Tony becomes the official boss after Junior is retired by the family, following Junior's shooting of Tony. 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". After A.J. Sean then blames Matt for making him do all the talking. He favors dark features but also had a few brief flings with blond European women, including a Russian housekeeper and a stewardess from Icelandic Airways. However, prior to completing his freshman year, he dropped out and elected to go into his father's criminal work. Hair Color Or have paid off the person doing the testing. 's lack of focus after graduation. Plaster falls down in front of Tony and when he looks up he sees that the chandelier is almost pulled out of the ceiling. The dream ends with Tony confronting Melfi, only to find out he's speaking to his mother, Livia. James Gandolfini (adult)Bobby Boriello (child)Danny Petrillo (teenager)Michael Gandolfini (teenager)William Ludwig (child) Over the course of the show he is seen to enjoy Jefferson Airplane, Eric Clapton, The Clash, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, AC/DC, Rush, Eagles, Journey, Boston, and Deep Purple. Also Appears In Tony hears his cries for help, and rescues him. tries to drown himself in a swimming pool, but decides he wants to live; he is unable to escape the pool, however. He was addicted to cocaine and heroin by his mid-20s. He said if Tony had listened to his conscience, he could have continued on in a career in sports, possibly succeeding him as coach. Tony listens to classic rock and pop music, particularly of the 1960s and 70s. He was elevated to permanent capo in the late-eighties. At home, Tony tells Carmela he would like to spend more time with A.J.. Carmela is somewhat surprised by this, figuring he would want to focus his attention on Meadow. Furio jokingly remarks that they "suck each other's cocks" in Italian to his associate. Affiliation In October 1998 ("Pax Soprana"), Tony has several dreams and fantasies of Dr. Melfi. Brancato was arrested on December 10, 2005, in the Bronx for the murder of police officer Daniel Enchautegui, who was at home and off-duty at the time of his death, during a botched burglary. Pussy says that all they have are diet sodas in the refreshment stand, but Matt accepts. He knocks on the door and a female figure descends slowly in shadow; the door creaks ominously. Matt and Sean worked with Christopher at various aspects of organized crime including: the Massarone Construction site, Junior Soprano's executive card game, and some burglary jobs with Chris and Sean. Matt and Sean were desperate to make a name for themselves . By 1995, Tony was a well-respected caporegime in the organization when the boss of the family, Ercoli "Eckley" DiMeo, was sent to prison. loafs around the house, parties, and for a time holds a job at Blockbuster, until his father, hoping to keep A.J. 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. "They said once this movie goes out, you will have people around you who will expose you to dangerous things and you have to be careful." 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. Corrado Soprano, Jr. (uncle)Quintina Blundetto (aunt)Tony Blundetto (cousin)Hugh DeAngelis (father-in-law)Mary DeAngelis (mother-in-law)Bobby Baccalieri (brother-in-law)Bobby Baccalieri III (Step-nephew)Sophia Baccalieri (step-niece) Domenica Baccalieri (niece)Thomas Giglione, Jr. (brother-in-law)Alyssa Giglione (niece)Thomas Giglione III (nephew)Christopher Moltisanti (cousin-in-law)Brian Cammarata (cousin-in-law) MobsterStockbroker Pussy also ends up paying the teenager $20. Carmela Soprano In June 1998 ("Pilot"), Tony tells Dr. Melfi about a dream he had wherein a screw in his belly button, when removed, causes his penis to fall off. Matt"Drinkwater""Cheese-Fuck" 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. I think these two guys watched too many movies and thought it was all fun and games. Information Something I noticed about Matthew Bevilaqua's death scene So besides the fact that his last name means "drink water" and the last thing he did was drink a sugarless motherfucking soda. Bevilaqua first appeared in the second-season premiere, "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office", and appeared in five more episodes. For a time in Summer 1998, Jackie seemed cured and was back on the street as boss and the family's woes were eased. Tony has personally committed at least eight murders in the show, although he may have committed others that have not been shown or referenced considering his lengthy career in the Mafia. This does not deter Tony's rage as he angrily lets his mother know that he found out about the truth. Tony eventually abandoned the blinding affection he held for Salvatore and realized his old friend's betrayal after a portentous dream where Salvatore appeared as a fish and told him that he had known all along. 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. Tony had been using his putative nephew Christopher Moltisanti as a buffer between him and his capos during the past two seasons in order to insulate himself from the FBI. He was a disrespectful, dumb fuck, who never knew his place, and that's why he was killed. He did lack any form of common sense however. After flunking out of Ramapo State, A.J. He is last shown having dinner with his family at the famous Holstein's restaurant in New Jersey, though the possibility of a criminal indictment, thanks to a gun charge and testimony from Carlo Gervasi, looms over his head. Despite a level of local notoriety, Tony has represented himself publicly as a waste management consultant to Barone Sanitation, one of the many fronts for his criminal enterprises. All due respect. He becomes convinced that he is in love with her, but she turns him down when he makes advances towards her. Occupation(s) Tony is often portrayed as a loving father he attends his children's sporting events on a regular basis and does all he can to insure they have all the luxuries and opportunities that life has to offer. 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. Sean attempted to follow Matt but his seatbelt was stuck and he could not escape. Unknown Most notably, after murdering his nephew, Christopher Moltisanti, he feels a rush of relief for finally being rid of his nephew, whom he felt he could no longer trust and had become a burden. Associate 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. American MafiaDiMeo crime family Matt and Sean were from West Orange, New Jersey.Matt wanted to move up in the ranks along with his best friend, Sean. The eyewitness himself has one when he learns that Matthew Bevilaqua was tied to the Soprano family. 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. Bevilaqua was played by Lillo Brancato, who is best-known for his role in A Bronx Tale and was later arrested for a burglary-turned-deadly. Full Name The witness identified Tony from a picture without knowing that he was a high ranking mobster. One of the two assailants, Clayborn, is shot dead by Ray in an attempt to kill Tony, and Ray is left bruised but runs off. Tony tells Dr. Melfi a story about ducks landing in his pool. At the time, Tony thought Janice was his father's favorite child. During this episode Tony introduces the concept of him acting like the sad clown - happy on the outside but sad on the inside. Among other differences, his accent has changed and his hotel's bartender condescends him (in sharp contrast to the bartender at The Bing, who is a recurring punching bag for Tony). Bobby Baccalieri was being groomed as Moltisanti's replacement until he was killed by Phil Leotardo's hitmen when the Lupertazzi crime family launched a war against the DiMeo Crime Family. However, given that one-time story and the tone of voice delivered, it may be likely Tony was telling a tall tale. Brancato's last film before being charged in 2005 for first-degree burglary was Saturday Morning, released in 2007. Meadow Soprano (daughter)Anthony Soprano, Jr. (son) Italian-American Before Tony realized his mother had helped to plan the attack on him, he had been very close to her and had taken care of her. Family Later he sold shares in Webistics through a stock brokerage operated by DiMeo crime family soldier Christopher Moltisanti. After years of investigating Tony Soprano (at one point trying to turn him into an informant) and failing to connect him to anything (the closest they came was pinning him to the murder of associate Matthew Bevilaqua in April 2000, which was tossed out when an eyewitness retracted his statement after finding out one of the shooters may have been Career information On April 2006 ("Members Only"), uncle Junior, suffering from dementia, believes Tony to be "Little Pussy" Malanga and shoots him in the abdomen. In the second season finale, Tony asks Pussy if he may have tipped off the FBI about the Bevilaqua hit. The murder of Matthew Bevilaqua was pure vengeance and an act that he believed had to be carried out since Christopher getting shot was a direct affront to him as boss of the DiMeo family, and as Christopher's cousin. 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. He committed his first murder at the age of 23 on Labor Day weekend in 1982, killing a small-time bookie named Willie Overall. Matthew Bevilaqua (1976-2000) was an associate of the DiMeo crime family and the partner-in-crime of Sean Gismonte. One of the last things Matthew says before Tony and Puss pull their guns on him is "Thank you T". Matt and Sean attempted a drive-by hit on Christopher which results in him shooting Sean to death in self-defense. Tony admits that he feels guilty because his mother could not be allowed to live with his family. Tony has mistakenly taken another man's briefcase - Kevin Finnerty's - along with all of his identification and work. He eventually beat Jackie up to warn him about abusing his daughter's feelings and confiscated a gun from him. He had one very short encounter with an Asian-American escort during "The Test Dream". This subterfuge ended when Moltisanti was killed by Tony after an automobile accident. [10], Brancato started using drugs and alcohol shortly after beginning his acting career in 1992. When he finds out it's almost worse than a regular job because you can never quit, he starts getting deeper into drug addiction. Matt and Sean also took part in the Soprano crew's picket busting efforts at Massarone construction. Date of Birth Matthew Bevilaqua, 2000 There is a caterpillar crawling on the back of Ralph's head. Sean's ambition was to impress his superiors in order to move up the ranks with his best friend, Matt. His father shepherded Tony through his ascendancy, until his death in 1986 from emphysema, brought on by a heavy smoking habit. After hearing a story from Christopher about how Big Pussy Bonpensiero became a made man after he committed a murder on behalf of Tony's father Johnny Soprano, Matt and Sean shoot Chris and severely wounded him. Sadly, Big Mike's time on the Sopranos came to an end following his death in 2001. 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. Together with Tonny, he also killed family associate Matthew Bevilaqua. Tony remembers having to buy expensive dinners for Richie Aprile as a newly made man. Tony was on bed rest for a few days and quickly recovered. Ronald F. SpearsKevin FinnertyMr. Sean and Matthew shared an apartment together. Matthew Bevilaqua, shot to death by Tony and Big Pussy for attempting to kill Christopher (April 2000). Bevilaqua is a close associate with the Soprano crew and works closely . The witness identified Tony from a picture without knowing that he was a mob boss because the police had lied to him and told him that Tony was a mere crack dealer. In high school he met his future bride, Carmela DeAngelis. To hide this from associates, he lied that he was unable to participate because he had been mugged and injured. On December 22, 2008, a jury found him not guilty of murder, but found him guilty of first-degree attempted burglary. The director, whose brother-in-law is a police officer, edited down all of Brancato's scenes during post-production. In the first he is being driven by Carmela in the back of his father's old car while Ralph sits in the passenger seat. As Moltisanti left the diner, Gismonte fired several shots at him, wounding him. Pussy and Tony drag a beaten Matt to a locked refreshment shack and after interrogating him to make sure that he and Sean were acting on their own. He worked under Tony's protg and honorary nephew Christopher Moltisanti in the family's pump and Dump scam. So besides the fact that his last name means "drink water" and the last thing he did was drink a sugarless motherfucking soda. Eventually, Soprano crew soldier Pussy Bonpensiero learns of Matt's whereabouts from a teenager after implying that whoever tells them where he is hiding will gain "points" with the DiMeo crime family. A naive and slimy yet ambitious "cheese fuck", he worked the Soprano crew's executive card game along with Sean. Tony also ended up having to dispose of the body of her re-acquainted boyfriend Richie Aprile, after Janice killed him. Brancato studied at Mount Saint Michael Academy. He was a capo in the DiMeo crime family and led the Aprile crew. The shadowy figure in the doorway of the house has the profile of his mother, Livia, who is dead. Citizenship 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". In a later session Dr. Melfi pushes Tony to admit he has feelings of anger towards his mother and he again storms out. They wanted to move up rapidly in the ranks of the family but realized that they were not respected and were being used by Tony, Christopher, Furio, and other mobsters. Melfi theorizes that Isabella was an idealized maternal figure that Tony's subconscious produced because of he was deeply upset at his own mother's actions at the time. This gave insight to that Tony did not originally intend to be a mobster and had some inklings towards a legitimate life. Though there is a possibility that the test results were forged, for example they could have had someone else take the exam for him. 's depression, a 'rotten putrid gene' that Tony believes he passed down to his son. Dr. Melfi makes a connection between meat and Tony's panic attacks and also explores his mother's attitude to the fruits of his father's labor. He typically has mistresses who he consistently sees for long periods of time, though he also has a number of brief one-night-stands with strippers from the Bada Bing. This closeness leads Tony to have something of a "crush" on Dr. Melfi, something that is unattainable. He had Brendan Filone killed, which infuriated Tony. [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. Christopher admits that they seek medical aid or report this to the police, they will probably administer drug tests, which he will likely fail, so he asks for Tony to help him escape. BEVILAQUA, Matthew Matthew Newton Bevilaqua passed away on February 20, 2015. The FBI continued to try to pin the murder on Tony, but remained unsuccessful. Matthew Bevilaqua is a supporting character portrayed by Lillo Brancato, Jr. Salvatore realizes this is his last day alive and begs not to shot in the face. Matthew Bevilacqua was Sean Gismonte's partner-in-crime and an associate in the DiMeo crime family working under Christopher Moltisanti in the Gualtieri crew. Brancato was charged with second-degree murder, and his trial began on November 17, 2008. He was also the older brother of former DiMeo acting boss Jackie, Sr. Other Relatives Tony repeatedly worried about being implicated in the murder. Tony also attended Seton Hall University. Eventually, Big Pussy Bonpensiero learned of Matt's whereabouts. [8][9] He has since had supporting roles in films including Dead on Arrival (2017), a remake of D.O.A. Jackie was eventually killed by Vito in January 2001 for his involvement in the robbery at Christopher's and Furio's executive card game, and for shooting Furio. While nervously guzzling down the drink, Tony again asks Matt if Richie Aprile was responsible, to which Matt answers in the negative. He helped to build a church in Tony's old neighborhood in Newark that Tony has taken his children to, so he can tell them about their heritage, and the value of hard work. DiMeo enforcer Furio Giunta and an associate visit Matt and Sean at their apartment for Tony's cut from the burglaries. In the second season finale, Tony asks Pussy if he may have tipped off the FBI about the Bevilaqua hit. Sean shot Christopher multiple times but then Matt abruptly ran out of the car and Christopher fired back from his wounded position. Richard "Richie" Aprile (September 7, 1945 May, 2000) is a recurring character portrayed by David Proval on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He has his first on-screen panic attack while cooking sausages at his son's birthday party this occurs in a flashback in the Pilot. On the night of June 9 2000 ("Funhouse"), an extended dream sequence exposes many of Tony's subconscious thoughts and feelings through symbolic and sometimes bizarre events: he attempts suicide to preempt a doctor's diagnosis of early death by dousing himself in gasoline and lighting himself on fire, witnesses himself shooting Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri to death during a card game, has an innuendo-laden conversation with his therapist Dr. Melfi while sporting a prominent erection, and a fish that speaks with the voice of Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero confirms his suspicions that the longtime friend and soldier is a federal informant. His mistresses have been, in chronological order, of Russian, Italian, Italian/Cuban, and Jewish descent. I think there was a theme in the show that there was no one to "take over". Soldier (1982-1986)Captain (1986-1999)De facto Boss (1999-2006)Boss (2006-2006) Catholic He was killed in a snack shack inside of the Hacklebarney State Park in Morris County. However, like Bonpensiero, Tony was haunted by this murder. Anthony John Soprano Later Dr. Melfi tries prescribing Lithium as a mood stabilizer. Matthew Bevilaqua was the partner of Sean Gismonte and an associate in Tony Soprano's crew. 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. 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. Brancato also played a mobster in the TV series Falcone, which debuted in 2000. . They also get into trouble for brutally beating up a broker, Kevin, and sending him to the hospital for recommending the sale of other stocks. 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. Nickname(s) He manages to dial 911 but loses consciousness before being able to tell the operator what happened. Every decision you make affects every facet of every other fucking thing. Tony sometimes has vivid dreams that are shown to the viewer. Matthew "Matt Drinkwater" Bevilacqua, played by Lillo Brancato Jr., is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. 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. Instead of calling 911, he suffocates Christopher to death. The murder of one of his best friends Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero in Funhouse weighs heavily on Tony. With the help of a therapist and medication, A.J. Matt's last words are screaming for his mother. Tony's longtime friend and fellow captain Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile, Sr. took on the role of acting boss in December 1995. The actor who plays Sean Gismonte was a teenager when his role was filmed, in which case he was the oldest teenager I've ever seen.