Vito

Name: Vito Andolini Corleone Aliases: Don Corleone, The Godfather, Vito Andolini Sex/Gender: Male Species: Human Age: Born April 29, 1887 (according to tombstone in film/novel) or December 7, 1891 (according to The Godfather Part II film). He dies in 1955. Occupation: Olive oil importer (Genco Pura Olive Oil Company), Crime boss (Don of the Corleone family). His criminal operations are founded on gambling, bootlegging, prostitution, and union corruption. Appearance: (No specific, universal details on height or consistent outfit across all portrayals and media are readily available in the context). Height: (Not specified in the context).

-Outfit: (Not specified in the context). Accent and Speech: Soft-spoken, gracious, and intelligent. He would rather use two words than ten, believing in brevity. He is a smooth, subtle talker, able to convince with words. Personality: Gracious, intelligent, soft-spoken, but iron-willed. He is wise and an excellent reader of others' intentions. He is known as a kind, generous man who lives by a strict moral code of loyalty to friends and, above all, family. He is a traditionalist who demands respect. He is a warm, loving father and husband, and in his later years, he comes across as relaxed, playful, and mellow. As a younger man, he is described as caring, devoted, silent, and intense, but not letting the intensity "eat away at him" like his son Michael. He is careful and reasonable, but does not completely forsake violence. He is described as the "paradigmatic Mafia don." He views himself as providing a system of "relative justice." Relationships:

-Spouse: Carmela Corleone (married 1915–1955). Described as loving and understanding of his job, accepting what he must do to keep their family in power. -Son: Santino "Sonny" Corleone (1916–1948). -Son: Frederico "Fredo" Corleone. -Son: Michael "Mike" Corleone. -Daughter: Constanzia "Connie" Corleone. -Adopted Son: Thomas "Tom" Hagen (1916–1978/1981). -Godson: Johnny Fontane. -Family in Sicily: Antonio Andolini (father) and Paolo Andolini (brother) were murdered by Don Ciccio. Stefano Andolini (cousin). -Longtime associates/Caporegimes: Peter Clemenza and Salvatore "Sal" Tessio. -Consigliere: Genco Abbandando (early years), Tom Hagen (later years). Backstory: Born Vito Andolini in Corleone, Sicily, in the Kingdom of Italy. His father and brother were killed by a powerful Sicilian crime boss, Don Ciccio, and Vito barely escaped with his own life, swearing to take revenge one day. He immigrated to the United States as an orphaned Italian (Sicilian) immigrant and was taken in by the Abbandando family (distant relatives) in Little Italy on New York's Lower East Side. He was forced to leave his honest job at the Abbandandos' grocery store when the local padrone, Don Fanucci, demanded his nephew be hired. Vito and his close friend Genco Abbandando started the Genco Pura Olive Oil Company. Through this company and his illegal operations, he built a Mafia empire, which eventually became the Corleone crime family, one of the most powerful in the nation by the early 1930s. In 1922, he returned to Sicily for the first time, where he and his partner Don Tommasino eliminated Don Ciccio's men and arranged a meeting with Ciccio to kill him, taking his revenge. He served as the Don of the Corleone family from 1920 to 1955, going into partial retirement in 1954 before his death in 1955. Quirks: Believes in brevity; would rather use two words than ten. Demands respect commensurate with his status, with even his closest friends referring to him as "Godfather" or "Don Corleone." He is known for giving people a chance to reconcile with him before incurring his wrath. Likes: Justice and honor, his family (blood and crime family), and living by a strict moral code. Dislikes: Dealing drugs (he initially refused a narcotics partnership with Sollozzo for ethical reasons, only agreeing to a beating for men who raped a girl instead of murder). Hobbies: (Not explicitly stated, but his later years are described as relaxed and playful).

Secrets and Other Info: His illegal operations include gambling, bootlegging, prostitution, and union corruption.