‘The Sopranos’ actor remains locked up on upstate arrest warrant

The real life bad-boy who played a buff bodyguard to Tony Soprano on the HBO mob drama isn’t getting sprung from jail just yet.

Former fitness model and bit actor on the "The Sopranos" Louis Gross, 31, was cleared for release on his latest case — for allegedly having eight bogus $100 bills and trying to make a purchase — but has to be shipped to Woodbury, N.Y. on an open warrant.

It was not immediately clear what the warrant was issued for but Gross — who has been imprisoned on Rikers Island since the Aug. 11 collar in Gramercy — said he thought it was because of a subsequent bust.

The judge on his Manhattan case advised the beefy jailbird to call his lawyer to avoid a similar scenario -- because he has yet another court date in Brooklyn on his July felony pot possession and misdemeanor weapons possession rap next week.

"If you're in custody you're not going to appear in Brooklyn and they'll order a warrant and you'll be stuck again," Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Laura Ward told Gross at a brief court appearance Friday.

The handcuffed hunk whore wore a black and white "Varsity" t-shirt had already thought it through.

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"That's probably why there was a warrant. I was locked up on my court date," he said. He's due back for an arraignment on his felony indictment on Sept. 23 in Manhattan court.

According to the criminal complaint, Gross threw four obviously fake bills to the ground when he was approached by cops while trying to make a purchase with the bad cash last month.

The Highland Mills, N.Y. resident has an arrest record that dates back to at least 2006, when he was busted on charges he broke into a woman's home in Queens.

He also copped to larceny in Manhattan for swiping merchandise from a trendy SoHo store later that year.

Gross appeared in several episodes as Perry Annunziata — a driver and protector for the big boss, played by the late James Gandolfini.

In a memorable scene, he was beat up in front of the Soprano crew by Gandolfini's character so the family head could exhibit his prowess while recovering from a gunshot wound.