Michael Corleone

E244392

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Michael Corleone canonical 24

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ
subject surface form: Vincent Mancini
Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III → mentor → Michael Corleone ⓘ
subject surface form: Vincent Mancini
Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III → protégéOf → Michael Corleone ⓘ
subject surface form: Vincent Mancini
Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III → succeeds → Michael Corleone ⓘ
subject surface form: Vincent Mancini
Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III → loyaltyTo → Michael Corleone ⓘ
subject surface form: Vincent Mancini
Vincent Mancini → uncle → Michael Corleone ⓘ
Vincent Mancini → loyalTo → Michael Corleone ⓘ