On The Sopranos, Pellegrino played Chief Frank Cubitoso on Seasons 1 through 5, appearing in 12 episodes.
Frank Pellegrino, a restaurateur and actor best known for playing the FBI’s New Jersey bureau chief on The Sopranos, died Tuesday, Entertainment Weekly reports.
His main gig, however, was as co-owner of New York City restaurant Rao’s, a landmark Italian restaurant in East Harlem that’s been in business since 1896.
“I was with Frankie yesterday just after he passed,” Pellegrino’s friend and New York City mayoral candidate Bo Dietl told EW.