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Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, played by Tony Sirico, is a fictional character on the HBO...

Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, played by Tony Sirico, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He is a Caporegime (or Captain) and later Underboss in the DiMeo crime family. According to The Sopranos, A Family History, Peter Paul Gualtieri, son of Gennaro Gualtieri (although Paulie's biological father was later revealed to be a WWII era soldier named "Russ"), has been a troubled street kid from the age of nine. He dropped out of school after the 9th grade and spent time in and out of juvenile correctional facilities during his early youth. When he was 17 he officially became an enforcer/bodyguard for "Johnny Boy" Soprano, Tony's father and captain in the DiMeo crime family. His mother, later discovered to be his aunt, worked at a Krispy Kreme donut shop during Paulie's childhood and early adulthood, but has since retired. Paulie's grandfather, who immigrated to the United States in 1910, is from Ariano Irpino, a municipality in the province of Avellino, in the Campania region of Italy. Paulie's grandfather and both of Tony's grandparents on his father's side were from the same province in Italy. He spent some time in the US Army Signal Corps, where he was