List of Scarface characters
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A number of characters (shown below) who appeared in the 1983
film Scarface
and the quasi-sequel
video game Scarface: The World Is Yours
.
and the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours
, portrayed by Al Pacino
in the film and by André Sogliuzzo
in the video game. Oliver Stone
came up with the name by combining the last name of his then-favorite football player (Joe Montana
) and the first name from the main character of the 1932 film version
, Tony Camonte
, played by Paul Muni
.
In the film's ending Tony Montana
's mansion
was raided by Alex Sosa's gang in retribution for not killing a Bolivian anti-drug journalist with his wife and children, resulting in his death, but in the video game Tony Montana could survive the assault, regain his criminal empire and exact revenge on Sosa.
In the game and the movie, Tony carries an M16 rifle
with an M203 grenade launcher
strapped to the barrel.
n drug lord . He was portrayed by Paul Shenar
. Sosa is called Alex by Tony Montana and Gaspar Gomez. He serves as Tony's chief nemesis and the primary antagonist of the film.
A powerful drug lord
from Bolivia
, Sosa resides in Cochabamba
, where he governs a large coca
plantation. His drug empire stretches across the Andes
. There he arranges a meeting with Tony, along with Omar Suarez, who are there to help secure a cocaine transaction on the behalf of Frank Lopez, Tony's boss back in Miami, who is out on bail for an upcoming trial and cannot leave the United States. Tony begins to make increasingly demanding offers. Omar, fearing for his life, angrily demands that Tony stop making such outrageous offers without Frank's consent. Sosa, somewhat impressed with Tony's ability to negotiate, feigns agreement with Omar by saying Tony is too junior to make deals, and supposedly sends him back to Florida
. Sosa then explains that Omar was actually an informant, and then gives Tony binoculars to see Omar being thrown out of and hung by the neck on the same helicopter he was flying home. Tony is neither shocked nor sorry to see Omar's murder, and explains that he never liked nor trusted him, and boldly negotiates a deal, overriding Frank.
Sosa sends Tony home, agreeing to the demands of Tony, a deal of 2,000 kilograms of cocaine for $50 million which is worth over $75 million on the street and black market sales-- a profit of $15 million for both Tony and the Frank Lopez cartel. When Frank hears about this, he is outraged, for he does not have the many millions of dollars it would take to pay Sosa for the purchase of the cocaine. Tony manages to convince Lopez that he can make money on the side, in case there is not enough money to pay off Sosa. Tony also attempts to convince Frank that Sosa has established a "credit line" with them, as he is well aware that they cannot pay the full $50 million right away. Frank tells Tony that Sosa cannot be trusted and will sooner or later betray them for even the slightest compromise or deviation of his business. Tony responds with indifference and also responds likewise when Frank tells him that ambitious drug dealers, who crave money and attention, do not last long in the business. Frank's two warnings about Sosa's violence and Tony's audacity would later be proven true.
Lopez, feeling that the greedy and ambitious Tony has run amok, then calls a hit team on him. The hit is unsuccessful, and Tony responds by killing Lopez, and taking over his empire.
Later, Tony runs into trouble with tax evasion
, and faces up to three years in prison. Sosa invites Tony back to his large mansion complex and explains to Tony that he has a similar problem. A Bolivian journalist who has been reporting on corrupt Bolivian government officials and flag officer
s has been troubling Sosa and his entire drug operation in Bolivia and also has a story that could send Sosa to the electric chair
. Sosa requests Tony escort one of his men to New York City
in order to supervise the assassination
of the reporter, who is due to give a speech at the United Nations. In exchange, Sosa will take advantage of his connections in the U.S. government to guarantee a light punishment and no jail time for Tony's upcoming trial with the United States Tax Court
.
Planting a car bomb
, Tony and the hitman tail the car with a remote-controlled detonator
. They are surprised to see the man's wife and two daughters enter the car with him. Tony, now extremely reluctant to continue with the hit, becomes increasingly agitated with the hitman, until he completely snaps. Tony then murders the hitman who was supposed to kill the journalist.
Sosa berates Tony over the telephone for this, stating that the bomb was found and that the journalist now has "security up the ass", making it impossible for them to attempt another hit, but the drug-addicted Tony shows his defiance and states that he will willingly go to a mob war against Sosa. In revenge for the sabotage, Sosa has many members of his personal guard sneak into Tony's mansion that very night. They murder Tony, as well as all his armed guards, but not before Tony personally kills many of them. Sosa's fate at the end of the film is unknown.
In a comic book Scarface that was a pseudosequel to the movie, it details that Sosa had revitalized a dirt-poor Bolivian village (in a manner similar to Pablo Escobar
) by making it a hub for his cocaine network and giving employment to all the villagers. In graitude, the village holds an annual parade to honor Sosa. Tony travels to Bolivia and manages to assassinate Sosa during this parade when his guard is down. However, it is also shown Sosa married Elvira, which causes problems as Elvira was torn between her new husband and her latent feelings for Tony.
In Scarface: The World Is Yours
, Sosa allies himself with Gaspar Gomez and Sheffield, Tony's corrupt lawyer. Sosa makes multiple calls to Tony though the game, indicating that despite his efforts, Tony will get nowhere. During one of multiple meetings in his mansion, Tony attacks. He shoots his way through Sosa's men, killing Sheffield and Gomez as well. He confronts Sosa in his living room, a location featured in the movie. There, Sosa is shot and left slumped in his sofa. Tony hires one of his surviving men as a butler.
The character of Alejandro Sosa is based on the Bolivian 'King of Cocaine' Roberto Suárez Goméz
.
who rises with him to the top of the cocaine
business in Miami during the early 1980s and the deutragonist of the film. He was played by Steven Bauer
.
Little is revealed about Manny in the film, but it is told that he and Tony Montana served time in prison
and in the army
while in Cuba
.
At the beginning of the film, Manny and Tony make their way to America during the Mariel Boatlift
in 1980. A month after being sent to Freedom Town, a detention camp, Manny manages to get him and Tony green cards
and a job washing dishes at a small food stand. Tony and Manny quit this job when they take another job to exchange some cocaine for money from "Hector the Toad" and several other Colombia
ns at a hotel. Even though the deal goes awry, Tony manages to grab the cocaine while keeping the buy money. They then begin working for powerful yet affable drug kingpin Frank Lopez.
As Tony becomes more and more powerful, they eventually overpower Lopez, kill him (Manny pulls the trigger) and take over his empire. In the same scene Tony personally murders corrupt Miami Chief of Detectives, Vice Squad Melvin "Mel" Bernstein. It is during this time that Manny falls in love with Tony's younger sister Gina, which Tony angrily forbids. Their friendship is constantly strained as an often-coked up Tony fails to listen to his friend, who tries in vain to be the voice of reason and keep Tony grounded by offering financial advice and is placed in charge of security when Tony buys his mansion. After Tony begins having trouble with bank fees with the constant money that rolls in from the drug business, Manny suggests going to another person, Seidelbaum. While counting money and converting the millions to checks, Seidelbaum reveals himself as a cop
, who arrests Tony for tax evasion
. Tony is naturally angry at his friend, since unknowingly setting up the bust could end up costing Tony three years in jail. While Tony goes on a mission for Alejandro Sosa (another powerful drug lord who works with Tony) in New York
, Manny disappears and marries Gina Montana. When Tony returns home and gets the address from his mother, he drives there and approaches the door. Manny answers, just as Gina appears at the top of the stairs. Enraged, Tony shoots Manny twice (although the second shot is edited out in the TV version) and kills him. Gina runs down the stairs and cries over Manny's body before telling Tony that they got married the day before, Tony then quickly regrets killing his friend. After going back to his mansion and somewhat sobering up from a cocaine high, Tony continues to show regret for killing his friend, but is killed shortly after by The Skull in a massive shootout
.
In the comic book, Manolo is not featured, having been deceased in the pseudosequel. However, there is one panel of Manny intended as a flashback
where two corrupt cops harass Tony in intensive care. The panel shows a shocked Tony having a gun pointed at his face and the cops saying "Your best friend Manny Ray is dead; brutally murdered in his own residence. The killer was never found and the case is officially unsolved". The cops fail to realize they are speaking to Manolo's murderer.
In the video game, Tony is shown at certain points talking to himself that he deeply regrets killing Manny as he has never found a loyal sidekick like him, and hopes Manolo can hear his apologies in the great beyond. Tony can also purchase an urn
containing Manny's cremated remains and keep it in his mansion, along with an urn containing the cremated remains of Manny's bride, Gina.
and Manny Ribera to kill a former political aide to Fidel Castro
. Frank Lopez is portrayed by Robert Loggia
. Loggia stated in a book about the "Scarface" phenomenon that Lopez is Jewish and lived in Cuba during the 1950s. Along with Hector the Toad, Lopez is one of the film's secondary villains.
Lopez asks the hit on the former aide, Rebenga, who tortured and murdered Frank's brother while serving as one of Fidel Castro's top henchmen just after the Cuban Revolution
. Afterwards, Tony, Chi-Chi, Manny and the other Marielitos are released from Freedom Town. Lopez's henchman, Omar Suarez, approaches Montana and Manny Ray, and assigns them to make a cocaine deal with a gang of murderous Colombians led by Hector "The Toad". Tony, Chi-Chi, Manny and another associate Angel go to the drug deal with the Colombians. Manny and Chi-Chi wait for Tony's signal to bring the money, and go inside the Sun-Ray Hotel.
As Hector, the Colombian gang leader, attempts to fast-talk Tony, even questioning where he is from, two more Colombian thugs grab Angel, and the two of them are ambushed. As Tony and Angel are held at gunpoint by Hector's mistress, Marta and the other two Colombians, Hector reveals a chainsaw that had been concealed in a briefcase. Angel is butchered by Hector, while Tony watches in horror as his friend is killed. Manny and Chi-Chi make their way inside, gunning down Marta and Hector's men. Hector is injured, but manages to escape into the street, with Montana on his tail. Montana finishes him off, and the crew gets away.
Tony pays Lopez back the coke from the botched drug deal. Tony is also introduced to Elvira Hancock (Michelle Pfeiffer
), Lopez's mistress who will become the source of tension between them. Tensions rise when Suarez is killed by Bolivian drug lord Alejandro Sosa's men in Bolivia. Lopez is angered, and accuses Montana of stealing the deal. Montana goes as far as to propose to Elvira. Combined with that, Lopez and Montana have a heated confrontation at the Babylon Club, resulting in two Colombian gunmen being sent in to assassinate Montana. Montana escapes, and confronts his corrupt cop henchman Mel Bernstein (Harris Yulin
) along with Manny and Chi-Chi. After disarming Lopez the aging drug lord begins pleading for his life and Tony agrees that he won't kill Lopez. He then gives Manny the gun who kills Lopez with a shot to the chest while Montana finishes off Mel.
During the game, Tony occasionally expresses regret for killing Frank, saying he is sorry, but that Frank was wrong. Robert Loggia also stars in the video game as the narrator
.
.
n gang
leader working for the Colombian Cartel and along with Frank Lopez is the film's secondary villain. Hector moved to the United States in the 1970s and started making cocaine
deals with many associates including Montana. In 1980, Hector was murdered by Montana after a failing drug deal, as revenge for Hector attempting to rob him and brutally butchering his friend Angel with a chainsaw. Tony, his other close friend Manny, and Chi-Chi escape, taking the money and Hector's cocaine as well. He was portrayed by Al Israel
.
, but is murdered at the end of the game by Montana along with George Sheffield and Sosa. He was portrayed by Robert Vandenberg in the film, and voice by Cheech Marin
in the video game. In the film, Gaspar is seen after Tony finds Gina in a bathroom stall with a sleazy guy. Tony comes face-to-face with Gaspar as he tries to leave. Gaspar and his bodyguard, along with many others stare at him. Tony is spurred to ask them, "what the fuck you want, you want something?", pushing Gaspar. Even though Gaspar is in the movie his name isn't in the credits.
In the video game
, Nacho Contreras is killed, while attempting to escape Tony by swimming to a boat, but he is shot causing him to bleed and attract a great white shark to attack him.
and works part-time
at a beauty salon. Upon Tony's first visit, she says that she is only a couple years away from obtaining her cosmetology license. After Tony makes it in the drug business, he uses some of his money to build a beauty salon
for Gina; giving her the title deed and makes her owner/manager. During the film she develops a relationship and eventually marries Manolo; unaware of their relationship, Tony kills Manny when he realizes that Gina is with his best friend. Hysterical, Tony and his bodyguards take Gina to Tony's mansion, where she confronts him about not allowing her to be happily married to Manny. She angrily offers her body to Tony, picking up on his suspected incestuous desires, and shoots him (non-fatally) with a Smith & Wesson Model 39 before one of Sosa's assassins shoots her in her left breast and then fires 13 bullets in her back. She was portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
. In the game, Tony often calls out to Gina that he hopes she is in Heaven, and he can also purchase her cremated remains in an urn, along with the remains of her husband Manny.
that "Mama" Montana was murdered by the Diaz Brothers. She was portrayed by Míriam Colón; in reality, Colon is barely older than Al Pacino but in the movie they are portrayed as being very far apart in age.
cop
and the Detective
of the Miami Police Department
. Bernstein was a corrupt cop who offered Tony two choices: pay him a large undisclosed amount of money every month in exchange for coming under the semi-protection of Bernstein's task force, or go to jail for his past crimes. Bernstein was in a meeting with Frank Lopez but Tony killed them both for arranging the failed hit on him. He was portrayed by Harris Yulin
.
and was killed. He was portrayed by Pepe Serna
. Tony later got revenge for his friend's death by shooting Hector, the Colombian coke dealer who butchered Angel to death with the chainsaw, in the street.
Angel becomes a plot point in the game; in order to honor his friend Tony purchases the hotel he had been slain in.
. Despite the fact that Tony doesn't treat him that well (in fact he openly insults him on a regular basis) and nicknames him "the pig" because of his obesity, Nick is incredibly loyal to Tony. This loyalty however is left ambiguous until the film's climax where Sosa's army of hit men invade Tony's estate and Nick has a clear path to escape but he instead chooses to defend the mansion. Despite wielding only a pistol he does halt the hit men for a brief time but is ultimately killed when The Skull shoots him in the back of the head with his sawed-off shotgun (in both the theatrical version and televised version the killing is off-screen but clear since with the power of the gun it probably would have blown Nick's head apart).
(a 'chivato') for the New York Police Department and was murdered by Sosa's henchmen. He was portrayed by F. Murray Abraham
. Tony had suspicions that Omar set up himself and his friend Angel Fernandez to be killed by Hector and his Colombians. It is never revealed if Omar was in league with the Colombians to have Tony killed, or it was really a coincidence. But without a doubt, Omar and Tony clearly despise one another throughout the movie. Omar even attempted to pull a gun on Tony the first time they meet over Tony's greed for wanting more money for a job, but the heated confrontation was defused. Waldo Rojas, the man in the car with Omar, quietly says to him "[Tony] can do the Colombians," causing Omar to stop from pulling the gun on Tony. This implies that Omar may have known about the maniacial nature of Hector the Toad and of the rumors of Hector killing people seeking to buy cocaine from him in order to steal their money, and also that Waldo was reminding Omar that he did not need to threaten Tony, as Hector and the Colombians would probably kill Tony for them.
due to her drug use, she angrily leaves him. Her exact whereabouts by the end of the film are unknown. Elvira is also mentioned in the video game by Tony Montana saying to his henchmen that he "loves her" as well as in parts where Tony is talking to himself wondering where she is. Elvira was portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer
.
was director Brian De Palma's
first choice for the role, but producer Martin Bregman refused because he believed she would not be convincing enough. De Palma refused to screen test Michelle Pfeiffer
at first, but relented after being heavily persuaded by her agent. During one of her final callback auditions, Pfeiffer was performing Elvira's final scene with Al Pacino
, when she shattered a champagne glass on the table and accidentally cut Pacino. Nevertheless, she ended up beating out Carrie Fisher
, Melanie Griffith
, Goldie Hawn
, Meg Ryan
, Teri Hatcher
, Julia Roberts
, Nicole Kidman
, Jessica Lange
and Barbra Streisand
to win the role the other ladies were not just the perfect look for the Elvira Hancock. According to Brooke Shields
' biographical book, On Your Own (1985), she was offered the part, but her mother rejected her offer.
henchman and chief assassin. His real name is never given and he has no on-screen dialogue. He is apparently nicknamed by his gaunt face and he always wears large, circular, dark sunglasses, giving his face the appearance of a skull which is his assassin trademark. The Skull is first seen standing in the background where Omar Suarez arranges a meeting with Sosa in Bolivia
, when another one of Sosa's henchmen, Alberto the Shadow, informs Sosa that Omar was an informer for the New York Police Department. The Skull and Alberto take Omar to a helicopter
where he was supposed to be taken back to Miami but was instead murdered by the Skull himself by hanging
. During the mansion raid at the climax, the Skull is apparently one of the leaders of the team sent by Sosa to kill Tony. The Skull also kills Nick the Pig by shooting him in the back of his head with a doubled-barrel shotgun
. At the end of the movie, the Skull sneaks into Tony's office during the climactic firefight by climbing up a grapple
rope to Tony's second floor balcony office which was left by another assassin who killed Tony's sister Gina Montana-Ribera. The Skull murders Tony by shooting him in the back with a single shot from his double-barreled shotgun. He is then seen in the final shot, walking down the stairs amid the carnage of the climactic gun battle. He was portrayed by Mexican-American actor Geno Silva
. His fate after the film is unknown. It is implied he goes back to Bolivia with the rest of the surviving team and reports the successful assassination to Sosa.
In the game, it is possible to turn and kill the Skull at the start of the first mission.
henchman. Alberto supposedly recognizes Omar Suarez as a past police informant in New York, which causes Sosa to have Omar executed. Alberto only speaks Bolivian Spanish as said by Sosa in an arranged meeting with Montana. When Montana has problems facing up to 3 years in prison, Sosa helps Montana avoid facing prison by doing a job for Sosa and his associates. Sosa orders Alberto and Montana to detonate a journalist's car due to his interference in Sosa's drug empire. Montana murders Alberto due to a mistake in the setup (Montana refused to kill the journalist while the latter's wife and children were present, a fact that was of no concern to Alberto). He was portrayed by Mark Margolis
.
, also known for his voice of Mike Toreno in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
.
drug dealer working in The Islands. In some missions throughout the video game, Montana will have to protect this character. The Sandman is voiced by Steven Bauer, who played Manny Ribera in the Scarface movie. The Sandman also runs his own drug cartel that rivals Sosa's, and allies his cartel with Tony's, as Sosa is also at war with the Sandman as he is with Tony.
1983 in film
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film Scarface
Scarface (1983 film)
Scarface is a 1983 American epic crime drama movie directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, produced by Martin Bregman and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana...
and the quasi-sequel
Sequel
A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
video game Scarface: The World Is Yours
Scarface: The World is Yours
Scarface: The World Is Yours is a video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games. The game is based on and is a quasi-sequel to the 1983 motion picture Scarface starring Al Pacino reprising his role as Tony Montana, with André Sogliuzzo providing Montana's...
.
Tony Montana
Antonio Raimundo "Tony" Montana is the main character in ScarfaceScarface (1983 film)
Scarface is a 1983 American epic crime drama movie directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, produced by Martin Bregman and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana...
and the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours
Scarface: The World is Yours
Scarface: The World Is Yours is a video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games. The game is based on and is a quasi-sequel to the 1983 motion picture Scarface starring Al Pacino reprising his role as Tony Montana, with André Sogliuzzo providing Montana's...
, portrayed by Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Alfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way, though he has also appeared...
in the film and by André Sogliuzzo
André Sogliuzzo
André Sogliuzzo is an Italian-American voice actor, comedian, and actor.-Animated roles:* American Dad! – Dill* Avatar: The Last Airbender – King Bumi, Hakoda, Haru* The Batman – Duncan* Brandy & Mr...
in the video game. Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...
came up with the name by combining the last name of his then-favorite football player (Joe Montana
Joe Montana
Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana, Jr. , nicknamed Joe Cool, Golden Joe, The Golden Great and Comeback Joe, is a retired American football player. Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with the San Francisco 49ers, where he played quarterback for the next 14 seasons...
) and the first name from the main character of the 1932 film version
Scarface (1932 film)
Scarface is a 1932 American gangster film starring Paul Muni and George Raft, produced by Howard Hughes, directed by Howard Hawks and Richard Rosson, and written by Ben Hecht based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Armitage Trail...
, Tony Camonte
Tony Camonte
Tony Camonte is a Filipino actor who started to make movies after World War II. He starred in the 1946 romantic film Labis na Pagmamahal , top-billed by Fernando Poe, under Palaris Pictures. He portrayed villains in the 1947 film Dalawang Anino under SVS Pictures and 1949 film Dasalang Ginto ...
, played by Paul Muni
Paul Muni
Paul Muni was an Austrian-Hungarian-born American stage and film actor...
.
In the film's ending Tony Montana
Tony Montana
Antonio Raimundo "Tony" Montana is a fictional character from the 1983 film Scarface. He is portrayed by Al Pacino in the movie, and is voiced by André Sogliuzzo in the 2006 video game Scarface: The World Is Yours. Tony Montana has become a cultural icon and is one of the most famous movie...
's mansion
Mansion
A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
was raided by Alex Sosa's gang in retribution for not killing a Bolivian anti-drug journalist with his wife and children, resulting in his death, but in the video game Tony Montana could survive the assault, regain his criminal empire and exact revenge on Sosa.
In the game and the movie, Tony carries an M16 rifle
M16 rifle
The M16 is the United States military designation for the AR-15 rifle adapted for both semi-automatic and full-automatic fire. Colt purchased the rights to the AR-15 from ArmaLite, and currently uses that designation only for semi-automatic versions of the rifle. The M16 fires the 5.56×45mm NATO...
with an M203 grenade launcher
M203 grenade launcher
The M203 is a single shot 40 mm grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older M79 break-action grenade launcher, which utilize the High-Low Propulsion System to keep recoil forces low. Though versatile, and compatible with many rifle models, the M203 was...
strapped to the barrel.
Alejandro Sosa
Alejandro "Alex" Sosa is a BoliviaBolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
n drug lord . He was portrayed by Paul Shenar
Paul Shenar
Paul Shenar was an American actor.-Career:Shenar became involved in theater at an early age, partaking in the local Milwaukee playhouse productions. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Air Force. Following his military career he began acting again...
. Sosa is called Alex by Tony Montana and Gaspar Gomez. He serves as Tony's chief nemesis and the primary antagonist of the film.
A powerful drug lord
Drug lord
A drug lord, drug baron or kingpin is the term used to describe a person who controls a sizable network of persons involved in the illegal drugs trade. Such figures are often difficult to bring to justice, as they might never be directly in possession of something illegal, but are insulated from...
from Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, Sosa resides in Cochabamba
Cochabamba
Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the fourth largest city in Bolivia with an urban population of 608,276 and a metropolitan population of more than 1,000,000 people...
, where he governs a large coca
Coca
Coca, Erythroxylum coca, is a plant in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. The plant plays a significant role in many traditional Andean cultures...
plantation. His drug empire stretches across the Andes
Andes
The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
. There he arranges a meeting with Tony, along with Omar Suarez, who are there to help secure a cocaine transaction on the behalf of Frank Lopez, Tony's boss back in Miami, who is out on bail for an upcoming trial and cannot leave the United States. Tony begins to make increasingly demanding offers. Omar, fearing for his life, angrily demands that Tony stop making such outrageous offers without Frank's consent. Sosa, somewhat impressed with Tony's ability to negotiate, feigns agreement with Omar by saying Tony is too junior to make deals, and supposedly sends him back to Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. Sosa then explains that Omar was actually an informant, and then gives Tony binoculars to see Omar being thrown out of and hung by the neck on the same helicopter he was flying home. Tony is neither shocked nor sorry to see Omar's murder, and explains that he never liked nor trusted him, and boldly negotiates a deal, overriding Frank.
Sosa sends Tony home, agreeing to the demands of Tony, a deal of 2,000 kilograms of cocaine for $50 million which is worth over $75 million on the street and black market sales-- a profit of $15 million for both Tony and the Frank Lopez cartel. When Frank hears about this, he is outraged, for he does not have the many millions of dollars it would take to pay Sosa for the purchase of the cocaine. Tony manages to convince Lopez that he can make money on the side, in case there is not enough money to pay off Sosa. Tony also attempts to convince Frank that Sosa has established a "credit line" with them, as he is well aware that they cannot pay the full $50 million right away. Frank tells Tony that Sosa cannot be trusted and will sooner or later betray them for even the slightest compromise or deviation of his business. Tony responds with indifference and also responds likewise when Frank tells him that ambitious drug dealers, who crave money and attention, do not last long in the business. Frank's two warnings about Sosa's violence and Tony's audacity would later be proven true.
Lopez, feeling that the greedy and ambitious Tony has run amok, then calls a hit team on him. The hit is unsuccessful, and Tony responds by killing Lopez, and taking over his empire.
Later, Tony runs into trouble with tax evasion
Tax evasion
Tax evasion is the general term for efforts by individuals, corporations, trusts and other entities to evade taxes by illegal means. Tax evasion usually entails taxpayers deliberately misrepresenting or concealing the true state of their affairs to the tax authorities to reduce their tax liability,...
, and faces up to three years in prison. Sosa invites Tony back to his large mansion complex and explains to Tony that he has a similar problem. A Bolivian journalist who has been reporting on corrupt Bolivian government officials and flag officer
Flag Officer
A flag officer is a commissioned officer in a nation's armed forces senior enough to be entitled to fly a flag to mark where the officer exercises command. The term usually refers to the senior officers in an English-speaking nation's navy, specifically those who hold any of the admiral ranks; in...
s has been troubling Sosa and his entire drug operation in Bolivia and also has a story that could send Sosa to the electric chair
Electric chair
Execution by electrocution, usually performed using an electric chair, is an execution method originating in the United States in which the condemned person is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body...
. Sosa requests Tony escort one of his men to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
in order to supervise the assassination
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
of the reporter, who is due to give a speech at the United Nations. In exchange, Sosa will take advantage of his connections in the U.S. government to guarantee a light punishment and no jail time for Tony's upcoming trial with the United States Tax Court
United States Tax Court
The United States Tax Court is a federal trial court of record established by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution, section 8 of which provides that the Congress has the power to "constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court"...
.
Planting a car bomb
Car bomb
A car bomb, or truck bomb also known as a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device , is an improvised explosive device placed in a car or other vehicle and then detonated. It is commonly used as a weapon of assassination, terrorism, or guerrilla warfare, to kill the occupants of the vehicle,...
, Tony and the hitman tail the car with a remote-controlled detonator
Detonator
A detonator is a device used to trigger an explosive device. Detonators can be chemically, mechanically, or electrically initiated, the latter two being the most common....
. They are surprised to see the man's wife and two daughters enter the car with him. Tony, now extremely reluctant to continue with the hit, becomes increasingly agitated with the hitman, until he completely snaps. Tony then murders the hitman who was supposed to kill the journalist.
Sosa berates Tony over the telephone for this, stating that the bomb was found and that the journalist now has "security up the ass", making it impossible for them to attempt another hit, but the drug-addicted Tony shows his defiance and states that he will willingly go to a mob war against Sosa. In revenge for the sabotage, Sosa has many members of his personal guard sneak into Tony's mansion that very night. They murder Tony, as well as all his armed guards, but not before Tony personally kills many of them. Sosa's fate at the end of the film is unknown.
In a comic book Scarface that was a pseudosequel to the movie, it details that Sosa had revitalized a dirt-poor Bolivian village (in a manner similar to Pablo Escobar
Pablo Escobar
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug lord. He was an elusive cocaine trafficker and rich and successful criminal. He owned numerous luxury residences, automobiles, and even airplanes...
) by making it a hub for his cocaine network and giving employment to all the villagers. In graitude, the village holds an annual parade to honor Sosa. Tony travels to Bolivia and manages to assassinate Sosa during this parade when his guard is down. However, it is also shown Sosa married Elvira, which causes problems as Elvira was torn between her new husband and her latent feelings for Tony.
In Scarface: The World Is Yours
Scarface: The World is Yours
Scarface: The World Is Yours is a video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games. The game is based on and is a quasi-sequel to the 1983 motion picture Scarface starring Al Pacino reprising his role as Tony Montana, with André Sogliuzzo providing Montana's...
, Sosa allies himself with Gaspar Gomez and Sheffield, Tony's corrupt lawyer. Sosa makes multiple calls to Tony though the game, indicating that despite his efforts, Tony will get nowhere. During one of multiple meetings in his mansion, Tony attacks. He shoots his way through Sosa's men, killing Sheffield and Gomez as well. He confronts Sosa in his living room, a location featured in the movie. There, Sosa is shot and left slumped in his sofa. Tony hires one of his surviving men as a butler.
The character of Alejandro Sosa is based on the Bolivian 'King of Cocaine' Roberto Suárez Goméz
Roberto Suárez Goméz
Roberto Suárez Goméz, nicknamed "king of cocaine" was a Bolivian drug trafficker who played a major role in the expansion of cocaine trafficking in Bolivia....
.
Manny Ribera
Manolo Ribera (credited as "Manny Ray") is best friends with Tony MontanaTony Montana
Antonio Raimundo "Tony" Montana is a fictional character from the 1983 film Scarface. He is portrayed by Al Pacino in the movie, and is voiced by André Sogliuzzo in the 2006 video game Scarface: The World Is Yours. Tony Montana has become a cultural icon and is one of the most famous movie...
who rises with him to the top of the cocaine
Cocaine
Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
business in Miami during the early 1980s and the deutragonist of the film. He was played by Steven Bauer
Steven Bauer
Steven Bauer is a Cuban-American actor. He is known for his role as Manny Ribera in the 1983 film Scarface, and his role on the bilingual PBS show Que Pasa, USA.-Early life:...
.
Little is revealed about Manny in the film, but it is told that he and Tony Montana served time in prison
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
and in the army
Army
An army An army An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
while in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
.
At the beginning of the film, Manny and Tony make their way to America during the Mariel Boatlift
Mariel boatlift
The Mariel boatlift was a mass emigration of Cubans who departed from Cuba's Mariel Harbor for the United States between April 15 and October 31, 1980....
in 1980. A month after being sent to Freedom Town, a detention camp, Manny manages to get him and Tony green cards
United States Permanent Resident Card
United States lawful permanent residency refers to a person's immigration status: the person is authorized to live and work in the United States of America on a permanent basis....
and a job washing dishes at a small food stand. Tony and Manny quit this job when they take another job to exchange some cocaine for money from "Hector the Toad" and several other Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
ns at a hotel. Even though the deal goes awry, Tony manages to grab the cocaine while keeping the buy money. They then begin working for powerful yet affable drug kingpin Frank Lopez.
As Tony becomes more and more powerful, they eventually overpower Lopez, kill him (Manny pulls the trigger) and take over his empire. In the same scene Tony personally murders corrupt Miami Chief of Detectives, Vice Squad Melvin "Mel" Bernstein. It is during this time that Manny falls in love with Tony's younger sister Gina, which Tony angrily forbids. Their friendship is constantly strained as an often-coked up Tony fails to listen to his friend, who tries in vain to be the voice of reason and keep Tony grounded by offering financial advice and is placed in charge of security when Tony buys his mansion. After Tony begins having trouble with bank fees with the constant money that rolls in from the drug business, Manny suggests going to another person, Seidelbaum. While counting money and converting the millions to checks, Seidelbaum reveals himself as a cop
Police officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
, who arrests Tony for tax evasion
Tax evasion
Tax evasion is the general term for efforts by individuals, corporations, trusts and other entities to evade taxes by illegal means. Tax evasion usually entails taxpayers deliberately misrepresenting or concealing the true state of their affairs to the tax authorities to reduce their tax liability,...
. Tony is naturally angry at his friend, since unknowingly setting up the bust could end up costing Tony three years in jail. While Tony goes on a mission for Alejandro Sosa (another powerful drug lord who works with Tony) in New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, Manny disappears and marries Gina Montana. When Tony returns home and gets the address from his mother, he drives there and approaches the door. Manny answers, just as Gina appears at the top of the stairs. Enraged, Tony shoots Manny twice (although the second shot is edited out in the TV version) and kills him. Gina runs down the stairs and cries over Manny's body before telling Tony that they got married the day before, Tony then quickly regrets killing his friend. After going back to his mansion and somewhat sobering up from a cocaine high, Tony continues to show regret for killing his friend, but is killed shortly after by The Skull in a massive shootout
Shootout
A shootout is a gun battle between armed groups. A shootout often, but not necessarily, pits law enforcement against criminal elements; it could also involve two groups outside of law enforcement, such as rival gangs. A shootout in a military context A shootout is a gun battle between armed groups....
.
In the comic book, Manolo is not featured, having been deceased in the pseudosequel. However, there is one panel of Manny intended as a flashback
Flashback (narrative)
Flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events or to fill in crucial backstory...
where two corrupt cops harass Tony in intensive care. The panel shows a shocked Tony having a gun pointed at his face and the cops saying "Your best friend Manny Ray is dead; brutally murdered in his own residence. The killer was never found and the case is officially unsolved". The cops fail to realize they are speaking to Manolo's murderer.
In the video game, Tony is shown at certain points talking to himself that he deeply regrets killing Manny as he has never found a loyal sidekick like him, and hopes Manolo can hear his apologies in the great beyond. Tony can also purchase an urn
Urn
An urn is a vase, ordinarily covered, that usually has a narrowed neck above a footed pedestal. "Knife urns" placed on pedestals flanking a dining-room sideboard were an English innovation for high-style dining rooms of the late 1760s...
containing Manny's cremated remains and keep it in his mansion, along with an urn containing the cremated remains of Manny's bride, Gina.
Frank Lopez
Frank Lopez is an aging Miami based drug lord (leading the Lopez Cartel), who asks Tony MontanaTony Montana
Antonio Raimundo "Tony" Montana is a fictional character from the 1983 film Scarface. He is portrayed by Al Pacino in the movie, and is voiced by André Sogliuzzo in the 2006 video game Scarface: The World Is Yours. Tony Montana has become a cultural icon and is one of the most famous movie...
and Manny Ribera to kill a former political aide to Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
. Frank Lopez is portrayed by Robert Loggia
Robert Loggia
Robert Loggia is an American film and television actor and director.- Early life :Loggia, an Italian American, was born on Staten Island, the son of Elena Blandino, a homemaker, and Benjamin Loggia, a shoemaker, both of whom were born in Sicily, Italy...
. Loggia stated in a book about the "Scarface" phenomenon that Lopez is Jewish and lived in Cuba during the 1950s. Along with Hector the Toad, Lopez is one of the film's secondary villains.
Lopez asks the hit on the former aide, Rebenga, who tortured and murdered Frank's brother while serving as one of Fidel Castro's top henchmen just after the Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista between 1953 and 1959. Batista was finally ousted on 1 January 1959, and was replaced by a revolutionary government led by Castro...
. Afterwards, Tony, Chi-Chi, Manny and the other Marielitos are released from Freedom Town. Lopez's henchman, Omar Suarez, approaches Montana and Manny Ray, and assigns them to make a cocaine deal with a gang of murderous Colombians led by Hector "The Toad". Tony, Chi-Chi, Manny and another associate Angel go to the drug deal with the Colombians. Manny and Chi-Chi wait for Tony's signal to bring the money, and go inside the Sun-Ray Hotel.
As Hector, the Colombian gang leader, attempts to fast-talk Tony, even questioning where he is from, two more Colombian thugs grab Angel, and the two of them are ambushed. As Tony and Angel are held at gunpoint by Hector's mistress, Marta and the other two Colombians, Hector reveals a chainsaw that had been concealed in a briefcase. Angel is butchered by Hector, while Tony watches in horror as his friend is killed. Manny and Chi-Chi make their way inside, gunning down Marta and Hector's men. Hector is injured, but manages to escape into the street, with Montana on his tail. Montana finishes him off, and the crew gets away.
Tony pays Lopez back the coke from the botched drug deal. Tony is also introduced to Elvira Hancock (Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress. She made her film debut in 1980 in The Hollywood Knights, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Brian De Palma's Scarface . Pfeiffer has won numerous awards for her work...
), Lopez's mistress who will become the source of tension between them. Tensions rise when Suarez is killed by Bolivian drug lord Alejandro Sosa's men in Bolivia. Lopez is angered, and accuses Montana of stealing the deal. Montana goes as far as to propose to Elvira. Combined with that, Lopez and Montana have a heated confrontation at the Babylon Club, resulting in two Colombian gunmen being sent in to assassinate Montana. Montana escapes, and confronts his corrupt cop henchman Mel Bernstein (Harris Yulin
Harris Yulin
Harris Yulin is an American actor who has appeared in dozens of Hollywood and television films.-Life and career:Yulin was born in...
) along with Manny and Chi-Chi. After disarming Lopez the aging drug lord begins pleading for his life and Tony agrees that he won't kill Lopez. He then gives Manny the gun who kills Lopez with a shot to the chest while Montana finishes off Mel.
During the game, Tony occasionally expresses regret for killing Frank, saying he is sorry, but that Frank was wrong. Robert Loggia also stars in the video game as the narrator
Narrator
A narrator is, within any story , the fictional or non-fictional, personal or impersonal entity who tells the story to the audience. When the narrator is also a character within the story, he or she is sometimes known as the viewpoint character. The narrator is one of three entities responsible for...
.
Chi Chi
Chi Chi was one of Tony's best friends and henchmen once he rises to power. He is present with Montana throughout most of the movie, first appearing as backup when he saves Manny from one of Hectors bodyguards in the drug deal/chainsaw scene. His name is apparent in the memorable quote of "Chi-Chi get the yayo" whilst in the Colombians' seedy motel room. His ultimate fate is when he holds off a very large portion of Sosa's men, but is gunned down just outside of Tony's office when Tony fails to open the door as he is grieving over Gina's death. In the video game, Chi Chi looks just like one of Tony's goons that can deliver his car for him. He was portrayed by Ángel SalazarÁngel Salazar
Ángel Salazar is a Cuban-American comedian and actor. He is internationally known for saying "Sheck it out" before, after, and during jokes...
.
Hector the Toad
Hector, nicknamed The Toad, is a ColombiaColombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n gang
Gang
A gang is a group of people who, through the organization, formation, and establishment of an assemblage, share a common identity. In current usage it typically denotes a criminal organization or else a criminal affiliation. In early usage, the word gang referred to a group of workmen...
leader working for the Colombian Cartel and along with Frank Lopez is the film's secondary villain. Hector moved to the United States in the 1970s and started making cocaine
Cocaine
Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
deals with many associates including Montana. In 1980, Hector was murdered by Montana after a failing drug deal, as revenge for Hector attempting to rob him and brutally butchering his friend Angel with a chainsaw. Tony, his other close friend Manny, and Chi-Chi escape, taking the money and Hector's cocaine as well. He was portrayed by Al Israel
Al Israel
Al Israel was an American film and TV actor who is best known for his role as the Colombian drug dealer "Hector the Toad" in the 1983 cult film Scarface. He also appeared alongside Al Pacino in Carlito's Way a decade later.He was one of three original cast members to lend their voice talent to...
.
Gaspar Gomez
Gaspar Gomez is a Mexican drug kingpin partnering with Alejandro Sosa. Gaspar Gomez appears in the video game, Scarface: The World Is YoursScarface: The World is Yours
Scarface: The World Is Yours is a video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games. The game is based on and is a quasi-sequel to the 1983 motion picture Scarface starring Al Pacino reprising his role as Tony Montana, with André Sogliuzzo providing Montana's...
, but is murdered at the end of the game by Montana along with George Sheffield and Sosa. He was portrayed by Robert Vandenberg in the film, and voice by Cheech Marin
Cheech Marin
Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin is an American comedian, actor and writer who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez on Nash Bridges...
in the video game. In the film, Gaspar is seen after Tony finds Gina in a bathroom stall with a sleazy guy. Tony comes face-to-face with Gaspar as he tries to leave. Gaspar and his bodyguard, along with many others stare at him. Tony is spurred to ask them, "what the fuck you want, you want something?", pushing Gaspar. Even though Gaspar is in the movie his name isn't in the credits.
In the film
The Diaz Brothers are only mentioned in the film but never seen. Many fans mistake the two assassins that Frank sends to kill Tony as the Diaz brothers, but it is made clear numerous times that not only is this not the case, but that the Diaz brothers in fact run a rival cartel to the Lopez cartel. The scene where Tony informs Frank of the deal he made with Sosa has Frank asking Tony what the Diaz Brothers, along with Nacho Contreas and Gaspar Gomez, will do when the Lopez cartel starts moving that volume of product. After the assassination attempt on Tony, Frank also tries to blame the Diaz Brothers, stating he will get revenge on them for Tony. In one more scene, where Tony and Manny are discussing security after Tony has taken over the Lopez Cartel, Tony reveals that he fears the Diaz brothers may be plotting against him. The final scene where they are mentioned is proof that they remain alive and well many months after the assassination attempt on Tony.In the game
After Tony survives Sosa's raid on his island mansion, he seeks revenge on him and also begins trying to get his old businesses back from Gaspar Gomez, Nacho "El Gordo" Contreras, Edgar, and Alfonso themselves. The brothers kill Tony's mother, and send assassins after him in the Babylon Club. Tony kills all but one who reveals the Diaz's had the older lady. In revenge, Tony stages an attack on the Diaz car dealership. Edgar is slain in the back halls of the building. Alfonso is killed in a car chase.Nacho Contreras
Nacho Contreras, nicknamed El Gordo, is a large drug baron in charge of cocaine distribution in Downtown. In the film, Frank Lopez points him out in the Babylon Club to Tony Montana and says he's a real "chazzer", which is a Yiddish word meaning pig. Besides being extremely obese, the insulting term refers to Nacho's greed, which means that "he don't fly straight no more." In the movie he is depicted as the richest man in Miami.In the video game
Scarface: The World is Yours
Scarface: The World Is Yours is a video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games. The game is based on and is a quasi-sequel to the 1983 motion picture Scarface starring Al Pacino reprising his role as Tony Montana, with André Sogliuzzo providing Montana's...
, Nacho Contreras is killed, while attempting to escape Tony by swimming to a boat, but he is shot causing him to bleed and attract a great white shark to attack him.
Gina Montana-Ribera
Gina Montana-Ribera is Tony Montana's beloved 20-year-old sister as well as Georgina Montana's daughter. She attends community collegeCommunity college
A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries.-Australia:Community colleges carry on the tradition of adult education, which was established in Australia around mid 19th century when evening classes were held to help adults...
and works part-time
Part time
A part-time job is a form of employment that carries fewer hours per week than a full-time job. Workers are considered to be part time if they commonly work fewer than 30 or 35 hours per week...
at a beauty salon. Upon Tony's first visit, she says that she is only a couple years away from obtaining her cosmetology license. After Tony makes it in the drug business, he uses some of his money to build a beauty salon
Beauty salon
A beauty salon or beauty parlor is an establishment dealing with cosmetic treatments for men and women...
for Gina; giving her the title deed and makes her owner/manager. During the film she develops a relationship and eventually marries Manolo; unaware of their relationship, Tony kills Manny when he realizes that Gina is with his best friend. Hysterical, Tony and his bodyguards take Gina to Tony's mansion, where she confronts him about not allowing her to be happily married to Manny. She angrily offers her body to Tony, picking up on his suspected incestuous desires, and shoots him (non-fatally) with a Smith & Wesson Model 39 before one of Sosa's assassins shoots her in her left breast and then fires 13 bullets in her back. She was portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is an American actress and singer known for her role as Carmen in The Color of Money, as well as for her roles as Lindsey Brigman in The Abyss, Gina Montana in Scarface, and Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.-Personal life:Mastrantonio was born in Lombard,...
. In the game, Tony often calls out to Gina that he hopes she is in Heaven, and he can also purchase her cremated remains in an urn, along with the remains of her husband Manny.
Georgina Montana
Georgina Montana was Tony and Gina's mother. She sees Tony as a bad influence on Gina and disapproves of Tony's criminal lifestyle; even rejecting a generous offer of $1,000 from him. Her husband is not seen in the film, but it is said that she married an American man who was a sailor in the US Navy who abandoned his responsibilities as a husband and father years ago, leaving Mrs. Montana to care for the children by herself. Notably she's one of the few major characters in the movie who's still alive at the end. In a comic book titled "Scarface", which is a pseudosequel to the movie, two corrupt cops tell a hospitalized Tony that his mother had emigrated back to Cuba to live her final days in her ancestral homeland. The cops then spit on him, implying that was the message she left Tony as she believes he is responsible for the death of her daughter Gina. It is referred in the video gameScarface: The World is Yours
Scarface: The World Is Yours is a video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games. The game is based on and is a quasi-sequel to the 1983 motion picture Scarface starring Al Pacino reprising his role as Tony Montana, with André Sogliuzzo providing Montana's...
that "Mama" Montana was murdered by the Diaz Brothers. She was portrayed by Míriam Colón; in reality, Colon is barely older than Al Pacino but in the movie they are portrayed as being very far apart in age.
Mel Bernstein
Melvin "Mel" Bernstein is a corruptPolitical corruption
Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by...
cop
Police officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
and the Detective
Police rank
- Australia :Generally, all police forces of Australia follow this rank structure with some individual state police forces have ranks differing slightly.Insignia of rank displayed on epaulette in italics and brackets...
of the Miami Police Department
Miami Police Department
The Miami Police Department or MPD, often referred to as the City of Miami Police, is the chief police department of the U.S. city of Miami, Florida. Their jurisdiction lies within the actual city limits of Miami, but have mutual aid agreements with neighboring police departments. The current...
. Bernstein was a corrupt cop who offered Tony two choices: pay him a large undisclosed amount of money every month in exchange for coming under the semi-protection of Bernstein's task force, or go to jail for his past crimes. Bernstein was in a meeting with Frank Lopez but Tony killed them both for arranging the failed hit on him. He was portrayed by Harris Yulin
Harris Yulin
Harris Yulin is an American actor who has appeared in dozens of Hollywood and television films.-Life and career:Yulin was born in...
.
Angel Fernandez
Angel Fernandez was one of Tony's closest friends, besides Chi-Chi and Manny. After arriving in the United States, Angel and Tony had participated in the drug deal for the Colombians, but during the unsuccessful deal, Angel was murdered due to Montana's failure to co-operate with the Cartel drug dealers. Manny and Chi-Chi waited in the car as Tony and Angel made the exchange. However, Hector began to frustrate Tony by trying to fast-talk him instead of getting to the deal. Angel started to move in when he saw the deal turning sour, but was grabbed by two more Colombian thugs. Tony was held at gunpoint by Hector's associate, Marta, and both of them were taken in the bathroom to be killed. Angel was dismembered by a chainsawChainsaw
A chainsaw is a portable mechanical saw, powered by electricity, compressed air, hydraulic power, or most commonly a two-stroke engine...
and was killed. He was portrayed by Pepe Serna
Pepe Serna
Pepe Serna is an American film actor and artist.Serna's first break in movies came in 1970 on the Roger Corman directed film Student Nurses. Over the years Serna has appeared in over 100 films, most notably Car Wash and Scarface directed by Brian De Palma, where he played Montana's friend Angel...
. Tony later got revenge for his friend's death by shooting Hector, the Colombian coke dealer who butchered Angel to death with the chainsaw, in the street.
Angel becomes a plot point in the game; in order to honor his friend Tony purchases the hotel he had been slain in.
Nick the Pig
Nick the Pig was an underling of Tony and was portrayed by Michael P. MoranMichael P. Moran
Michael Peter Moran was an American actor and playwright.Moran was born in Yuba City, California, but his family moved frequently because his father was a US Army officer. While his family was living in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, he graduated from Passaic Valley Regional High School in Little Falls...
. Despite the fact that Tony doesn't treat him that well (in fact he openly insults him on a regular basis) and nicknames him "the pig" because of his obesity, Nick is incredibly loyal to Tony. This loyalty however is left ambiguous until the film's climax where Sosa's army of hit men invade Tony's estate and Nick has a clear path to escape but he instead chooses to defend the mansion. Despite wielding only a pistol he does halt the hit men for a brief time but is ultimately killed when The Skull shoots him in the back of the head with his sawed-off shotgun (in both the theatrical version and televised version the killing is off-screen but clear since with the power of the gun it probably would have blown Nick's head apart).
Omar Suárez
Omar Suárez was Frank Lopez's underboss. Suárez had ordered Montana and Ribera to kill Emilio Rebenga while at the detention center. After succeeding, Montana and Ribera were both offered green cards and jobs in Miami. Suárez had enlisted Montana to make a deal with Hector the Toad of the Colombians for a cocaine exchange. Not only did Tony return with the cocaine, but the buy money as well. Omar Suárez was caught being an informerInformant
An informant is a person who provides privileged information about a person or organization to an agency. The term is usually used within the law enforcement world, where they are officially known as confidential or criminal informants , and can often refer pejoratively to the supply of information...
(a 'chivato') for the New York Police Department and was murdered by Sosa's henchmen. He was portrayed by F. Murray Abraham
F. Murray Abraham
Fahrid Murray Abraham is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s after winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus. He has appeared in many roles, both leading and supporting, in films such as All the President's Men and Scarface...
. Tony had suspicions that Omar set up himself and his friend Angel Fernandez to be killed by Hector and his Colombians. It is never revealed if Omar was in league with the Colombians to have Tony killed, or it was really a coincidence. But without a doubt, Omar and Tony clearly despise one another throughout the movie. Omar even attempted to pull a gun on Tony the first time they meet over Tony's greed for wanting more money for a job, but the heated confrontation was defused. Waldo Rojas, the man in the car with Omar, quietly says to him "[Tony] can do the Colombians," causing Omar to stop from pulling the gun on Tony. This implies that Omar may have known about the maniacial nature of Hector the Toad and of the rumors of Hector killing people seeking to buy cocaine from him in order to steal their money, and also that Waldo was reminding Omar that he did not need to threaten Tony, as Hector and the Colombians would probably kill Tony for them.
Elvira Hancock-Montana
Elvira Montana {nee Hancock} was formerly Frank Lopez's girlfriend and later became Tony Montana's wife. Tony nicknames her "Elvie". Elvira has German-American heritage and came from Baltimore, Maryland. She is introduced in the scene where Omar Suarez, Tony Montana, and Manny Ribera meet Frank Lopez, their boss, for the first time. When all are waiting in the big living room, she appears from upstairs and takes the elevator to join the others. Tony falls instantly in love with her. At the restaurant that same evening, Tony Montana first dances and flirts with her. She is again approached by Montana at the pool at Frank's house when he proposes to her. Elvira moves in with Tony after the failed assassination attempt on him and Frank's murder. She then marries Tony in the courtyard of his mansion. After a fight at a restaurant where Tony makes snide remarks that Elvira is probably barrenInfertility
Infertility primarily refers to the biological inability of a person to contribute to conception. Infertility may also refer to the state of a woman who is unable to carry a pregnancy to full term...
due to her drug use, she angrily leaves him. Her exact whereabouts by the end of the film are unknown. Elvira is also mentioned in the video game by Tony Montana saying to his henchmen that he "loves her" as well as in parts where Tony is talking to himself wondering where she is. Elvira was portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress. She made her film debut in 1980 in The Hollywood Knights, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Brian De Palma's Scarface . Pfeiffer has won numerous awards for her work...
.
Background
Glenn CloseGlenn Close
Glenn Close is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and...
was director Brian De Palma's
Brian De Palma
Brian Russell De Palma is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films, including such box office successes as the horror film Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission:...
first choice for the role, but producer Martin Bregman refused because he believed she would not be convincing enough. De Palma refused to screen test Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress. She made her film debut in 1980 in The Hollywood Knights, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Brian De Palma's Scarface . Pfeiffer has won numerous awards for her work...
at first, but relented after being heavily persuaded by her agent. During one of her final callback auditions, Pfeiffer was performing Elvira's final scene with Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Alfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way, though he has also appeared...
, when she shattered a champagne glass on the table and accidentally cut Pacino. Nevertheless, she ended up beating out Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher is an American actress, novelist, screenwriter, and lecturer. She is most famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, her bestselling novel Postcards from the Edge, for which she wrote the screenplay to the film of the same name, and her...
, Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. She is an Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner for her performance in the 1988 film Working Girl...
, Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn
Goldie Jeanne Hawn is an American actress, film director, producer, and occasional singer. Hawn is known for her roles in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Private Benjamin, Foul Play, Overboard, Bird on a Wire, Death Becomes Her, The First Wives Club, and Cactus Flower, for which she won the 1969...
, Meg Ryan
Meg Ryan
Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra , professionally known as Meg Ryan, is an American actress and producer. Raised in Bethel, Connecticut, Ryan began her acting career in 1981 in minor roles, before joining the cast of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns in 1982...
, Teri Hatcher
Teri Hatcher
Teri Lynn Hatcher is an American actress, writer, and presenter. She is known for her television roles as Susan Mayer on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, and Lois Lane on the ABC comedy-drama series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman...
, Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman , which grossed $464 million worldwide...
, Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Mary Kidman, AC is an American-born Australian actress, singer, film producer, spokesmodel, and humanitarian. After starring in a number of small Australian films and TV shows, Kidman's breakthrough was in the 1989 thriller Dead Calm...
, Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange
Jessica Phyllis Lange is an American actress who has worked in film, theatre and television. The recipient of several awards, including two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes and one Emmy, Lange is regarded as one of the première female actors of her generation.Lange was discovered by producer...
and Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
to win the role the other ladies were not just the perfect look for the Elvira Hancock. According to Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields
Brooke Christa Shields is an American actress and model. Some of her better-known movies include Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon, as well as TV shows such as Suddenly Susan, That '70s Show and Lipstick Jungle....
' biographical book, On Your Own (1985), she was offered the part, but her mother rejected her offer.
The Skull
The Skull is Alejandro Sosa's professionalProfessional
A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
henchman and chief assassin. His real name is never given and he has no on-screen dialogue. He is apparently nicknamed by his gaunt face and he always wears large, circular, dark sunglasses, giving his face the appearance of a skull which is his assassin trademark. The Skull is first seen standing in the background where Omar Suarez arranges a meeting with Sosa in Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, when another one of Sosa's henchmen, Alberto the Shadow, informs Sosa that Omar was an informer for the New York Police Department. The Skull and Alberto take Omar to a helicopter
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
where he was supposed to be taken back to Miami but was instead murdered by the Skull himself by hanging
Hanging
Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain...
. During the mansion raid at the climax, the Skull is apparently one of the leaders of the team sent by Sosa to kill Tony. The Skull also kills Nick the Pig by shooting him in the back of his head with a doubled-barrel shotgun
Shotgun
A shotgun is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug...
. At the end of the movie, the Skull sneaks into Tony's office during the climactic firefight by climbing up a grapple
Grapple (tool)
A grapple is a hook or claw used to catch or hold something. A ship's anchor is a type of grapple, especially the "grapnel" anchor.A throwing grapple is a multi-pronged hook that is tied to a rope and thrown to catch a grip, as on a parapet or branch of a tree...
rope to Tony's second floor balcony office which was left by another assassin who killed Tony's sister Gina Montana-Ribera. The Skull murders Tony by shooting him in the back with a single shot from his double-barreled shotgun. He is then seen in the final shot, walking down the stairs amid the carnage of the climactic gun battle. He was portrayed by Mexican-American actor Geno Silva
Geno Silva
Geno Silva is a Mexican American actor. He is best known for his role as The Skull in Scarface.Silva has also appeared in films such as 1941, Tequila Sunrise, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Amistad, Mulholland Dr. and A Man Apart.Despite a popular misconception, he is not related to either Henry...
. His fate after the film is unknown. It is implied he goes back to Bolivia with the rest of the surviving team and reports the successful assassination to Sosa.
In the game, it is possible to turn and kill the Skull at the start of the first mission.
Alberto the Shadow
Alberto, nicknamed The Shadow, is also one of Alejandro Sosa's professionalProfessional
A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
henchman. Alberto supposedly recognizes Omar Suarez as a past police informant in New York, which causes Sosa to have Omar executed. Alberto only speaks Bolivian Spanish as said by Sosa in an arranged meeting with Montana. When Montana has problems facing up to 3 years in prison, Sosa helps Montana avoid facing prison by doing a job for Sosa and his associates. Sosa orders Alberto and Montana to detonate a journalist's car due to his interference in Sosa's drug empire. Montana murders Alberto due to a mistake in the setup (Montana refused to kill the journalist while the latter's wife and children were present, a fact that was of no concern to Alberto). He was portrayed by Mark Margolis
Mark Margolis
Mark Margolis is an American actor who has been making films since 1976.Margolis went to Temple University briefly before moving to New York City, where he studied drama with Stella Adler and at the Actors Studio...
.
In the film
In the movie, Sheffield is Tony's lawyer when he gets arrested by undercover police for laundering money. In a deleted scene, Sheffield is shown being bribed, explaining how he became Tony's lawyer.In the game
In the game, after Tony Montana survives the raid on his island mansion, he tracks Sheffield to the Babylon Club. Sheffield acts as if to help Montana on his path to the top of the drug world. In the middle of the game, Sheffield is possibly bribed by Sosa and betrays Montana. Pablo, a henchman working for the lawyer, tells him Sheffield sent him to Montana on behalf of Elvira, his wife who left him, but is attacked by hitmen in Freedomtown. Montana kills them, and murders Sheffield, Gaspar Gomez, and Sosa at the end of the game in Bolivia. In the game, Sheffield is voiced by James WoodsJames Woods
James Howard Woods is an American film, stage and television actor. Woods is known for starring in critically acclaimed films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, and in the television legal drama Shark. He has won three Emmy Awards, and has gained...
, also known for his voice of Mike Toreno in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 open world action video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...
.
The Sandman
The Sandman (real name unknown) is a Afro-Latin AmericanAfro-Latin American
An Afro-Latin American is a Latin American person of at least partial Black African ancestry; the term may also refer to historical or cultural elements in Latin America thought to emanate from this community...
drug dealer working in The Islands. In some missions throughout the video game, Montana will have to protect this character. The Sandman is voiced by Steven Bauer, who played Manny Ribera in the Scarface movie. The Sandman also runs his own drug cartel that rivals Sosa's, and allies his cartel with Tony's, as Sosa is also at war with the Sandman as he is with Tony.