Robert Funaro (born January 23, 1959) is an American film and television actor. Funaro is best known for the role of Eugene Pontecorvo in the Emmy Award-winning television series The Sopranos. His last episode on The Sopranos, "Members Only," in which he played a major role, won an Emmy award for Best Writing in a Drama Series in 2006 for producer/writer Terence Winter, which Funaro discussed on Alycia Kaback's radio show on CBS, The "It" Factor.Funaro was born on Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. Funaro is of Italian ancestry. His Italian ancestors were from Naples.Funaro is currently acting in film and television and has worked extensively in the New York City Off Broadway scene.