Thomas "Tommy" DeVito is the secondary antagonist in the 1990 film Goodfellas. He is portrayed by Joe Pesci, who also played Harry in Home Alone and Nicky Santoro in Casino. A violent psychopath and sadist, Tommy is a cruel associate of the Lucchese crime family and one of the most feared members of Jimmy Conway's gang.
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| - Thomas "Tommy" DeVito is the secondary antagonist in the 1990 film Goodfellas. He is portrayed by Joe Pesci, who also played Harry in Home Alone and Nicky Santoro in Casino. A violent psychopath and sadist, Tommy is a cruel associate of the Lucchese crime family and one of the most feared members of Jimmy Conway's gang.
- Tommy DeVito was a character in the blockbuster 1990 Academy Award winning Martin Scorcese film GoodFellas. The role, played by veteran character actor Joe Pesci, was based on the real life criminal figure Tommy DeSimone, who was an associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York. Also known as "Tommy D", DeSimone, who was a friend of Henry Hill, and a partner in the gang which was under control of Lucchese mobster Paul Vario (whose name was changed to Paul Cicero and portrayed by Paul Sorvino in the film), was a nephew of Los Angeles mob boss Frank DeSimone.
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type of villain
| - Outright Villain / Homicidal Psychopath / Sadist
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Goals
| - Become a Made Man in the Mafia
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Skills
| - Brute strength, skilled gunman, dangerously unpredictable nature
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Alias
| - Tommy, Spitshine Tommy, Funny Guy
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Hobby
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Occupation
| - Mobster of the Lucchese Family
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| - Thomas "Tommy" DeVito is the secondary antagonist in the 1990 film Goodfellas. He is portrayed by Joe Pesci, who also played Harry in Home Alone and Nicky Santoro in Casino. A violent psychopath and sadist, Tommy is a cruel associate of the Lucchese crime family and one of the most feared members of Jimmy Conway's gang.
- Tommy DeVito was a character in the blockbuster 1990 Academy Award winning Martin Scorcese film GoodFellas. The role, played by veteran character actor Joe Pesci, was based on the real life criminal figure Tommy DeSimone, who was an associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York. Also known as "Tommy D", DeSimone, who was a friend of Henry Hill, and a partner in the gang which was under control of Lucchese mobster Paul Vario (whose name was changed to Paul Cicero and portrayed by Paul Sorvino in the film), was a nephew of Los Angeles mob boss Frank DeSimone.
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