Who's your fave (preferably fictional) US or foreign NON-Godfather Mobster character?

The subject of favorite Godfather characters has been well discussed,but who (and why) is your favorite NON-Godfather (cinema or tv) North American or overseas mobster / mafia character (preferably fictional) and can you offer any serious or humorous comment/s on what is it about them that you dig.

Don't respond if mentioning a Godfather character.

[ September 07, 2001: Message edited by: PMills ]

Although I disapprove of your "Patronizing" tone of the question, I will not disappoint.

I wouldn't say he's my favourite but I do admire his character to an extent similar to that I do for Vito Corleone. That character I'm mentioning would be THE DEVIL, otherwise known as Kaiser Soze. It was the main "bad guy" in "The Usual Suspects". I'm not sure if he qualifies as "Mafia" since he's not Sicilian, but still he amazes me.

Another one could be the character of Max played by James Woods in Once Upon a Time in America.

That's it for now, I'll come back if I remember anything different.

Don Aprile Raymonde from "Omerta"
or Astorre Viola also of Omerta

Check my name out. Also his cousin.

Plus what Brady said about Astorre Viola too. I agree with Sonny on Max in Once upon a time....And theres plenty of great characters in Casino, Goodfellas etc.

I just saw on the Godfather board someone mention Fat Tony from the simpsons and I realised how cool he is. Fat Tony is another because when you hear him speak, its just Joey Zaza. Pmills, your not off to shoot me for this link to the Godfather are you?

[ September 07, 2001: Message edited by: Turi Giuliano ]

Yeah well names can be seamless when we talk about characters in books.

They flow.

I really like Andy Garcia's Jimmy the Saint in Things to do in Denver when you're dead.

I have to agree with Sonny, and say "Kaiser Soze".

If you haven't already seen "The Usual Suspects", do so! Its a great movie, with a few twists that will have you in awe.

Kaiser Soze, although not born in Sicily, is definitely a Sicilian (according to Vito's definition).

very funny, and very TRUE. "...can you imagine the nerve on this guy??" (Sonny to Tom regarding Sollozzo)

Well all charactersbecome smarter as they go along their business.

Tommy De Vito (Joe Pesci) from GoodFellas. "Funny how?"

Livia Soprano.

Since watching the whole Godfather DVD Collection, I started to watch Sopranos Season 1 DVD again. Boy is she ever ruthless, maddon' she tried to have her own son whacked.

I would have to go with Kaiser Soze, Sonny, Micheal, Armand Assante as Gotti, and Vito Corleone.

My bad I didnt see non godfather. then I would have to go with Arman Asssanti as Gotti, Kaiser Soze, Tony Montana,Joe Pesci in Casino,and Al Capone in the Untouchables

Without a doubt tony montana. If you can take machine gun bullets like him you've got my vote.

right. Tony Montana is definently a top choice.

And Joe Pesci in Casino..."Nicky Santora" was his characters name. And he was a rutless son of a gun also. Too bad he got whacked at the end..literally.

If this is strictly movies im gonna have to with Tony Montana.
But if Tv comes into play im gonna have to say Tony Soprano

Jimmy Conway and Astorre Viola.

Francis no Tony Montana. come on my friend. You gotta love Tony!

I like Bob Hoskins' character in The Long Good Friday, he has the East End gangster down pretty well. Also the Kemp twins out of Spandau Ballet do a nice job with the Krays.

Tony Montana (Pacino) in Scarface
Sam Rothstein (DeNiro) in Casino
Jules Whitfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Ficton

Tommy DeVito was cool in GoodFellas.

I just watched Chinatown for the first time, and that guy Mehr Cross (I'm not sure of the first name) was imressive; I think I'll add him to my list......

The 3 Tonys...

Tony Montana from Scarface
Tony Soprano from The Sopranos
Fat Tony from The Simpsons

My favorite is Tony Soprano...maybe its just the fact that the guy was taking Lithium and Prozac at the same time and still ruled the school...??
He is the scariest type of bad guy because you never know if he'll love you or kill you. I will jump on the Tony Montana train as well, though I usually don't follow other peoples acts..I seem to be doing a good job of it now.

I'd have to say Chris Moltisanti from The Sopranos because he is so frequently mentioned and yet holds no real importance to the show. they must be planning to use him soon because his quick rise to the top must have some afteraffects.

Word!!! LOL

Definetly Tony Soprano.

I go with Johnny Rocco in "Key Largo" for sheer viciousness.

If we're talking non-Godfather...Tony Montana and Fat Tony all the way!

Dont be sad...those are good choices.

Tony Montana In Scarface.

Anthony Soprano.

my pick is Sonny from A Bronx Tale.
He was a cool gangster, he had the babes, the clean-ass caddy, and not to mention the threads.
He also had a conscience and a heart, you can tell how he interacts with "C", as if he was his own son.
His role was played wonderfully by one of my favorite actors Chazz Palminteri.
I catch something different everytime I watch it.

(Did you guys know that Chazz's real first name is actually Caloghero? The same name used by the title character in A Bronx Tale.How cool is that? Just thought you guys should know!)

My favourites would be Chris Moltisanti, Tony Soprano and Jackie Aprile Jr for TV.
Tony Montana from Scarface and King Benny from Sleepers would be my favourites in the movies.

Actually, come to think of it Jackie Jr wouldn't really count as a mobster character would he?

Jimmy Conway, Henry Hill and Karen Hill from Goodfellas.

Sam 'Ace' Rothstein from Casino (I wonder if he's related to Hyman )

Tony Montana without a doubt and also Al capone

That might be something to do with Chazz writing the screenplay for the film. Maybe he saw a little of himself in the C character.

Well I think its based on him.

my favorites would be Jimmy Conway, Tony Montana, and Tommy DeVito. . . ". . . and that i do not forgive. . ."

Nicky Santoro from Casino he is awesome!

Al Capone and Jimmy Conway

Ooooops . . . Sam Rothstein!

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