he is benefiting from the death of a great police officer, and that is totally unacceptable." . Tony has a strong preference for women of European, particularly Italian descent, with dark hair and eyes and exotic features. Ronald F. SpearsKevin FinnertyMr. Biography He is a cousin of Louis Gismonte, a convict who spent time in the license plate workshop with DiMeo capo Richie Aprile. Sadly, Big Mike's time on the Sopranos came to an end following his death in 2001. Pussy denies this accusation, although Tony executes him regardless. He has a sentimental attachment towards animals, being traumatized by the loss of his childhood dog (as revealed in the episode, Tony enjoys fishing, as he is seen many times over the course of the show engaging in both freshwater and saltwater angling. As she goes to peel away the scarf, Tony wakes up and makes his way to the bathroom for some medication. He also tells her about his mother, Livia, a cold, mean-spirited woman with whom he has an openly hostile relationship. He knocks on the door and a female figure descends slowly in shadow; the door creaks ominously. Every decision you make affects every facet of every other fucking thing. . He tells her about the stress of his business life he has a feeling that he has come in at the end of something and describes a reverence for the glorified "old days" of the Mafia. In March 1999 ("Isabella"), Tony, suffering from depression after Big Pussy disappears, acquaints himself with a dental student named Isabella who is staying in the Cusamano home while they are on vacation. He was Matthew Bevilaqua's partner in crime and an associate in the Soprano crew. The FBI continued to try to pin the murder on Tony, but remained unsuccessful. To keep them segregated, family members used to call Tony Blundetto "Tony Uncle Al" and Tony Soprano "Tony Uncle Johnny". [6] Brancato was a fan of De Niro and impressed the scout with an impression of Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver. Furthermore, he conspired with Tony's own mother, Livia Soprano, to have Tony killed (although the hit failed). Full Name The feds continued to try to pin the murder on Tony, but remained unsuccessful. is finally getting back to college, this time at Rutgers University, to take classes and party with girls as Tony believes every college kid should. He was arguably one of the most ruthless characters on the show; he exhibited some of the same similar traits as . [13] On December 22, 2008, a jury found him not guilty of murder, but found him guilty of first-degree attempted burglary. TonyTony Uncle-JohnnyToneT. Great, now this thread looks like a bunch of fuckin' jerkoffs. In a previous episode he calls Tony "T" and Tony tells him to refer to him as Tony. On December 22, 2008, a jury found him not guilty of murder, but found him guilty of first-degree attempted burglary. Occupation In 2000, he was executed by Tony Soprano for attempting to assassinate his nephew Christopher Moltisanti. Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Bevilaqua&oldid=3144075, Articles lacking sources from December 2009, Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention from September 2015, Fictional American people of Italian descent, All Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. To gain respect from Richie and to quickly make their mark, Matt and Sean plan an unsanctioned hit on Christopher. Tony begins to open up once Dr. Melfi explains the doctor-patient confidentiality rules. After flunking out of Ramapo State, A.J. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! He did lack any form of common sense however. Maureen Van Zandt, who also featured in The Sopranos, shared a photo of Siravo on. Matthew Bevilaqua was the partner of Sean Gismonte and an associate in Tony Soprano's crew. Gender From their introduction, "you're suppose to push webistics" to shitting at the scene of the crime to ultimately their deaths (Shawn just fucking dies with ZERO heroics), these guys had me absolutely glued to the screen. Meadow learned of her father's actions and didn't speak to him for several months, eventually reconciling at Christmas in 2000. Anthony "Tony" John Soprano (born August 22, 1959-December 2007), also known as Tony Soprano, is the De facto Boss of the DiMeo crime family. When the witness learned that the murder was mafia-related, he then refused to cooperate. First Appearance The murder of one of his best friends Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero in Funhouse weighs heavily on Tony. Rank Other Relatives When the family visits Green Grove, a retirement community which Tony is trying to place his mother in, Livia's derisive outburst prompts a second panic attack. 's prowess on the football field, even amid his failing grades in high school, but is frustrated with A.J. DiMeo Family However, prior to completing his freshman year, he dropped out and elected to go into his father's criminal work. In November 2007 ("Kennedy and Heidi"), Tony sustains minor injuries in a car accident that seriously injures his nephew Christopher Moltisanti (whom Tony killed by suffocation while Christopher succumbed to his injuries). Citizenship In the second and third episode the viewer sees Tony in a dream-like state, eventually arriving at what could be purgatory, where he is greeted by a man who takes the physical form of his late cousin Tony Blundetto. He was also the older brother of former DiMeo acting boss Jackie, Sr. In "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" Tony discusses Jackie's cancer with Dr. Melfi. This does not deter Tony's rage as he angrily lets his mother know that he found out about the truth. Young Tony Soprano has been portrayed by several actors. In the second season finale, Tony asks Pussy if he may have tipped off the FBI about the Bevilaqua hit. As Moltisanti left the diner, Gismonte fired several shots at him, wounding him. And in the end, you're completely alone with it all. Disclaimer: All copyrights belong to HBO.Monetization is disabled on this channel.I don't make a profit from uploading this content and I never will, I am ju. The episode follows his attempts to discern his identity, recover his briefcase, and get back to his family. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The relationship between Tony and his uncle, Corrado John Soprano, Jr. (better known as Junior Soprano), was very close for many years, with Junior acting as a father figure for Tony following the death of Giovanni (AKA Johnny Boy) Soprano, Tony's father. Sean and Matt both tried to impress Tony in the Bada Bing restroom by talking about working with Chris but angered him by speaking candidly about criminal activities when the conversation could have been recorded by law enforcement. BEVILAQUA, Matthew Matthew Newton Bevilaqua passed away on February 20, 2015. In the episode "Isabella" Tony sinks into a severe depressive episode and experiences hallucinations he sees a beautiful Italian woman named Isabella in his neighbor's garden. They worked under DiMeo soldier Christopher Moltisanti at a stock firm assigned to push Webistics, selling shares in the company to naive clients to pump the share price before Soprano crew members dumped their shares for a profit. Police Say Statements Differ", Former 'Sopranos' Actor Brancato Gets Parole, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lillo_Brancato&oldid=1141728889, Prisoners and detainees of New York (state), Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Petty Officer Third Class Russell Vossler, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 14:02. He resented being in therapy and refused to accept the diagnosis of panic attacks given him by the neurologists who had investigated his illness. It's a quiz you only need a 70 to pass, but only has a 65% pass rate, and at the time he would have taken it, it was a longer test because they hadn't split it into the two separate series 7 and the 66 exams. The pair came face-to-face with the officer, and in a moment of frenzied panic, Armento produced a firearm and shot Enchautegui in the chest (he died shortly after). Its hard to sift out whether he was dumb or just not street smart and misread things. On the fateful night of Dec. 10, 2005, a heroic police officer lost his life because of my drug taking and bad decision making," he said (per People Magazine). Tony describes the experience of the panic attack as feeling like he had "ginger ale in his skull". As with Jackie Junior wannabes always misread things and fucked up on relying on old tales of when members stepped up - thinking whacking Chrissy would score points with Aprile was a serious misread. The three of them were involved with a "pump and dump" of stocks in the website Webistics, Junior Soprano's executive card game, and some burglary jobs. Matthew Bevilaqua Though there is a possibility that the test results were forged, for example they could have had someone else take the exam for him. Pussy and Tony dragged a beaten Matt to a locked refreshment shack and after interrogating him to make sure that he and Sean were acting on their own, and not for someone else, shot him 21 times in the chest, stomach and head. 's depression, a 'rotten putrid gene' that Tony believes he passed down to his son. He has yet to discuss his experiences while unconscious with anyone close to him. Born on June 9, 1983, Matt was a resident of Atlanta, GA. As a graduate of the Gemological Institute of America. Tony leaves out the violence associated with his criminal career. Matt and Sean were from West Orange, New Jersey.Matt wanted to move up in the ranks along with his best friend, Sean. consistently demonstrates throughout the series that he lacks his father's dominating persona and cunning. Brancato was charged with second-degree murder, and his trial began on November 17, 2008. 1976New Jersey, U.S Because of their lower status, Matt and Sean could not refuse them. After the attempt on Tony's life, he proceeds to confront his mother at the retirement home, but discovers she has had a stroke. The witness identified Tony from a picture without knowing that he was a high ranking mobster. Tony takes satisfaction in it, as it is revenge for an attempt on the life of one of his relatives. Tony's earlier chaotic life via flashback. In therapy, when asked to remember happy childhood memories about his mother, Tony struggled to come up with any, eventually recalling that he witnessed his father falling down the stairs, causing the whole family to laugh, even his mother; he later described his mother as a cruel, joyless woman who wore his father down "to a little nub". Soldiers from Johnny Boy's crew, Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero and Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri, passed their loyalty on to Tony after Johnny Boy died, Tony then became acting capo of his father's old crew in 1986, making him the youngest capo in the family, at only 27. He also portrayed Matthew Bevilaqua, a young mobster on The Sopranos. I think these two guys watched too many movies and thought it was all fun and games. Bevilaqua got into trouble with Moltisanti for needlessly attracting police attention by stealing nearby cars and assaulting an innocent stockbroker. Male When the witness learned that the murder was mafia-related, he then refused to cooperate and denied it was Tony Soprano who he had indeed witnessed. Tony becomes angry and storms out because he feels she is trying to trick him and manipulate his thoughts using the pictures that decorate her office. With Jackie's death in September 1998 crisis emerged as to who would run the family, and the soldiers and other captains began to prepare for all-out war within the family, but Tony brought a quick end to the conflict by making Junior the official boss of the family. He also portrayed Matthew Bevilaqua, a young mobster on The Sopranos . Religion She tells him that their flight from the pool sparked his panic attack through the overwhelming fear of somehow losing his own family. The witness identified Tony from a picture without knowing that he was a mob boss. After Jackie worsens and Tony is called a Frankenstein by a business associate he returns to therapy to discuss these things with Dr. Melfi she asks him if he feels like a monster. Tony instead tells A.J. This drove Meadow to drinking and depression, although they'd broken up shortly before his death. His wife Carmela seems to know about this and usually turns a blind eye, though sometimes the bottled-up tensions explode in domestic arguments - particularly at the end of Season 4, when Tony's affairs drive Carmela to separate from him. [12] Enchautegui confronted Brancato (then 29) and his accomplice, Steven Armento (48), outside a vacant house located at 3119 Arnow Place, next to his own, after hearing glass break. However, given that one-time story and the tone of voice delivered, it may be likely Tony was telling a tall tale. [2] While in prison, Brancato continued his drug use, suffering a heroin overdose on at least one occasion. Junior would unknowingly act as the lightning rod for the feds, while Tony would run the family from behind the scenes as a de facto boss starting in April 1999. In the second season of The Sopranos, which HBO broadcast in 2000, Brancato starred as Matthew Bevilaqua, a young mobster associated with Tony Soprano's crime syndicate. He was addicted to cocaine and heroin by his mid-20s. Sean's ambition was to impress his superiors in order to move up the ranks with his best . Tony and Pussy blast countless bullets into him even after he's obviously dead. Sean was distractingly good looking compared to Drinkwater. He earned his brokerage license from Pace University and first sold shares in Webistics through a stock brokerage operated by Christopher Moltisanti. The shadowy figure in the doorway of the house has the profile of his mother, Livia, who is dead. He also leaves without closing the apartment door. 2000Chester Township, New Jersey, U.S(aged 24) Spouse I love when Tony wipes his hands on his shirt during that little interaction. Tony repeatedly worried about being implicated in the show and felt as if he had "dodged a big bullet" when he got away clean. The murder of his nephew, Christopher Moltisanti, is done out of necessity in Tony's eyes; Moltisanti's reckless behavior and persistent addiction to heroin, cocaine, and alcohol presents a threat to Tony's life and the DiMeo crime family. Carmela Soprano The coach, who is once again a living man, chastises Tony for dropping out of school. After seeing Matt shaking and pissing his pants, Tony orders Pussy to get him a soft drink of choice to calm him down. on The Stugots, teaching his son how to steer. In the fifth season finale, after Adriana is murdered, Tony asks Christopher if Adriana may have mentioned anything about Ralph or the "Bevilacqua kid" as he was taking precautions, making sure she hadn't said anything to the FBI to implicate them in relation to the murders. The Sopranos Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. The Many Saints of Newark After these jobs, they felt they were getting nowhere under DiMeo soldier Christopher Moltisanti and decided they needed to take decisive action to move up in the ranks of the family. Chrissy himself would have got whacked very early but for who he was related to. (Edward Morgan), It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.Eric Hoffer (19021983). Under Jackie's rule, the DiMeo Family was peaceful and prosperous until 1998, when Jackie was diagnosed with intestinal cancer; afterward, the family slowly descended into turmoil. [15] On January 9, 2009, a judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison. Brancato's ability to emulate the consequences of getting involved in organized crime and toxic ambitions presented fans with an exciting spectacle to watch, but the dark truth of the matter is that life often imitates art far too closely. Tony was not alone in nightmares, as Silvio and Paulie admit in private they have all been haunted by nightmares of killing a good friend. Melfi prescribes Prozac as an anti-depressant, telling him that no one needs to suffer from depression with the wonders of modern pharmacology. Matthew Bevilaqua Also Appears In Richie refused because he knew Tony would kill anyone involved in the attack. His contribution to "The Sopranos" proved yet another major feat for him as an actor. From then on, he was on a fast track to becoming a made man. A.J. Matt also did some burglary jobs with Chris and Sean. Sean Gismonte is an associate of the DiMeo crime family. The murder of his cousin Tony Blundetto is solely to save him from a far worse death if he were to fall into Phil's hands, and also to satisfy the leadership of the Lupertazzi crime family and protect Soprano's men from their wrath for not giving up Blundetto. Vic Musto's subtle change in facial expression after Davey describes how Tony collects his debts amounts to this as well. Police later find Matt's dead body and a witness told detectives about the gunshots he heard and saw two men leave the scene in a car. "Wasted Talent: The Rise and Fall of Lillo Brancato" became his tell-all that outlined the success, regret, trauma, and redemption that has defined most of his life. Made in America But Tony's mother was a bitter and pessimistic woman who rejected Tony's help and became very angry with him when he placed her in a retirement community, which Livia claimed was a "nursing home". Matthew Bevilaqua. Matthew Bevilaqua is played by Lillo Brancato Jr. Matthew was Sean Gismonte's partner-in-crime from West Orange, New Jersey and an associate working under Christopher Moltisanti in the Gualtieri crew. Junior took over the paternal role and continued to advise and assist Tony. Bevilaqua drove a sedan into the parking lot of the Skyway Diner under the Pulaski Skyway in Kearny, where Moltisanti was eating. He was a capo in the DiMeo crime family and led the Aprile crew. The "Bronx Tale" star was later convicted of attempted burglary and sentenced to a decade behind bars. Enchautegui had served with the NYPD for three years and was assigned to the 40th Precinct in the Bronx. Matt"Drinkwater""Cheese-Fuck" In October 1998 ("Pax Soprana"), Tony has several dreams and fantasies of Dr. Melfi. When he finds out it's almost worse than a regular job because you can never quit, he starts getting deeper into drug addiction. Born numerous times that he is proud that his son is gentle and kind. In "Fortunate Son" Tony discusses a childhood memory of an early panic attack. The Sopranos Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. His mistresses have been, in chronological order, of Russian, Italian, Italian/Cuban, and Jewish descent. Just as Tony is about to enter the house he wakes up. Pussy also ends up paying the teenager $20. Associate He often tells people about her aspiration to become a pediatrician. Later he sold shares in Webistics through a stock brokerage operated by DiMeo crime family soldier Christopher Moltisanti. Matt ran away from the scene and went to the Aprile crew's hangout asking capo Richie Aprile for help hoping Richie's dislike of Chris for hitting his niece, Adriana. William Bender, "The Last Aria of Tony Soprano", The New York Times, February 26, 2006. Tony was born on August 22, 1959, to Livia and Johnny Soprano. The voice of a younger version of his daughter calls him back. On the fateful night of Dec. 10, 2005, a heroic police officer lost his life because of my drug taking and bad decision making," he said (per People Magazine ). They got into trouble with Christopher for stealing nearby cars which could draw too much attention from the police. In the episode when Tony's sister, Janice, goes back to Seattle, it is revealed during a rushed conversation between Janice and Tony that their mother suffers from narcissistic personality disorder. Matthew Bevilaqua Nickname (s) Matt Drinkwater Born March 30, 1976, West Orange, New Jersey Died April 2000, Newark, New Jersey (Aged 24) Cause of Death Gunshots Citizenship Italian - American Career Information Occupation Mobster Rank Associate Affiliations DiMeo Crime Family In September 1998 ("Meadowlands"), Tony has a dream of several people in his life in Dr. Melfi's office, causing him to be paranoid that people will find out he is seeing a psychiatrist.