Directed by Timothy Van Patten Written by David Chase   Terence Winter   Cast James Gandolfini ... Tony Soprano Lorraine Bracco ... Dr. Jennifer Melfi Edie Falco ... Carmela Soprano Michael Imperioli ... Christopher Moltisanti Dominic Chianese ... Junior Soprano Vincent Pastore ... Salvatore 'Big Pussy' Bonpensiero Steven Van Zandt ... Silvio Dante Tony Sirico ... Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri Robert Iler ... A.J. Soprano Drea de Matteo ... Adriana La Cerva David Proval ... Richie Aprile Aida Turturro ... Janice Soprano Jerry Adler ... Hesh Rabkin Kathrine Narducci ... Charmaine Bucco (as Katherine Narducci) John Ventimiglia ... Artie Bucco Peter Bogdanovich ... Dr. Elliot Kupferberg Linda Emond ... Dahlia Louis Lombardi ... Skip Lipari Oksana Lada ... Irina Peltsin (as Oksana Babiy) Federico Castelluccio ... Furio Giunta Vincent Curatola ... Johnny 'Sack' Sacramoni Steve Schirripa ... Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri (as Steven R. Schirripa) John Fiore ... Gigi Cestone Stephen Payne ... Dominic Lydia Gaston ... Rosie Sasha Nesterov ... Russian Man Elena Antonenko ... Russian Woman Oni Faida Lampley ... Cynthia Scott Lucy ... Acting Student Ajay Naidu ... Omar Robert Prescott ... Mitch Phyllis Somerville ... Brenda Uncredited Cast Todd Carroll ... Acting Student Katalin Pota ... Lilliana Produced by Henry Bronchtein   Martin Bruestle   Mitchell Burgess   David Chase   Allen Coulter   Gregg Glickman   Robin Green   Brad Grey   Todd A. Kessler   Ilene S. Landress   Frank Renzulli   Terence Winter

Additional Info Premiere: February 13, 2000 DVD Release: November 06, 2001 Blu-ray Release: November 04, 2014 Country: Distributor: HBO Studios Websites: Production Companies Home Box Office (HBO) Brillstein Entertainment Partners (1999-2007) The Park Entertainment (uncredited) Distributors Home Box Office (HBO)   (1999-2007) (USA) (TV) (original airing) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (2000-2008) (USA) (DVD) A+E Networks   (2007) (USA) (TV) (repeats) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (2009) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) (season 1) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating 6.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.9 / 10 Female Users 5.8 / 10 Site Ranking #360 / 20,875 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 3 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking