings of a varsity athlete 😂😂

[@usedcondom8481]

I gotta say out of all the guys patsy and bobby were the sweetest ones of all of them lmfao