The portly patriarch of HBO's lovable Mob family The Sopranos filed for divorce Tuesday from wife Marcy Wudarski, the actor's spokesman confirms. Gandolfini publicist Stan Rosenfield did not give a reason for the split, saying only that the actor filed the papers in New York.
The 41-year-old actor married Wudarski in March 1999, and the couple have one son, Michael, who is almost 3. The family had shared a home in New Jersey, where The Sopranos is shot, as well as a Greenwich Village apartment.
Aside from his Emmy-winning work on The Sopranos, Gandolfini's big-screen credits include The Last Castle, The Mexican and 8mm. Prior to their split, Wudarski praised the actor's ability to devote time to both family and career.
"He's got a huge family, he manages to spend time with them. We have a two-year-old boy, he spends a ton of time with him, a ton of time with me--and he has this unbelievable [work] schedule," she told USA Today. "I think he's a mastermind at organization. That makes you successful in life."
Added Gandolfini: "My family is very important to me. I'm very Italian in that way."