Created by stars in his breakthrough role as New Jersey mobster Tony Soprano, who struggles with the overwhelming stress and anxiety that comes with his unconventional career choice and being the patriarch of the Soprano family.

Source: https://collider.com/the-sopranos-best-needle-drops/

Nicknamed “Fathead”, Mr Moradian was a “Mr Big” of the cocaine trade and likened to Tony Soprano, of TV series, by his wife Natasha Youkhana.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/nsw/2023/06/27/bondi-shooting-alen-moradian/

The Tony Soprano mistress Julianna Skiff appears a handful of times in season 6 and also fosters a toxic connection with Christopher.

Source: https://screenrant.com/the-sopranos-best-tony-affairs-lovers/

Tony Soprano, Don Draper and Omar Little glower from the cover of “Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution,” Brett Martin’s canon-codifying 2013 book about the prestige TV boom of the 2000s.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/19/arts/television/difficult-men.html

With the arrival of Tony Soprano in 1999, HBO has made a popular habit of courting controversial TV characters.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/hbo-show-controversial-characters/