Tony Sirico was a real life gangster.

Don’t you believe so?? You have to, as he himself thanked the former New York detective who arrested him 37 years ago. Now, Tony thanked him as he’s the guy who saved him from a life of crime.
Tony Sirico played ‘Paulie Walnuts’ on hit series The Sopranos who’s a mobster and this reel life gangster was also a real life gangster. He was arrested in 1971, for illegally carrying a loaded gun at a racetrack by the cop Joe Coffey.

Tony Sirico himself revealed that his nose was broken off during the arrest and he spent 20 months in prison. He said that was the time when he decided to quit the crime. Tony has crossed sixties and he utilized the opportunity to thank Joe when they both met in New York recently.

Tony attended the name and fame after he appear on hit HBO series ‘The Sopranos’. Click here to watch how this real life mob managed the role of a gangster on The Sopranos.