Johnny Sacrimoni
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Image:Johnny sack.jpgJohnny "Sack" Sacrimoni (usually just Johnny Sack), played by Vince Curatola, is an important figure in the New York Lupertazzi family in the fictional HBO TV series, The Sopranos.
Johnny Sack is a major figure in the New York crime family led by Carmine Lupertazzi. Johnny was Carmine's underboss for many years, handling political payoffs and bid-rigging for the organization. He ultimately became boss after Carmine's death. Johnny is also a friend and compatriot of New Jersey DiMeo boss Tony Soprano. Although the New York and New Jersey families are technically rivals, relations between the two families have been peaceful for some time. Johnny Sack works to try and maintain the peace with the other families, reasoning that peace between the families means prosperity for all the families. He is not, however, above stirring up trouble in Iago-like fashion, to sow dissent and suspicion among the ranks of the Soprano family. Johnny Sack is a shrewd person and always a pragmatist; he also happens to be a very low-profile mob figure in New York despite his superficial flamboyance.
But while Johnny Sack usually maintains his cool, he is very sensitive about his wife, Ginny, who has a problem with obesity. Johnny becomes violently angry when any remarks are made about Ginny's weight problem. He once ordered a hit put on Ralph Cifaretto for making one such off-color joke, although he later cooled down and called it off. This saved Ralphie's life, and also, although unknown to Johnny, his own, since Tony had obtained approval from Carmine to hit Johnny in order to protect the highly valuable Esplanade project to which Ralphie's involvement was key.
Johnny has chafed under Carmine's leadership of the family, particularly over Carmine's apparent plans to name his hedonistic and catachresis-prone son Carmine Jr. as his successor. During the abortive war with the Soprano crew over Tony's Frelinghuysen Avenue operation, he authorized Tony to arrange to have Carmine assassinated. Much to Johnny's chagrin, Tony accepted Carmine's offer of settlement and cancelled the hit.
Following the (natural) death of Carmine in 2004, Johnny's crew engaged in a bitter turf war over the Family Leadership with Carmine's son, Little Carmine. More violence was threatened upon Tony Soprano's New Jersey family following the unauthorised murder of two of Johnny's men by Tony's cousin, Tony Blundetto, on Little Carmine's behalf. After both New York factions suffered heavy casualities, the conflict was brought to an end with Little Carmine surrendering control of the family. This was followed by a tentative reconciliation with Tony, who had personally taken the life of Blundetto to bury the hatchet. However, the moment was cut short when Johnny was promptly arrested by the FBI after one of the family's capos, Jimmy Petrille, turned state's Witness. Even though in jail awaiting trial he is still in control of the Lupertazzi crime family.
In the sixth season, Johnny has entrusted Phil Leotardo with the role of Acting boss while he is in jail, and thus far Phil has acted willingly on Johnny's behalf. Template:The Sopranos links