question: Joe Pesci played a character based on the nephew of what man known for being a crime Boss?
answer: Frank DeSimone
context: Title: Philip Suriano
  Passage: Philip Suriano (born 1948) is an American actor, probably best known for playing the doomed Dominic Santoro in Martin Scorsese's 1995 film "Casino", based on real-life mobster Michael Spilotro.  In "Casino", he and his brother Nicky (Joe Pesci) are buried alive at a cornfield in Indiana after suffering a severe beating by baseball bats.  Another small but notable appearance was in 1989's "Lethal Weapon 2" (also with Pesci) as L.A.P.D. Detective Joseph Ragucci, who makes a bet with Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and loses, but notably pays him with an illegal krugerrand.
  Title: Theresa Saldana
  Passage: Theresa Saldana (August 20, 1954 – June 6, 2016) was an American actress and author.  She is known for her role as Rachel Scali, the wife of Police Commissioner Tony Scali, in the 1990s television series "The Commish", for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, in 1994.  Major film roles include the part of 'Lenore La Motta', the wife of Joe Pesci's character, in the 1980 feature film "Raging Bull" and Robert Zemeckis's Beatlemania ensemble "I Wanna Hold Your Hand".  She was also known for raising public awareness of the crime of stalking, after surviving a murder attempt by an obsessed fan in 1982.
  Title: James Marcello
  Passage: James J. Marcello (born December 13, 1943), also known variously as Little Jimmy, Jimmy Light and as Jimmy the Man Marcello, is an imprisoned crime boss who was a front boss for the Chicago Outfit criminal organization in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.  Organized crime observers identified Marcello as a figurehead during that period while the organization's day-to-day operations actually were run by John “No Nose” DiFronzo, Joseph “Joey the Clown” Lombardo, Joseph “Joe the Builder” Andriacchi and Angelo J. LaPietra.  Marcello is the Cousin of Michael Hayes Marcello, and a cousin of Robert Urbinatti.  He is also the father of Rocco Marcello.
  Title: Still at Large
  Passage: Still at Large is the third and final album released by Crime Boss.  Following the release of his successful second album, "Conflicts & Confusion", Crime Boss left Suave House Records and formed his own independent label called Crime Lab Records and released "Still at Large" through it.  Though his previous two albums were produced by Suave House's T-Mix, Crime Boss himself handled a majority of the album's production. '
  Title: Gone Fishin' (film)
  Passage: Gone Fishin' is a 1997 American comedy film starring Joe Pesci and Danny Glover as two bumbling fishing enthusiasts.  Nick Brimble, Rosanna Arquette, Lynn Whitfield, and Willie Nelson co-star.  This film is the only collaboration between Glover and Pesci outside of the "Lethal Weapon series".
  Title: Al Capone
  Passage: Alphonse Gabriel Capone ( ; ] ; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname Scarface, was an American mobster, crime boss and businessman who attained fame during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit.  His seven-year reign as crime boss ended when he was 33 years old.
  Title: Man on Fire (1987 film)
  Passage: Man on Fire (Italian: Un uomo sotto tiro ) is a 1987 French-Italian action thriller film directed by Élie Chouraqui and starring Scott Glenn and Jade Malle.  It is based on the 1980 novel "Man on Fire" by A. J. Quinnell.  The rest of the cast includes Joe Pesci, Jonathan Pryce and a brief appearance by Danny Aiello as the Mafia don.
  Title: Thomas DeSimone
  Passage: Thomas Anthony DeSimone (May 24, 1950 – disappeared January 14, 1979), also known as Two-Gun Tommy, Animal or Tommy D, was a Sicilian-American gangster and associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York City, one of the Five Families of the American Mafia.  DeSimone was a grandson and nephew of Los Angeles mob bosses Rosario and Frank DeSimone, respectively.  He was married to Angelica "Cookie" Spione, but had many mistresses, including Theresa Ferrara.  He is best known as the basis for Joe Pesci's character Tommy DeVito in Martin Scorsese's 1990 film "Goodfellas".
  Title: Frank DeSimone
  Passage: Frank A. DeSimone (July 17, 1909 – August 4, 1967) was the Boss of the Los Angeles crime family from 1956 to 1967.  DeSimone was the son of former don Rosario DeSimone.  He was sometime referred to as "One Eye" because one of his eyes drooped.  Frank DeSimone's well-known nephew, Thomas DeSimone, was an enforcer for the Lucchese crime family.  He was also related to Simone Scozzari and Joseph Civello.
  Title: The Death Collector
  Passage: The Death Collector (also known as The Family Enforcer) is a 1976 low-budget crime film directed by Ralph De Vito and starring Joseph Cortese, Joe Pesci and Frank Vincent.  Also sometimes entitled Family Enforcer, it was Ralph De Vito's first and last effort as a director and Joe Pesci's first billed appearance in a movie.
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