Throughout the series, he rises through the ranks of the organized crime organization, becoming a captain, as well as Tony Soprano's brother-in-law.
Although not officially a captain, Bobby was a high ranking soldier who ran Junior Soprano's interests as acting captain and reported directly to Junior, and more recently to Tony Soprano. Prior to his death, he became the underboss of the DiMeo Crime Family, behind only Silvio Dante and Tony Soprano.
Richard "Richie" Aprile (September 7, 1945 — May, 2000) is a recurring character portrayed by David Proval on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He was a capo in the DiMeo crime family and led the Aprile crew. He was also the older brother of former DiMeo acting boss Jackie, Sr.
Bobby was big and strong, not a surprise he could beat Tony.
Between the first and second seasons, he is promoted to street boss, a position he retains until the sixth season; his uncle Corrado "Junior" Soprano is the official boss up until early in the sixth season but has little or no actual power.
Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri played by Tony Sirico, is a caporegime (captain) and later underboss in the DiMeo crime family.
Phil Leotardo is the final antagonist of the HBO series The Sopranos, appearing as the main antagonist in both seasons five and six respectively. He is a ruthless mobster who started off as Capo for the Lupertazzi Crime Family before later becoming it's new leader after the death of his former boss Johnny Sack.
However, after an incident of domestic violence in which Richie punched her in the face for defending his son's potential homosexuality, Janice shot and killed Richie and called on her brother to dispose of the body.
In August 1989, Richard "Richie" Aprile was arrested and sent to prison for 10 years. After his brother's imprisonment, Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile, Sr., Richie's younger brother, presumably assumed control of the Aprile Crew in 1989.
Tony Martone (2022) - Bob Mignarri as Tony's Underboss - IMDb.
Official Boss - Junior Soprano. Consigliere - Mikey Palmice. Underboss - Joseph Sasso. De Facto Boss - Tony Soprano. De Facto Consigliere - Silvio Dante.
Richie Aprile: shot by Janice after he punched her in the mouth for defending his son being a ballroom dancer.
After a visit back home to bury his father, it becomes apparent to Furio that his love for Carmela can only end in one of two ways, with he or Tony dead. With this knowledge, Furio eventually makes the decision to return to Naples, ending The Sopranos' show tradition and streak of killing off departing characters.
Privately to Carmela, though, Janice admits that Richie often holds a gun to her head while they have sex. Carmela is outraged. She later breaks down crying at the party when she discovers a shirt with the smell of Tony's Russian mistress on it.
Ray Curto, The Secret Informant
Many characters betrayed Tony, but there was one he never knew.
He hated Mickey Palmice because he knew Mickey was working against him. He hated Febby Petrullio for talking to the feds and getting his mob colleagues locked up. Tony had a genuine dislike for Ralphie until Ralphie started making Tony a lot of money, and then they actually socialized together.
If there was one character richer than Tony Soprano, it was Johnny Sack. It makes a certain kind of sense, as Johnny was the acting boss of the New York-based Lupertazzi crime family.
Paulie is older than the other members of Tony's inner circle, a former underling of Tony's father who is one of the last of his generation from the Family to still be active.
Tony Soprano and Christopher Moltisanti have a higher kill count than Paulie, due to their contributing actions to the deaths of many more characters. However, Paulie takes the lead over both characters by directly killing nine people compared to both Christopher's seven and Tony's eight.
Another popular anecdote floating around for years is that Sirico agreed to do the series as long as Paulie never became a “rat,” aka government informant, as the actor had a criminal past and took the issue seriously. It seems that is most likely accurate, as Schirripa noted that Sirico said, “I'll never play a rat.”
Paul Vario (July 10, 1914 – May 3, 1988) was an American mobster and made man in the Lucchese crime family. Vario was a caporegime and had his own crew of mobsters in Brooklyn, New York.
Instead of Uncle June, Sopranos creator David Chase found him what was supposed to be a smaller role: Dimeo crime family captain Paulie “Walnuts” Gualitieri, who got his nickname by hijacking a truck he thought was full of TVs only to find it was transporting, well, walnuts.