Junior Soprano

Junior Soprano
Dominic Chianese as Junior Soprano
First appearance	"Pilot" (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	"Made in America" (episode 6.21)
Created by	David Chase
Portrayed by	Dominic Chianese Rocco Sisto
Information
Aliases	"Junior", "Uncle Jun'"
Gender	Male
Title	Soldier (unknown) Capo (unknown-season 1) Boss (season 1 - season 6) Retired boss (season 6)
Family	Corrado Soprano, Sr. (father, deceased) Frank Soprano (uncle, deceased) Johnny Soprano (brother, deceased) Ercoli "Eckley" Soprano (brother, deceased) Tony Soprano (nephew) Janice Soprano (niece) Barbara Soprano Giglione (niece) Livia Soprano (sister-in-law, deceased)
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Corrado John Soprano, Jr., played by Dominic Chianese, is a fictional character from the HBO TV series The Sopranos. Usually referred to as "Junior" or "Uncle June'", he is the official boss of the DiMeo crime family for most of the series, as well as the mentor and surrogate father for his nephew and DiMeo crime family capo Tony Soprano. A younger Corrado sometimes appears in flashbacks and is played by Rocco Sisto. Although Junior is portrayed as conniving and deceitful in the first season, he shows a more considerate and humorous side of him in the later seasons and reveals a sensitive side during his illness and house arrest, making the audience feel a slight bit of sympathy and compassion for him.

Junior is portrayed as an arrogant, selfish, misanthropic, impulsive, and insecure character. In Mafia jargon, he "ate alone", sharing little of his success with others. Junior was very envious of others who held an advantage or position of superiority over him (especially towards his own family). He had an uneasy relationship with his nephew Tony Soprano, for his fast ascendancy as a star of the family and their often conflicting business interests. Although Junior never directly murders anyone on the show, in Season One, he orders the murders of six people, including Brendan Filone and the unsuccessful hit on Tony after he believed Tony was conspiring against him. He also ordered a mock execution on Christopher Moltisanti for hijacking one of his trucks.

After a brief power struggle during season one, Tony stood aside and allowed Junior to become boss of the family. Shortly afterwards Junior was indicted for racketeering and placed under house arrest, leaving Tony as de facto boss. He would spend the next three seasons awaiting trial and trying to avoid prosecution on the grounds of his failing health, whilst struggling to cope with his virtual imprisonment; he was only allowed to leave the house for doctors' appointments and funerals. Eventually a member of Junior's crew managed to intimidate one of the jurors, resulting in a mistrial. Over this period Junior's mental state gradually deteriorated, resulting in him shooting Tony, believing him to be his old enemy Pussy Malanga. He was subsequently committed to a psychiatric hospital. When Tony visited him for the last time, it was apparent that Junior was in the advanced stages of dementia, as he did not even recognize his nephew.