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Silvio Manfred Dante, often referred to as "Sil", played by Steven Van Zandt, is a fictional...

Silvio Manfred Dante, often referred to as "Sil", played by Steven Van Zandt, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He is the Consigliere to Tony Soprano in the Soprano crime family. He is believed to be based on New Jersey mobster Thomas Ricciardi. Silvio has one of the lowest profiles on the show next to Hesh Rabkin. He is usually a behind the scenes kind of a guy and tries not to draw much attention to himself. He does very well at maintaining a legitimate business image as the manager and owner of the Bada Bing strip club. Silvio usually keeps his cool in even the worst situations but has been known to unleash his terrible fury and excessive anger when necessary, revealing a temper comparable to his peers. Dante is a movie and film connoisseur and has an encyclopedic mind for movie lines. Throughout the series, he is most notably known to quote the famous line from the Godfather III: "Just when I thought I was out...they pulled me back in." Dante usually gets in character and spouts the line for his friends as they get a really good kick out of his Al Pacino impression. Silvio is unquestionably the most loyal mobster in the DiMeo Crime Family. He is