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Michael Franzese

Michael Franzese

Known For Writing
Birthday May 27, 1951 (74)
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, USA
Popularity 0.0 (history)
Updated Aug 27, 2025
Entry Date Aug 27, 2025
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Biography

Michael Franzese (born May 27, 1951) is an American former New York mobster and caporegime of the Colombo crime family, and son of former underboss John Franzese. Franzese was enrolled in a pre-med program at Hofstra University, but dropped out to make money for his family after his father was sente ... nced to 50 years in prison for bank robbery in 1967. He eventually helped implement a scheme to defraud the federal government out of gasoline taxes in the early 1980s. By the age of 35, in 1986, Fortune Magazine listed Franzese as number 18 on its list of the "Fifty Most Wealthy and Powerful Mafia Bosses". Franzese had claimed that at the height of his career, he was making up to $8 million per week. In 1986, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on conspiracy charges, released in 1989, rearrested in 1991 for a parole violation, and ultimately released in 1994. Soon after, he retired to California and is now a motivational speaker and writer.

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Filmography

Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light

2017

as Pastor Vinny

God the Father

God the Father

2014

Writer

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Knights of the City

Knights of the City

1986

Executive Producer

Savage Streets

Savage Streets

1984

Executive Producer

Mausoleum

Mausoleum

1983

Executive Producer

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