Dominic Chianese

Actor/singer Dominic Chianese (pronounced Key-a-NAY-see) gained widespread recognition for his portrayal of Corrado "Uncle Junior" Soprano on the cable-television series The Sopranos starting in 1999, but his career dates back to the 1950s. A second-generation Italian-American, he was born into a family of stonemasons in the New York City borough the Bronx. After graduating from the prestigious Bronx High School of Science, he entered the family bricklaying business, but in 1952, he got a part in the chorus of a touring company of Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, his fi...