Henry Hill

Every time I see Henry Hill's name, I think of Scorsese's Goodfellas, and for good reason. Born in Brooklyn in 1943, he was a genuine Lucchese-family mobster who flipped to become an FBI informant, helping secure some fifty convictions in one of the most extraordinary turns imaginable. What fascinates me is the afterlife: in witness protection he tried his hand at painting, restoration, even running restaurants, a strangely human coda to a violent past. He tasted glory, betrayal, and collapse all in one lifetime. I would never call him a good man, but the sheer stubborn will to keep living is, I admit, undeniably striking.

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Name (English)

Henry Hill

Name (Japanese)

ヘンリー・ヒル

Reading

へんりー・ひる

Born

June 11, 1943 – June 12, 2012

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

restorer / painter / restaurateur / gangster / drug trafficker

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Hill
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558354

Tags

• New York
• restorer
• painter
• restaurateur

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.