Jackie Aprile, Jr.
| Jackie Aprile Jr. | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | "The Knight in White Satin Armor" (episode 2.12) |
| Last appearance | "Army of One" (episode 3.13) |
| Created by | David Chase |
| Portrayed by | Jason Cerbone |
| Information | |
| Full name | Giacomo Michael Aprile Jr. |
| Nickname(s) | Jackie Jr. Little Lord Fuckpants The Fresh Prince of New Jersey The Heir Apparent |
| Aliases | Mr. X |
| Occupation | Rutgers University pre-med freshman student |
| Title | Associate of the Aprile crew in the DiMeo crime family |
| Family |
Jackie Aprile Sr. (father; deceased) Rosalie Aprile (mother) Kelli Aprile (sister) |
| Significant other(s) | Meadow Soprano (ex-girlfriend) |
| Relatives |
Richie Aprile (uncle; deceased) Adriana La Cerva (cousin; deceased) Vito Spatafore (cousin; deceased) Bryan Spatafore (cousin) Richie Aprile Jr. (cousin) |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Giacomo Michael "Jackie" Aprile Jr. (commonly referred to as Jackie Jr.), played by Jason Cerbone, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. In the episode "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", Cerbone's younger brother Matt played a younger Jackie Jr. in a flashback sequence.
Jackie Aprile Jr. was born into North Jersey mafia family. His father, Jackie Aprile Sr., was once the acting boss of the DiMeo crime family, and his uncle Richie Aprile was a capo first under Ercoli "Eckley" DiMeo, and then later under Tony Soprano. However Jackie Jr. himself was kept away from the family business by Jackie Sr. and his father's best friend, Tony Soprano. He only began getting involved with the criminal aspects of his family in 2000—season 2 of The Sopranos—after the death of his father and the release of his uncle from prison. Despite attempts to succeed at Rutgers, Jackie Jr. drifted towards a life of crime as he began helping his uncle Richie run the Aprile crew.
His mother Rosalie Aprile began a romantic relationship with Soprano capo Ralph Cifaretto. Ralph was more of a mentor in Jackie's attempt to follow in his father's footsteps and was actively involved with his life or development as a young man. It was Richie's and then Ralph's bad influence, Jackie Jr.'s own faults, and finally Tony's insistence that Jackie Jr. not become involved in organized crime that were the contributing factors that propelled Jackie Jr. into a brief, and rather humiliating career in organized crime.
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