Tom Hagen

Tom Hagen
Robert Duvall portraying Tom Hagen
First appearance	The Godfather
Last appearance	The Godfather's Revenge
Created by	Mario Puzo
Portrayed by	Robert Duvall
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Lawyer/Consigliere
Family	Corleone family
Spouse(s)	Theresa Hagen
Children	Frank Hagen Andrew Hagen Gianna Hagen
Relatives	Martin Hagen (father) Bridget Hagen (mother) unnamed sister Vito Corleone (adopted father) Carmela Corleone (adopted mother) Sonny Corleone (adopted brother) Fredo Corleone (adopted brother) Michael Corleone (adopted brother) Connie Corleone (adopted sister)

Tom Hagen is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel Godfather and Francis Ford Coppola's films The Godfather and The Godfather Part II. He was portrayed by Robert Duvall in the films.

Hagen is the informally adopted son of the mafia don Vito Corleone. He is a qualified lawyer and the consigliere to the Corleone mafia family. Mild-mannered and soft-spoken, he serves as the voice of reason within the family. The novel and first film establish that he is of German-Irish ancestry.

Sonny Corleone befriends 11-year-old Tom, who was living on the street after running away from an orphanage. When Sonny brings Tom home and demands he be taken in, the Corleone family allowed him to stay. Hagen considers Vito his true father, though Vito never formally adopts Tom, believing it disrespectful to Hagen's deceased parents. After law school, Hagen wanted to work in the Corleone business. His non-Italian ancestry precludes his formal membership into the mafia family but when consigliere Genco Abbandando dies, Hagen is given his position. This results in the other New York families derisively calling the Corleones, "The Irish Gang."

Though Hagen immerses himself in the Sicilian-American lifestyle, and speaks Sicilian, he has a "non-Italian" physical appearance. His Northern European appearance being advantageous to his work, allowing him to travel and conduct family business openly without potential witnesses remembering him.