Junior Soprano AKA "Uncle Junior", played by Dominic Chianese is a capo in the DiMeo crime family. He is Tony Soprano's uncle. Junior is the son of Corrado and Mariangela D'Agostino Soprano, Italian immigrants who came over from the town of Ariano, Italy in 1911. Junior had two younger brothers: Giovanni John Francis (AKA Johnny Boy), who was Tony's father, and Ercoli (AKA Eckley), who was Tony's uncle. Eckley was mentally retarded and spent most of his life in an institution. Corrado Soprano Sr. was a stonemason, but Junior and Johnny Boy had no intention of following in his footsteps. Junior and Johnny Boy dropped out of high school to join the DiMeo crime family. Junior and Johnny Boy were responsible for acquiring longtime Soprano asset, Satriale's Meat Market from the eponymous Mr. Sa