Don Tommasino

Don Tommasino
Vittorio Duse as Don Tommasino in The Godfather Part III
First appearance	The Godfather
Last appearance	The Godfather: The Game
Created by	Mario Puzo
Portrayed by	Corrado Gaipa, Mario Cotone,Vittorio Duse
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Nickname(s)	None
Gender	Male
Occupation	Mafia boss
Title	Don

Don Tommasino is a fictional character from The Godfather series of books and films.

Tommasino is an old friend of Vito Corleone from Vito's native village of Corleone, Sicily. By the 1920s, he has become a top-ranking soldier in the local Mafia family, headed by Don Ciccio, as well as a wealthy olive oil salesman. As Vito's Genco Olive Oil Company—the front for his criminal empire—expands its operations, he cut a deal in which he would distribute Tommasino's olive oil in the United States.

When Vito returns to Sicily to kill Don Ciccio and avenge the murders of his family, Tommasino assists him in his scheme. They go to Ciccio's home, ostensibly to get his blessing for their venture. Vito succeeds in killing Ciccio, but in the midst of their escape, Tommasino is hit by a blast from a lupara shotgun fired by one of Ciccio's bodyguards, leaving him partially paralyzed from the waist down. He is shown sitting in a wheelchair as Vito and his family leave by train. Tommasino succeeds Ciccio as the local Mafia chieftain of Corleone, and remains one of the Corleone family's strongest allies for almost half a century.

When Vito's son Michael Corleone murders drug lord Virgil Sollozzo and corrupt NYPD captain McCluskey in 1946, he is immediately dispatched to Sicily and placed under Tommasino's care; Tommasino ensures that Michael is kept safe from both the police and the Corleone family's enemies. By this time, Tommasino is able to pull himself upright while leaning on the door of his car. Shortly after the death of Michael's older brother, Sonny, Tommasino gets word that the rival Barzini family now knows Michael is hiding in Corleone and is after him. Tommasino has Michael move to a villa in Syracuse, on the other side of the island. However, one of Michael's bodyguards, Fabrizio, is bought off by the Barzinis and attempts to assassinate Michael with a car bomb, killing Michael's new wife, Apollonia, instead. After this, Tommasino and Vito decide that Sicily has become too dangerous for Michael, and begin the process of moving him back to the United States.