7 Best Sopranos Villains, Ranked by How Dangerous They Were

The Sopranos is an interesting crime drama because it never really had a conventional villain or big bad. By the end of the HBO series, Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) had become so cruel that any other character looked good by comparison. His transformation is slow but inexorable, as the character who initially presents himself as a troubled family man gradually reveals himself as something much more sinister. By the final season, any notion of him bettering himself is gone, as he fully embraces his villainy and derives pleasure from the misfortune of others.