A.J. Soprano

A.J. Soprano
Robert Iler as A. J. Soprano
First appearance	"Pilot" (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	"Made in America" (episode 6.21)
Created by	David Chase
Portrayed by	Robert Iler
Information
Aliases	A.J. "Baby Bing" (FBI code name) Tony Soprano Jr. Anthony Jr.
Occupation	Assistant movie producer Formerly: Pizza shop manager Construction worker Blockbuster cashier
Family	Tony Soprano (father) Carmela Soprano (mother) Meadow Soprano (sister) Johnny Soprano (paternal grandfather) Livia Soprano (paternal grandmother) Hugh De Angelis (maternal grandfather) Mary De Angelis (maternal grandmother) Janice Soprano (paternal aunt) Barbara Soprano Giglione (paternal aunt) Junior Soprano (paternal granduncle) Christopher Moltisanti (maternal cousin) Domenica Baccalieri (paternal cousin)
Spouse(s)	Rhiannon Flammer (girlfriend) Blanca Selgado (ex-fiancée) Devin Pillsbury (ex-girlfriend)

Anthony John "A.J." Soprano Jr. (born July 15, 1986), played by Robert Iler, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He is the son of Carmela and Tony Soprano.

Anthony is the chaotic younger brother of his more accomplished sister, Meadow. As a chronic underachiever with many doubts about life, A.J. is diagnosed as borderline ADD. Additionally, he crashes his mother's car, smokes marijuana at his own confirmation, gets drunk on stolen communion wine, vandalizes his school swimming pool, and is finally expelled after cheating on a test. As a result, his parents arrange to send him to military school, until they discover that he suffers from the same panic attacks that plagued his father and grandfather. Instead, he is sent to a public school. His birthday is July 15.

In the episode "Two Tonys," it is revealed that Tony had bought A.J. an elaborate $5,000 drum set, and in the episode "All Happy Families...," despite discovering that A.J. is not doing well in school and does not have an optimistic future as far as college is concerned, Tony gets him an almost new Nissan Xterra, though Tony claims it is a "motivational tool." A.J. is excited about the SUV, though he comments about the environmental impact of SUV's and claims he may encounter social pressure from school friends to drive a different vehicle. During the fifth season he also shows an increasing amount of disrespect to his mother, presumably due to the separation. He tends to relate to his father and ends up moving in with him during the separation; however, in the episode "Sentimental Education," when A.J. and Tony get into a scuffle over A.J.'s disrespect, as his father has him pinned against the wall, A.J. says, "One of these days, you wait...I'm going to kick your fucking ass." Immediately afterwards, A.J. decides he wants to move back in with his mother, threatening to call social services due to the ongoing "violence against children" present in his father's home. Carmela takes the opportunity to demand certain things from A.J. in return for allowing him to move back in, like showing respect to his mother by not swearing at her and attending to schoolwork.