Uncle Junior

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'"
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 a senior ranking Mafia member of the DiMeo crime family for most of the series. A younger Corrado sometimes appears in flashbacks and is played by Rocco Sisto. Junior is portrayed as smart, old-fashion and insecure about his power. Although Junior is portrayed as bitter and deceitful in the first season, he shows a more considerate and humorous side of him in the later seasons and reveals a more sensitive side during his illness and house arrest. According to series creator David Chase the name Junior was taken from one of his own older cousins.

Junior is Tony Soprano's uncle: Junior's younger brother was John Francis "Johnny Boy" Soprano, Tony's father. Both Junior and Johnny Boy dropped out of high school and turned to a life of organized crime, joining the DiMeo crime family. Junior always watched after Tony especially after Johnny Boy's death from emphysema in 1986. Junior guided Tony's accession in the crime family when Tony took over his father's crew becoming the family's youngest captain.

Following the arrest of longtime DiMeo crime family boss Ercoli "Eckley" DiMeo in late 1995, Junior got into a trucking dispute with new acting boss Jackie Aprile, Sr. He fled to Boca Raton to avoid any repercussions but Tony and Soprano soldier "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero arranged a sit down to solve the problem. Junior resented having to answer to the young Aprile, who used to fetch Junior sambucas.