Henry Hill in Goodfellas

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Henry Hill in Goodfellas is the ambitious young mob associate whose rise and fall within the New York Mafia underworld drives the film’s narrative.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
adaptedFrom Wiseguy
surface form: Wiseguy (book)
addiction cocaine
alliesWith Jimmy Conway (Goodfellas)
Tommy DeVito (Goodfellas)
appearsIn Goodfellas
basedOn Henry Hill
characterArc rise and fall in the New York Mafia underworld
cooperatesWith Federal Bureau of Investigation
surface form: FBI
createdBy Martin Scorsese
Nicholas Pileggi
criminalActivity drug trafficking
extortion
hijacking
robbery
employer Willie Moretti
surface form: Paul Cicero (Goodfellas)
entersProgram witness protection program
ethnicity Irish-Italian American
famousQuote As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.
gender male
joins mob as a teenager
mentor Paul Cicero (Goodfellas)
narratorOf Goodfellas
nationality American
notableEvent arrested on drug charges
becomes FBI informant
involved in Lufthansa heist aftermath
participates in Air France robbery
occupation gangster
mob associate
personalityTrait ambitious
charismatic
reckless
portrayedBy Christopher Serrone
Ray Liotta
relative Jimmy Conway (Goodfellas)
Lorraine Bracco
surface form: Karen Hill (Goodfellas)

Paulie Cicero
surface form: Paulie (Goodfellas)

Tommy DeVito (Goodfellas)
setting New York City
spouse Lorraine Bracco
surface form: Karen Hill (Goodfellas)
timePeriod 1950s
1960s
1970s
voiceType first-person narrator
worksFor Lucchese crime family
surface form: Lucchese crime family (fictionalized)

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Ray Liotta characterRole Henry Hill in Goodfellas