Article updated: 12/28/2012 2:57 PM

In bite-sized roles, Gandolfini ubiquitous again

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James Gandolfini plays Pat in "Not Fade Away." In the five years since "The Sopranos" ended, Gandolfini has eschewed the spotlight, instead disappearing into character actor performances such as this one.

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James Gandolfini played an older, end-of-the-line gangster in "Killing Them Softly," which is a rare return to the territory Gandolfini has avoided.

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In the five years since "The Sopranos" ended, James Gandolfini has eschewed the spotlight, instead disappearing into a heap of character actor performances that, while they may lack the heft of Tony Soprano, have only further proved the actor's wide-ranging talent. This season offers a gluttony of Gandolfini, albeit in bite-sized parts in David Chase's '60s period drama "Not Fade Away," Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" and Andrew Dominick's "Killing Them Softly."

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