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15	[-[[caption-width-right:242:[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto "Don't mess, sunshine. Or I'll kick yer bloody 'ead in. Understood, ponce?"]]]]-]
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17	->''"TheMafia? Hah! I've shit 'em."''
18	-->-- '''Harold Shand''', ''Film/TheLongGoodFriday''
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20	The Mafia.... [[RecycledInSpace BUT BRITISH!!]] Since BritainIsOnlyLondon, London Gangsters are the British criminals we know best.
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22	The London Gangster is a hard man in a sharp suit with a fondness for {{Cluster F Bomb}}s and CountryMatters (including both mistresses and members of TheOldestProfession). He'll tend to prefer roughing people up with his bare hands (often including [[PowerFist brass knuckles]] as well), everyday items (cricket bats, [[PipePain lumps of lead pipe]], crowbars, snooker balls in socks, etc.) and good old-fashioned [[PsychoKnifeNut knives]] to using handguns (gun control being very strict in the UK[[note]] Whilst it would be possible for handguns to be smuggled in, in certain cases acquired legally, or via the black market, the other reason these gangsters don't use guns is that gun crimes in the UK are extremely low compared to the US. Whilst a gun-based homicide could be common in the US, and therefore not looked into as thoroughly, British police don't get as many shootings as stabbings, and so investigate shootings more thoroughly, as there is a higher chance the gun was acquired illegally. Not using a gun also helps these characters keep the heat off.[[/note]]), although shotguns, which can be obtained in Britain, may be used (shotguns became an iconic UK gang weapon in ''Film/{{Get Carter\|1971}}''). [[note]]https://crimereads.com/fifty-years-later-get-carter-is-still-the-iconic-british-gangster-film[[/note]] Nonetheless, ColdBloodedTorture isn't at all out of the question and the '''really''' nasty ones in fiction have a tendency to be {{Psycho Knife Nut}}s, with cut-throat razors being an early-to mid-1900s favorite. He speaks in a working class East London, Cockney or South London accent, and his dense slang may feature a little [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Yiddish]].[[note]]The East End of London traditionally had a large Jewish population, and some London Gangsters, like HistoricalDomainCharacter Jack Spot from ''Film/OnceUponATimeInLondon'' and the fictional Harry Stark, are [[KosherNostra Jews]].[[/note]]
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24	TheDon of a London gang is usually a ShoutOut to the Kray twins, a pair of famous British gangsters in the [[TheFifties 50s]] and [[TheSixties 60s]]. He's a SelfMadeMan and/or NouveauRiche who's fiercely proud of having worked his way up from the gutter -- even if that "work" involved scaring other people into giving him money. He's [[AffablyEvil charismatic and generous]] when you're on his good side and a [[AxCrazy terrifying, sadistic psychopath]] when you aren't.
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26	Occasionally a particularly transparent ShoutOut to the Krays will go as far as featuring tropes from their lives, like BigBadDuumvirate, SiblingsInCrime, CreepyTwins, EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas, and {{Gayngster}}. As you might have gathered, the Kray twins are iconic in the UK -- Britain's answer to UsefulNotes/AlCapone, who they themselves idolized and sought to emulate.
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28	We almost never see gangsters from OopNorth, despite [[UsefulNotes/FootballPopMusicAndFlatCaps Manchester and Liverpool]] having considerable levels of organized crime in real life. TheYardies (Afro-Caribbean gangs, especially from Jamaica) are bound to get a mention, however.
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30	May overlap with WhiteGangbangers. See also: TheIrishMob (who sometimes show up in Britain too), TheMafia, TheMafiya, TheTriadsAndTheTongs, {{Yakuza}}.
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32	!!Examples:
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37	* Reggie "The Gent" Mead from the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audio drama ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho023ProjectTwilight Project Twilight]].'' The owner of The Dusk, a popular casino in Southeast London, he's a classic Cockney thug with [[FauxAffablyEvil superficial charm]], a HairTriggerTemper, and a penchant for horribly torturing anyone who gets on his bad side; the twist is that he's actually [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a vampire]], and little more than TheDragon to the real villain of the story. For good measure, said BigBad remarks that Reggie's violent lifestyle is just his way of living out his fantasies, having lived fairly unassumingly by vampire standards up until being inspired to become a gangster by the example set by his idols, the Krays.
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40	[[folder:Comic Books ]]
41	* The Coopers in ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', essentially a heavily fictionalized and exaggerated version of the Krays: Harry is the AxCrazy psychopath with no gauge on his temper, Norman is the gay brother serving as the ice-cold [[TheDragon second in command]] and occasional voice of reason. However, the duo have gone downhill in recent years, thanks in part to Harry contracting [[DarkLordOnLifeSupport a serious illness]]; though Norman appears to have turned DragonInChief, the ''real'' man in charge is Harry's son, the demonically-possessed [[UndeadChild Little Ronnie.]]
42	** Later on in the series, Terry Greaves.
43	* Parodied in ''ComicBook/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen: Century: 1969'', which features [[MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover several fictional London gang bosses]], [[spoiler:all of whom were based on Ronnie Kray]].
44	* Creator/WarrenEllis' ''ComicBook/SwitchbladeHoney'' stars a deliberate {{Expy}} of Ray Winstone's London Gangster as ''captain of a [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries starship]]''.
45	* Alistair Harper from ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' fits most of the stereotypes (superficially charming, PsychoKnifeNut, has no problem torturing people), despite being [[FunetikAksent audibly]] Scottish.
46	* Parodied with the AxeCrazy "Big Vern" in ''ComicBook/{{Viz}}'', who ends every strip by massacring everyone around him through a [[HairTriggerTemper paranoid misunderstanding]], and [[PinkMist blowing his own brains out]] so "the bastard cozzers" won't get him.
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49	[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
50	* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' reimagines [[Literature/{{Goldilocks}} Goldilocks and the Three Bears]] as a crime family, and all four characters have very thick London accents.
51	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', Creator/RayWinstone voices Bad Bill, a FunnyAnimal version of this character. Cockney accent, PsychoKnifeNut, works as an EvilDebtCollector in his first scene, and works as TheDragon to the BigBad, [[spoiler:Mayor Tortoise John]]. He's also a [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Gila monster]].
52	* Johnny's dad in ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'' is the Cockney-accented leader of a gang of bank robbers, who expects Johnny to follow in his footsteps as a criminal, which causes a lot of problems for his teenage son, who would much rather pursue his secret dreams of being a singer. Eventually however, the gorilla gangsters come to accept that Johnny's true calling lies elsewhere, and [[spoiler:after they're inspired by Johnny to turn over a new leaf themselves, they become valuable allies to him and his friends in ''WesternAnimation/Sing2'', who step up to help the Moon Theater troupe fend off their enemies.]]
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55	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
56	!!Directors
57	* The works of Creator/GuyRitchie are overflowing with London Gangsters. Often they have Kray-clones as the BigBad, such as Brick Top in ''Film/{{Snatch}}'' ([[GreaterScopeVillain who himself answers to a pair of gangsters apparently higher up the ladder]]), Hatchet Harry in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' (which does at least include Scouse burglars and upper-class drug dealers as well), and BaldOfEvil hard man "Miami Vice" in spinoff series ''Series/LockStock''. Also PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Lenny Cole in ''Film/RockNRolla'' and VillainProtagonist "H" in ''Film/WrathOfMan''. He broadens his range somewhat in ''Film/TheGentlemen'' by introducing TheMafiya, TheTriadsAndTheTongs, an Irish criminal coach played by Creator/ColinFarrell and his multiracial gang of [=MMA=] fighters, and American weed magnate protagonist Mickey (played by Creator/MatthewMcConaughey). Even [[Film/KingArthurLegendOfTheSword King Arthur was one!]], before he found out he was a HiddenBackupPrince.
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59	!!Actors
60	* This character is Creator/RayWinstone's bread and butter:
61	** In ''Film/TheDeparted'', he plays a London Gangster in Boston.
62	** In ''[[Literature/{{Ripliad}} Ripley's Game]]'', he is presented as an uncouth thug with pretensions to class who is pretty much the ButtMonkey of Creator/JohnMalkovich's DiabolicalMastermind take on Tom Ripley.
63	** In ''Film/SexyBeast'', he plays Gary "Gal" Dove, a ''former'' London Gangster who doesn't want to come back for OneLastJob. Creator/IanMcshane plays his frightening boss Teddy Bass, "Mr. Black Magic himself", a notorious {{Gayngster}}, and Creator/BenKingsley plays Don Logan, a BaldOfEvil sociopath with a [[SirSwearsALot unbelievably foul mouth]] and a HairTriggerTemper, who does everything within his power to make Gal's life miserable, [[spoiler:and therefore ensures that [[AssholeVictim no one will miss him when Gal and his friends murder him]]. ]]
64	** In ''44 Inch Chest'', he plays a gone-to-seed tough guy clearly going through some kind of crisis of masculinity in reaction to his wife's infidelity. His crew meanwhile are egging him on to take revenge on her lover, who they've kidnapped and tied up in his living room, and they're watching carefully to see [[ARealManIsAKiller if he's still got what it takes]]. Other variations on the trope include Creator/JohnHurt as a DirtyOldMan and Creator/IanMcShane as a quietly menacing {{Gayngster}}.
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66	!!Individual films
67	* ''Film/{{Circus}}'': Bruno and Caspar are based in Brighton, but otherwise fit the trope. Judging from their accents, they may even be displaced Londoners.
68	* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': Timothy Cavendish is the literary agent for a loutish gangster Dermot "Dusty" Hoggins whose biography "Knuckle Sandwhich" becomes a surprise hit after he throws a literary critic off the balcony at the book's launch because of a snarky review, making a lot of money to Tim and sending Dusty to prison.
69	* Darryl in ''Film/CockneysVsZombies'' is apparently a ''retired'' example, although between his prosthetic leg and the fact that he's outlived all his former "associates", his threats fall a bit flat now.
70	* In ''Film/TheCriminal'' (1960), the Highgate Gang represent the new breed of London underworld who think they can they can muscle in on the score of an ordinary decent criminal like Johnny Bannion and demand a cut of the loot for merely allowing him to operate on their turf. Bannion does not take kindly to this.
71	* Creator/GaryOldman (and several others) in ''Film/TheFirm'', about rival football firms (semi-organised gangs of FootballHooligans).
72	* Most of the characters in ''Film/TheFootballFactory'', who partake in anti-social behaviour towards rival fans of their favourite football teams, with leaders that act like they're The Mafia.
73	* Much of the cast of ''Film/GangsterNo1''.
74	* Creator/MichaelCaine in ''Film/{{Get Carter\|1971}}'' plays a London Gangster who returns home OopNorth for a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. The film is slightly atypical for showing English organized crime outside of London, but the locals are clearly no match for Jack Carter.
75	* ''Film/HighHeelsAndLowLifes'': Mason is an old-school London hard man, who works for Kerrigan, a highly successful London {{Gayngster}} who keeps all of his dirty work at arm's length these days.
76	* ''Film/InBruges'' gives us Creator/RalphFiennes as a foulmouthed London gangster, with two Irish subordinates played by Creator/BrendanGleeson and Creator/ColinFarrell.
77	* The real life brothers [[NonActorVehicle Martin and Gary Kemp]] of Music/SpandauBallet portrayed the infamous doppelgangsters in perhaps their most famous biopic, ''Film/TheKrays''.
78	* Many characters in ''Film/LayerCake'', with the notable exception of Creator/DanielCraig's character, who takes a lot of crap for not being as "manly" as the rest of them. It's {{deconstructed\|Trope}} -- [[NoNameGiven XXXX]] specifically states that he hates the standard stereotype, loud, attention-seeking, wannabe gangsters. The standard example, known as the Duke, causes the entire plot [[spoiler:of stealing drugs from ''war criminals'' and saying he's working for XXXX's boss]] because he's a fucking idiot! And things quickly go down the drain for XXXX the second they run into each other. [[spoiler:It will also get you killed in the end, as the Duke, Jimmy and Crazy Larry all found out the hard way.]]
79	* The next major open Kray Twins biopic was ''Film/Legend2015'', with Creator/TomHardy playing both Ronnie and Reggie.
80	* Wilson in ''Film/TheLimey'', played by Creator/TerenceStamp, who comes into conflict with American gangsters when [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes seeking revenge for his daughter's death]].
81	* Creator/BobHoskins as Harold Shand in ''Film/TheLongGoodFriday''. He actually got a letter of congratulations from Ronnie Kray for his portrayal.
82	* In ''Film/MonaLisa'', George (Creator/BobHoskins), a low-level working-class gangster recently released from prison, is given a job in London by his former boss, Denny Mortwell (Creator/MichaelCaine), as the driver and bodyguard for a high-priced prostitute named Simone.
83	* The main characters of ''Film/NunsOnTheRun'' want to leave their gang after their new boss turns out to be too much like this.
84	* Despite being an arty hallucinogenic MindScrew, ''Film/{{Performance}}'' has been praised as a very realistic depiction of the London Gangster at work. Some of the minor parts were allegedly played by [[CastTheExpert the real thing]]. (The main gangster character was played by Creator/JamesFox, very [[PlayingAgainstType Against Type]].) The boss in the film, Harry Flowers, is a CompositeCharacter NoCelebritiesWereHarmed for both the Richardsons (ColdBloodedTorture) and the Krays ({{Gayngster}}, intra-gang violence).
85	* Fanty and Mingo, the twin smugglers from the beginning of ''Film/{{Serenity}}''.
86	* Hart the BigBad in ''Film/TenDeadMen''. Hard as nails, he tolerates no disloyalty. When he catches up with Ryan, a ProfessionalKiller who defected from his firm years ago, he has Ryan's girlfriend executed as Ryan is ForcedToWatch. He even keeps a TortureTechnician ([[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep known as 'the Projects Manager']]) on the payroll to handle the ColdBloodedTorture for him.
87	* Narcy in ''Film/TheyMadeMeAFugitive''. He runs a black market racket and has [[WouldHitAGirl no problem beating women]] to get what he wants.
88	* Vic Dakin (played by Creator/RichardBurton) in the 1971 film ''Villain'', which also featured the aforementioned Creator/IanMcShane in his youth as his [[Main/{{Gayngster}} love interest]].
89	* Rico in ''Film/Yardie2018'' is officially a white [[TheYardies Jamaican gangster]] -- and it shows, since most of the time he speaks with such an accent -- but he fits several tropes of the LondonGangster too. He's [[FauxAffablyEvil insincerely charming]], willing to resort to torture if wronged, and AxCrazy, due to [[GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply being addicted to his own cocaine]]. Also, he speaks with a London accent when addressing actual Londoners. That said, Rico's drug-induced instability makes him a liability as far as [[TheHero D]] is concerned -- [[spoiler:and eventually, [[BigBad King Fox]] agrees with D, and strangles Rico to death before the climax]].
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92	[[folder:Literature ]]
93	* Joe Spork, the protagonist of Creator/NickHarkaway's novel ''Literature/{{Angelmaker}}'' is the son of Mathew "Tommy Gun" Spork, an infamous one of these. Early in the novel, Joe muses about the likelihood of there being makeshift graves and [[FedToPigs pig farms]] that his father had a hand in.
94	* The 8th ''[[Literature/CherubSeries CHERUB]]'' book, ''Mad Dogs'' featured this nearly exactly. The [[TheYardies Afro-Caribbean gang]] (primarily from Jamaica) called "The Slasher Boys" fighting a gang war against the titular Mad Dogs ([[FootballHooligans fronted by a Football Club]]).
95	* A major antagonist in the Timothy Cavendish chapter of ''Literature/CloudAtlas'' (and [[Film/CloudAtlas its film adaptation]]) is Dermot "Dusty" Hoggins, a Cockney gangster who's willing to go to murderous lengths to collect the money from the sales of his autobiography, ''Knuckle Sandwich''. No wonder Timothy's so eager to get away from him. Ironically, in the film, Hoggins is played by Creator/TomHanks, who's very much ''not'' Cockney, but the whole film is full of FakeNationality, so never mind.
96	* The ''Literature/DiogenesClub'' story "The Soho Golem" features a magic-assisted war between several vice lords in 1970s Soho, [[spoiler:one of whom is undead]].
97	* A family of these show up as allies and occasional employers of AmnesiacHero Nate Garrett in the first book of the ''Literature/TheHellequinChronicles'', with the father being a PintSizedPowerhouse who plays the traditional AffablyEvil variant to the hilt, while his wife is equally friendly and, when required to be, terrifying, and the son is absolutely psychotic. However, when they encounter the magical world they wind up very much out of their depth, and when Nate himself (a ludicrously deadly nigh immortal master assassin prior to his amnesia) has some of his muscle memory back and is confronted by the father, he has to remind himself not to kill the man on reflex.
98	* Harry Stark in Jake Arnott's ''Series/TheLongFirm''.
99	* Bill Sikes in ''Literature/OliverTwist'' is one of the most depraved criminals in the book. [[AxCrazy Murderously violent]], has a HairTriggerTemper and a RightHandAttackDog, [[CarryABigStick carries a cudgel]], and does business with [[TheFagin Fagin]] and [[spoiler:Monk]]. [[spoiler:And that's not even getting into what he does to [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Nancy]]...]]
100	* Rob Toshack is undercover in a goup of London gangsters in ''Literature/ShadowPolice'' book 1.
101	* These show up whenever someone from ''Literature/TimeScout'' goes downtime to VictorianLondon.
102	* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' story ''Literature/TheTruth'' features two hard men called Mr. Pin and Mr. Tulip, hired by [[spoiler:Lord de Worde in a conspiracy to dethrone Vetinari]]. Their organisation is called ''The New Firm'', for a start. Mr. Pin is the FauxAffablyEvil thug who uses cunning, persuasiveness, and the talents of his friend Mr. Tulip to get what he wants. Mr. Tulip is TheBrute who's most eager to resort to physical violence, but also [[WickedCultured has a surprisingly deep knowledge of art.]] He also appears to be SirSwearsALot, but in actual fact he's literally just saying "-ing" a lot -- and somehow pronouncing the glottal stop. Also, the New Firm are mercenaries, not actual gangsters.
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106	* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' [[RaceLift reimagines]] Brick, who in the comics is an African-American kingpin, as a Creator/RayWinstone-esque white East London hard man who is inexplicably immune to being shot in the head and beats his henchmen to death with his bare hands for failing him. He's so tough that in prison Bronze Tiger, an internationally renowned assassin; and Sampson, an unkillable zombie who [[FeelNoPain can't feel pain]], are his CoDragons. And he's played by Creator/VinnieJones to boot!
107	* On ''Series/TheBill'', set as it is in an East London police station, you can't throw a truncheon without hitting a London Gangster. One episode from 1995, "Mitigating Circumstances", featured Ray Winstone playing the London Gangster of the episode.
108	* Danny Spudge and his uncle Gus in the ''Series/BlackBooks'' episode "The Fixer". Danny is a hulking thug with a brutal past who NeverLearnedToRead while Gus is a [[MisterBig diminutive don]] who seems personable but has some worrying ''gravitas'' (thank actor Mick Walter).
109	* ''Series/ByAnyMeans'': In 1x01, an innocent family is terrorised and their father murdered in cold blood. Everyone knows that ruthless criminal Nick Mason is behind it and when Mason, known as the 'Teflon Man', walks free from his trial for the third time in five years that he has evaded justice, Helen Barlow, convinced Mason has at least one corrupt police officer on his payroll, calls on Jack Quinn and his team for help to take Mason down and get him off the streets.
110	* 'The Firm' in ''Series/EastEnders'' was based on this, and directly named after the Krays' gang. ''[=EastEnders=]'' also features Tough Cockney Twins Phil and Grant Mitchell, (although they aren't affiliated with the proper gangsters) as well as the more obviously Kray-namesaked Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell.
111	* Badger from ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' is a London Gangster [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]! Complete with [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents East London accent]], bowler hat and dreadlocky [[TheYardies Yardies]]. More of a cheeky Cockney sparrow than the usual scary psychopath, though.
112	* Comedy Duo Hale and Pace's "Da Management".
113	* Featured occasionally in ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', they are often portrayed as bumbling, such as Dexter Gold, the crooked gold-merchant who despite being referred to as "one of The Chaps", is utterly unthreatening, incompetent and even sets himself up for a second con. Typically, [[RuthlessForeignGangsters the truly brutal psycho-killers are foreigners]]. The earlier seasons had the more traditional East End villains who despite appearances of being rich and respectable, used brutal violence to get where they are. The cast however do go out of their way to avoid being on the receiving end of even the less threatening gangsters' radars.
114	* Terry Norton (played by Alan Ford of ''Film/{{Snatch}}'' fame) in ''Series/KnowingMeKnowingYouWithAlanPartridge'' is a boxing promoter, supposedly, but is alleged to have killed a nightclub bouncer and bribed the jury to let him off. Terry's enraged denial of murder and {{Implied Death Threat}}s towards Alan don't exactly help his case, either.
115	* In ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', one of Sophie's recurring personae is a London Gangster; admittedly, a female version.
116	* Most of the characters in ''Series/MacbethOnTheEstate'', a modernisation of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' into a gangster story with most of the original script. In particular, Duncan, a gang boss played by Mr Winstone himself.
117	* The Piranha brothers from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', who are a deliberate spoof (with surprisingly little exaggeration) of the Kray twins. The Piranhas' beloved habit of nailing people to furniture (or vice versa) was the Pythons' [[BlackComedy humorous]] but ''understated'' take on [[BasedOnATrueStory the real exploits of the Richardson brothers and their not-too-merry men]]. Yes, they really did nail people to the floor ([[TortureTechnician as a prelude to what would follow]]), and it was not quite as amusing as in the Pythons' version.
118	* The Driscoll Brothers, Peckham's answer to the Kray Twins, in ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' and ''Series/TheGreenGreenGrass''.
119	** Also Freddie The Frog.
120	* Benny Barrett (Creator/MalcolmMcDowell) from ''Series/OurFriendsInTheNorth'', a Soho porn baron who's involved police corruption.
121	* ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' features at least three of these outside of the Birmingham-based eponymous crime family: StarterVillain Billy Kimber, Darby Sabini, head of the London Mafia, and Alfie Solomons, the most prominent, played by Creator/TomHardy and a BunnyEarsLawyer in charge of the [[KosherNostra Jewish Solomons Gang]] of Camden Town. They're quite vicious, but then so are the Blinders.
122	* "[[IronicNickname Genial]]" Harry Grout from ''Series/{{Porridge}}''.
123	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/215177 Don' You Go Rounin' Roun to Re Ro']] is a can't-miss London gangster film, if you like movies you cannot understand.
124	* Corky from ''Series/TheSmellOfReevesAndMortimer'' is a non-human variant. A sleazy Cockney greyhound with a hat and a constant [[GoodSmokingEvilSmoking cigarette]] in his mouth, he serves as a ToxicFriendInfluence to [[ButtMonkey Greg Mitchell the Gorgeous Sandy-Coloured Labrador]]. He constantly encourages him to take dodgy jobs such as kidnapping a duck and stealing money. Eventually, when Greg gets caught, Corky bribes the judge (a [[BullyBulldog bulldog]]) to let him off, but send Greg to jail for 30 years, enabling Corky to elope with Greg's wife.
125	* A regular feature of ''Series/TheSweeney''.
126	* The second series of Creator/{{ITV}} drama ''Series/WhitechapelTVSeries'' is all about London Gangsters as the apparent sons of Ronnie Kray, Jimmy and Johnny, attempt to take over the criminal underworld.
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130	%%[[folder:Music]] (All of these are Zero-Context Examples)
131	%%* Music/TheClash's "The Guns of Brixton"
132	%%* Music/{{Genesis\|Band}}' "The Battle of Epping Forest".
133	%%* Music/{{Madness\|Band}}'s "Drip Fed Fred", and more seriously "[=NW5=]".
134	%%* Music/WarrenZevon's "Werewolves of London".
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137	[[folder:Podcasts]]
138	* An episode of ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'' centers on one who turns to supernatural means to seek revenge on a fellow criminal who double-crossed him.
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141	[[folder:Radio]]
142	* Creator/TheBBC Radio 4 serial ''G.F. Newman's The Corrupted'' is initally set in the 1950s, as control of London gangland is moving from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Hill_%28gangster%29 Billy Hill]] to the Krays and Richardsons. The protagonist's uncle with a HairTriggerTemper moves from failed boxer, to Hill's heavy, to "protecting" his own patch from the Krays.
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147	* The ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' supplement ''Kingdom of Champions'' features both Mystery’s gang (who fall into the trope by default) and Brown Fox (who epitomises the self-controlled but formidable version).
148	* One playset for ''TabletopGame/{{Fiasco}}'' is specifically built around playing out the inevitable display of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder that is ''Fiasco'' in the London gang scene. The playset in question is creatively known as "Gangster London".
149	* The [[NinetiesAntiHero Xtreme version]] of Captain Cosmic has this characterisation in ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'', although the Xtremeverse is enough of a CrapsackWorld that he's still considered one of the heroes. Notably, while the main-timeline Captain Cosmic takes cues from medieval history to make his HardLight constructs (with a lot of armour, shields and swords), Xtreme Captain Cosmic is noted for making lots and lots of shiny golden guns.
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153	* There are two gangs vying for control of London in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate'': the villainous Blighters and the heroic Rooks, controlled by the Templars and the Assassins respectively. The Blighters are brutish thugs who threaten and harass the general public, while the Rooks tend to act more like NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters. Jacob and Evie Frye, the leaders of the Rooks, are generally benevolent figures whose main reason for forming a gang was to bring down the oppressive Templar regime and they're also SiblingsInCrime which basically makes them antiheroic Victorian London {{Exp\|y}}ies of the Kray twins, whereas the leader of the Blighters, Maxwell Roth, is a more traditional portrayal of a London Gangster, being a charming yet violent SelfMadeMan whose tactics grow increasingly more ruthless as the game goes on.
154	* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]] has been re-imagined as a Guy-Ritchie-ish English gangster with a thick East End accent and brutal means of enforcement. If you read his backstory you will learn that he comes from a prominent American family, but was sent to England for his education. Unfortunately he preferred hanging out with the rough crowd in seedy parts of the town over school.
155	* The Penguin in ''Videogame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'' also has a similar background of being an English gangster, but is in far better physical condition and thus far more brutish and hands-on.
156	* Delvin Mallory in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', one of the senior members of the Thieves Guild, has a voice fitting one of these and he oversees distribution for "more personal" Guild jobs.
157	* Billy Kane of ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' is an expatriate Englishman working as TheDragon to an American crime boss, so he fits the trope at least in spirit if not to the letter.
158	* ''VideoGame/TheGetaway'' series features plenty of these, as well as TheYardies and the [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs triads]]. The PSP-exclusive spin-off ''Gangs of London'' along with the traditional London gangsters, also contains some more exotic examples for a London setting, including Italian, Turkish, Russian and Chinese gangs.
159	* ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoClassic Grand Theft Auto: London 1969]]'' is filled with these types, including Albert and Archie Crisp, a suspiciously familiar BigBadDuumvirate of Cockney twins.
160	* The stereotypical mob family in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton and the Unwound Future'', [[SarcasmMode creatively]] named "The Family". Though, this could be a subversion, since they act more like an Italian mafioso family than a British one.
161	* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'': Starting from the [[VideoGame/SaintsRow2 second game]], [[PlayerCharacter the Boss]] can be portrayed as a Londoner if you pick the British Voice, and they fit much of the criteria in terms of personality: AxCrazy, SirSwearsALot, and being AffablyEvil towards people they like. Customizable appearances enable you to make the Boss a SharpDressedMan.
162	* Birdie from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' is a [[FatBastard heavyset]] [[ScaryBlackMan black Cockney thug]] with a moustache and DelinquentHair who loves [[ChainPain beating people up with a chain]]. He's also a surprisingly good martial artist. That said, he used to be a bouncer, not a gangster, and he's [[FaceOfAThug not all that bad a guy]].
163	* ''VideoGame/Uncharted3DrakesDeception'' starts with Nate and Sully meeting up with EvilBrit Talbot in a London pub to talk business. When negotiations go sour, the American protagonists end up in a prolonged BarBrawl (turned BathroomBrawl in Nate's case) with the locals, who appear to consist of Cockney gangsters. Heavyset men in working-class flat caps, mainly bald, and leather jackets, with a [[BadGuysPlayPool pool table]] and all too eager to take a swing at the local American nuisance. One of these men, Charlie Cutter, corners them outside the pub and shoots them in front of BigBad Catherine Marlowe. [[spoiler:Charlie Cutter is actually a subversion. He's not a gangster, he's an associate of Nate and Sully's pretending to be on Marlowe's side, and they work together in search of clues to Iram of the Pillars. He's even implied to be the current boyfriend of Nate's old flame [[AwesomeAussie Chloe Frazer]].]]
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167	* Terrence of ''WebVideo/KateModern'', in his earlier 'gangster' persona.
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171	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "The Fundraiser", after Riley starts an illegitimate chocolate bar business, he gets harassed by the World's Ultimate Chocolate company, which turns out to be a British crime syndicate that [[ItMakesSenseInContext sells chocolate bars]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything like they were drugs]]. In the climax, [[spoiler:the WUC get into a deadly shootout with {{the Mafia}} and the UsefulNotes/{{FBI}}]]. There's also this {{shout out}} from the episode:
172	-->'''Riley:''' ''(while insulting the WUC boss)'' "[[ClusterFBomb Fuck]] Creator/GuyRitchie!"
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