Henry Hill (born June 11, 1943) is a former American mobster. A Lucchese crime family associate, Hill became an FBI informant whose life story was documented in the book Wiseguy, written by crime reporter, Nicholas Pileggi. The 1990 Martin Scorsese film, Goodfellas, was based on the book, with Hill played by Ray Liotta.
Henry Hill, Jr. was born on June 11, 1943, Brownsville, Brooklyn. Hill grew up in a poor working class family in East New York, ...
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Henry Hill (born June 11, 1943) is a former American mobster. A Lucchese crime family associate, Hill became an FBI informant whose life story was documented in the book Wiseguy, written by crime reporter, Nicholas Pileggi. The 1990 Martin Scorsese film, Goodfellas, was based on the book, with Hill played by Ray Liotta.
Henry Hill, Jr. was born on June 11, 1943, Brownsville, Brooklyn. Hill grew up in a poor working class family in East New York, Brooklyn. His father, Henry Hill, Sr., was an Irish-American electrician, and his mother, Carmella Costa Hill, was Italian American. Henry and his seven siblings lived in a small house. From an early age Henry admired the local mobsters who socialized across the street from his home, including Paul Vario, a "capo" in the Lucchese crime family. In his early teens, Hill began running errands at Vario's cabstand, shoe shine stand, and pizzeria. In 1956, when Hill was 13, he first met the most feared and notorious Jimmy Burke, with Hill serving...
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