Michael Corleone

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fictional character film character literary character

Michael Corleone is the complex, initially reluctant son who becomes the ruthless head of the Corleone crime family in Mario Puzo’s The Godfather and its film adaptations.

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Label	Occurrences
Michael Corleone canonical	24

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
affiliation	Corleone crime family ⓘ
appearsIn	The Godfather ⓘ surface form: The Godfather (1972 film) The Godfather (novel) ⓘ The Godfather Part II ⓘ surface form: The Godfather Part II (1974 film) The Godfather Part III ⓘ surface form: The Godfather Part III (1990 film)
characterTrait	calculating ⓘ reserved ⓘ ruthless ⓘ
child	Anthony Corleone ⓘ Mary Corleone ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
creator	Mario Puzo ⓘ
culturalImpact	iconic figure in gangster cinema ⓘ
familyName	Corleone ⓘ
father	Vito Corleone ⓘ
firstAppearance	The Godfather (novel) ⓘ surface form: The Godfather (1969 novel)
firstFilmAppearance	The Godfather ⓘ surface form: The Godfather (1972 film)
fullName	Michael Corleone self-link ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Michael ⓘ
initialCharacterization	reluctant to join the family business ⓘ
languageOfCharacter	English ⓘ Italian ⓘ
laterCharacterization	cold and pragmatic leader ⓘ
militaryService	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
mother	Carmela Corleone ⓘ
nationality	Italian-American ⓘ
notableAction	consolidates power over New York crime families ⓘ orders the assassination of his brother Fredo Corleone ⓘ orders the murder of Sollozzo and Captain McCluskey ⓘ
notableTheme	corruption of innocence ⓘ family versus power ⓘ
occupation	Mafia don ⓘ crime boss ⓘ
portrayedBy	Al Pacino ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic
role	head of the Corleone family ⓘ
setting	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York Sicily ⓘ
sibling	Connie Corleone ⓘ Fredo Corleone ⓘ Sonny Corleone ⓘ
spouse	Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone ⓘ Kay Adams-Corleone ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Godfather → character → Michael Corleone ⓘ

The Godfather Part II → characterFocus → Michael Corleone ⓘ

Al Pacino → characterPortrayed → Michael Corleone ⓘ

Mario Puzo → notableCharacterCreated → Michael Corleone ⓘ

The Godfather Part III → featuresCharacter → Michael Corleone ⓘ

The Godfather novel by Mario Puzo → mainCharacter → Michael Corleone ⓘ

subject surface form: The Godfather

Vito Corleone → child → Michael Corleone ⓘ

Vito Corleone → successor → Michael Corleone ⓘ

Tom Hagen → adoptiveBrother → Michael Corleone ⓘ

Tom Hagen → loyalTo → Michael Corleone ⓘ

Kay Adams → spouseOf → Michael Corleone ⓘ

Kay Adams → inRelationshipWith → Michael Corleone ⓘ

Kay Adams → hasChildWith → Michael Corleone ⓘ

Connie Corleone → sibling → Michael Corleone ⓘ

Michael Corleone → fullName → Michael Corleone self-link ⓘ

The Godfather trilogy → mainCharacter → Michael Corleone ⓘ

Sonny Corleone → sibling → Michael Corleone ⓘ

Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III → uncle → Michael Corleone ⓘ