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GTA Liberty City Stories Characters: Toni, the Leones and Rivals
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The main character of GTA Liberty City Stories is Toni Cipriani, a Leone family mobster voiced by Danny Mastrogiorgio. Around him are Don Salvatore Leone (Frank Vincent), Toni's rival Vincenzo Cilli (Joe Lo Truglio), his overbearing mother Ma Cipriani (Sondra James) and mayoral candidate Donald Love (Will Janowitz). The main antagonist is Massimo Torini, underboss of the Sicilian Mafia.
Character Profiles
Toni Cipriani
Protagonist
Voiced by Danny Mastrogiorgio
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Vincenzo Cilli
Toni's rival
Voiced by Joe Lo Truglio
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Massimo Torini
Main villain
Sicilian Mafia
Profile below ↓Ma Cipriani
Toni's mother
Voiced by Sondra James
Profile below ↓JD O'Toole
Informant
Voiced by Greg Wilson
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Salvatore Leone
Leone family don
Voiced by Frank Vincent
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Donald Love
Mayoral candidate
Voiced by Will Janowitz (LCS)
Full profile →Toni's Family and Employers
| Character | Who they are | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
Toni Cipriani | Protagonist, Leone family mobster | Danny Mastrogiorgio |
Salvatore Leone | Don of the Leone family | Frank Vincent |
Vincenzo Cilli | Leone capo who despises Toni | Joe Lo Truglio |
JD O'Toole | Club manager who joins the Leones | Greg Wilson |
Ma Cipriani | Toni's mother | Sondra James |
Maria Latore | Salvatore's wife | Fiona Gallagher |
Donald Love | Media tycoon running for mayor | Will Janowitz |
Leon McAffrey | Corrupt police detective | Ron Orbach |
Ray Machowski | McAffrey's partner | Peter Appel |
Ned Burner | Reporter posing as a priest | Peter Bradbury |
Toshiko Kasen | Wife of the Yakuza boss | Hana Moon |
8-Ball | Explosives expert | Guru |
Several characters return from GTA III, where the story takes place three years later. Frank Vincent, Sondra James and Guru reprise their roles; Maria, Donald Love and Ray Machowski get new voices. Toni himself was voiced by Michael Madsen in GTA III, as told on our GTA 3 characters page.
Rivals and Other Characters
| Character | Who they are | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
Massimo Torini | Sicilian Mafia underboss, main antagonist | Duccio Faggella |
Uncle Leone | Salvatore's uncle, Don of the Sicilian Mafia | Bruce MacVittie |
Paulie Sindacco | Don of the Sindacco family | Jeff Gurner |
Kazuki Kasen | Leader of the Yakuza | Keenan Shimizu |
Miles O'Donovan | Winner of the mayoral election | John Braden |
Mickey Hamfists | Leone enforcer | Chris Tardio |
Giovanni Casa | Deli owner, Ma's love interest | Joel Jones |
Jane Hopper | Union boss behind the ferry strike | Gordana Rashovich |
How They Fit the Story
Torini, who works for Salvatore's uncle, secretly pits Liberty City's gangs against the Mafia families. Toni fights the Sindaccos, the Yakuza and other gangs for Salvatore, and ends up rescuing the new mayor, O'Donovan, from Torini. The mission-by-mission version is on our LCS story missions page.
More GTA Liberty City Stories on GTAside
Toni's full story on the Toni Cipriani profile, and the city on our LCS map. The LCS cheat codes, the game page, and Liberty City three years later on our GTA 3 story missions page.
JD O'Toole: The Informant Who Wanted to Be Made
Joseph Daniel "JD" O'Toole manages Paulie's Revue Bar in Portland's Red Light District in Liberty City Stories (2005). A Sindacco associate who switches sides and informs for the Leones, he hopes to be made, but Salvatore Leone has him killed instead. Greg Wilson voices him.
Full nameJoseph Daniel O'Toole
Voiced byGreg Wilson
ClubPaulie's Revue Bar
Dies inThe Made Man
Who Is JD O'Toole?
Of Irish descent, JD resents the Sindaccos for never making him because he is not fully Italian. He owes Toni money, and first appears as a voice on the phone in Snuff.
JD's Missions
| Mission | What happens |
|---|---|
Bone Voyeur! | A job for JD |
Don in 60 Seconds | JD warns of a police raid on his club, and Toni gets Salvatore out |
A Volatile Situation, Blow Up 'Dolls' | JD tips Toni off about a Sindacco attack on a Leone casino, then the Sindacco 'Dolls' House |
Salvatore's Salvation, The Guns of Leone | Salvatore is kidnapped leaving the club; later he storms it, and Toni protects JD |
Calm Before the Storm | JD sends Toni to follow Massimo Torini |
The Made Man | Told he will be made, JD is driven with Toni and Mickey Hamfists to the Harwood Autocrusher |
What Happens to JD O'Toole?
In The Made Man, Mickey Hamfists shoots JD in the head at the Harwood car crusher instead of making him. Salvatore ordered it: a man who betrayed the Sindaccos could not be trusted. JD appears only in Liberty City Stories. More on Salvatore Leone.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens to JD O'Toole?
Mickey Hamfists shoots him at the Harwood car crusher in The Made Man.
Why does Salvatore have JD killed?
He betrayed the Sindaccos, so Salvatore could not trust him.
Who voices JD O'Toole?
Greg Wilson.
What club does JD run?
Paulie's Revue Bar, in the Red Light District.
What is JD's full name?
Joseph Daniel O'Toole.
Ma Cipriani: The Mother Who Put a Hit on Toni
Ma Cipriani is Toni Cipriani's mother and the owner of Momma's Restaurante in Saint Mark's, Portland. Never satisfied with her son, she gives him missions in Liberty City Stories (2005), puts a hit on him, then calls it off once he is made. Sondra James voices her in Liberty City Stories and GTA III.
Voiced bySondra James
SonToni Cipriani
RestaurantMomma's Restaurante
Also inGTA III (voice)
Ma and Toni
Ma Cipriani opened her restaurant in 1968. A widow, she constantly compares Toni to his late father, and lost touch with him while he spent years in hiding after killing a made man. She is almost never seen: in Dead Meat she appears once, inside a Leone Sentinel. More on Toni Cipriani.
Ma Cipriani's Missions
| Mission | What happens |
|---|---|
Snappy Dresser | Toni photographs Giovanni Casa to show her what he is really like; she is not impressed |
Big Rumble in Little China | She calls Toni a coward scared of the Triads, so he attacks them |
Grease Sucho | Toni races and kills Dan Sucho |
Dead Meat | Toni kills Giovanni Casa, who stopped paying protection |
No Son of Mine | She puts a hit on her own son, and Toni fights off waves of hitmen |
Does Ma Cipriani Try to Kill Toni?
Yes. The hitmen keep coming until Making Toni: once Toni becomes a made man, she calls to cancel the contract. She also calls the radio show Chatterbox to complain about Toni.
Ma Cipriani in GTA III
In GTA III, set in 2001, Ma Cipriani is heard at Momma's Restaurante when Claude takes jobs there, in The Pick-Up and Triads and Tribulations. Toni has moved back in with her. More on the GTA III characters page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who voices Ma Cipriani?
Sondra James, in GTA III and Liberty City Stories.
Does Ma Cipriani try to kill Toni?
Yes, she puts a hit on him in No Son of Mine.
When does Ma Cipriani call off the hit?
After Toni becomes a made man, in Making Toni.
Do you ever see Ma Cipriani?
Only once, inside a Leone Sentinel during Dead Meat.
Is Ma Cipriani in GTA 3?
Yes, as a voice at Momma's Restaurante.
What restaurant does Ma Cipriani own?
Momma's Restaurante in Saint Mark's, Portland.
Massimo Torini: The Sicilian Behind the Mob War
Massimo Torini is the main antagonist of Liberty City Stories (2005): a Sicilian Mafia underboss working for Salvatore Leone's uncle. Sent officially to broker peace between the Leone, Forelli and Sindacco families, he really wants them to destroy each other. Toni kills him in the final mission.
MafiaSicilian Mafia
BossSalvatore's uncle
Missions2
Dies inThe Sicilian Gambit
Why the Sicilians Come to Liberty City
The tribute paid by Liberty City to the Sicilian Mafia has dried up. Torini, who runs a hotel outside Palermo, arrives to broker peace between the three families while pushing them to wipe each other out. He uses the Diablos and the Triads against the Leones and kidnaps the new mayor, Miles O'Donovan.
Torini's Plot, Mission by Mission
| Mission | What happens |
|---|---|
Calm Before the Storm | Sent by JD O'Toole, Toni follows Torini's helicopter to meetings with the Diablos in Hepburn Heights and the Triads on a Chinatown rooftop |
The Shoreside Redemption | Sicilian mobsters attack the convoy taking Salvatore to court, and Toni protects him |
The Sicilian Gambit | Salvatore and Toni confront Torini at the Portland Rock lighthouse; he says it was nothing personal and flees in a helicopter |
How Does Massimo Torini Die?
Toni shoots down his helicopter in The Sicilian Gambit, in 1998. Salvatore's uncle then returns to Sicily. More on Salvatore Leone.
Who Voices Massimo Torini?
Duccio Faggella in most fan lists; Behind The Voice Actors spells it Fagella.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the main villain of GTA Liberty City Stories?
Massimo Torini, of the Sicilian Mafia.
How does Massimo Torini die?
Toni shoots down his helicopter at the Portland Rock lighthouse in The Sicilian Gambit.
Why do the Sicilians attack the Leones?
The tribute from Liberty City had dried up.
Who is Massimo Torini's boss?
Salvatore Leone's uncle.
Which missions feature Massimo Torini?
Calm Before the Storm and The Sicilian Gambit.
Vincenzo Cilli: The Mobster Who Betrays Toni
Vincenzo "Lucky" Cilli is the Leone family mobster Toni Cipriani works under at the start of Liberty City Stories (2005). He rose in the family while Toni was away, and jealousy of Toni's rise drives him to betray him twice. Toni kills him. Joe Lo Truglio voices him.
NicknameLucky
Voiced byJoe Lo Truglio
FamilyThe Leones
Dies inThe Portland Chainsaw Masquerade
Vincenzo's Missions
| Mission | What happens |
|---|---|
Home Sweet Home | Salvatore Leone introduces Vincenzo to Toni, who drives him to his warehouse in Atlantic Quays |
Slacker, Dealing Revenge, Smash and Grab | Vincenzo's jobs for Toni |
Snuff | Vincenzo sends Toni to kill the Sindacco heavy watching JD O'Toole |
Hot Wheels | The first betrayal: Vincenzo sends Toni for a drug-filled Banshee watched by the police; Toni escapes, quits on the phone and crushes the car in Harwood |
The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade | Vincenzo offers a truce and lures Toni into a freighter at Atlantic Quays, where chainsaw-wielding men ambush him |
Why Does Vincenzo Betray Toni?
Jealousy: Vincenzo resents Toni's rise with Salvatore Leone. Toni is also disgusted by the way Vincenzo treats his own mother on the phone.
Who Kills Vincenzo?
Toni Cipriani kills Vincenzo in The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade, in 1998, inside the freighter at the Atlantic Quays docks. Vincenzo appears only in Liberty City Stories. More on Toni Cipriani.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who kills Vincenzo in LCS?
Toni Cipriani, in The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade.
Who voices Vincenzo Cilli?
Joe Lo Truglio.
Why does Vincenzo betray Toni?
He is jealous of Toni's rise in the Leone family.
What is the Hot Wheels betrayal?
Vincenzo sends Toni for a car watched by the police; Toni quits and crushes it.
What is Vincenzo's nickname?
Lucky.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the main character in GTA Liberty City Stories?
Toni Cipriani, a Leone family mobster voiced by Danny Mastrogiorgio.
Who is the villain in GTA Liberty City Stories?
Massimo Torini, underboss of the Sicilian Mafia, working for Salvatore's uncle.
Who voices Salvatore Leone in LCS?
Frank Vincent, who also voiced him in GTA III and San Andreas.
Who voices Vincenzo in LCS?
Joe Lo Truglio.
Is Donald Love in Liberty City Stories?
Yes. He runs for mayor and gives Toni missions. Will Janowitz voices him.
Who is Toni Cipriani's mother?
Ma Cipriani, voiced by Sondra James, who puts a hit on her own son.