List of Scarface characters
This is a list of characters who appeared in the 1932 film Scarface, and its 1983 remake Scarface, as well as the pseudo-sequel video game to the 1983 film, Scarface: The World Is Yours.
1932 film
Tony Camonte
Antonio "Tony" Camonte is main character in Scarface and the novel of the same name, written by Armitage Trail, where the character is named Tony Guarino. Portrayed by Paul Muni, Tony is loosely inspired by on Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone. In the novel and film, Tony is running the alcohol trade during the prohibition and is gunned down by his older brother who thought Tony died in World War 1.1983 film and ''The World Is Yours''
Tony Montana
Antonio "Tony" Montana is the main character in Scarface and the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours, portrayed by Al Pacino in the film and voiced by André Sogliuzzo in the video game. Oliver Stone came up with the name by combining the last name of his then-favourite football player and the first name from the main character of the 1932 film version, Tony Camonte, played by Paul Muni.In the film's ending Tony Montana's mansion was raided by Alex Sosa's gang in retribution for not killing a Bolivian anti-drug journalist with his wife and children, resulting in his death, but in the video game Tony Montana could survive the assault, regain his criminal empire and exact revenge on Sosa. In the game and the movie, Tony carries an M16 rifle with jungle style magazines, and an M203 grenade launcher strapped to the barrel.
Alejandro Sosa
Alejandro "Alex" Sosa is a Bolivian drug lord. Sosa is the head of a very powerful drug cartel in Bolivia. He has vast connections in both the Bolivian government and the United States government. Which allows him to operate with total impunity. He and Tony start off as friends but in the end become enemies. He was portrayed by Paul Shenar in the film. He is based on the Bolivian drug trafficker Roberto Suárez Gómez.In the video game Sosa services as Tony's chief nemesis. He has taken over Tony's territory in Miami and divided it up between Nacho Contreras, The Diaz Brothers and Gaspar Gomez. He was voiced by Robert Davi.
Manny Ribera
Manolo Ribera nicknamed "Manny Ray", is best friends with Tony Montana who rises with him to the top of the cocaine business in Miami during the early 1980s. Manny is Tony‘s friend from the neighborhood and of the many Cubans to arrive to America via the Mariel Boatlift, along with Tony, Angel Fernandez and Chi-Chi. After assisting Tony with the murder of an enemy of Frank Lopez, they are granted green cards, and thus are released from their refugee camp. The four friends began their new life of crime under Lopez's criminal empire. Along the way Angel is killed during a drug deal gone-bad; Manny manages to save Tony's life in the same incident, however. Eventually, Manny falls in love with Tony's sister, but the latter harshly warns him to stay away from her. Tony later finds the two together and shoots and kills Manny in a fit of rage, not knowing that he had recently married Gina. He is portrayed by Steven Bauer.Frank Lopez
Frank Lopez is an aging Miami-based drug lord, who asks Tony Montana and Manny Ribera to kill a former political aide to Fidel Castro. At first, Frank is fond of his new men, but later becomes threatened by Tony's rising influence. Because of this, Lopez arranged for Tony to be assassinated at the Babylon Club, but he survived. When Tony arrives during a meeting with Bernstein, he at first attempts to deny the assassination was ordered by him, only for Tony to not fall for it. Realizing that he is about to be killed, Lopez begs for his life, only to be killed by Manny on Tony's orders. He was portrayed by Robert Loggia."Chi-Chi"
"Chi-Chi" is one of Tony's best friends and henchmen as he rises to power. He helped save Tony at the botched drug deal with the Colombians. Chi-Chi was with Tony at the money laundering bust. He was shot to death by one of Sosa'shitmen. He was portrayed by Ángel Salazar.
Hector "The Toad"
Hector, nicknamed "The Toad", is a Colombian cocaine dealer and presumably an associate of Omar Suarez. He and his three Colombian gang members planned to rip-off Tony and kill him and his associates. Hector used a chainsaw to dismember Tony's friend Angel Fernandez before threatening to do the same to him. As he was about to kill Tony, Manny and Chi-Chi broke in, killing Marta and the two members of Hector's gang. Hector tried to escape by jumping out a window, injuring himself in the process. He makes it out to the street when Tony stops him and shoots him in the head. He was portrayed by Al Israel.Marta
Marta is a Colombian cocaine dealer. She is the bodyguard and assumed girlfriend of Hector "The Toad". She along with Hector and two more Colombians killed held Tony and Angel at gunpoint before the later was killed by Hector. Unlike Hector, she does not speak English and only understands Spanish. Together, the four of them planned on killing Tony and his gang, keeping the cocaine and stealing Frank Lopez's money. Marta was gunned down by Manny. She was portrayed by Barbra Perez.Emilio Rebenga
Emilio Rebenga was once one of the most trusted members of Fidel Castro's inner circle. During the Cuban Revolution Rebenga tortured several anti-communists to death. One of his victims was the brother of Frank Lopez. At some point after the revolution Castro doubted Rebenga's loyalty, so Castro ordered him to be locked up behind bars. After the Mariel Boatlift, Rebenga along, with thousands of Cuban immigrants half of which were Cuba's most violent and deadly criminals, were released on the shores of America. Unable to enter the United States by the usual channels Rebenga is sent to the Freedom Town Detention Center. Frank Lopez soon finds out Rebenga is in the country and orders Omar Suarez to put an open contract out on Rebenga's life. Omar reaches out to the criminals in Freedom Town and promises whoever carries out the hit on Rebenga will be released from the detention center and will also receive green cards. He is therefore stabbed to death by Montana. He was portrayed by Roberto Contreras.Gaspar Gomez
Gaspar Gomez is a Mexican drug kingpin partnering with Alejandro Sosa. Gomez appears in the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours, but is murdered at the end of the game by Montana along with George Sheffield and Sosa. He was portrayed by Robert Vandenberg in the film, and voiced by Cheech Marin in the video game. Gomez was only mentioned by name in the film.The Diaz Brothers
Alfonso Diaz and Edgar Diaz, known as The Diaz Brothers, are only mentioned in the film but never seen. Many fans mistake the two assassins that Frank sends to kill Tony as the Diaz brothers, but it is made clear numerous times that not only is this not the case, but that the Diaz brothers in fact run a rival cartel to the Lopez cartel. The scene where Tony informs Frank of the deal he made with Sosa has Frank asking Tony what the Diaz Brothers, along with Nacho Contreras and Gaspar Gomez, will do when the Lopez cartel starts moving that volume of product. After the assassination attempt on Tony, Frank also tries to blame the Diaz Brothers, stating he will get revenge on them for Tony. In one more scene, where Tony and Manny are discussing security after Tony has taken over the Lopez Cartel, Tony reveals that he fears the Diaz brothers may be plotting against him.In the video game, after Tony survives Sosa's raid on his island mansion, he seeks revenge on him and also begins trying to get his old businesses back from Gaspar Gomez, Nacho "El Gordo" Contreras, Edgar, and Alfonso themselves. The brothers kill Tony's mother, and send assassins after him in the Babylon Club. Tony kills all but one who reveals the Diaz's had the older lady. In revenge, Tony stages an attack on the Diaz car dealership. Edgar is slain in the back halls of the building. Alfonso is killed in a car chase. Alfonso Diaz was voiced by Steve Wilcox. Edgar Diaz was voiced by Art Bonilla.
Nacho Contreras
Ignacio Contreras, nicknamed "Nacho" or "El Gordo", is a large drug baron in charge of cocaine distribution in Downtown. In the film, Frank Lopez points him out in the Babylon Club to Tony Montana and says he's a real "chazzer", which is a Yiddish word meaning pig. Besides being extremely obese, the insulting term refers to Nacho's greed, which means that "he don't fly straight no more". In the movie he is depicted as the richest man in Miami. He was portrayed by Joe Marmo.In the video game, Nacho Contreras is killed, while attempting to escape Tony by swimming to a boat, but he is shot causing him to bleed and attract a great white shark to attack him. He was voiced by Miguel Sandoval.
The Echevierra Brothers
Luis and Miguel Echevierra, known as The Echevierra Brothers, are drug dealers who run the biggest distribution network of cocaine in Miami, Houston and Tucson.Gina Montana-Ribera
Gina Montana-Ribera is Tony Montana's younger sister as well as Georgina Montana's daughter. She attends community college and works part-time at a beauty salon. Throughout the film, Tony is shown to be extremely protective of Gina to the point that he assaults one of her boyfriends. Because of this, she could never do anything she wanted because Tony would not allow it. As Tony rose up in the ranks, Gina began to do drugs. Gina eventually secretly married Manny hoping that the two would surprise Tony. However, when Tony sees them together, he shoots and kills Manny in a fit of rage before having Gina brought back to his mansion. Just as the mansion was about to be assaulted by Sosa's men, Gina then appears in Tony's office. Mad with grief, she accuses Tony of turning any man away from her because he secretly wanted her. She shoots at Tony and manages to hit him in the leg. Before she can kill her brother, one of Sosa's men appears from the balcony and guns her down, killing her instantly. She was portrayed by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.In the game, Tony often calls out to Gina that he hopes she is in Heaven, and he can also purchase her cremated remains in an urn, along with the remains of her husband Manny.