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[72] Empire ranked Tommy DeVito No. 59 in their "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters" poll. [73] Goodfellas inspired director David Chase to make the HBO television series The Sopranos. He told Peter Bogdanovich, "Goodfellas is a very important movie to me and Goodfellas really plowed that ... I found that movie very funny and brutal and it felt ...
Thomas DeSimone was born in New York City, New York, on June 6, 1946.He had two sisters, Dolores and Phyllis, and two brothers, Robert and Anthony. Both of his brothers were associates of the Gambino crime family; Anthony was murdered by mobster Thomas Agro in 1979.
Gaetano "Tommy" DeVito (June 19, 1928 – September 21, 2020) was an American musician. He was best known as a founding member, vocalist, and lead guitarist of rock band the Four Seasons . [ 1 ]
Tommy DeVito has become an Italian American icon in the New Jersey area, but not all the attention has been positive. Social media has been flooded with Goodfellas and Sopranos references that ...
Tommy DeVito is bringing wins, swagger and a new emoji to the woebegone Giants. Jay Busbee. November 28, 2023 at 11:18 AM. First there was “The Godfather.” Then “Goodfellas.” Then “The ...
Enter Tommy DeVito, Italian-American Jersey man-of-the-people and the Giants’ third-string, undrafted, rookie quarterback. DeVito lives with his parents and eats chicken cutlets for dinner.
In the 1990 film Goodfellas, the character "Vinnie" (played by Charles Scorsese, the father of director Martin Scorsese) is based on Agro. [citation needed] Vinnie is seen cooking sauce while in prison and when the character Tommy DeVito (based on Thomas DeSimone) is murdered. Agro is portrayed by Ron Gabriel in the 2001 film Boss of Bosses.
Tommy DeVito continued to ride the wave of his successful stint with the Giants, appearing in a 'Goodfellas' skit and winning at the NFL Awards.