Gangs of New York

Rating: 6/10 Crime Drama History

Release Year: 2002 Language: en

Overview

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.

Cast Members

Leonardo DiCaprio as Amsterdam Vallon Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting Cameron Diaz as Jenny Everdeane Jim Broadbent as Boss Tweed John C. Reilly as Happy Jack Henry Thomas as Johnny Sirocco Liam Neeson as 'Priest' Vallon Brendan Gleeson as Walter 'Monk' McGinn Gary Lewis as McGloin Stephen Graham as Shang Eddie Marsan as Killoran Alec McCowen as Reverend Raleigh David Hemmings as Mr. Schermerhorn Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Jimmy Spoils Cara Seymour as Hell-Cat Maggie Roger Ashton-Griffiths as P.T. Barnum Peter-Hugo Daly as One-Armed Priest Cian McCormack as Young Amsterdam Andrew Gallagher as Young Johnny Philip Kirk as O'Connell Guard Leader Rab Affleck as Plug Uglies Leader Bill Barclay as Shirt Tails Leader Nick Bartlett as Chichesters Leader Robert Goodman as Forty Thieves Leader Tim Pigott-Smith as Calvinist Minister Liam Carney as Bill The Butcher's Gang #1 Gary McCormack as Bill The Butcher's Gang #2 David McBlain as Bill The Butcher's Gang #3 Dick Holland as True Blue American Speaker Katherine Wallach as Jenny's Girl Carmen Hanlon as Jenny's Girl Ilaria D'Elia as Jenny's Girl Laurie Ventry as Resident Woman Ford Kiernan as Black Joke Chief Alec McMahon as Resident Man Nevan Finegan as Dead Rabbit Gang Member Dominique Vandenberg as Dead Rabbit Gang Member Sai-Kit Yung as Chinese at Sparrow's Pagoda Basil Chung as Elderly Chinese at Pagoda Finbar Furey as Satan's Circus Singer Sean Gilder as Rat Pit Game Master Richard Graham as Card Player (Harvey) Richard Strange as Undertaker Douglas Plasse as Medical Student R. Bruce Steinheimer as Army Recruiter David Bamber as Passenger on Omnibus Barbara Bouchet as Mrs. Schermerhorn Michael Byrne as Horace Greeley Lucy Davenport as Miss Schermerhorn Maura O'Connell as Street Singer Alex Howden as Assistant Hangman James Ramsay as Condemned Man (Arthur) Iain McColl as Condemned Man (Seamus) Louie Brownsell as Legless Soldier Gennaro Condemi as She-He Kieran Hurley as Recruiter John Sessions as Harry Watkins / Lincoln Michael Billingsley as Uncle Tom Steven Blake as Mr. Shelby Giovanni Lombardo Radice as Mr. Legree Alexia Murray as Topsy Flaminia Fegarotti as Miss Eliza Bronco McLoughlin as Assassin Channing C. Holmes as Tap Dancer Eliane Chappuis as Chinese Whore Roberta Quaresima as Whore #1 Marta Pilato as Whore #2 Jian Su as Chinese Acrobat Man Cao as Chinese General Kathy Shao-Lin Lee as Chinese Dancer Alexander Deng as Chinese Boy Singer Peter Berling as Knife Act Caller Patrick Gordon as Surgeon Brendan White as Archbishop Brendan Dempsey as Provost Marshal Registrar Taddeo Harbutt as Unruly Man Nazzareno Natale as Don Whiskerandos Colin Hill as Nativist Candidate Robert Linge as One-Armed Veteran Richard Syms as Drunken Repeater Christian Burgess as The Mayor Gerry Robert Byrne as Draft Official David Nicholls as O'Connell Guard Leader Tim Faraday as Plug Uglies Leader Sean McGinley as Forty Thieves Leader John Anthony Murphy as Kerryonians Leader Terry O'Neill as Chichesters Leader Vincent Pickering as American Guard Leader Nick Miles as Atlantic Guard Leader Ian Pirie as Slaughter Housers Leader John McGlynn as Bowery Boys Leader Larry Kaplan as Bloodied Bureaucrat Leo Burmester as Telegraph Operator #1 (voice) Justin Brennan as Telegraph Operator #2 (voice) Brian Mallon as Telegraph Operator #3 (voice) Joseph P. Reidy as Police Chief Joel Strachan as Telegraph Operator Bill Murdoch as Robber on Dock Angela Pleasence as Woman Accomplice Iain Agnew as General Wool Michael Hausman as Gunboat Captain Bob Colletti as Soldier in Mist Martin Scorsese as Wealthy Homeowner (uncredited) Trevor Cooper as Man in Tweed's Office (uncredited) Massimo Vanni as Bar Bouncer (uncredited) Salvatore Billa as Native (uncredited) Marcello Fonte as Citizen (uncredited) Vincenzo Tanassi as Fireman (uncredited) Paolo Lorimer as Tammany Man (uncredited) Michele Bevilacqua as Middle Class Man (uncredited) Franco Venditti as Coach (uncredited) Katy Monique Cuomo as Tweed's Whore (uncredited) Pietro Torrisi as Priest's Gang Member (uncredited) Corrado Scalia as Rapist (uncredited) Loretta Rossi Stuart as Dead Rabbit Gang Member (uncredited) Mauro Cremonini as Internee (uncredited) Ottaviano Dell'Acqua as Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited) Arnaldo Dell'Acqua as Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited) Alberto Dell'Acqua as Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited) Franco Daddi as Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited) Virgilio Ponti as Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited) Clemente Ukmar as Priest's Gang Member (uncredited) Patrizio Pelizzi as Italian Emigrant (uncredited) Raffaella Ponzo as Johnny's Girlfriend