tommy vercetti

Intro Thomas "Tommy" Vercetti is the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.He is also mentioned in The Introduction, a prequel short film to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and in the game itself during the mission The Meat Business by former friend and lawyer Ken Rosenberg. Tommy was voiced by late movie actor Ray Liotta, making him the first protagonist in the series with a voice actor.Tommy is a former member of the Forelli Crime Family in Liberty City, who, after being released from prison following a fifteen year sentence, is sent to Vice City to oversee a major drug deal with the Vance Brothers. When that deal is ambushed, resulting in both the drugs and the money being lost, Tommy begins searching for the person behind the attack, working for various prominent figures of Vice City's criminal underworld in return for answers. Over time, Tommy begins building his own criminal empire and eventually finds the man responsible for the ambush, killing him and taking over his business. Now the head of his own gang, the Vercetti Gang, Tommy subsequently attempts to expand it, ultimately eliminating all competition and becoming the undisputed kingpin of Vice City. Early Life Thomas Vercetti was born in Liberty City in 1951. His father worked in a printing shop and as a child, Tommy used to clean the rollers with him. Tommy had planned to follow in his father's footsteps, but, in his own words, "lived a different life". Dialogue spoken by Tommy while fighting indicates that he had a bad relationship with his mother, while his dialogue indicates that he's been living a life of crime for twenty years. In his childhood, Tommy befriended his future employer Sonny Forelli. [3] Early 1970s Main article: Harwood Incident Sometime prior to 1971, Tommy joined the Forelli Crime Family, one of the main three Mafia families in Liberty City and the most powerful one at that time. He continued to work with the Forelli Family, making his way up the ranks and presumably b