Actor Vincent Curatola, who played the chain-smoking crime boss Johnny Sack on “The Sopranos,’’ will show his softer side in “Patriots Day.’’ Curatola has been cast as former Mayor Tom Menino in the movie about the Boston Marathon bombings. Producers also announced Friday that actor James Colby, an Arlington native whose resume includes roles on the TV series “Limitless’’ and “Jessica Jones,’’ will play Police Commissioner William Evans. Due to begin filming any day, “Patriots Day’’ is being directed by Peter Berg and stars Mark Wahlberg as a Boston police officer, John Goodman as former Police Commissioner Ed Davis, Oscar winner J.K. Simmons as Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese of the Watertown PD, and Jimmy O. Yang as Dun Meng, the Chinese national who was carjacked by the Tsarnaev brothers.