Michael B. Jordan appeared in The Sopranos' first season in 1999, in episode 7. In this episode, Tony Soprano's son, Anthony Jr., is having problems at school, leading Tony to reflect on his own childhood with therapist Dr. Melfi. The episode contains flashbacks to Tony's childhood, which is where we see Jordan. He plays a child living in 1960s Newark, New Jersey, harassing a young Tony. Jordan himself grew up in Newark, which likely made the role extra exciting for him.
Jordan's appearance (pictured above, second from right) in the episode is less than 30 seconds, so even the most obsessive Sopranos viewers may not have noticed the familiar (albeit much younger) face. He was only 12 years old during the series' first season, but HBO executives clearly saw something special in the young actor, casting him just three years later to play Wallace on The Wire. Michael B. Jordan has been doing incredible things since, and we've loved watching his star power grow over the past two decades.
