They decided to impress Richie Aprile by killing their former friend Moltisanti, his rival. In "Denial, Anger, Acceptance" Tony discusses Jackie's cancer with Dr. Melfi. Pussy denies this accusation, although Tony executes him regardless. numerous times that he is proud that his son is gentle and kind. Richie attempts to kill Matt by attacking him with a baseball bat. With Jackie in and out of the hospital, and as such not able to fully run the family, Tony began to take on many of his duties, much to his Uncle Junior's chagrin. In June 1998 ("Pilot"), Tony tells Dr. Melfi about a dream he had wherein a screw in his belly button, when removed, causes his penis to fall off. Pussy denies this accusation, although Tony executes him regardless. This is probably because "T" is what close friends and associates call him not what some low level goons call him. It is on my muddles that I look back with horroron the things that I might have avoided.E.M. Final Appearance Tony was born on August 22, 1959, to Livia and Johnny Soprano. Every morning I wake up thinking, is today, the day that one of my best friends is gonna dime me to the FBI? Chris seemed to initially think he was just going to rob and kill people, then go party with celebrities. "I became an actor and achieved a lot early on, and it was all destroyed because of my bad choices of using and abusing drugs. [13] On December 22, 2008, a jury found him not guilty of murder, but found him guilty of first-degree attempted burglary. Brancato's ability to emulate the consequences of getting involved in organized crime and toxic ambitions presented fans with an exciting spectacle to watch, but the dark truth of the matter is that life often imitates art far too closely. ", "The Officer Down Memorial Page: Detective Daniel Enchautegui", "Murder trial scheduled for 'Sopranos' actor", "Did Suspects Know Victim Was an Officer? As she goes to peel away the scarf, Tony wakes up and makes his way to the bathroom for some medication. Bevilaqua and Gizmonte didn't have the patience but they had the ambition. [8][9] He has since had supporting roles in films including Dead on Arrival (2017), a remake of D.O.A. Tony sympathetically approaches the lost child and offers to help reunite him with his family, which is then quickly done as the child's mother finds him. Contents 1 Background 2 After Death 3 Appearances 3.1 Season 2 4 Trivia Background Matthew was Sean Gismonte 's partner-in-crime and an associate in the Soprano crew. consistently demonstrates throughout the series that he lacks his father's dominating persona and cunning. There is a caterpillar crawling on the back of Ralph's head. Tony sustains some injury to his ear which is partially shot off, and minor bruises and cuts from crashing his vehicle. Bobby Baccalieri was being groomed as Moltisanti's replacement until he was killed by Phil Leotardo's hitmen when the Lupertazzi crime family launched a war against the DiMeo Crime Family. Disclaimer: All copyrights belong to HBO.Monetization is disabled on this channel.I don't make a profit from uploading this content and I never will, I am ju. He was arguably one of the most ruthless characters on the show; he exhibited some of the same similar traits as . From their introduction, "you're suppose to push webistics" to shitting at the scene of the crime to ultimately their deaths (Shawn just fucking dies with ZERO heroics), these guys had me absolutely glued to the screen. Pussy and Tony drag a beaten Matt to a locked refreshment shack and after interrogating him to make sure that he and Sean were acting on their own. Or have paid off the person doing the testing. Sean's ambition was to impress his superiors in order to move up the ranks with his best . Matt and Sean were from West Orange, New Jersey.Matt wanted to move up in the ranks along with his best friend, Sean. Soldiers from Johnny Boy's crew, Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero and Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri, passed their loyalty on to Tony after Johnny Boy died, Tony then became acting capo of his father's old crew in 1986, making him the youngest capo in the family, at only 27. Tony was on bed rest for a few days and quickly recovered. Tony tries to confront Ralph about the situation but a heated argument ensues where Ralph unwittingly admits to having started the fire for insurance money to pay for his son's operation. He had one very short encounter with an Asian-American escort during "The Test Dream". Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! On the fateful night of Dec. 10, 2005, a heroic police officer lost his life because of my drug taking and bad decision making," he said (per People Magazine). The murder of Matthew Bevilaqua was pure vengeance and an act that he believed had to be carried out since Christopher getting shot was a direct affront to him as boss of the DiMeo family, and as Christopher's cousin. The episode follows his attempts to discern his identity, recover his briefcase, and get back to his family. Officers originally pulled Brancato over for having a rear brake light out and found he had an expired registration and no other papers for the vehicle. He tries to find a car mechanic (who had worked on his Lincoln when Tony drove Lincolns) to put it back on, but a duck swoops down and snatches it from his hand. With Jackie's death in September 1998 crisis emerged as to who would run the family, and the soldiers and other captains began to prepare for all-out war within the family, but Tony brought a quick end to the conflict by making Junior the official boss of the family. Cause of death Matt"Drinkwater""Cheese-Fuck" He later discovers that he'd hallucinated Isabella due to taking too much lithium, and that Isabella represented the mother he never had. In the show, Lillo Brancato portrayedMatthew Bevilaqua, a misguided young thug who gets caught up with the wrong crowd and succumbs to some pretty awful decision-making that doesn't bode well for him (via The New YorkPost). As it turned out, the young star's mentors were right. Parents He was a disrespectful, dumb fuck, who never knew his place, and that's why he was killed. Political party He earned his brokerage license from Pace University and first sold shares in Webistics through a stock brokerage . He hopes that both his children will escape the life of crime he has led. However, when Tony suggests he wants to do something decent with the family, Carmela drops the subject; not realizing Tony's intent is to help him deal with the repeating mental scenes of Matt's murder. After his monumental debut in Robert Dinero's "A Bronx Tale" (1993),TV and movie big wigs shared high hopes for the budding star. seems to be doing better. In November 2007 ("Kennedy and Heidi"), Tony sustains minor injuries in a car accident that seriously injures his nephew Christopher Moltisanti (whom Tony killed by suffocation while Christopher succumbed to his injuries). Anthony John Soprano Pussy also ends up paying the teenager $20. Crime Boss Waste Management Consultant for Barone SanitationCo-owner of Satriale's Pork StoreCo-owner of Bada Bing He was Matthew Bevilaqua's partner in crime and an associate in the Soprano crew. Gloria is suddenly back at the table and offers Tony a choice between seeing what she has under her dress or under her scarf. The first time he was shot by 2 gangsters in. You got no fucking idea what it's like to be number one. One of the two assailants, Clayborn, is shot dead by Ray in an attempt to kill Tony, and Ray is left bruised but runs off. A naive and slimy yet ambitious "cheese fuck", he worked the Soprano crew's executive card game along with Sean. Instead of calling 911, he suffocates Christopher to death. Tony went to high school with Artie Bucco and Davey Scatino and remained friends with them into later life. This drove Meadow to drinking and depression, although they'd broken up shortly before his death. Tony has a strong preference for women of European, particularly Italian descent, with dark hair and eyes and exotic features. He remarks how he spent countless hours with Tony on the football field, only to throw it away by going into crime. While Brancato's career never became what it might have been, he wears his mistakes on his sleeve and has devoted himself to making right what he once made wrong. He also obtained a stockbroker license, although he may have acquired it in a manner similar to Christopher, by paying someone else to take the test for him. Christopher admits that they seek medical aid or report this to the police, they will probably administer drug tests, which he will likely fail, so he asks for Tony to help him escape. on The Stugots, teaching his son how to steer. The eight known murders committed directly, all explicitly presented onscreen, were: Some murders hit him on a personal and emotional level leaving him perplexed as to how to cope with the situation. Charges of second-degree murder were also leveled against him, but they didn't stick. It's a quiz you only need a 70 to pass, but only has a 65% pass rate, and at the time he would have taken it, it was a longer test because they hadn't split it into the two separate series 7 and the 66 exams. And in the end, you're completely alone with it all. In September 1998 ("Meadowlands"), Tony has a dream of several people in his life in Dr. Melfi's office, causing him to be paranoid that people will find out he is seeing a psychiatrist. Nationality Matthew Bevilaqua was born in New Jersey in 1976 to a family of Italian descent, and Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte became associates of Christopher Moltisanti in Paulie Gualtieri's crew of the DiMeo crime family. He eventually beat Jackie up to warn him about abusing his daughter's feelings and confiscated a gun from him. Italian-American Born in 1977, he was 23 years old when he was killed, in "From Where to Eternity." James Gandolfini (adult)Bobby Boriello (child)Danny Petrillo (teenager)Michael Gandolfini (teenager)William Ludwig (child) The eyewitness himself has one when he learns that Matthew Bevilaqua was tied to the Soprano family. In March 1999 ("Isabella"), Tony, suffering from depression after Big Pussy disappears, acquaints himself with a dental student named Isabella who is staying in the Cusamano home while they are on vacation. Sean and Matt both tried to impress Tony in the Bada Bing restroom by talking about working with Chris but angered him by speaking candidly about criminal activities when the conversation could have been recorded by law enforcement. Occupation(s) he is benefiting from the death of a great police officer, and that is totally unacceptable." . As the song "Don't Stop Believin'" plays in the background, the screen instantly cuts to black as Tony looks up, representing the fact that he himself, has been hit. Junior took over the paternal role and continued to advise and assist Tony. To hide this from associates, he lied that he was unable to participate because he had been mugged and injured. In "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano" Tony abruptly ends his therapy and persuades Dr. Melfi to go into hiding when he discovers that his Uncle Junior has found out about their sessions. Police Say Statements Differ", Former 'Sopranos' Actor Brancato Gets Parole, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lillo_Brancato&oldid=1141728889, Prisoners and detainees of New York (state), Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Petty Officer Third Class Russell Vossler, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 14:02. Occupation In the show, Lillo Brancato Jr. plays the role of Matthew Bevilaqua. [11], Six months later, on December 10, 2005, Brancato was arrested by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) in the Bronx for the murder of 28-year-old police officer Daniel Enchautegui, who was at home and off-duty at the time of his death. [10], Brancato started using drugs and alcohol shortly after beginning his acting career in 1992. He resented being in therapy and refused to accept the diagnosis of panic attacks given him by the neurologists who had investigated his illness. Because of their lower status, Matt and Sean could not refuse them. [16], Brancato was incarcerated on Rikers island and as state inmate #09A0227 in the Oneida Correctional Facility in Rome, New York, and was subsequently transferred to the Hudson Correctional Facility. Matthew Bevilaqua As with Jackie Junior wannabes always misread things and fucked up on relying on old tales of when members stepped up - thinking whacking Chrissy would score points with Aprile was a serious misread. I think these two guys watched too many movies and thought it was all fun and games. His mistresses have been, in chronological order, of Russian, Italian, Italian/Cuban, and Jewish descent. Sean and Matthew shared an apartment together. Bevilaqua assured the two men that Gismonte was the one responsible for Moltisanti being injured, and Soprano, pretending to believe Bevilaqua, had Bonpensiero bring Bevilaqua a can of diet soda. From then on, he was on a fast track to becoming a made man. Also Appears In In November 2002 ("Everybody Hurts"), Tony dreams of his ex-comar Gloria Trillo shortly after learning of her suicide by hanging. He also played Matthew Bevilaqua, a young mobster on The Sopranos. He is shot to death on Tony's boat by Tony, Silvio, and Paulie, then weighted down and thrown into the ocean. During a meeting with recently released DiMeo capo Richie Aprile, they make fun of Christopher's nose and also learn of Richie's disdain for him because Chris hit his niece, Adriana La Cerva. Tony Blundetto was arrested for his part in a hijacking when the two cousins were young men. Bevilaqua was later kidnapped by Soprano and Paulie Gualtieri, Salvatore Bonpensiero, who took him to a warehouse and tied him to a chair. Tony was part of an unofficial crew of young criminals consisting of Silvio Dante, Ralph Cifaretto and Jackie Aprile. Dr. Melfi later tells him that the dream signifies a change for Ralphie (recently killed by Tony) and Carmela being in control. A patron in Holsten's credited as "Man in Members Only Jacket" ominously looks twice in Tony's direction and then walks past Tony's booth to the bathroom, and walks out. Tony takes great pride in Meadow's achievements. On the fateful night of Dec. 10, 2005, a heroic police officer lost his life because of my drug taking and bad decision making," he said (per People Magazine ). He earned his brokerage license from Pace University and first sold shares in Webistics through a stock brokerage operated by Christopher Moltisanti. Matt and Sean also took part in the Soprano crew's picket busting efforts at Massarone construction. At home, Tony tells Carmela he would like to spend more time with A.J.. Carmela is somewhat surprised by this, figuring he would want to focus his attention on Meadow. Matthew Bevilaqua is a supporting character portrayed by Lillo Brancato, Jr. Children Bevilaqua first appeared in the second-season premiere, "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office", and appeared in five more episodes. He was also the older brother of former DiMeo acting boss Jackie, Sr. Sean Gismonte is an associate of the DiMeo crime family. The witness identified Tony from a picture without knowing that he was a mob boss. [12], Armento (who was the father of Brancato's girlfriend Stefanie) was found to have fired the fatal shot that killed Enchautegui, and subsequently convicted of first-degree murder on October 30, 2008, receiving a sentence of life in prison without parole. He has a sentimental attachment towards animals, being traumatized by the loss of his childhood dog (as revealed in the episode, Tony enjoys fishing, as he is seen many times over the course of the show engaging in both freshwater and saltwater angling. Brancato was arrested on December 10, 2005, in the Bronx for the murder of police officer Daniel Enchautegui, who was at home and off-duty at the time of his death, during a botched burglary. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Matt then goes into hiding. Eventually, Big Pussy Bonpensiero learned of Matt's whereabouts. From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core, It has been suggested that this article be, Bevilacqua (left), with Christopher Moltisanti and Sean Gismonte, List of characters from The Sopranos in the Soprano crime family, Learn how and when to remove this template message. A.J. The Sopranos Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. By late spring, however, he was back in the hospital and had begun chemotherapy treatments. He also shows that he blames Carmela for preventing his mother from living with them. 's prowess on the football field, even amid his failing grades in high school, but is frustrated with A.J. In the fifth season finale, after Adriana is murdered, Tony asks Christopher if Adriana may have mentioned anything about Ralph or the "Bevilacqua kid" as he was taking precautions, making sure she hadn't said anything to the FBI to implicate them in relation to the murders.