Sopranos actors face charges

Lawless Sopranos Continuing a string of off-screen run-ins with the law, two more fringe characters from The Sopranos - the television mob boss' favourite chef and his muscle-bound bodyguard - have been charged in separate criminal cases.

John Ventimiglia, who plays temperamental chef Artie Bucco, has been arraigned on drunken driving, drug possession and other charges after officers spotted him weaving in and out of traffic in Brooklyn.

In the Queens section of New York, Louis Gross - who plays bodyguard Perry Annunziata - was charged with criminal mischief after a woman claimed that he broke into her home on April 18.

"I don't know nothing," Gross told reporters. "I'm innocent. I'm always innocent."