The Sopranos (The Sopranos episode)

"**The Sopranos**"
"The Sopranos"
The Sopranos episode
	The Sopranos having a birthday party for A.J.
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 1
Directed by	David Chase
Written by	David Chase
Cinematography by	Alik Sakharov
Editing by	Joanna Cappuccilli
Production code	S101
Original air date	January 10, 1999
Running time	60 minutes
Guest appearances
	Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin; Alton Clinton as MRI Technician; Phil Coccioletti as Nils Borglund; Michele DeCesare as Hunter Scangarelo (as Michele de Cesare); Drea de Matteo as Hostess (Adriana La Cerva); Elaine del Valle as Sandrine; Giuseppe Delipiano as Giuseppe; Siberia Federico as Irina Peltsin; Michael Gaston as Alex Mahaffey; Joe Lisi as Dick Barone; Justine Miceli as Nursing Home Director; Kathrine Narducci as Charmaine Bucco; Joe Pucillo as Beppy Scerbo; Michael Santoro as Father Phil Intintola; Bruce Smolanoff as Emil Kolar; John Ventimiglia as Artie Bucco;

"The Sopranos", also known as "Pilot", is the pilot episode of the HBO television drama series The Sopranos, premiering on January 10, 1999. It was written and directed by the series creator and executive producer, David Chase.