History Characters / Scarface1983

* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Tony. {{Averted}} as it's clear that they are mostly just using each other to acheive their own ends.

A Colombian drug dealer from whom Tony and his friends are ordered by Omar Suarez to purchase cocaine from.

* AssholeVictim: Getting shot by multiple bullets by Manny from a submachine gun, falling out of window, and then finally getting shot in the face by Tony in the road serves him right given the way that he had previously slaughtered poor Angel.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: In the beginning of the film, he assists Tony in killing [[DirtyCommunists Emilio Rebenga]], a [[ColdBloodedTorture torturer]] from [[UsefulNotes/FidelCastro Castro's]] regime who even tortured and killed Frank Lopez's brother, thus allowing them to get their hands on a green card. He also kills [[AxCrazyHector the Toad]]'s henchwoman Marta along with some other of Hector's thugs at the motel, which also enables Tony to escape and kill Hector, thus also exacting vengeance for poor Angel, and in the middle of the movie, he personally shoots [[BigBadWannabe Frank]] [[DiscOneFinalBoss Lopez]] [[BoomHeadshot in the face]] at Tony's behest after the former attempted to have Tony killed at the Babylon Club.

* VillainousFriendship: With Tony Montana himself. They served in the Cuban Army together, they were friends while both imprisoned, they came to the United States together via boat, they killed bad guys together, Manny even [[TheCavalry saved Tony's life]] when the latter was kidnapped by [[AxCrazyHector the Toad]], and also personally executed [[DiscOneFinalBoss Frank Lopez]] when Tony said to, and subsesquently became Tony's [[NumberTwo second]] [[TheDragon biggest player]] when the latter became a powerful drug kingpin. Although this becomes less true as the film progresses, where Tony [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes more]] [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain villainous]] and more erratic, to the point that he alienates those closest to him, [[spoiler:and even murders Manny in an impusilve fit of rage, after seeing him with his sister Gina. Though to be fair, he does [[DespairEventHorizon immediately regret killing him after the facts]], and this even [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone contributes to Tony's downfall in the climax of the movie.]]]]

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: She lives to the end of the movie, [[spoiler:both of her children, do not.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: He starts out not believing in Tony's potential and rubbing it in unprovoked. Although to his credit, he acts cordial enough on rare occasions until Tony steps on his toes.

* TheDragon: To Omar Suarez, who in turn is this to Frank Lopez

* EvilSoundsDeep: His voice is far deeper than Tony's, and he's defenitely not less evil then him as well either.

* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Just moments before Tony shoots his brains all over the passenger side window.]]

* StarterVillain: {{Downplayed}}, but technically speaking, he is the first villain that Tony kills during the movie, and at the beginning of it no less. The reason that it's a [[DownplayedTrope downlplayed example]] is because Rebenga poses basically no threat for Tony or his allies, who are trained military soldiers who kill him with relative ease. Since they and the refugees at freedomtown hate Castro's communists, they even actively support it.

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!!Nick the Pig

* LastStand: Attempts to hold off Sosa's assassins with his pistol before he himself is killed.

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!!Georgina Montana
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MíriamColón

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!!Alberto "The Shadow"

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!!Tony's Empire

!!Tony's Family

!!Lopez's Empire

!!Sosa's Empire

* IncestSubtext: Tony's violent protectiveness regarding his sister Gins has more than a few shades of this, which is a callback to the original film that this one is a remake of.

!!!'''Played By:''' Arnaldo Santana

!!!'''Played By:''' Dennis Holaha

!!!'''Played By:''' Míriam Colón

A car dealer and drug kingpin, and Tony's initial employer.

* AffablyEvil: Even at the end of the film, it may be hard not to like him at the very least a little bit, as he is one of the comparatively nicer gangsters in the film.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Wears a Chai necklace and uses the Yiddish word "chazzer" at one point for "a pig that don't fly straight". Miami does have a sizeable population of Cuban Jews, but it's never explicitly stated if he is one.
%%* BenevolentBoss
* BigBadWannabe: Tony senses Frank is this right away, and when Frank confronts him about the Sosa deal, and later, Elvira, his attempt at rage has no effect on Tony. When Tony survives his assassination attempt and confronts him, Frank quickly breaks down and pleads for his life after admitting he sent the hitmen. [[spoiler: It doesn't save him.]]

* BigNo: Gives out several before [[spoiler:Manny shoots him.]]
* DirtyCoward: He always sends his guys out for his dirty work, something Tony points out while confronting him. Frank tries to lie at first, then admits he set up the hit after finding out that Mel won't help him out of the mess. He offers to give Tony both money and Elvira, and ends by pleading and groveling at his feet.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: He attempts to have Tony killed half-way through the movie, but Tony survives and finishes Frank while he begs for his life. Tony then takes over Frank's drug business]].
* FaceDeathWithDespair: He dies groveling for his life. By the end Tony is bound to find him so pathetic he can't even be bothered to kill him himself.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While Frank and Tony hit it off famously at first, Tony privately tells Manny later that while he likes Frank, he thinks he's too soft to be a major player for long. He is proven right.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Goes from a feared drug kingpin to a guy begging for his life after the failed hit on Tony and Tony's subsequent coup against him.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Frank sends a group of people rather than himself to kill Tony. This is the exact same manner Frank dies in, being killed by Manny instead of Tony himself]].
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Signs off on Tony's death once his ambitious underling commits him to dangerous deals, makes too plain his designs on Frank's empire, and his open insolences grow too great to suffer.

* {{Slimeball}}: While he tries to hide it, he's at least somewhat of a selfish prick who won't think twice about having one of his guys killed over business disagreements or his wife.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: To the public, he is a friendly, gregarious philanthropist who sponsors a little league baseball team. Too bad that he's also a murderous drug kingpin.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Tony. Averted as it's clear that they are mostly just using each other.

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/Santos Morales

A powerful Bolivian drug kingpin, and Tony's main cocaine supplier for a duration of the film.

** [[spoiler:Sosa claims that Omar Suarez was a police informant who had put other gangsters in prison after he kills by hanging him from a helicopter. But [[VillainsNeverLie other than his own statements]], and the brief phone call we see him take from Alberto, the audience is never given any definitive proof of this otherwise. Though it's not as if Tony cares, since he never liked Omar and he may have sent his friend Angel to his death. If Omar wasn't a rat, then one has to wonder; what other motivation could Sosa have to want to kill him? For what it's worth, Sosa did actually name the names of those that Omar had presumably put in prison.]]

* ArchEnemy: To Tony Montana, at least in the game. The game is all about Tony's revenge on Sosa for attempting to kill him.

* TheChessmaster: He was able to build himself a massive cocaine operation that stretches across the Andes' Mountains (which spans seven countries in South America) as well as being able to do business in the United States (which makes his operations multi-continental, since it is in North America as well), identifies Omar Saurez as a [[TheMole police informant]] and swiftly has him killed to cover his tracks, almost succeeds in killing a journalist trying to bring down his criminal empire, and only fails because of Tony's [[EvenEvilHasStandards refusal to kill the target's]] [[WouldntHitAGirl wife]] and [[WouldntHurtAChild two children]] when he saw them, (it's not as if Sosa could have predicted that they would be there), [[spoiler:and in the climax of the movie, he is even able to [[HeroKilller successfully take down Tony Montana himself]] [[TakingYouWithMe after the latter double-crossed him by sabotaging the mission]], even if Sosa does ultimately get arrested for his crimes.]]
* TheDon: Of the Bolivian drug trade, and is ultimately proven to be the most dangerous kingpin in the film.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Implied to be the case at least. It's revealed during the film that Sosa is currently married and his wife is pregnant, with just 3 months left until she's due.

* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:In the climax of the movie, he successfully arranges for Tony Montana to be killed at his mansion in retaltion for sabotaging the mission to kill the journalist who was trying to put Sosa behind bars.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Ambiguous case. On one hand, he succeeds in destroying Tony Montana and his entire gang, [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty but on the other hand,]] Tony's prior failure to execute the reporter who was currently investigating him (the whole reason Sosa has Tony killed in the end) not only results in Sosa and his empire continuing to be under scrutiny (and even more so at that, since the journalist could not only give his speech, but the law enforcement even found the bomb that was planted underneath his car, which prompted them to provide him with additional security), but likely increased his exposure to the authorities, meaning he's still in hot water. And Sosa's confederates probably aren't going to be too happy with him, either.]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Sosa is a thinly-veiled {{Expy}} of Roberto Suárez Gómez, a prolific Bolivian drug kingpin who financed a 1980 coup d'état that installed a friendly military dictatorship. Like Sosa, Gómez used his power and influence to have political rivals and whistleblowers murdered, and at his height was considered to be the biggest cocaine producer in the world.
* NonActionBigBad: Doesn't personally fight or do any of the dirty work himself, instead having guys like Alberto and The Skull, and in one instance Tony carry out actions on his behalf.
* RedOniBlueOni: The cold-hearted Blue to Tony's HotBlooded Red.
* TheSociopath: An ice-cold cartel boss who thinks nothing of having another human being assaulted and then hanged from a helicopter, or ordering an innocent journalist to be blown up to avoid having to go to prison, or [[spoiler:sending an army of goons to kill the man who stops the hit from being carried out]].

* VillainBall: Goes to the step of trying to assassinate a reporter (in broad daylight) who has exposed his drug operation, right in front of the United Nations, ''and'' conscripts another drug kingpin (who himself is dealing with his own legal troubles) to carry out the act. Besides the fact that killing him via carbomb right in front of the UN wouldn't just attract more attention, it would also be considered an act of terrorism that would bring the entire U.S. Army knocking on his door. It would arguably be smarter to kill him in a drive-by shooting or arrange a mugging or an accident, but neither the film itself nor anyone else ever bother to address this little fact. Though to be fair, it's possible he that Tony and his guys could just make a clean escape, or even if they did get caught, that the law enforcement could not specifally prove that Sosa organized the attack, and plus, it's not as of Sosa had an unlimited amount of time to architect the hit, as the journalist had a set timeline for when he was going to make his speech.

!!!'''Played By:''' Geno Silva

!!!'''Played By:''' Al Israel

!!!'''Played By:''' Barbara Perez

!!!'''Played By:''' Roberto Contreras

->''"[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech What you lookin' at? You all a bunch of fuckin' assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be? You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, 'That's the bad guy.' So... what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say good night to the bad guy! Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Come on. Make way for the bad guy. There's a bad guy comin' through! Better get outta his way!]]"''

A former Cuban soldier and prisoner who was exiled to Miami by UsefulNotes/FidelCastro and eventually becomes ingrained into the criminal underworld. He rise to the top, but then his life crumbles around him.

* CardCarryingVillain: Look no further than his "So say goodnight to the bad guy!" Speech. Although arguably {{Averted}} to some extent. As he isn't necessarily going around gloating about being evil and committing his crimes left and right, nor does he commit crimes ForTheEvulz. Rather, he simply acknowledges his flaws and mistakes, all the while accepting that he is ultimately not that fantastic of a person, while simultaneously [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech condemning the people in the restaurant as hypocrites who would all rather point their fingers at Tony like he is the bad guy rather than accepting their own mishaps like he does.]]

** His obsessive, overzealous protectiveness of his sister, combat with his aforementioned brashness, leads him to be disowned by his mother, kill his best friend Manny, which devastates Gina enough to the point where she attempts to murder him, then she gets killed by Sosa's hitmen, which may have contributed to Tony's death as well.
** How can one possibly forget about his unstable addiction to cocaine. This factor certainly didn't make the above mentioned problems any better (save for in the climax where it may have dulled his pain sensors, but that was already after he had already lost everything by that point, not in spite of).

* FriendToAllChildren: He certainly has shades of this despite how it's been said that his drug-dealing operation could have eventually impacted childrens' lives if he had stayed in control. Tony is fairly pleasant to the two kids he that talks to while Manny tries to pick up a chick at the pool. He says that he'd really like to have kids with Elvira (which never happens, which is partly what starts the [[spoiler:very public fight that finally drives Elvira away]]), and of course, he will not kill children.
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: He's a former Cuban Army soldier who gradually becomes a fearsome Miami cocaine kingpin, and quickly becomes known for being quite fearless and ruthless towards his rivals. His military training could easily explain his deadly skills with firearms, such as an assault rifle and grenade launcher that he uses to kill dozens of enemy gangsters with in the final battle.

* {{Hypocrite}}: He rages at his sister for partying at the same nightclub he does, and at Elvira for abusing drugs despite snorting mountains of cocaine himself, and previously not doing anything to stop her.

Frank Lopez's girlfriend, and later on, Tony Montana's wife.

!!Tony's Family

[[folder: Gina Montana]]
!!Gina Montana
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MaryElizabethMastrantonio

->''"You got some nerve, Tony! You think you can come in here now and tell me what to do?! You can't tell me what to do! No more, I'm not a baby anymore! I'll do what I want to do, I'll see whoever I want to see, and if I want to fuck him, Tony, then I'll fuck him!"''

Tony's younger sister, who looks up to him.

* EightiesHair: Sports a massive hairdo even by the era's standards.
* BreakTheCutie: Getting dragged into Tony's criminal life does quite a number on her personality.
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: After Tony kills Manny]], she completely loses it and tries to kill him.
* BrotherSisterIncest: She spitefully tries to seduce Tony at the end and implies that Tony's incestuous love for her is the reason he tries to 'protect' her from other men. However, given that she opens fire at him as soon as he's distracted, the whole thing was likely a ploy for her real goal of killing Tony.
* CorruptTheCutie: She and Tony's mother accuse Tony of "destroying" Gina.
* FanDisservice: In the ending, [[spoiler:she approaches Tony wearing nothing but a loose nightgown and underwear while shouting at him to fuck her and shooting at him. And this is shortly before being gunned down by one of Sosa's men.]]
* MoralityPet: Manny urges her to be one for Tony, but she cleary doesn't like the role.
* NaughtyByNight: While Tony and Georgina see her as a purely innocent 19-year-old, it's clear even before Tony's re-arrival in their lives that Gina already had plenty of sexual experience and familiarity with cocaine.
* SanitySlippage: Goes completely insane after [[spoiler: Manny's death]].

[[folder: Georgina Montana]]
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!!Georgina Montana
!!!'''Played By:''' Míriam Colón

Tony and Gina's mother.

* IHaveNoSon: Disowns Tony for his criminal history and refuses to take any money from him.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: She lives to the end of the movie, [[spoiler:both of her children, do not.]]

!!Lopez's Empire

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!!Frank Lopez
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RobertLoggia

->''"Lesson number one: Don't underestimate... the OTHER GUY'S greed!"''

A car dealer and drug kingpin, and Tony's initial employer.

* AffablyEvil: Even at the end of the film, it may be hard not to like him at the very least a little bit, as he is one of the comparatively nicer gangsters in the film.
* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:He desperately pleads for Tony to spare his life. It almost works....until Tony makes Manny do the job as he wanted Frank to die in a sense of irony.]]
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Wears a Chai necklace and uses the Yiddish word "chazzer" at one point for "a pig that don't fly straight". Miami does have a sizeable population of Cuban Jews, but it's never explicitly stated if he is one.
%%* BenevolentBoss
* BigBadWannabe: Tony senses Frank is this right away, and when Frank confronts him about the Sosa deal, and later, Elvira, his attempt at rage has no effect on Tony. When Tony survives his assassination attempt and confronts him, Frank quickly breaks down and pleads for his life after admitting he sent the hitmen. [[spoiler: It doesn't save him.]]
-->'''Frank''': ''(while Tony moves in on Elvira)'' I'm giving you orders!
-->'''Tony''': Orders? You're giving ''me'' orders? ''Amigo'', the only thing in this world that gives orders is ''balls''.
-->'''Frank''': Balls? ''(beat, then quietly turns to Elvira)'' Let's go.
* BigNo: Gives out several before [[spoiler:Manny shoots him.]]
* DirtyCoward: He always sends his guys out for his dirty work, something Tony points out while confronting him. Frank tries to lie at first, then admits he set up the hit after finding out that Mel won't help him out of the mess. He offers to give Tony both money and Elvira, and ends by pleading and groveling at his feet.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: He attempts to have Tony killed half-way through the movie, but Tony survives and finishes Frank while he begs for his life. Tony then takes over Frank's drug business]].
* FaceDeathWithDespair: He dies groveling for his life. By the end Tony is bound to find him so pathetic he can't even be bothered to kill him himself.
* AFatherToHisMen: Tries to act like this. It's just an act.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: While Frank and Tony hit it off famously at first, Tony privately tells Manny later that while he likes Frank, he thinks he's too soft to be a major player for long. He is proven right.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Goes from a feared drug kingpin to a guy begging for his life after the failed hit on Tony and Tony's subsequent coup against him.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Frank sends a group of people rather than himself to kill Tony. This is the exact same manner Frank dies in, being killed by Manny instead of Tony himself]].
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Signs off on Tony's death once his ambitious underling commits him to dangerous deals, makes too plain his designs on Frank's empire, and his open insolences grow too great to suffer.
* PragmaticVillainy: Frank Lopez operates his business "under the radar", not flaunting his wealth and operating a legitimate business with his auto dealership. This allows him to not be noticed by the police or being able to ally with the corrupt ones, and notes that the drug lords who want more than necessary die out. He's aghast when Tony of his own accord makes a deal with Alejandro Sosa to expand Frank's drug reach beyond Miami, and puts a hit out on him as a result.
-->'''Frank''': Remember when I told you when you first started working for me: the guys that last in this business are the guys who fly straight. Low-key, quiet. But the guys who want it all -- ''chicas'', champagne, flash... they don't last.
* {{Slimeball}}: While he tries to hide it, he's at least somewhat of a selfish prick who won't think twice about having one of his guys killed over business disagreements or his wife.
* VillainHasAPoint: Frank was absolutely correct: the guys that survive in this business are the ones who manage to stay underneath the radar. Those who want it all make powerful enemies and attract attention from law enforcement - which is exactly what happens to Tony. Frank is indicated to have been quietly building up his power for decades, but when Tony takes over his empire he manages to destroy it in barely a year.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: To the public, he is a friendly, gregarious philanthropist who sponsors a little league baseball team. Too bad that he's also a murderous drug kingpin.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Tony. Averted as it's clear that they are mostly just using each other.

[[folder: Omar Suarez]]
!!Omar Suarez
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/FMurrayAbraham

->''"Alright! Alright, big man? You wanna make some big bucks? Lets see how tough you are. Do you know something 'bout cocaine?"''

Frank Lopez's right-hand man, who gives Tony Montana and his friends their first assignment.

* AmbiguousSituation: Twice over. Tony has some suspicions that Omar was responsible in some manner for the deal with the Colombian dealers going sour, which resulted in his friend Angel's death. However, he never acts on this suspicion and [[spoiler:Omar is later on killed for an unrelated accusation: being a police informant. This too is never given any definitive proof beyond [[VillainsNeverLie Sosa's own words]] and a brief phone call Sosa's henchmen takes, and Frank at least is not convinced.]]
* AssholeVictim: Turns on Tony for his dealings with Sosa, [[spoiler:then gets exposed as a cop informant and killed by Sosa's men]]. Not a smart move there. Bear in mind it's implied that he previously tried to have Tony killed by Hector at the motel, so Tony doesn't care when he's killed.
* TheDragon: Serves as this to Frank Lopez.
* HairTriggerTemper: Tries to pull a gun on Tony after their first altercation.
* {{Jerkass}}: He starts out not believing in Tony's potential and rubbing it in unprovoked. Although to his credit, he acts cordial enough on rare occasions until Tony steps on his toes.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Acts as a buffer between Frank and Tony, and personally oversees the arragements for Tony and Manny to kill [[AssholeVictim Emilio]] [[DirtyCommunists Rebenga]] in retalion for him [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing]] and killing Frank Lopez's brother.
* TheRival: To Tony, for a little while.
* SmugSnake: His slimy, arrogant personality and unsophisticated attitude certainly give off this vibe.
* StimulantSpeedtalk: Immediately distinguishes himself as a fast talker who's more than happy to swing the conversation towards insulting Tony when prompted and even pulls a gun on him before his bodyguard calms him down. It's not until he avails himself to a quick snort of coke in each nostril that the audience figures out exactly why.
* TheStoolPigeon: According to Sosa, he was a police informant.
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:As the hanged Omar is shown being flown away (still hanging by the cord) by Sosa's men, one of the designer shoes he previously ribbed Tony for not having earlier in the film falls off]].

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!!Ernie
!!!'''Played By:''' Arnaldo Santana
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->''"Sure Tony. Thanks."''

A thug who works for Frank Lopez, and later, Tony.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's horrified and even a little choked-up when he sees that [[spoiler: Tony has just impulsively murdered Manny.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: While clearly sweating buckets and fidgeting with terror after Tony and Manny have killed Frank and then Mel, he never sobs or begs for his life like they both did, instead just keeping quiet and bracing himself for the inevitable. [[FridgeBrilliance His courage in the face of death is likely why Tony decided to spare his life and offer him a job instead.]]
* INeedAFreakingDrink: After Frank and Mel are killed, Tony turns his attention to Ernie, who is sweating, awaiting his impending death. Tony instead offers him a job, which he accepts. He then takes a swig from a bottle of Jack Daniels.
* MauveShirt: Given more prominence and focus than other guards, due to his presence in the scene where Tony confronts Frank and his ensuing work as a bodyguard for the latter. This doesn’t save him from getting garrotted however.
* KilledOffscreen: You see him being garroted by the assassins, but it cuts away before he dies.
* YouWillBeSpared: Tony spares him after Frank and Mel are killed, letting him come work for him instead.

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!!Mel Bernstein
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/HarrisYulin

->''"Every day above ground is a good day."''

A corrupt police detective.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Since he was willfully complicit in Lopez's plan to have Tony killed, and also tried to extort Tony, no one's going to miss him when Tony pops a couple of bullets in him in revenge.]]
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Insults Tony before getting killed by him.]]
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Played with. He initially asks for mercy from Tony, but when the latter makes clear he's getting none in the most mocking manner possible, he furiously snarls abuse back at Tony up to his dying breath.]]
* NaughtyNarcs: He's a corrupt narcotics officer who's in bed with a powerful narcotics trafficker. He's so dirty that even ''Tony'' questions why he calls himself a cop.
-->'''Mel''': [''after getting shot in the stomach by Tony''] Fuck. You can't shoot a cop!
-->'''Tony''': Whoever said you was one?
* ProfaneLastWords: [[spoiler:'''"Fuck you!!!"''']]
* SmugSnake: He clearly thinks that he's untouchable due to him being a cop. [[spoiler:Long story short, he is not and Tony shows him just how wrong he really is.]]

[[folder:Jerry]]
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!!Jerry the banker
!!!'''Played By:''' Dennis Holaha

->''"Stay with us, you're an old and well-liked customer. You're in good hands with us."''

A Miami banker who is handling and washing Tony's money.

* AffablyEvil: Polite and businesslike, but he still is laundering money for a dangerous drug cartel.
* HonestAdvisor: Whilst it's possible that he is simply trying to squeeze more commission out of Tony. He does highlight very real concerns about the IRS and how Tony should be more discreet regarding the latter's money.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Updates Tony on the various government agencies cracking down on drug money and the need for further discretion.

** [[spoiler:Sosa claims that Omar Suarez was a police informant who had put other gangsters in prison after he kills by hanging him from a helicopter. But [[VillainsNeverLie other than his own statements]], and the brief phone call we see him take from Alberto, the audience is never given any definitive proof of this otherwise. Though it's not as if Tony cares, since he never liked Omar and he may have sent his friend Angel to his death. If Omar wasn't a rat, then one has to wonder; what other motivation could Sosa have to want to kill him?]]

** [[spoiler:[[UncertainDoom Will Sosa go to prison for his crimes?]] [[KarmaHoudini Or will he continue to carry out his criminal activities unscathed?]]]]

* WouldHitAGirl: Overlaps with WouldHurtAChild, as he tries to do away with Gutierrez's wife and children when they accompany him in the car. [[spoiler:Fortunately, he fails though as Tony blows his brains out just before he can do away with them.]]

!!Other Drug Dealers

A Colombian drug dealer from whom Tony and his friends are ordered by Omar Suarez to buy cocaine from.

* MadeOfIron: Absorbs half a magazine from Manny and falls three stories out a window. He still has enough left in him to walk a short distance before Tony finds him and kills him in the street.

** [[spoiler:Furthermore, while Sosa and The Skull ultimately kill Tony and his remaining allies and loved ones, and on the surface, seem to [[KarmaHoudini get away clean with their crimes]], it is heavily implied that they might still go to prison for them, since Tony failed to kill journalist, thus allowing him to reveal Sosa to the world.]]

* VillainousIncest: Possibly. Tony can't have his sister and consequently doesn't want anyone else to have her either. This idea is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by her [[spoiler:right before she's gunned down.]] Though to be fair, this is ultimately just speculation, it also equally possible that he views Gina as his MoralityPet (a role which she clearly doesn't like) and is overprotective of her as a result.

* TheMillstone: He effectively becomes this in the second half of the film. Even given Tony's own erratic behavior and numerous mistakes, the events of his downfall are at least in no small part due to Manny's own screwups. Firstly, he puts Tony in contact with a money launderer who turns out to actually be an undercover cop. Secondly, while Tony is off busy dealing with Sosa's business so that they can do away with his ongoing tax evasion charges, he puts Manny in charge of handling the operations, but instead of doing that like he was supposed to be doing, Manny decides instead that it would be a good idea to run off to elope with Gina. [[spoiler: [[IdiotBall And as noted both up above and down below, his way of breaking the news of his relationship with Gina to Tony by answering the door while wearing little more than a bathrobe was an extremely unwise action, and it tragically leads to his own death.]]]]

* SmugSnake: His wiry appearance combined with a slimy, arrogant personality and unsophisticated attitude certainly give off this vibe.

--> "'Tony:"' "Go ahead! I take your fucking bullets! You think you kill me with bullets? I take your fucking bullets! Go ahead!"

* MadeOfIron: At the end of the movie, thanks in no small part due to him being seriously coked-up. He snorted so much cocaine that it most likely dulled the pain receptors in his body to the point where he took hundreds of bullets and yet was still standing. That said, he sure as hell felt a shotgun blast to the back.

Tony's best friend who was exiled with him from Cuba to Miami together.

* TheCasanova: He really does love flirting with women whenever he's got a chance to. But with that said, he's still got enough of a sense of boundaries not to be so abhorrently overbearing with his advances towards them.
* TheCavalry: Both he and Chi Chi come to the rescue for Tony from Hector and his goons clutches soon after realizing that the drug deal that they were supposed to be a part of at the motel had just went bad. Together, they kill some of Hector's thugs and subsequently save Tony's life in the process, thus allowing him to exact revenge against Hector for his previous [[KickTheDog needlessly]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath brutal killing of poor Angel.]]

* {{Deuteragonist}}: For the overall movie as a whole, he serves as this. He is the first major character introduced after Tony, and he is also the character who the audience spends the most with getting know that isn't Tony himself, [[NumberTwo and even serves as his]] [[TheDragon second-in-command]] when the latter finally becomes a powerful drug kingpin in Miami. [[spoiler:He is tragically murdered by Tony just minutes before the climax of the movie.]]
* TheDragon: Acts as this of sorts for Tony when the latter becomes a powerful drug kingpin. [[NumberTwo acting as the main person doing the handling of his security, as well as carrying out a lot of his other dirty work.]]
* FireForgedFriends: Was friends with Tony while serving in the military, and then later on while imprisoned in Cuba, and they stick together throughout the majority of the film. Though of course, their friendship tragically dwindles, and [[spoiler:it eventually culminates in Tony ruthlessly murdering his dear friend Manny in cold blood after discovering him with his sister Gina. [[DespairEventHorizon Although Tony did genuinely]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regret commiting this action just mere moments after the facts.]]]]
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: He served along with Tony in the Cuban Army, and as such it stands to reason that he would know how to handle himself quite well. Be it with a gun, or in a straight up brawl, these skills indeed do come in handy at multiple points in the film.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As the sound dulls while Tony is eyeing Elvira for the first time in Frank's apartment, Manny can be heard going on in a low voice to Frank, talking about how the girl sitting on the bed during the botched drug deal with Hector at the motel looked like a "witch".
* HandsomeLech: Whenever he is with women, odds are highly likely that he will make some kind of moves towards them. But he is still decent enough not to go too far with them so as to be outright invasive.
* HasAType: Manny is very much attracted to blondes. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] later on in the film however, for that he ultimately winds up falling in love with Tony's sister, Gina, who is a brunette.
* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Deliberately ignoring [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Tony's]] [[MySisterIsOffLimitswarnings about getting it on with his sister]] was never going to end well for Manny. And by this point, he was all too well aware that his best friend had a [[HairTriggerTemper rage to him]] that could go from zero to murder in the span of mere moments.]]

* TheMillstone: He effectively becomes this in the second half of the film. Even given Tony's own erratic behavior and numerous mistakes, the events of his downfall are in no small part due to Manny's own screwups. Firstly, he puts Tony in contact with a money launderer who turns out to actually be an undercover cop. Secondly, while Tony is off busy dealing with Sosa's business so that they can do away with his ongoing tax evasion charges, he puts Manny in charge of handling the operations, but instead of doing that like he was supposed to be doing, Manny decides instead that it would be a good idea to run off to elope with Gina. [[spoiler: [[IdiotBall And as noted both up above and down below, his way of breaking the news of his relationship with Gina to Tony by answering the door while wearing little more than a bathrobe was an extremely unwise action, and it tragically leads to his own death.]]]]

* PayEvilUntoEvil: In the beginning of the film, he assists Tony in killing [[DirtyCommunists Emilio Rebenga]], a [[ColdBloodedTorture torturer]] from [[UsefulNotes/FidelCastro Castro's]] regime who even tortured and killed Frank Lopez's brother. He also kills [[AxCrazyHector the Toad]]'s henchwoman Marta alon with some other thugs, which also enables Tony to escape and kill Hector, thus also avenging poor Angel, and in the middle of the movie, he personally shoots Frank Lopez [[BoomHeadshot in the face]] at Tony's behest after the former tried to have Tony killed.

* TemptingFate: [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Tony]] makes it very very clear to Manny, in no uncertain terms at that, that [[MySisterIsOffLimits he absolutely doesn't want Manny near his sister Gina]] after the latter drives him home early on in the film. However, as the later montage (and a later altercation at the Babylon Club) reveals, Gina gets the eyes for Manny, and despite his initial reservations about it, they ultimately agree to get married. This eventually kicks off the chain of the events that drive the last third of the film, [[spoiler:where Tony kills Manny in a fit of rage and also inadvertently causes Gina's death in the process, which also contributes to his own.]]

* WouldHitAGirl: During the chainsaw scene at the motel, he guns down Hector's female henchman Marta when he and Chi-chi rescue Tony. Though to be fair, she was helping Hector kidnap Tony and Angel while the latter was [[CruelAndUnusualDeath carved up with a]] [[ChainsawGood chain]] [[AxCrazy by Hector]], and literally had a submachinegun in her hand so she could shoot Tony or his allies if they ticked them off, [[WouldntHitAGirl generally]] [[AvertedTrope averted]] [[WouldntHitAGirl otherwise.]]

* BrokenBird: Gives a vibe of deeply regretting many of her choices in life, as she bitterly refutes Tony's claim that America is the "land of opportunity". And of course there's her devastating and on point TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Tony in her final scene in the restaurant.
* DarkMistress: To Frank at first, and then later on to Tony. [[spoiler:The former gets killed, and then she ultimately ends up leaving the latter before that can happen.]]
* GenreSavvy: She's the only one (other than maybe [[BigBad Sosa]]) who understands how stories like Tony Montana's always end, and as such she [[spoiler: [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere gets out of the game while she still can]], and is one of the few major characters who survives the events of the film]].

* ItsAllAboutMe: She's almost entirely motivated by self-interest and material wealth, caring neither about Frank or Tony for who they are as people.

* LawOfInverseFertility: Tony blames her persistent drug use for the fact that he hasn't had any kids with her. He's been berating her non-stop throughout the dinner, but mentioning this is what finally makes her lash out [[spoiler:and ultimately leave Tony for good]].

* InTheBack: Gets shot in this fashion when he tries desperately to pound on the door to Tony's room, as Sosa's henchmen attack the compound.
* LastStand: Holds off some of Sosa's hitmen when they attack the mansion, [[spoiler:before he himself gets killed by them.]]
* MauveShirt: Manages to reach the end of the film before biting it.

* UndyingLoyalty: Sticks with Tony throughout the entirety of the film [[spoiler:until his death at the hands of Sosa's gunners.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: Angel is perhaps the most pitiful character, given his limited role in the film. His needlessly [[CruelAndUnusualDeath vicious slaying via chainsaw]] compared to everyone else in the film only does more to add to the sympathy on his part.

* {{Keet}}: His single character trait seen in the film is his emotionality. He happily jumps up and down when he finally gets his hands on a green card. Averted in the hotel scene that leads to his death, Where he's the only one who is visibly worried even before the deal was revealed to be a setup, [[spoiler:and his concerns were unfortunately proven to be correct, as he was viciously carved up with a chainsaw.]]
* MoralityPet: Tony is very unhappy that he died (so brutally no less) as he tells Frank. In the novelization, Tony was even willing to give Frank's drug money away so that the [[ChainsawGood Columbians wouldn't chop up poor Angel]], as good as that did for him.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Since he was willfully in Lopez's plan to have Tony killed, and also tried to extort Tony, no one's going to miss him when Tony pops a couple of bullets in him in revenge.]]

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Played with. He initially asks for mercy from Tony, but when the latter makes clear he's getting none in the most mocking manner possible, he furiously snarls abuse back at Tony up to his dying breath.]]

* SmugSnake: He clearly thinks that he's untouchable due to him being a cop. [[spoiler:Long story short, he is not and Tony shows him how wrong he really is.]]

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Wields a double-barreled shotgun during the assault on Tony's mansion.

* AlasPoorVillain: Angel is perhaps the most pitiful character, given his limited role in the film. His needlessly CruelAndUnusualDeath compared to everyone else only adds to the sympathy on his part.

* {{Keet}}: His single character trait seen in the film is his emotionality. He happily jumps up and down when he finally gets his hands on a green card. Averted in the hotel scene that leads to his death. He's the only one who is visibly worried even before the deal was revealed to be a setup, [[spoiler:and his concerns were unfortunaltely proven to be correct, as he was viciously carved up with a chainsaw.]]
* MoralityPet: Tony is very unhappy that he died as he tells Frank. In the novelization, Tony was even willing to give Frank's drug money away so the [[ChainsawGood Columbians wouldn't chop up poor Angel]], as good as that did for him.

Frank Lopez's right-hand man, who gives Tony his first assignment.

* AmbiguousSituation: Twice over. Tony has some suspicions that Omar was responsible in some manner for the deal with the Colombian dealers going sour. However, he never acts on this and [[spoiler:Omar is killed for an unrelated accusation: being a police informant. This too is never given any definitive proof beyond [[VillainsNeverLie Sosa's own words]], and Frank at least is not convinced.]]
* AssholeVictim: Turns on Tony for his dealings with Sosa, [[spoiler:then gets exposed as a cop informant and killed by Sosa's men]]. Not a smart move there. Bear in mind it's implied he tried to have Tony killed by Hector, so Tony doesn't care when he's killed.
* TheDragon: To Frank Lopez.

* TheRival: to Tony, for a little while.

* AffablyEvil: Polite and businesslike but he is laundering money for a dangerous cartel.
* HonestAdvisor: Whilst it's possible that he is trying to squeeze more commission out of Tony. He does highlight very real concerns about the IRS and how Tony should be more discreet regarding Tony's money.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Implied to be the case at least. It's revealed during the film that Sosa is currently married and his wife is pregnant with just 3 months left until she's due.

* BreakTheCutie: Getting dragged into Tony's criminal life does a number on her personality.

* MoralityPet: Manny urges her to be one for Tony, but she doesn't like the role.

* AffablyEvil: Even at the end of the film, it may be hard not to like him at the very least a little, as he is one of the comparatively nicer gangsters in the film.

* AmbiguousSituation: Twice over. Tony has some suspicions that Omar was responsible in some manner for the deal with the Colombian dealers going sour. However, he never acts on this and [[spoiler:Omar is killed for an unrelated accusation: being a police informant. This too is never given any proof beyond [[VillainsNeverLie Sosa's word]], and Frank at least is not convinced.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:[[DespairEventHorizon Seeing Tony kill his dear friend so impulsively over the fact that he is seeing Gina is indeed a tragic sight for one to see]], even more since they were so close to each other like brothers, and manny was always there for Tony even at his darkest hours, and also because this action is what ultimately destroys Gina's life. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Even Tony himself feels instant regret for this action within just mere moments of committing it afterwards.]]]]

* TheCavalry: Both he and Chi Chi come to the rescue for Tony from Hector and his goons clutches soon after realizing that the drug deal that they were supposed to be a part of at the motel had went bad. They kill some of Hector's thugs and subsequently save Tony's life in the process, thus allowing him to exact revenge against Hector for his previous [[KickTheDog needlessly]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath brutal killing of poor Angel.]]

* {{Deuteragonist}}: For the overall movie as a whole, he serves as this. He is the first major character introduced after Tony, and he is also the character who the audience spends the most with getting know who isn't Tony himself, and even serves as his [[TheDragon second-in-command]] when the latter finally becomes a powerful drug kingpin. [[spoiler:He is tragically murdered by Tony just minutes before the climax of the movie.]]

* FireForgedFriends: Was friends with Tony while imprisoned in Cuba, and they stick together throughout the majority of the film. Though of course, their friendship tragically dwindles, and [[spoiler:it eventually culminates in Tony ruthlessly murdering his dear friend Manny in cold blood after discovering him with his sister Gina. [[DespairEventHorizon Although Tony did genuinely]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regret commiting this action just mere moments after the facts.]]]]
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: He served along with Tony in the Cuban Army, and as such it stands to reason that he would know how to handle himself quite well. Be it with a gun, or in a straight up brawl.

* AssholeVictim: Getting shot by multiple bullets from a submachine gun, falling out of window, then finally getting shot in the face by Tony serves him right given the way that he had previously slaughtered poor Angel.

* HateSink: He is a brutal, double-crossing {{Jerkass}} of a drug dealer who [[AxCrazy happily dismembers people]] [[ChainsawGood with a chainsaw.]] And therefore, it stands to reason that he is one of the most disgusting characters in the film despite only appearing at the beginning of it. He [[CruelAndUnusualDeath carves up Tony's friend Angel to death with a chainsaw]] [[KickTheDog just to taunt Tony after the two of them didn't pay him,]] [[ForTheEvulz as well as just for his own sadistic cheer,]] [[ForcedToWatch all the while also forcing the former to witness it,]] and then attempts to do the same thing to the latter, and only doesn't because of [[TheCalavry Manny and his friends coming to the rescue for Tony.]]

->''"What you looking at? You're all a bunch fuckin' assholes. You know why? You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, 'That's the bad guy'."''

* AdaptationalHeroism: He has far more [[EvenEvilHasStandards moral standards]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold likable characteristics]] than his original counterpart Tony Camonte. For one thing, it's pretty hard to imagine Camonte even having any [[WouldntHurtAChild second thoughts about something like killing children]] and putting any sense of morality before self-interest in the same that way Montana does. Even their [[LastStand last stands]] are quite a bit different from each other. In the original film, Camonte fights and goes down fighting against the police, whereas Montana fights off but ultimately loses to a rival druglord's death squad. Furthermore, Montana's [[IncestSubtext incestuous feelings toward his sister]] are far more [[AmbiguousSituation ambiguous]] here, while in the original film, Camonte [[VillainousIncest leaves little to nothing the viewer's imaginations.]]

* AntiHero: He starts out as this at the beginning of the film, coming over to America with his friends in order to start a new life for the better, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes while also trying his absolute best to help provide for his estranged family in anyway that possibly he can]]. But as the movie goes on, [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain he becomes progressively worse to the point where he becomes a full fledged]] VillainProtagonist [[spoiler:who kills in best friend in an impulsive fit of rage, attempts to kill an innocent journalist to avoid having to go to prison for three to five years, ([[EvenEvilHasStandards though in all fairness, he does call off the attempted hit]] [[NeverHurtanInnocent when he sees that the journalist has a]] [[WouldntHitAGirl wife and]] [[WouldntHurtAChild two children]] with him) and becomes overly protective of his sister Gina to the point that eventually results in her death at the hands of a rival cartel. And [[TheHeroDies Tony himself dies at the end]] after losing everything. [[BolivianArmyEnding But hey, he goes out in a blaze of glory after taking plenty of bad guys with him, so there's that at least.]]]]

* BigBrotherBully: Over the course of the film, he becomes extremely controlling and possessive of Gina, starting to yell at her harshly.[[spoiler:When he finds out that his best friend Manny is in love with her, he is lost in a quiet rage and kills him without so much as any second thoughts, and then has his henchmen bring the now devastated wreck Gina over to his mansion.]]

--> "'Tony:"' "You think you kill me with bullets? I take you f-cking' bullets! Go Ahead!"

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Admittedly, most of his killed victims weren't very good people.[[spoiler:The only one who didn't deserve to die was his dear friend Manny Ribera, [[MySisterIsOffLimits who's only crime was being truly in love with Tony's sister, Gina]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother which Tony would not allow any off.]] Though in all fairness, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Tony did genuinely regret doing instantly afterwards.]]]] [[AssholeVictim The likes of these guys on the other hand, did though and as a result are much more clear-cut examples of this trope]]:

* WouldntHitAGirl: He would only go after men who challenge him. [[SubvertedTrope Bar the one time]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother he slaps Gina]] for sneaking into the men's bathroom at the [[MySisterIsOffLimits Babylon Club to make out with a guy that she just met.]]
* WouldntHurtAChild: The indirect reason why Sosa puts a hit on him (the main being that he failed to kill the journalist). When ordered to activate a bomb on a reporter's car to stop him from testifying about Sosa's criminal activities, he refuses to do it because the reporter's wife and children are also in there and he even kills one of Sosa's hitmen for trying to activate the bomb anyway. The reporter lives to testify, as such, Sosa's pissed off, and then it all goes downhill from there.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:[[DespairEventHorizon Seeing Tony kill him so impulsively over the fact that he is seeing Gina is indeed a tragic sight for one to see]], even more since this action is what ultimately destroys Gina. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Even Tony himself feels instant regret for this action within just mere moments of committing it afterwards.]]]]
* AntiHero: Much like Tony, he may be a drug dealer, but still has people that he is close too, and is also a fairly nice guy otherwise. [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain Unlike Tony]], Manny does not become [[TookALevelInJerkass more villainous]] as the film progresses, and instead he keeps his cool demeanor, and by the end of the film, he is [[OnlySaneMan a lot more level-headed and pragmatic than his friend and boss.]]

* FireForgedFriends: Was friends with Tony while imprisoned in Cuba, and they stick together for the majority of the film. Though of course, their friendship tragically dwindles, and [[spoiler:Tony even murders Manny in cold blood after discovering him with his sister Gina.]]
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: He served along with Tony in the Cuban Army, and as such it stands to reason that he would know how to handle himself quite well.

* HandsomeLech: Whenever he is with women, odds are highly likely that he will make some kind of moves towards them. But he is still decent enough not to go so far with them as to be outright invasive.
* HasAType: Manny is very much attracted to blondes. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] later on in that he ultimately ends up falling for Tony's sister, Gina, who is a brunette.

* GenreSavvy: She's the only one (other than maybe [[BigBad Sosa]]) who understands how stories like Tony Montana's always end, and she as such [[spoiler: gets out of the game while she still can, and is one of the few major characters who survives the events of the film]].

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:In her last appearance, she decides that she's had enough and tells Tony, "I'm leaving you. I don't need this shit anymore."]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Since he was willfully in Lopez's plan to have Tony killed, no one's going to miss him when Tony pops a couple of bullets in him in revenge.]]

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Played with. He asks for mercy from Tony, but when the latter makes clear he's getting none in the most mocking manner possible, he furiously snarls abuse back at Tony up to his dying breath.]]
* NaughtyNarcs: He's a narcotics officer who's in bed with a narcotic trafficker. He's so dirty that even ''Tony'' questions why he calls himself a cop.
-->'''Mel''': [''after getting shot in the stomach by Tony''] You can't shoot a cop!

* SmugSnake: Thinks he's untouchable due to being a cop. [[spoiler: Tony shows him how wrong he is.]]

A Bolivian drug kingpin, and Tony's main cocaine supplier.

* AmbiguousSituation: three of them
** Sosa claims that Omar Suarez was a police informant who had put other gangsters in prison after he kills by hanging him from a helicopter. But [[VillainsNeverLie other than his own statements]], and the brief phone call we see him take from Alberto, the audience is never given any definitive proof of this otherwise. Though it's not as if Tony cares, since he never liked Omar and he may have sent his friend Angel to his death. If Omar wasn't a rat, then one has to wonder; What other motivation could Sosa have to want to kill him?
** Did Sosa really know that the journalist would have his wife and kids with him? If he did, then it seems like he would have bothered to mention this little fact to Tony and Alberto beforehand.
** Will Sosa go to prison for his crimes, or will he continue his criminal activities unscathed?
* ArchEnemy: To Tony Montana, in the game. The game is all about Tony's revenge on Sosa for attempting to kill him.

* BigBad: He is the most powerful gangster we see in the film, and towards the end of the movie, he firmly establishes himself as Tony's main enemy who [[spoiler:even has Tony killed in the climax]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Implied to be the case at least. It's revealed during the film that Sosa is currently married and his wife is pregnant with 3 months left until she's due.
* EvilSoundsDeep: His voice is far deeper than Tony's, and he's far more evil as well.
* EvilerThanThou: He doesn't have any standards, unlike Tony.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Despite being a well-mannered and well-spoken man, it's not for nothing that he gained his status as a "drug-overlord," as the TV spokesperson rightfully describes him as.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Ambiguous case. On one hand, he succeeds in destroying Tony and his entire gang, but on the other hand, Tony's prior failure to execute the reporter who was investigating him (the whole reason Sosa has Tony killed) not only results in Sosa and his empire continuing to be under scrutiny (and even more so at that, since the journalist could not only give his speech, but the law enforcement even found the bomb that was planted underneath his car, which prompted them to provide him with additional security), but likely increased his exposure to the authorities, meaning he's still in hot water. And Sosa's confederates probably aren't going to be happy with him, either.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: He is the most powerful drug dealer we see in the film, supplying Lopez and Tony with coke.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Sosa is a thinly-veiled {{Expy}} of Roberto Suárez Gómez, a prolific Bolivian drug kingpin who financed a 1980 coup d'état that installed a friendly military dictatorship. Like Sosa, Gómez used his power and influence to have political rivals and whistleblowers murdered, and at his height was considered the biggest cocaine producer in the world.

* VillainBall: Goes to the step of trying to assassinate a reporter (in broad daylight) who has exposed his drug operation, right in front of the United Nations, ''and'' conscripts another drug kingpin (who himself is dealing with his own legal troubles) to carry out the act. Besides the fact that killing him via carbomb right in front of the UN wouldn't just attract more attention, it would also be considered an act of terrorism that would bring the entire U.S. Army knocking on his door. It would arguably be smarter to kill him in a drive-by shooting or arrange a mugging, but neither the film itself nor anyone else ever bother to addres this little fact. Though to be fair, it's possible he that Tony and his guys could just make a clean escape, or even if they did get caught, that the law enforcement could not specifally prove that Sosa organized the attack.

* TheDragon: To Sosa. He does whatever dirty work Sosa doesn't want to have to do himself.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Like his boss, he seemingly gets away with his crimes in the film. The game however is [[LaserGuidedKarma another matter]]...]]

* TheSpook: Nothing is known about him - even his nickname is only given in the credits.

* MadBomber: Attempts to blow up Gutierrez and his family up with a car bomb.

* LackOfEmpathy: Even the journalist having his wife and two children accompanying him isn't enough stop Alberto from attempting to carry out the hit. Instead it's Tony's bullet to the head that actually does it.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Assists The Skull in attacking Omar Suarez and then hanging him from a helicopter.

* TooDumbToLive: Tries to go ahead with blowing up Gutierrez and his family, even when it's clear that Tony won't do it. Next moment, [[spoiler:his brains are all over the passenger side window.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: Overlaps with WouldHurtAChild, as he tries to do away with Gutierrez's wife and children when they accompany him in the car. [[spoiler:Fortunately, he fails though as Tony blows his brains out.]]

* AxCrazy: Hector loves to play with his chainsaw to kill his victims. One of Tony's henchmen ends up learning this the hard way.

* ChainsawGood: Dismembers Angel with one, and is ready to use it on Tony before he's stopped.

* {{Jerkass}}: A brutal, double-crossing drug dealer who happily dismembers people with a chainsaw.
* HateSink: He is one of the most disgusting characters in the film despite only appearing at the beginning of it, he carves up Tony's friend Angel to death with a chainsaw just to taunt Tony while also forcing him to witness it, and then attempts to do the same thing to the latter.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After giving Angel a CruelAndUnusualDeath via his chainsaw, he himself meets an ugly demise when he’s shot with half a magazine worth of bullets and falls out a window before being finished off by Tony.

* StarterVillain: The first rival drug dealer, and also the first real threat from within the drug business that Tony and his friends have to deal with.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Ouch! Villainous downfalls don't really get much more tragic than Tony Montana's. He gets shot in the back [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen after gaining and then losing everything and all the while descending to madness while trying everything that he to stay in power.]] Shortly before that, he picks up the phone on his office desk for a moment, and then sets it back down. There's nobody left for him to call for help: His best friend Manny and dearly beloved sister Gina are both dead (The former by his own hand, and the latter wanted to kill him moments before as revenge), his former friend Frank has been dead for quite some time (again, because Tony had previously had him killed), [[BigBad Sosa is now his enemy who wants to have him killed]] for his prior failure to kill the journalist, his mother Georgina has [[IHaveNoSon verbally disowned him]], and his wife Elvira has left him for good. At the end, Tony has absolutely nobody left to call for help, and for that matter, nothing left to live for.]]

* AmbitionIsEvil: One of his primary motivations, for the majority of the movie, and are [[spoiler:what ultimately lead to his downfall]]. Although [[Downplayed]] earlier on in the film, since at that point, while he is certainly ambitious, he still wants to help improve the lives of his family and and his friends for the better. It's only "after" he fulfills said ambitions, and becomes a powerful drug kingpin, that this trope is in full effect. This is when [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen Tony's life slowly but sure begins to crumble around him]] and loses sight of this original goal. It's bad that it gets [[spoiler:to the point where he either alienates, kills, or makes enemies with all of his potential allies, friends, or relatives, and it eventually leads to his own downfall at the hands of one of said former allies.]]

* AffablyEvil: Starts out the film as a cool
pleasant, pragmatic, and level-headed guy. And [[TookALevelInJerkass unlike Tony who actually does]], [[OnlySaneMan he doesn't become more of an asshole as the film goes on.]]

* AntiHero: Much like Tony, he may be a drug dealer, but still has people that he is close too, and is also a fairly nice guy otherwise. [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain Unlike Tony]], Manny does not become [[TookALevelInJerkassmore villainous]] as the film progresses, and instead he keeps his cool demeanor and by the end of the film, he is [[OnlySaneMan a lot more level-headed and pragmatic than his friend.]]
* TheCasanova: He really loves flirting with women, but with that said, he's still got enough of a sense of boundaries not to be so abhorrently overbearing with his advances towards them.
* TheCavalry: Both he and Chi Chi come to the rescue for Tony from Hector and his goons clutches after realizing that the drug deal they were supposed to be a part of had went bad. They kill some of Hector's thugs and subsequently save Tony's life in the process, thus allowing him to exact revenge against Hector for his previous [[KickTheDog needlessly]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath brutal killing of poor Angel.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: He never raises his voice with Tony even whenever he's angry with him. Instead, his tone of voice just becomes drier. He tosses a lot of blunt barbs at Tony after the latter lets his success get to far into his head.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: For the overall movie as a whole, he serves as this. He is the first major character introduced after Tony, and he is also the character who the audience spends the most with getting know who isn't Tony himself, and even serves as his [[TheDragon second-in-command]] when the latter finally becomes a powerful drug kingpin.

* FromCamouflageToCriminal: He served along with Tony in the Cuban Army, so it stands too reason that he knows how to handle himself quite well.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As the sound dulls while Tony is eyeing Elvira for the first time in Frank's apartment, Manny can be heard going on in a low voice to Frank, talking about how the girl sitting on the bed during the botched drug deal looked like a "witch".

* LadykillerInLove: For all his charms and advances towards women, by the end, he ends up falling in love with, and eventually marrying Gina in secret. [[spoiler:It doesn't end very well for him though.]]
* TheMillstone: He becomes this in the second half of the film. Even given Tony's own erratic behavior and numerous mistakes, the events of his downfall are in no small part due to Manny's own screwups. Firstly, he puts Tony in contact with a money launderer who turns out to actually be an undercover cop. Secondly, while Tony is off busy dealing with Sosa's business so that they can do away with his ongoing tax evasion charges, he puts Manny in charge of handling the operations, but instead of doing that like he was supposed to be doing, Manny decides instead that it would be a good idea to run off to elope with Gina. [[spoiler: [[IdiotBall And as noted both above and below, his way of breaking the news of his relationship with Gina to Tony by answering the door while wearing little more than a bathrobe was an extremely unwise action, and it tragically leads to his own death.]]]]
* NumberTwo: [[TheDragon The second-highest ranking man in Tony's organization.]] Given that he was the man's best friend, and also served with him while they were in Cuba, it makes a great deal of sense that this would be the case.

* AdaptationalHeroism: He has far more moral standards and likable characteristics than his original counterpart Tony Camonte. For one thing, it's pretty hard to imagine Camonte even having any second thoughts about something killing children and putting any sense of morality before self-interest in the same that way Montana does. Even their [[LastStand last stands]] are quite a bit different from each other. In the original film, Camonte fights and goes down fighting against the police, whereas Montana fights off but ultimately loses to a rival druglord's death squad. Furthermore, Montana's incestuous feelings toward his sister are far more ambiguous here, while Camonte leaves little to nothing the viewer's imaginations.

* StarterVillain: The first rival drug dealer, and and the first real threat within the drug business that Tony and his friends have to deal with.

* AnimalMotifs: [[Creator/AlPacino Pacino]] watched the original film he and noted that in it, Tony Camonte (Creator/PaulMuni) came off as "a big ape" type, and so he tried to emulate that to the best that he possibly could in his performance as Tony Montana in the remake. Alejandro Sosa [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this even when he calls him a "fucking little monkey".

** Emilio Rebenga, a [[DirtyCommunists military man who]] [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] countless people under UsefulNotes/FidelCastro's regime, and also killed Frank Lopez's brother, which is how Tony, Manny, Omar, and Lopez are able to meet each other in the first place. He is also the [[StarterVillain first person Tony kills in the movie.]]

* TheCasanova: He really loves flirting with women, but that said, he's still got enough of a sense of boundaries not to be so abhorrently overbearing with his advances towards them.

* DeadpanSnarker: He never raises his voice with Tony even whenever he's angry with him. Instead, his tone of voice just becomes drier. He tosses a lot of blunt barbs at Tony after the latter lets his success get to his head.

* TheDragon: Acts as this of sorts for Tony. [[NumberTwo acting as the main person doing the handling of his security and a lot of his other dirty work.]]
* FireForgedFriends: Was friends in Cuba while imprisoned with Tony.
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: He served along with Tony in the Cuban Army, so he knows how to handle himself quite well.

* HandsomeLech: Whenever he is with women, odds are highly likely that he will make some kind of moves. But he is decent enough not to go so far as to be outright invasive.

* LadykillerInLove: Ends up falling in love with, and eventually marrying Gina. [[spoiler:It doesn't end very well for him though.]]
* TheMillstone: He becomes this in the second half of the film. Even given Tony's erratic behavior, the events of his downfall are in large part due to Manny's own screwups. First, he puts Tony in contact with a money launderer who turns out to be an undercover cop. Then, while Tony is busy dealing with Sosa's business, he puts Manny in charge of the operation, but instead of doing that, Manny instead runs off to elope with Gina. [[spoiler: [[IdiotBall As noted below, his way of breaking the news of his relationship with Gina to Tony by answering the door while wearing a bathrobe was an extremely unwise action, and it tragically leads to his own death.]]]]
* NumberTwo: [[TheDragon The second-highest ranking man in Tony's organization.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Is noticeably more cool and level-headed than the brash and impulsive Tony.

* TemptingFate: Tony makes it very very clear, in no uncertain terms at that, that he absolutely doesn't want Manny near his sister Gina after the latter drives him home early on in the film. However, as the later montage (and a later altercation at the Babylon Club) reveals, Gina gets the eyes for Manny, and despite his initial reservations about it, they ultimately agree to get married. This eventually kicks off the chain of the events that drive the last third of the film.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Greeting Tony at the door while wearing a bathrobe was a really bad way to tell Tony that he and Gina were seeing each other, especially given Tony's [[HairTriggerTemper temper]] and his earlier warnings to stay away from her]].
* WouldHitAGirl: Guns down Hector's female henchman Marta when he and Chi-chi rescue Tony. Though to be fair, she was helping Hector kidnap Tony and Angel while the latter was [[CruelAndUnusualDeath carved up with a chainsaw by Hector]], and literally had a submachinegun in her hand, generally [[AvertedTrope averted]] otherwise.

Frank Lopez's girlfriend, and later, Tony's wife.

* BrokenBird: Gives a vibe of deeply regretting her choices in life, as she bitterly refutes Tony's claim that America is the "land of opportunity". And of course there's her devastating and on point TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Tony in her final scene.
* DarkMistress: To Frank at first, and then later on to Tony. [[spoiler: She ultimatebly ends up leaving the latter.]]
* GenreSavvy: She's the only one (other than maybe Sosa) who understands how stories like Tony's always end, and she as such [[spoiler: gets out of the game while she still can, and is one of the few major characters who survives the events of the film]].
* GoldDigger: Her motives for dating one multi-millionaire drug kingpin, and then marrying another.
* HypocriteHasAPoint: It's not like she would be together with Frank or marry Tony if they weren't rich and powerful like a drug lord, but she's not wrong when she points out what an asshole Tony has become as time as gone on.

* IceQueen: She's aloof and sarcastic, making plenty of jabs at Tony and Lopez. Given that both men are drug dealers, one can understand her disdain.

* JerkassHasAPoint: She's not wrong when she points out Tony's asshole tendencies as they increasingly grow more consistent throughout the movie.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Tony blames her drug use for the fact that he hasn't had any kids with her. He's been berating her non-stop throughout the dinner but mentioning this finally makes her lash out [[spoiler:and ultimately leave Tony for good]].

* InTheBack: Gets shot in this fashion when he tries desperately to pound on the door to Tony's room, as Sosa's men attack the compound.
* LastStand: Holds off some of Sosa's men when they attack, [[spoiler:before he himself gets killed.]]

* OhCrap: Has this reaction when he sees Sosa's hitmen pouring into the compound at the end of the film, which leads him to rouse Tony from his locked room before he's gunned down.
* UndyingLoyalty: Sticks with Tony throughout the entirety of the film [[spoiler:until his death.]]

* BoomHeadshot: Killed by The Skull this way in the climax.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: When given the opportunity to escape from Sosa’s assassins, he instead stays behind and briefly attempts to hold them off with just a pistol before being murdered by The Skull.
* FatIdiot: Tony thinks he's this and treats him as such. He's actually one of the more competent of Tony's henchmen.
* MauveShirt: He manages to survive most of the movie before being killed by The Skull in the mansion shootout.
* LastStand: Attempts to hold off the assassins with his pistol before he himself is killed.
* UndyingLoyalty: Even though it's said Tony nick-named him for being overweight and thus seems to treat him like shit, he still sticks by his side, especially towards the end when he has a window of opportunity to escape, but instead decides to stay and fight.

* AlasPoorVillain: Angel is perhaps the most pitiful character, given his limited role in the film. His CruelAndUnusualDeath compared to everyone else only adds to the sympathy on his part.
* AnArmAndALeg: A literal example, as Hector viciously dismembers him.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Dismembered by Hector the Toad with a chainsaw.
* {{Keet}}: His single character trait seen in the film is his emotionality. He happily jumps up and down when he finally gets his hands on a green card. Averted in the hotel scene that leads to his death. He's the only one who is visibly worried even before the deal was revealed to be a setup.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Killed early on by Hector the Toad in a drug deal gone wrong.

* AffablyEvil: Starts out as a pleasant, pragmatic and level-headed guy. And [[TookALevelInJerkass unlike Tony who actually does]], [[OnlySaneMan he doesn't become more of an asshole as the film goes on.]]

* TheCasanova: He really loves flirting with women, but he's still got enough of a sense of boundaries not to be so abhorrently overbearing with his advances towards them.
* TheCavalry: Both he and Chi Chi come to the rescue for Tony from Hector and his goons clutches after realizing that the drug deal they were supposed to be a part of had went bad. They kill some of Hector's thugs and subsequently save Tony's life in the process, thus allowing him to exact revenge against Hector for brutally killing poor Angel.
* DeadpanSnarker: He never raises his voice with Tony whenever he's angry with him. Instead, his tone of voice just becomes drier. He tosses a lot of blunt barbs at Tony after the latter lets his success get to his head.

* JerkassHasAPoint: She's not wrong when she points out Tony's asshole tendencies as they grow more consistent throughout the movie.

* OhCrap: Has this reaction when he sees Sosa's men pouring into the compound at the end of the film, which leads him to rouse Tony from his locked room before he's gunned down.
* UndyingLoyalty: Sticks with Tony throughout the entire film.

* BoomHeadshot: Killed by The Skull this way.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: When given the opportunity to escape Sosa’s assassins, he instead stays behind and briefly attempts to hold them off with just a pistol before being murdered by The Skull.
* FatIdiot: Tony thinks he's this and treats him as such. He's actually one of the more competent henchmen.

* LastStand: Attempts to hold off the assassins with his pistol before he is killed.
* UndyingLoyalty: Even though it's said Tony nick-named him for being overweight and thus seems to treat him like shit, he sticks by his side, especially towards the end when he has a window of opportunity to escape, but decides to stay and fight.

* AlasPoorVillain: Angel is perhaps the most pitiful character, given his limited role in the film. His CruelAndUnusualDeath compared to everyone else only adds to the sympathy.
* AnArmAndALeg: A literal example, as Hector dismembers him.

* {{Keet}}: His single character trait seen in the film is his emotionality. He happily jumps up and down when he gets his green card. Averted in the hotel scene that leads to his death. He's the only one visibly worried even before the deal was revealed to be a setup.
* MoralityPet: Tony is very unhappy he died as he tells Frank. In the novelization, Tony was even willing to give Frank's drug money away so the [[ChainsawGood Columbians wouldn't chop up Angel]], as good as that did for him.

* TheCavalry: Both he and Chi Chi come to the rescue for Tony from Hector and his goons clutches after realizing that the drug deal they were supposed to be a part of had went bad. They kill some of Hector's thugs and subsequently save Tony's life in the process, thus allowing him to exact revenge against him for brutally killing poor Angel.

* TheMillstone: He becomes this in the second half of the film. Even given Tony's erratic behavior, the events of his downfall are in large part due to Manny's own screwups. First, he puts Tony in contact with a money launderer who turns out to be an undercover cop. Then, while Tony is busy dealing with Sosa's business, he puts Manny in charge of the operation, but instead of doing that, Manny instead runs off to elope with Gina. [[spoiler: As noted below, his way of breaking the news of his relationship with Gina to Tony by answering the door while wearing a bathrobe was an extremely unwise action, and it tragically leads to his own death.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Is noticeably more level-headed than the brash and impulsive Tony.
* RedOniBlueOni: At first Manny serves as a brash, cock-sure Red Oni to a cynical and resourceful Tony's Blue, but in the second part of the movie, with Tony going crazy over money, their roles change, with Manny being a much more thoughtful and pragmatic blue in contrast to Tony's red overobsessive behavior.

* DarkMistress: To Frank at first, and later to Tony.
* GenreSavvy: She's the only one (other than maybe Sosa) who understands how stories like Tony's always end, and she [[spoiler: gets out while she can]].
* GoldDigger: Her motive for marrying a multi-millionaire drug kingpin.
* HypocriteHasAPoint: It's not like she would be together with Frank or marry Tony if they weren't rich and powerful like a drug lord, but she's not wrong when she points out what an asshole Tony has become.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She's almost entirely motivated by self-interest and material wealth, caring neither for Frank or Tony as people.

* JerkassHasAPoint: She's not wrong when she points out Tony's asshole tendencies as they grow more consistent.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Tony blames her drug use for the fact that he hasn't had any kids with her. He's been berating her non-stop throughout the dinner but mentioning this finally makes her lash out.

* RichBitch: She's the girlfriend of Frank Lopez, and later wife of Tony, and treats everyone coldly.

* TheGenericGuy: He isn't really given much of a personality but does show some enthusiasm.
* InTheBack: Gets shot in this fashion when he tries to pound on the door to Tony's room, as Sosa's men attack.
* LastStand: Holds off some of Sosa's men when they attack.

* TheCavalry: Both he and Chi Chi come to the rescue for Tony from Hector and his goons clutches after realizing that the drug deal they were supposed to be a part of had went bad. They kill some of Hector's thugs and save Tony's life in the process, allowing him to exact revenge against him for brutally killing poor Angel.

* LadykillerInLove: Ends up falling in love with, and eventually marrying Gina. [[spoiler:It doesn't end well for him though.]]

* HateSink: He is one of the most disgusting characters in the film despite only appearing at the beginning, he carves up Tony's friend Angel to death with a chainsaw just to taunt Tony, and then attempts to do the same thing to the latter.