Sean Penn, Johnny Depp & More: Actors as Real-Life Gangsters (Photos)
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Gangster Squad stars Sean Penn in the role of real-life 1940s mob kingpin Mickey Cohen. From Johnny Depp’s John Dillinger to Steve Buscemi’s Nucky Thompson on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, see other real mobsters behind the characters.
Sean Penn/Mickey Cohen
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Robert De Niro/Lefty Rosenthal
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Steve Buscemi/Nucky Johnson
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Jack Nicholson/Whitey Bulger
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Johnny Depp/John Dillinger
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Johnny Depp/Joseph Pistone (a.k.a. Donnie Brasco)
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Charles Bronson/Machine Gun Kelly
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Robert De Niro/Jimmy the Gent
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Denzel Washington/Frank Lucas
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Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty/Bonnie and Clyde
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Robert De Niro/Al Capone
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