James "Jimmy" Conway was a fictional character played by Robert De Niro in the film Goodfellas. The character was based directly on the real-life gangster Jimmy Burke. Jimmy Conway is first introduced in a narrarration by Henry Hill at the beginning of the film. He was a close associate of mob caporegime Paul "Paulie" Cicero (based on Paul Vario). Being of Irish decent, Conway could never become a "made man" in the Mafia since he is not full-blooded Italian. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... Robert Mario De Niro, Jr. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ... U.S. Marshals mugshot of James Jimmy the Gent Burke taken on April 12, 1979 not long after the Lufthansa heist. ... Paul Vario (July 9, 1914 – November 22, 1988) was a member of the U.S. Italian Mafia and a Caporegime in the Lucchese Family. ... For the 2006 computer game, see Made Man (computer game). ... This article is about the criminal society. ...

Jimmy earns his nickname, "Jimmy the Gent", and becomes the closest friend and partner-in-crime of Hill, along with sociopathic gangster Tommy DeVito, played by Joe Pesci (based on Tommy DeSimone). He enjoys hijacking trucks on the freeway. Jimmy is present when Billy Batts comes to the bar, mocking Tommy's youthful duties as a shoe-shine boy:"Now go home and get your fucking shinebox!" Tommy, enraged leaves and returns to the bar with a revolver. Tommy (aided by Conway) beat Batts savagely to a pulp, later burying his body. Joseph Frank Pesci (born February 9, 1943), commonly known as Joe Pesci, is an American Academy Award-winning actor, comedian and singer. ... Thomas Anthony Two-Gun Tommy DeSimone (May 24, 1950 – January 14, 1979[1]) was a gangster and associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York. ...

Jimmy organizes the Lufthansa Heist. He grows paranoid when the associates begin buying exotics with the money. Stacks (based on Parnell Steven "Stacks" Edwards), is shot multiple times by Tommy in his apartment for not delivering the truck in the right place, Conway also organizes the murder of Morris "Morrie" Kessler, (based on Martin Krugman), murdered by Tommy in the car for pestering Jimmy over the loot. The bloodied bodies of Johnny Roastbeef (based on Angelo Sepe) and his wife are found in their cadillac, the bodies of Jo Buddah (based on Louis Cafora), and Frenchy (based on Robert McMahon) are found dead to be discovered by sanitation workers, and Frank "Frankie" Carbone is found frozen in a meat-truck. Soon after, Tommy is supposed to become a "made man" in the Lucchesse Family, but is instead murdered by the elder members of the Family, Vinnie (based on Thomas Agro) and an unknown mobster, as revenge for killing Billy Batts. The 1978 Lufthansa Heist was an airport robbery planned by Jimmy Burke, an associate of the Lucchese crime family, and carried out by several of his associates. ... Parnell Steven Stax Edwards (January 15, 1947 - December 18, 1978) was a “gopher” and a wannabe member of the Roberts Lounge Crew. ... Martin Marty Krugman. ... Angelo J. (John) Sepe a. ... Louis Cafora II (??? Massapequa, New York declared dead May of 1979 South Ozone Park, Queens) was a Italian-American independent loanshark and drug trafficker who was involved with the New York State Department of Transportations Traffic Violations Bureau for Nassau County, New York. ... Robert McMahon a. ... Thomas Agro (akas: T.A., Tipp, Thomas Ambrosiano) was born on the Upper East Side of New York City. ...

Jimmy and Henry are arrested for roughing up a man, but soon released. Henry, after being arrested the second time, this time for drug charges, meets Conway at a diner and considers he and his family are marked for death. Hill enters the Witness Protection Program and testifies against Paulie and Jimmy. In the United States, the Witness Protection Program (also known as WITSEC) is established by the Witness Protection Act, which in turn sets out the manner in which the U.S. Attorney General may provide for the relocation and protection of a witness or potential witness of the federal government...

Kathy Burke, Jimmy Burke's daughter, allegedly attempted to force the GoodFellas production company to pay $100,000 for permission to use the name 'Burke', so they used Jimmy's mother's maiden name 'Conway' instead.