List of Scarface characters
This is a list of characters who appeared in the 1932 film Scarface, and its 1983 remake Scarface, as well as the pseudo-sequel video game to the 1983 film, Scarface: The World Is Yours.
1932 film
Tony Camonte
Antonio "Tony" Camonte is main character in Scarface and the novel of the same name, written by Armitage Trail, where the character is named Tony Guarino. Portrayed by Paul Muni, Tony is loosely inspired by on Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone. In the novel and film, Tony is running the alcohol trade during the prohibition and is gunned down by his older brother who thought Tony died in World War 1.
1983 film and The World Is Yours
Tony Montana
Antonio "Tony" Montana is the main character in Scarface and the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours, portrayed by Al Pacino in the film and voiced by André Sogliuzzo in the video game. Oliver Stone came up with the name by combining the last name of his then-favourite 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
Alejandro Sosa
Alejandro "Alex" Sosa is a
In the video game Sosa services as Tony's chief nemesis. He has taken over Tony's territory in Miami and divided it up between Nacho Contreras, The Diaz Brothers and Gaspar Gomez. He was voiced by Robert Davi.
Manny Ribera
Manolo Ribera nicknamed "Manny Ray", is best friends with Tony Montana who rises with him to the top of the cocaine business in Miami during the early 1980s. Manny is Tony‘s friend from the neighborhood and of the many Cubans to arrive to America via the Mariel Boatlift, along with Tony, Angel Fernandez and Chi-Chi. After assisting Tony with the murder of an enemy of Frank Lopez, they are granted green cards, and thus are released from their refugee camp. The four friends began their new life of crime under Lopez's criminal empire. Along the way Angel is killed during a drug deal gone-bad; Manny manages to save Tony's life in the same incident, however. Eventually, Manny falls in love with Tony's sister, but the latter harshly warns him to stay away from her.[5] Tony later finds the two together and shoots and kills Manny in a fit of rage, not knowing that he had recently married Gina. He was portrayed by the only actual Cuban-American in the main cast Steven Bauer.
Frank Lopez
Frank Lopez is an aging Miami-based drug lord (leading the Lopez Cartel), who asks
"Chi-Chi"
"Chi-Chi" is one of Tony's best friends and
Hector "The Toad"
Hector, nicknamed "The Toad", is a Colombian cocaine dealer and presumably an associate of Omar Suarez. He and his three Colombian gang members planned to rip-off Tony and kill him and his associates. Hector used a chainsaw to dismember Tony's friend Angel Fernandez before threatening to do the same to him. As he was about to kill Tony, Manny and Chi-Chi broke in, killing Marta and the two members of Hector's gang. Hector tried to escape by jumping out a window, injuring himself in the process. He makes it out to the street when Tony stops him and shoots him in the head. He was portrayed by Al Israel.
Marta
Marta is a Colombian cocaine dealer. She is the bodyguard and assumed girlfriend of Hector "The Toad". She along with Hector and two more Colombians killed held Tony and Angel at gunpoint before the later was killed by Hector. Together, the four of them planned on killing Tony and his gang, keeping the cocaine and stealing Frank Lopez's money. Marta was gunned down by Manny. She was portrayed by Barbra Perez.
Emilio Rebenga
Emilio Rebenga was once one of the most trusted members of
Gaspar Gomez
Gaspar Gomez is a Mexican drug kingpin partnering with Alejandro Sosa. Gomez appears in the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours, 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 voiced by Cheech Marin in the video game. Gomez was only mentioned by name in the film.
The Diaz Brothers
Alfonso Diaz and Edgar Diaz, known as 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 Contreras 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.
In the video 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. Alfonso Diaz was voiced by Steve Wilcox. Edgar Diaz was voiced by Art Bonilla.
Nacho Contreras
Ignacio Contreras, nicknamed "Nacho" or "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. He was portrayed by Joe Marmo.
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. He was voiced by Miguel Sandoval.
The Echevierra Brothers
Luis and Miguel Echevierra, known as The Echevierra Brothers, are drug dealers who run the biggest distribution network of cocaine in Miami, Houston and Tucson.
Gina Montana-Ribera
Gina Montana-Ribera is Tony Montana's younger sister as well as Georgina Montana's daughter. She attends community college and works part-time at a beauty salon. Throughout the film, Tony is shown to be extremely protective of Gina to the point that he assaults one of her boyfriends. Because of this, she could never do anything she wanted because Tony would not allow it. As Tony rose up in the ranks, Gina began to do drugs. Gina eventually secretly married Manny hoping that the two would surprise Tony. However, when Tony sees them together, he shoots and kills Manny in a fit of rage before having Gina brought back to his mansion. Just as the mansion was about to be assaulted by Sosa's men, Gina then appears in Tony's office. Delirious from grief and believing that Tony turned any man away from her because he secretly wanted her, she shoots at Tony and manages to hit him in the leg. Before she can kill her brother, one of Sosa's men appears from the balcony and guns her down, killing her instantly. 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.
Georgina Montana
Georgina Montana is Tony and Gina's mother. After Tony went to prison she took Gina and left Cuba for Miami. Since then she has all but disowned her son, seeing him as a bad influence on Gina and disapproves of his criminal lifestyle. When Tony first visited her and Gina, he offered them money so that they would never have to work again. Georgina, insulted by this, tells him she is content working for her own money and kicks him out. Some time later, she berates Tony for Gina's drug abuse and requests that Tony find her. She was portrayed by Míriam Colón.
In the game a hitman reveals to Tony that she is murdered on the orders of The Diaz Brothers.
Mel Bernstein
Mel Bernstein is a
Angel Fernandez
Angel Fernandez is one of Tony's closest friends, besides Chi-Chi and Manny. Angel had been close with them since before the
Nick "The Pig"
Nick nicknamed "The Pig", is one of Tony's underlings and a well-connected drug dealer of prescription pills, including
Omar Suarez
Omar Suarez is Frank Lopez's right hand man. Omar had ordered Montana and Ribera to kill Emilio Rebenga while at the detention center. After succeeding, Tony and Manny were both offered
Waldo Rojas
Waldo Rojas is a member of Frank Lopez's Cartel. He was the one who suggested to Omar to let Tony and Manny buy the cocaine from Hector "The Toad" and his gang of Colombians. Thinking if something goes wrong Tony and Manny would be killed. He was portrayed by Santos Morales.
Elvira Hancock
Elvira Hancock is introduced as Frank Lopez's wife who later becomes Tony Montana's wife. Tony nicknames her "Elvie". Elvira Hancock came from
"The Skull"
"The Skull" is one of Sosa's professional henchman and chief assassin. The Skull murders Tony by shooting him in the spine with a single shot from his 12-gauge Zabala shotgun.
In Scarface: The World Is Yours, the Skull attempts to assassinate Tony at the beginning of the game's story, but Tony escapes after turning around and killing the assassin.[9]
Alberto "The Shadow"
Alberto nicknamed "The Shadow", is another of Sosa's professional henchmen. Alberto recognized Omar Suarez from New York City. Years earlier Omar was an informant who sent Vito Duval along with Nello and Gino Ramos to prison for life. This led to Omar's demise. Later on Alberto was ordered by Sosa to go with Tony to New York City. They were to bomb Matos Gutierrez’ car in front of the U.N. Building. Gutierrez found information damning to Sosa's organization. However, Gutierrez unexpectedly decided to bring along his wife and children. Tony, unwilling to murder two children, refuses to carry the hit out. Alberto, insistent on killing Gutierrez regardless of his company, is shot and killed by Tony before he can trigger the explosion. He was portrayed by Mark Margolis.
George Sheffield
George 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. He was portrayed by Michael Alldredge.
In the game, after Tony Montana survives the raid on his island mansion, he tracks Sheffield to the Babylon Club. In the middle of the game, Sheffield is possibly bribed by Sosa and betrays Montana. He is murdered by Montana. He was voiced by James Woods.
"The Sandman"
"The Sandman" (real name unknown) is an
Ernie
Ernie worked security and as a bodyguard for Frank Lopez; after Manny and Tony killed Frank and Mel, instead of also being killed Tony spares him and offers him a similar job. Working for Tony proves to be a similar experience as working for Frank. Ernie was strangled to death by one of Sosa's hitmen. In the movie, Ernie was played by Texan actor Luis Arnaldo Santana.[10]
Fernando
Fernando worked for a drug dealer named Luco. He dated Tony's sister Gina until Tony caught them together at the Babylon Club. Tony is furious when he sees them in the bathroom doing cocaine and beats Fernando until he leaves. He was portrayed by Richard Delmonte.
Miriam
Miriam is Manny's beautiful blonde hair girlfriend. She is seen in bed with Manny the night when two hitmen try to kill Tony at the Babylon Club. She was portrayed by Sue Bowser.
Matos Gutierrez
Matos Gutierrez is a
Seidelbaum
Seidelbaum is an undercover
Luis
Luis is an undercover
Jerry The Banker
Jerry is a corrupt banker who helps Tony's organization launder their dirty cash. Jerry starts off more than willing to help Tony until
However in the game they resume working together again,with Montana certifying that he is a person he can trust.
Octavio The Clown
Octavio The Clown is an entertainer introduced by a comedian at the Babylon Club. The same night that Frank Lopez ordered a hit on Tony for offending him. Octavio is seen dancing on stage and mingling with the patrons at the club. As he approaches Tony's table the two hitmen decide to kill both Tony and Octavio. Tony survives the hit and kills both the hitmen, but not before they gun down Octavio. He was portrayed by Wayne Doba.
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Further reading
- Bogue, Ronald (Winter 1993). "De Palma's Postmodern" Scarface" and the Simulacrum of Class". Criticism. 35 (1). Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press: 115–129. JSTOR 23113595.
- Hodgson, David S. J.; Mylonas, Eric (2006). Scarface: The World is Yours: Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games. ISBN 978-0-7615-5050-1. Archivedfrom the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- Labombarda, Arnaud (2010). Scarface, ou le fantasme du paradis [Scarface, or the fantasy of paradise] (in French). Editions L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-296-22424-7. Archivedfrom the original on 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- McAvennie, Michael (2007). Say Hello to My Little Friend!: The Quotable Scarface (TM). Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-6846-9. Archivedfrom the original on 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- Pape, Alexander Christian (2010). Drogen in den Filmen "Scarface" und "Maria, llena eres de gracia": Mediale Darstellung, Problemvermittlung und gesellschaftliche Hintergründe [Drugs in the films "Scarface" and "Maria, llena eres de gracia": multimedia presentation, problem mediation and social backgrounds] (in German). GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-640-75514-1. Archivedfrom the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- Stevenson, Damian (2015). Scarface: The Ultimate Guide. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-329-30523-6. Archivedfrom the original on 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
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- Wilczynski, Stefan (2010). Subtexte in erfolgreichen Spielfilmen – am Beispiel des Films Scarface [Subtexts in successful feature films – using the example of the film Scarface] (in German). GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-640-66386-6. Archivedfrom the original on 2020-08-19. Retrieved 2017-04-23.