Christopher Moltisanti

Christopher Moltisanti
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
First appearance	"Pilot" (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	"Kennedy and Heidi" (episode 6.18)
Created by	David Chase
Portrayed by	Michael Imperioli
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Aliases	Chris Maccaviti (episode 2.05) Chris Montevani (episode 5.11) Chrissy
Gender	Male
Occupation	Union safety official, Stock market Chief Compliance Officer, movie producer, nightclub owner
Title	Associate (Seasons 1 - 2), Soldier (Seasons 3 - 5), Capo (Season 6)
Family	Joanne Moltisanti (mother) Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti (father) Carmela Soprano (cousin once removed) Tony Blundetto (cousin)
Spouse(s)	Kelli Lombardo Moltisanti (wife) Adriana La Cerva (late fiancee)
Children	Caitlyn Lombardo Moltisanti (daughter)
Relatives	Tony Soprano (cousin - by marriage) Janice Soprano (cousin - by marriage) Barbara Soprano Giglione (cousin - by marriage) Al Blundetto (uncle) Pat Blundetto (uncle) Meadow Soprano (second cousin) A.J. Soprano (second cousin) Hugh De Angelis (great uncle)
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Christopher Moltisanti, played by Michael Imperioli, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He is Tony Soprano's protégé and a Capo in the Soprano crime family.

Tony Soprano has been a father figure to Christopher since the death of his father, Dickie Moltisanti. Tony affectionately refers to Christopher as his "nephew," but in fact he is a cousin of Tony's wife Carmela as well as a biological distant cousin of Tony himself.

Christopher is a volatile, narcissistic and impulsive young man, frustrated by his perceived lack of progress in the business. Christopher oversteps his authority when he hijacks trucks under the protection of family boss Junior Soprano. To teach him a lesson, Junior orders a mock execution on him. Christopher shoots a bakery clerk in the foot for ignoring him, commenting "It happens," a nod to Imperioli's role in Goodfellas where he is shot in the foot by Joe Pesci's character Tommy DeVito. In the second season Chris is shot by his subordinates Matthew Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte but survives.

Nonetheless, Tony trusts Christopher with sensitive tasks, such as disposing of the bodies of murdered capos Richie Aprile and Ralph Cifaretto, and arranging the assassination of New York boss Carmine Lupertazzi. In the third season Chris finally becomes a made man. This leads to friction with his new capo Paulie Gualtieri, culminating in the Pine Barrens incident and although they make an uneasy truce, they clash again on several occasions. By the sixth season he is promoted to capo, and Tony tells Christopher that he will lead the family into the 21st century.