Career
He was in the cast of the Home Box Office television series The Sopranos as Jackie Aprile, Senior Rispoli reunited with Sopranos co-star James Gandolfini in the 2009 thriller The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3. Rispoli was a contender for the role of Tony Soprano that ultimately went to Gandolfini.
Rispoli, a second-generation Italian American, was born in Tappan, New York, one of eight children.
He attended State University of New York at Plattsburgh as a theater major and graduated in 1982.