James Conway

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James Conway is a fictional New York mobster and skilled heist organizer portrayed by Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s crime film "Goodfellas."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
adaptedFrom Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family NERFINISHED
affiliation Lucchese crime family (fictionalized) NERFINISHED
alignment antagonist
appearsIn Goodfellas NERFINISHED
associatedWith Henry Hill (fictionalized) NERFINISHED
Tommy DeVito (fictionalized) NERFINISHED
basedOn James Burke NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Martin Scorsese NERFINISHED
Nicholas Pileggi NERFINISHED
criminalActivity extortion
murder
robbery
directorOfWork Martin Scorsese NERFINISHED
fictionalStatus based on real person but renamed
fictionalUniverse Goodfellas NERFINISHED
filmDebut Goodfellas NERFINISHED
filmGenreContext crime film
firstAppearance Goodfellas NERFINISHED
gender male
genreOfWork gangster film
languageOfWork English
loyalty organized crime associates
medium feature film
nationality American (fictional)
notableHeist Lufthansa heist (fictionalized depiction) NERFINISHED
notableSceneContext discussing “never rat on your friends” code
planning the Lufthansa robbery
notableTraitInFandom professionalism in planning heists
occupation heist organizer
mobster
personalityTrait ambitious
calculating
violent
portrayedBy Robert De Niro NERFINISHED
portrayedInYear 1990
roleInPlot key organizer of major robberies
mentor to Henry Hill
screenwriterOfWork Martin Scorsese NERFINISHED
Nicholas Pileggi NERFINISHED
setting New York underworld
timePeriodOfFiction mid-20th century
workLocation New York City

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Goodfellas mainCharacter James Conway