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Friends and Family of Joe and Vito
Maria Scaletta
Maria Scaletta
Voiced by: Joan Copeland (English)
Vito's and Francesca's mother. She's an Italian immigrant and recently widowed.- Horrible Judge of Character: Tries to steer Vito away from that awful Joe and get a respectable job... with gangster Derek Pappalardo.
- Killed Offscreen: She dies during Vito's time in prison.
- Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal: It's implied she's died out of shame and horror at her son being sentenced to ten years in prison.
- My Beloved Smother: Our short time with her shows her to be an overprotective and controlling woman.
Francesca Scaletta
Francesca "Frankie" Scaletta
Voiced by: Jeannie Elias (English)
Vito's older sister. She just wants to live a normal life.- Break the Cutie: Frankie is a very sweet, affectionate girl. She gets kicked around a lot by life. Watching her brother turn into a stone-cold killer, her parents die, and ending up with an awful husband... yeah, life has not been good to Frankie.
- Domestic Abuse: Is the victim of such in her marriage.
- I Have No Son!: Or rather, I Have No Brother. Despite her husband cheating on and abusing her, she disowns Vito for threatening to kill her husband should the latter attempt to cheat on and beat her up again.
- Out of Focus: During the 1951 segment, where she has a far smaller role.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: She's entirely aware that Vito becoming a mobster has ruined his life and the lives of other people.
- Undying Loyalty: To her husband over her brother, sadly.
- What Does She See in Him?: Justified by Values Dissonance and leaving your husband being much less socially acceptable.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: We never know her final fate in the story after she cuts ties with Vito.
Eric Reilly
Eric Reilly
Voiced by: Brian Bloom (English)
Frankie's dirtbag husband. She marries him while Vito is in prison.- Bullying a Dragon: Doesn't seem to realize that his wife is the sister of a made man in The Mafia (an ex-military made-man, at that) and Vito could do much worse to him than beat him up.
- Domestic Abuse: Hits Frankie when she complains about his cheating.
- Hate Sink: Has absolutely no redeeming qualities, being a fat and lazy slob who regularly cheats on and beats up his own wife. In fact, he treats his own brother-in-law with apathy and rudeness upon meeting him the first time.
Marty Santorelli
Martin "Marty" Santorelli
Voiced by: Jason Spisak (English), Nikolai Bystrov (Russian)
A teenage Italian boy who Joe adopts as a member of his gang.- Assassination Attempt: Takes part in two of these. The second proves his last.
- Forgotten Fallen Friend: Averted. Marty is remembered after his execution. It weighs heavily on Joe's conscience and Vito is forced to live in his apartment after his own house is burned to the ground.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: It's clear that Joe's the only one who likes him while the other mafiosos don't really hold him in high regard. Vito and Henry find him annoying because of his voice, Eddie quickly brushes his death under the rug, and every other mafioso excludes and ignores him.
- Getaway Driver: One of the reasons Joe lets him tag along is that he's a great driver. It's also his role in the Assassination Attempt on Alberto Clemente. Given the placement of his body when Vito and Joe reach the parking lot, he clearly disregarded Joe's order to stay in the car and tried to take Clemente and his armed bodyguards out himself with his M1911, with fatal results.
- Heroic Wannabe: More like a gangster wannabe.
- Hero-Worshipper: He has this for Joe, thinking he's the coolest.
- Informed Ability: Joe says that he's a great driver, which is why he lets him be his and Vito's Getaway Driver. He's also a cab driver by day. However, both of his missions in the "Joe's Adventures" DLC are a result of him getting in car accidents.
- Killed Off for Real: Doesn't survive his second mission for the gang.
- Morality Pet: Strangely, he's one of these for Joe rather than Vitto.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Actually proves very useful on the mission against the Greasers.
- Professional Killer: Becomes one of these for a single mission.
- Suicidal Overconfidence: His death likely happened because he saw Clemente fleeing and decided to go after him despite Clemente having several bodyguards left.
Shopkeepers
Giuseppe Palminteri
Giuseppe Palminteri
Voiced by: Rick Pasqualone (English), Valery Storozhik (Russian)
An arms dealer and forger who gets Vito out of the army service.- Arms Dealer: Among other things, he sells Magnum Revolvers, specially modified Colt 1911 pistols with larger magazines and automatic fire capability, and molotovs.
- Flat Character: He barely has any role in the plot after he helps Vito get his discharge papers and, optionally, telling Vito that Joe was taken by Vinci's men to the Mona Lisa bar.
- Friend in the Black Market: Need guns? Fake identification? A spare lock pick? Giuseppe's your man.
- Master of Unlocking: He's known for being able to crack open safes, and also sells the lockpicks that he uses to open them.
- Molotov Cocktail: Among the items he can sell to Vito, Joe, and Jimmy include Molotov Cocktails. He's notably the only one who sells these, with Harry instead offering US Mk. II hand grenades and the regular gunshops not selling any grenades at all.
Harry Marsden
Nathaniel Harold "Harry" Marsden III
Voiced by: Joe Sabatino (English), Kirill Radzig (Russian)
An injured WW2 veteran who helps Vito in a hit. He's also a notable Arms Dealer, who can sell to Vito, Joe, and Jimmy some very useful weaponry for difficult situations.- Affably Evil: He's an illegal weapons seller who doesn't care how shady his clients are, but is quite friendly and jovial with Vito, Joe, and Jimmy, even sharing wartime experiences with Vito at one point.
- Arms Dealer: He's one of three sources for firearms in both the main story, Joe's Adventures, and the Jimmy DLCs. Unlike the other stores, Harry notably sells military-grade weaponry (which includes automatic weapons), most notably The Buzzsaw.
- The Enemy Weapons Are Better: Several of the guns that Harry sells to the player are weapons originally used by the militaries of the Axis Powers during World War II, which include the MP40 and Beretta Model 38. Compared to most of the guns bought in regular gunstores, these weapons generally pack far more of a punch.
- Eyepatch of Power: There's apparently a pretty funny note story about how he got it. All we hear is that it got poked out by a tree branch after some Noodle Incident during the war.
- Motor Mouth: Talks Vito's ear off with war stories when they first meet.
- More Dakka: He's the only person in Empire Bay who can sell to Vito, Joe, or Jimmy automatic weaponry, particularly submachine guns. This in on top of him providing Vito and Henry an MG42.
Charlie Lopez
Carlos "Charlie" Lopez
A man who runs a chain of garages that repair damaged vehicles as well as change license plates.- Advertised Extra: Is only in the DLC for Jimmy and Joe but appears on some of the promotional posters with Vito. He never appears in the main game but all of the mechanics are owned by him as they are Charlie's repair services.
- Ascended Extra: While not making any appearances in the main game, he makes some minor appearances as a quest giver in both Joe's Adventures and both Jimmy DLC campaigns.
- Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Looks like Sean Penn.
- Flat Character: Exists to help the player character and nothing else.
- Friend in the Black Market: Helps assist in the theft of cars and hiding from the police.
Mike Bruski
Mike Bruski
Voiced by: John Mariano (English), Dmitry Filimonov (Russian)
A corrupt Polish junkyard owner.- Ax-Crazy: Apparently beat a man blind for winning a bet, as well as spilling beer on his winning ticket.
- The Engineer: A mechanic who helps you detail cars.
- Faux Affably Evil: Joe actually reveals Mike is this while explaining his personality to Vito. Vito says, "Sounds like he's kind of a scumbag."
- Friend in the Black Market: Mike will hire Vito to steal cars for him and compact them.
- Rambunctious Italian: His rapport with Joe consists of friendly insults.
Others
Bruno Levine
Bruno Levine
Voiced by: Michael Ingram (English), Boris Repetur (Russian)
A Jewish loan shark operating out of Empire Bay, Bruno isn't officially affiliated with any of the reigning crime families, instead his funding comes from powerful mob bosses elsewhere in the country.- Affably Evil: Is quite personable and reasonable despite his profession, never even raising his voice. That said, defaulting on your debts to him is a death sentence, and he'll keep hounding your family members to recoup them even after you're dead.
- Kosher Nostra: Strictly speaking, Bruno isn't technically a mobster himself, but he gets his money from them.
- Kill the Creditor: Specifically points out to his clients that this doesn't work, it doesn't matter if they try to avoid paying by killing him because the debt doesn't belong to him, it belongs to his mob financers, who'll come after them even harder than Bruno would.
- Loan Shark: Provides both criminals and civilians with loans, but at very high interest rates.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Only appears in a few scenes later in the game, but he's the one who lends Henry, Joe and Vito the money for the heroin deal, setting in motion the climax of the game and it's revealed that he's also the one who once lent money to Vito's father, resulting in his death.
Sidney Pen
Sidney "The Fat Man" Pen
Voiced by: John Capodice (English), Dmitry Filimonov (Russian)
A businessman based in Sand Island, and a former associate of Alberto Clemente.- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Tries to beg for his life when Henry, Vito, and Joe corner his in his distillery. When begging doesn't work, he shoots Henry in the leg.
- All There in the Manual: His name is never revealed in the story proper, with all of his information instead revealed in the Family Album.
- Arc Villain: Of "The Buzzsaw", where Alberto Clemente wants him dead after making a fool out of his men.
- Fat Bastard: A very crooked businessman known to have been responsible for the death of a few Mafiosi trying to kill him.
- I Surrender, Suckers: He lets Henry get close to him, then pulls a revolver out and shoots the former in the leg.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: He's shown to be a crooked, cowardly businessman who makes a run for it and tries to beg for his life when Henry, Vito and Joe corner him. He'd previously killed another hitman who tried to kill him and had underestimated him, and gets a shot off on Henry that requires him to be brought to El Greco.
- There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Vito and Joe end up pumping him full of lead after he shoots Henry in the leg.
El Greco
Andreas "El Greco" Karafantis
Voiced by: John Mariano (English), Dmitry Filimonov (Russian)
A Greek doctor who assists the mob.- All There in the Manual: His real name, Andreas Karafantis, is never mentioned in-game and is only known from the background information in the Family Album.
- Back-Alley Doctor: He actually has some rather nice digs, but still caters discretely to a clientele of mobsters.
- Being Evil Sucks: In Chapter 14, after El Greco mentions what happened to Tony Balls and how he'll never walk again, he says the following line; summing up how the Mafia life sucks.El Greco: This surprises you? All the blood, all the death, this is the lifestyle you choose. One day your luck is bound to run out. The next time, it could be you.
- Cool House: Has one of the nicest homes in the game.
- Only in It for the Money: Not particularly concerned about his clients and works purely for cash.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: He's only ever referred to as "El Greco" by the characters.
Terrence Stone
Captain Terrence Stone
Guard Captain of the Hartmann Federal Penitentary, the prison where Vito ends up getting thrown in.- Karma Houdini: He never gets any comeuppance for his corruption and actions.
- Pet the Dog: When Vito receives a letter telling him about his mom's passing, Stone holds the order to turn off the lights in his cell so that he can read it.
- Police Brutality: His men are known to be excessively violent with the inmates, regularly beating them up for even slightly disobeying them, or turning a blind eye to things such as Prison Rape.
- Wardens Are Evil: He's a corrupt asshole who's heavily implied to be on Leo Galante's payroll. For bonus points, he even has a Hitler mustache in 1945.
Frankie Potts
Francesco "Frankie Potts" Potenza
An FBI agent who is killed by the mafia and buried in the woods.- All There in the Manual: The only way to learn his history is The Story of Frankie Potts
- Cowboy Cop: The FBI didn't acknowledge the mob existed at this time so his investigation is unauthorized.
- Dirty Cop: Enjoys the life of a mobster while informing the FBI.
- Hookers and Blow: Spends the majority of the money he steals from the mob at the Garden of Eden.
- Irony: The mob never actually learns he's an FBI agent. He's killed for skimming profits.
- Posthumous Character: Vito only knows the guy as a rotting corpse in the back of a friend's vehicle.
The Pentito (SPOILER CHARACTER FOR THE MAIN STORY)
Thomas "Tommy" Angelo
The protagonist of the original Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, who turned pentito and is currently living in witness protection in Empire City. For tropes related to him as he appears in the first game, see that character sheet.
- Cutscene Boss: Naturally, since he's caught completely unprepared and defenseless and is at least 20 years past his prime.
- Dueling Player Characters: For what little it counts as a "duel". You assassinate the player character of the first Mafia game.
- Hero of Another Story: He has a whole game's worth of adventures he's participated in and motivations for his eventual turn away from his life of crime. Of course, none of that matters to Vito and Joe; to them, he's just some old guy they need to bump off for a quick buck.
- Previous Player-Character Cameo: He briefly shows up in Chapter 14, where you discover Vito and Joe are his killers.
- Walking Spoiler: You can't talk about his appearance in this game without revealing the big twist that Vito and Joe are his killers.
The Judge (SPOILER CHARACTER FOR JIMMY'S VENDETTA)
Judge Hillwood
The real Big Bad of Jimmy's Vendetta, and the Greater-Scope Villain of The Betrayal of Jimmy. He has both The Mafia and The Irish Mob under his payroll, as well the entire Empire Bay Police Department. He's also the one to order Sal Gravina to have Jimmy arrested by the cops.
- Big Bad: Of Jimmy's Vendetta, being The Man Behind the Man for Sal Gravina and Tam Brody.
- Big Fancy House: His mansion, which Jimmy storms in the finale of Jimmy's Vendetta. Notably, it's one of the most luxurious houses within Empire Bay. It ultimately gets burned to the ground by Jimmy after he wipes out Judge Hillwood's surviving associates and bodyguards and kills the judge himself.
- Boom, Headshot!: How Jimmy finishes him off.
- Character Death: He's killed when Jimmy storms his mansion at the end of Vendetta.
- Corrupt Politician: A high-ranking member of Empire Bay's city government, and the head of the city's courts, who happens to have two major crime rings and the police under his pocket.
- Defiant to the End: Like Eddie Fu, Elroy Tussle, and Sal Gravina before him, he opts to fight Jimmy to the death, guns blazing. He's not much tougher than a regular Mook, being able to at most survive only 1 bullet more than them, but does wield a tommy gun.
- Elite Mooks: His bodyguards are all heavily armed with Thompsons and Shotguns, making them some of the most formidable enemies in the game.
- Final Boss: Of Jimmy's Vendetta.
- Flunky Boss: When fighting him, chances are you'll also be dealing with a few of his surviving bodyguards protecting him.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Of Betrayal, being the one who ordered Sal Gravina to have Jimmy set up. It's also heavily implied that he was the one who arranged for Jimmy to be imprisoned when the latter gave himself up.
- Last Episode, New Character: He's introduced in the final arc of Jimmy's Vendetta, where it's revealed that he's the real brains behind the Italian mob and the Irish Gang. Before that, the loading screen of the final mission of The Betrayal of Jimmy shows Sal and Tam taking orders from a mysterious shadowy figure.
- The Man Behind the Man: He's the person really in control of Empire Bay, and by extension it's criminal underworld.
- More Dakka: He and his bodyguards are mostly armed with Thompson submachine guns, which they use to great effect in attempting to stop Jimmy during the latter's assault on the Judge's mansion.
- Reused Character Design: Seems to use the same character model as Sal Gravina in the ending cutscene. In Betrayal, he uses Alberto Clemente's character model instead.
- Underestimating Badassery: He woefully underestimates just how competent and smart Jimmy is at tracking down and killing his enemies. This costs him dearly by the end of Vendetta, where he's lost two of his most trusted lieutenants and their criminal empires.
- Walking Spoiler: His existence and role is a huge one for those following the story of the Jimmy DLCs.
- You Don't Look Like You: Like Sal, his character model in-game is completely different from how he appears in loading screens and cutscenes. In-game he uses the generic mustachioed "Mafia VIP" character model, while in the final cutscene he seems to have a similar character model as Sal and Eddie Scarpa. And even before that, in the loading screen for Betrayal's final mission, he uses Alberto Clemente's character model.
