Joseph D. Pistone Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Joseph Dominick Pistone, alias Donnie Brasco, (born September 17, 1939), is a former FBI agent who worked undercover for six years infiltrating the Bonanno crime family and to a lesser extent the Colombo crime family, two of the Five Families of the Mafia in New York City. Pistone was an FBI agent for 27 years and is considered to be an FBI legend.Pistone was a pioneer for deep long-term undercover work. J. Edgar Hoover originally did not want FBI agents to work undercover because it could be a dirty job and might end up tainting the agents, but Pistone's work helped convince the FBI that using undercover agents instead of just using informants was a crucial tool in law enforcement.
The Mafia has survived so long because they have stayed the same as far as their rules and regulations. They keep their members in line by fear and intimidation. If you get caught breaking one of these rules, you're gonna die. They don't quote Shakespeare. This is not the movies. They are a dangerous plague on our society.
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Italian-American.
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Was undercover as 'Donnie Brasco' from 1976 to 1981.
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Was an FBI agent from 1969 to 1986.
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A former FBI agent whose career was the basis for the movie Donnie Brasco (1997).
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Joseph D.Pistone was an FBI agent for seventeen years. He now lives under secret identity in an undisclosed location.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Falcone
2000
TV Series based upon characters created by - 1 episode
Donnie Brasco
1997
book "Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Offline Danger
2011
Elevator Stranger (as Joseph Pistone)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wisegal
2008
TV Movie executive producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bullets Over Hollywood
2005
TV Movie documentary wire taps provided by
Thanks
Title
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Status
Character
Bullets Over Hollywood
2005
TV Movie documentary acknowledgment: photographs provided by
$500 Thousand