Fictional Character Biography
Vito Spatafore wasn't introduced on The Sopranos until the Season 2 episode "The Happy Wanderer" as a nephew to fellow mobster Richie Aprile and later a cousin to Adriana La Cerva and Jackie Aprile, Jr. However, Joseph Gannascoli played a pastry shop patron named "Gino" in the season one episode "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti". It's one of the few times a single actor was used on The Sopranos to play two separate roles. His main character, Vito, appears in season 2 and is inducted into the Aprile crew upon Richie's release from prison and quickly rises through the ranks to capo after the deaths of capos Richie Aprile, Gigi Cestone and Ralph Cifaretto.
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