Salvatore Leone is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series, appearing as a main character in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and as a central character in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
Don Salvatore "Sal" Leone is the head of the Italian-American Leone crime family, based in Liberty City. Since his rise to power during the 1980s, Salvatore became one of the most powerful men in Liberty City's underworld, owning several businesses and politicians in the city.
He plays a major role in three 3D Universe games - GTA III, GTA San Andreas and GTA Liberty City Stories - the first one in which he become an antagonist, while in the last one he acts as the player's main ally.
In all of his appearances, Salvatore Leone was voiced by Frank Vincent.
Biography
Background
Early years
Salvatore Leone was born and raised in Palermo, Sicily.[1] Most information of early years remain unknown, although it is known he had a brother, and he was close to one of cousins, who would be killed by the Sindacco crime family.[2][3] He rose to power during the mid 1980s, after a bloody power struggle.[4] probably against his uncle, as the two of them would later be involved in a gang war in 1998. Salvatore's parents were dead by 1992. [5]
Life in the USA
Salvatore immigrated to Liberty City with his first wife and the couple had a son by the name of Joey. Salvatore's wife died at some point prior to 1992. Prior to 1992, Salvatore bought a mansion, which he named "Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club".
By the 1980s, Salvatore became a powerful mobster boss and the undisputed Don of the Leone crime family; as of result, he also became a bitter rival of both the Forelli and Sindacco families, the former being in control of Sonny Forelli (until his death in 1986) while the latter is led by Paulie Sindacco. It appears that Forelli's demise contributed to Salvatore's rise to power.
Events of GTA San Andreas
In 1992, Salvatore is visited by Paulie's son, Johnny Sindacco, in his mansion; Johnny offers Salvatore to join him and the Forellis in Las Venturas to co-manage the Sindaccos' Caligula's Palace, by loaning 5 million dollars to the casino.
Salvatore is somewhat skeptic and angry at the Sindaccos' offer to give him a stake of the casino in exchange for his money, going as far to insult Johnny's parents. However, Salvatore finally accepts Johnny's offer, but with one condition: to get the controls on the casino. As Johnny can't accept that one condition, Salvatore comes up with an idea; the three families will hire a third-party guy who will manage the casino while the families will manage him. He also tells Johnny to eliminate the current manager.
After Johnny orders the manager's death, Salvatore offers to hire Ken Rosenberg for the job, an ex-lawyer of the Forellis, as he is a guy that "[they] can all push around", to which Johnny accepts. Salvatore then makes a call to bring Rosenberg, before moving to the casino.
At the casino, Salvatore intimidates Rosenberg, telling him that he solely works for the Leones, and not the Sindaccos or the Forellis. Threatening the exlawyer with a pistol, Salvatore orders Rosenberg to get his money back fast and keep an eye on Johnny. He then calms down the frightened Rosenberg before asking to get him a drink.
Hiring Carl Johnson
In a series of events, Johnny Sindacco enters into a shock and later dies due to a heart attack.[6] Following his death, Salvatore decides to make a move of taking over the casino after learning of Johnny's death and the Forelli's plans to assassinate him.[7] He ties up Rosenberg's associates Kent Paul and Maccer out Ken's office's window so if Ken will get off his couch, they'll fall.
At Ken's office Salvatore first meets Maria Latore, a waitress working at the casino who brings him the sandwich he has ordered. He take an interest in the woman and orders his bodyguard to pay her for the service.
After Maria leaves, Salvatore encounters Carl Johnson, another associate of Rosenberg, who reveals to him he was working with the Don's son, Joey, back in Liberty City. Pleased to hear that, Salvatore tells Carl of his situation with the Forellis and asks him to assassinate the hitmen before their arrival. Carl succeeds in stoping the hitmen and begins to work with Salvatore, with the latter not knowing that Carlplans on robbing the casino.
Later on, Salvatore continues to flirt with Maria, teaching her how to throw knives (using Maccer as a target). As Carl enters the office, Salvatore greets him for successfully doing the job. Angered at the Forellis' attempt on his life, Salvatore sends Carl over to Liberty City to attack Marco's Bistro, the Forellis' turf. Carl uses this opportunity to free Ken, Paul and Maccer from Salvatore by asking them as a backup (while in reality he tells them to get out Las Venturas).
Unexpected betrayal
- Salvatore: "You're dead! Your friends are dead! Your family's dead! I'm gonna fuck you up, and your children and your grandchildren!"
- Carl: "Well, it's been nice talking to ya, but I got some money needs spending on some expensive trash, so if you'll excuse me."
- Salvatore: "You're dead! DEAD!"
- —Salvatore threatening Carl over the phone.
Post-San Andreas
Events of GTA Liberty City Stories
Toni's return
Post-Liberty City Stories
Events of GTA III
Leone meeting
Eliminating threats
Betrayal at Claude
Assassination
Character
Personality
Appearance
Appearances
- The Introduction
- Freefall (Boss)
- Saint Mark's Bistro (Boss)
- Breaking the Bank at Caligula's (Post-mission phone call)
- Introduction
- Don in 60 Seconds
- The Offer (Boss)
- Ho Selecta! (Boss)
- Frighteners (Boss)
- Rollercoaster Ride (Boss)
- Booby Prize(Post-mission phone call)
- Contra-Banned (Boss)
- Salvatore's Salvation
- The Guns of Leone
- The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade (Post-mission phone call)
- Sindacco Sabotage (Boss)
- The Trouble With Triads (Boss)
- Driving Mr. Leone (Boss)
- A Walk in the Park (Voice/Boss)
- Making Toni (Boss)
- The Morgue Party Candidate (Post-mission phone call)
- Caught in the Act (Boss)
- Search and Rescue (Boss)
- Taking the Peace (Voice/Boss)
- Shoot the Messenger (Voice/Boss)
- Love on the Rocks (Post-mission phone call)
- Rough Justice (Boss)
- Dead Reckoning (Voice/Boss)
- Shogun Showdown (Voice/Boss)
- Love on the Run (Post-mission phone call)
- The Shoreside Redemption (Boss)
- The Sicilian Gambit (Boss)
- Salvatore's Called A Meeting
- Chaperone (Boss)
- Cutting the Grass (Boss)
- Bomb Da Base Act I (Boss)
- Last Requests (Boss, Betrayal)
- Sayonara Salvatore (Killed)
Trivia
Gallery
GTA III
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
References
- ↑ "...from Mr. Leone's hometown of Palermo, Sicily."
"Just a Business Man", Liberty Tree, 2001 - ↑ Salvatore Leone: "The police associate me with my brother, but I never do these things they blame me for."
"Just a Businessman", Liberty Tree, 2001. - ↑ Salvatore Leone: "The Sindaccos and the Leones? That's impossible. That's been impossible since your associates whacked my cousin."
The Introduction. - ↑ Julius Cohen: "This is the fifth time the state has taken Leone to court since, they allege, he took control of the Leone crime family in a bloody power struggle in the mid 1980s,"
"Just a Businessman, Liberty Tree, 2001. - ↑ Salvatore Leone: "You must really think my mother, God rest her soul, fucked an idiot instead of my father."
The Introduction. - ↑ Fender Ketchup, Intensive Care & The Meat Business; Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- ↑ Ken Rosenberg: "Carl? It's me, Ken. The Leone family has made their move! Salvatore's here, now! He's taken over Caligula's! We're screwed! It's war for control of Venturas, man. War! WAR! There's word of some Triad visit or something that should keep him busy. I'm calling from the bathroom, I gotta go, I really gotta go."
"The Meat Business" (post-mission phone call), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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Protagonist | Carl Johnson | ||||||||
Main characters | Sean "Sweet" Johnson | Kendl Johnson | Frank Tenpenny† | Big Smoke (Melvin Harris)† | Wu Zi Mu | The Truth | Cesar Vialpando | Catalina† | Salvatore Leone† | Madd Dogg | Kent Paul | Eddie Pulaski† | Ken Rosenberg | Mike Toreno | Ryder (Lance Wilson)† | Jizzy B.† | OG Loc (Jeffrey Cross) | T-Bone Mendez† | Guppy | Zero | Maccer | ||||||||
Minor characters | Andre† |Benny† | Bettina | Berkley | Big Poppa† | Bogman | Claude | Construction Foreman† | Alan Crawford† | Derek | District Attorney | Dope | Dwaine | Emmet | Freddy† | Colonel Fuhrberger | Gal | Hazer | Janitor | Jimmy Hernandez† | Jethro | Jose | Kane† | Maria Latore | Ran Fa Li | Little Bill | Little Lion† | Little Weasel† | Mike | Su Xi Mu | Ralph Pendelbury† | Marco Forelli† | Mickey† | Old Reece | Jimmy Silverman | Johnny Sindacco† | The Snakehead† | The Triad Leader | Sunny | Big Bear (Barry Thorne) | Tony | Vagos gang members (Running Dog)† | B Dup (Mark Wayne) | Mr. Whittaker | Pizza Clerk | Preacher Bishop† | Rival Pimp† | Sweet's Girlfriend | The Dossier Carrier† | The Informant† | The Journalist† | The Reporter† | Unnamed Burger Shot Employee | Unnamed Crack Whore | Gasso Employee | Alan Crawford's Female Associate† | Mafia Goon 1 | Forelli Crime Family's pilot† | C.R.A.S.H. Rookies† | Cesar's Informant | Salvatore Leone's Bodyguard | Tim† | Tammy† | Loco Low Co. Mechanic | Driving School Tutor | Ammu-Nation Clerk | ||||||||
Girlfriends | Denise Robinson | Millie Perkins | Helena Wankstein | Katie Zhan | Michelle Cannes | Barbara Schternvart | ||||||||
Radio station characters |
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Radio guests | The Truth | OG Loc (Jeffrey Cross) | Big Wayne | Darius Fontaine | Jenna Forbes | Cris Formage | Jack Howitzer | Michael Hunt | Jimmy | Fernando Martinez | Tim | Reed Tucker | ||||||||
Mentioned characters | Mary Alexander | Mike Andrews | Big Devil† | Bobby | CM Pink | Joey Leone | Tommy Vercetti | James Earl Cash | Mary Ellen | Herbie | Ho Chi | Beverly Johnson† | Brian Johnson† | Carl Johnson's Father | Ah Ah Kung | LB | Little Devil† | General Mills | Tony† | Jezz Torrent | Avrindar | ||||||||
Other characters | Fraser Ashley | Morgan August | G.M. Berlotti | Big Smilky | Dr. Diablo | Gern Blanston | Henry Bolt† | D. Claremont | John Craig | Mary Fortune | Frank Gold | Hammerfist | Philip K. Jones | Ed Karson | Turk Martin | Cluck Norris | Jane Pole | Brontosaurus Rex | Rochell'le | Jeremy Smith | Brian Van Ginsberg | Scott Wilson | ||||||||
Deleted characters | Officer Carver | Larry | Poncho | Psycho | ||||||||
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Characters in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | |
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Protagonist | Toni Cipriani |
Main characters | Salvatore Leone† | Donald Love | Massimo Torini† | Vincenzo Cilli† | Joseph Daniel "JD" O'Toole† | Leon McAffrey† | Toshiko Kasen† | Maria Latore | Mrs. Cipriani | Ned Burner† | Paulie Sindacco† | Jane Hopper | 8-Ball | Miles O'Donovan | Franco Forelli |
Minor characters | Mickey Hamfists | Ray Machowski | Avery Carrington† | Giovanni Casa† | Phil Cassidy | Cedric "Wayne" Fotheringay† | Roger C. Hole† | Kazuki Kasen† | Uncle Leone | Miguel† | Cheryl | DB-P† | Black Lightman† | Mona Lott | Raven | Rudyard | Dan Sucho† | Faith W.† | The Wong Brothers | The Informant† | Leone Dealer† | Mayor's Assistant | John-O | TV Reporter | Forelli Wiseguy† | Gun Store Clerk |
Mentioned characters | Humphries | Mr. Cipriani† | Jimmy | Amber | Joey Leone | Maccer | Oily Johnnie | Rachel | Ray | Mr. Wong | Asuka Kasen† | Kenji Kasen† | Unnamed made man† |
Radio DJs | Andee | Bill | Nurse Bob | Sergio Boccino | Melissa Chowder | DJ Clue | MC Codebreaker | Panjit Gavaskar | Michael Hunt | Cliff Lane | Lazlow | Boy Sanchez | Steve | Natalee Walsh Davis | Reni Wassulmaier |
Radio guests | Richard Burns | Catherine | Chris | Chuck | Bernard "Crow" Gordon | Lenny | Morgan Merryweather | Nina Barry |
Multiplayer characters | Ed Banger | Randy Boner | Lou Bricant | Phil DeGirth | Bill Durzbum | Robin Emblind | Rico Garlik | The Gimp | M.T. Head | Hugh Jazz | Anne Job | G.I. Jones | Juan Kerr | Ophelia Lardaz | Lucy Lastic | Hung Lo | Arden Long | Mrs. Menalot | Owen Monie | Busta Moves | No. 1 | Rick O'Shea | Agent Ochre | Officer '69' | Papi Love | Sam | Lou Scannon | Ekant Sing | Fay Slift | Ann Thrax | Lance Urwell | Cruz Vormen | Nick Yakar | Yamazaki |
Other characters | Brian Baylor | Dorothy Bigbottom | Carey | Beverly Clamhopper | Frenchie Cockmaven | Marcel Crayon | Jeremy Fagin | Jimmy Fence | Frank Junior | Anul Garbaskar | Derrick Hale | Jacqueline | Jeremy | Lorraine | Gaylord Morrisen | Oscar Redondo | Jesus Sentenz |
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