It's a difficult case that requires Joe to be away from his wife Maggie (Anne Heche) and kids for long stretches, without his being able to tell her why he's away. Six years after Joseph Pistone started his mission as Donnie Brasco, he was pulled out by the FBI. Pistone, Joseph D. He is 81 years old and is a Virgo. An imposing mafia hit man, one Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero needs some advice on a jewel he as been given as collateral. Pistone and his family still live under secret identities in an undisclosed location in New Jersey. The film, written by Paul Attanasio, is based on the 1988 nonfiction book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone, and Richard Woodley. Joe Pistone, under the alias "Donnie Brasco" gathered enough evidence to put over a hundred members of the mafia behind bars with sentences ranging between 20 and 100 years. In 1986 he retired from the FBI and he currently works as … The couple has three daughters. Alongside lead Jason Gedrick, Falcone co-stars Titus Welliver as gangster Sonny and Amy Carlson as Maggie Pistone, Joe's wife who is increasingly feeling the strain of his mysterious double life. Joseph D Pistone was born in Pennsylvania, United States on Sunday, September 17, 1939 (Silent Generation). With Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby. The real-life Joe Pistone today lives under an assumed name with a 500,000-dollar contract on his life still in effect.~Mark Deming Benjamin “Lefty” Ruggiero also known as “Lefty Guns, and “Lefty two Guns” was born in the Fourth Ward neighborhood of Little Italy, Manhattan on April 19, 1926. Joe is one heck of a calm clever fellow. 60 and retired from the F.B.I. The family lives in New Jersey under false identities. It's Depp's least quirky starring role to date, and he's surprisingly effective in it. Pistone's wife is Maggie, a former nurse. The first time I saw Patrice Martinez was in 1986 on the big screen in the now iconic slapstick comedy spoof film Three Amigos. He develops a relationship with mob hit man Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero (Al Pacino) in order to get deeper under cover, but ends up developing a real friendship with the Mafioso. Johnny Depp plays an undercover FBI agent who infiltrates the New York Mafia in this real-life crime thriller based on the memoirs of racket buster Joseph Pistone. Donnie Brasco is a mob film unlike many in its genre. The real FBI, and the real mob. Very Loosely Based on a True Story: The movie purports to be "a true story", and while Joseph Pistone's book memoir was mostly faithful to real events in which he participated, the screenwriters and the director preferred a very wide Artistic License. Pistone has to avoid any city that might have mob activity since he still has a contract out on his life. View the profiles of people named Maggie Pistone. Join Facebook to connect with Maggie Pistone and others you may know. The mob series was first set to air in 1999 but was pulled following the Columbine High School massacre due to the pilot featuring shooting scenes. Ruggiero lived in an apartment complex called Knickerbocker Village located […] When an FBI agent infiltrates the notorious New York mob, he soon finds himself identifying more with his mafia life, while his real life falls apart. Maggie Pistone Donnie's real-life wife. The real-life Joe Pistone today lives under an assumed name with a 500,000-dollar contract on his life still in effect.~Mark Deming Undercover cop Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) – working as a jeweller named Donnie Brasco – works his way into the New York mob of the ’70s thanks to Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino), whom he helps by spotting a fake diamond a debtor has offered as payment. The supporting cast includes Michael Madsen as Sonny, Lefty's boss, and Bruno Kirby as Nicky, one of Sonny's henchmen. Pistone’s evidence was a serious blow to the Mafia because it led to over 200 indictments and over 100 convictions. I'm currently reading the book about the real life event, not the movie, although the movie was awesome!! The FBI Boat That Almost Blew an Operation - Joe Pistone. 1939(? The wonder of this interview is, for me, that "Donnie" could have made a great mob boss. Anthony "Bruno" Indelicato Sonny Red's son. Tommy Lefty's son. Agent Pistone has a wife, Maggie (Anne Heche), and three young daughters at home. The supporting cast includes Michael Madsen as Sonny, Lefty's boss, and Bruno Kirby as Nicky, one of Sonny's henchmen. Joe Pistone from Donnie Brasco. The couple has three daughters. She appears as Patrice Martinez from Season Three on. for two years but who still uses aliases when he travels. The family lives in New Jersey under false identities. ''Both of them,'' said a diplomatically neutral Mr. Pistone, who is 60 and retired from the F.B.I. Summary-An FBI agent named Joseph D. Pistone goes undercover originally to investigate fencing goods in the Bonanno Mafia family for what was supposed to be a 6 month assignment. The Mafia put a contract out on Brasco's life for half a million dollars. REAL faces behind the movies. Pistone's wife is Maggie, a former nurse. As she's shown in the live-action film, she appears that she committed suicide by cutting her wrists.