Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas is based on Nicholas Pileggi’s nonfiction book Wiseguy, which chronicles the life of Lucchese crime family associate turned FBI-informant, Henry Hill. Unlike the ...

Discover the real-life mafia figures behind Goodfellas—from Henry Hill to Jimmy Burke and Tommy DeSimone, and their ...

He was best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's 1990 gangster film Goodfellas and also appeared ... he wanted it to be edgy and real. "I thought, 'Batman?