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Fictional character
Sonny Corleone
The Godfather character
James Caan as Sonny Corleone in The Godfather
First appearance
The Godfather
Last appearance
The Godfather: The Game
Created by
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
James Caan Roman Coppola (child)
In-universe information
Full name
Santino Corleone
Nickname
Sonny
Title
Underboss, acting boss
Occupation
Mafia boss
Family
Corleone family
Spouse
Sandra Corleone
Children
Francesca Corleone Kathryn Corleone Frank Corleone Santino Corleone Jr. Vincent Mancini
Relatives
Carlo Rizzi (brother-in-law) Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone (sister-in-law) Kay Adams-Corleone (sister-in-law) Deanna Dunn (sister-in-law) Victor Rizzi (nephew) Michael Rizzi (nephew) Anthony Corleone (nephew) Mary Corleone (niece)
Father
Vito Corleone
Mother
Carmela Corleone
Brothers
Fredo Corleone Michael Corleone Tom Hagen (adopted brother)
Sisters
Connie Corleone
Santino "Sonny" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation.
He is the eldest son of the mafia boss don Vito Corleone and Carmela Corleone. He has two brothers, Fredo and Michael, and a sister, Connie. In the film, Sonny was portrayed by James Caan, who briefly reprised his role for a flashback scene in The Godfather Part II.
Director Francis Ford Coppola's son Roman Coppola played Sonny as a boy in the 1920s scenes of The Godfather Part II.
Santino "Sonny" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation. He is the eldest son of the mafia...
oldest son, Sonny, brings his friend Tom Hagen, a homeless orphan, to stay with the Corleones and Vito unofficially adopts him. As an adult, Sonny becomes...
early 1930s. It was during this time that Vito's eldest son, Santino "Sonny" Corleone, made his reputation and eventually became a caporegime himself. Upon...
Vito Corleone and his wife Carmela. She is the sister of Sonny, Fredo, and Michael Corleone and the adopted sister of Tom. In 1945, she marries Sonny's friend...
of Vito Corleone and the mother of Sonny, Fredo, Michael and Connie Corleone, and the adoptive mother of Tom Hagen. Santino "Sonny" Corleone is a fictional...
illegitimate son of SonnyCorleone and his mistress Lucy Mancini. He eventually succeeds his uncle Michael as head of the Corleone family. In Mario Puzo's...
Mafia don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) and his wife Carmela (Morgana King), Michael has two older brothers, Santino "Sonny" Corleone (James Caan) and...
from the violent world of the Corleone crime family. She falls in love with her cousin, Vincent Mancini, SonnyCorleone's illegitimate son. While the family...
Santino "Sonny" Corleone—Eldest son; played by James Caan Tom Hagen—informally adopted son, played by Robert Duvall Frederico "Fredo" Corleone—Middle son;...
Michael feigns interest and agrees to meet, but hatches a plan with Sonny and Corleone capo Clemenza to kill them and go into hiding. Michael meets Sollozzo...
after running away from an orphanage. When Sonny brings Tom home and demands he be taken in, the Corleone family welcome him as a family member. Hagen...
tells of how Vito Corleone consolidated his power to become the most powerful Don in New York City. Also, it tells of SonnyCorleone's inauguration into...
second son of the Mafia don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro). Fredo is the younger brother of Sonny (James Caan) and the elder brother...
role as a younger Vito Corleone in the 1930s; Leonardo DiCaprio was slated to portray a young SonnyCorleone gaining the Corleone family's political power;...
Vito "Tony" Corleone is a fictional character in The Godfather film trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He is the son of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)...
July 6, 2022) was an American actor. He came to prominence playing SonnyCorleone in The Godfather (1972) – a performance that earned him Academy Award...
registered on arrival as "Vito Corleone". In 1917, Vito lives in New York with his wife, Carmela, and their infant son, Sonny. He loses his job due to the...
of the Corleone crime family. He is an influential member and liaison of the Sicilian Mafia in New York City and an old friend of the Corleone family...
Dominick "Sonny" Carisi, Jr., detective on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sonny Corinthos, in the soap opera General Hospital Santino "Sonny" Corleone, in...
Family Corleone by Ed Falco. During the Great Depression, Luca Brasi is the leader of a small but feared street gang with ties to SonnyCorleone, who uses...
of Michael "Sonny" Corinthos, as well as his occupation, is a reference to The Godfather characters Michael Corleone and SonnyCorleone. These characters...
the family Vincent Corleone, Sonny's illegitimate son, played by Andy Garcia, who became Michael's successor and the third Don Corleone Don Corleon (born...
Clemenza is one of Don Vito Corleone's caporegimes and oldest friends, as well as the godfather of his eldest son, Sonny. He has a reputation as a superb...
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