Frank Rosenthal Spilotro, on which the character Nicky Santoro (played by Joe Pesci) is based. Rosenthal is represented by the character Sam "Ace" Rothstein (played by Robert De Niro). The character of Ginger McKenna Rothstein, his wife in the film (played by Sharon Stone), is based on Geri McGee, Rosenthal's wife in real life. In an interview about the movie, Rosenthal stated that his character portrayed by Robert De Niro was quite but not fully similar to him, namely "7 on a scale of 1 to 10", and that he would neither "dispute" nor "confirm" whether Sharon Stone accurately portrayed his wife
Ace Ventura 2008 list by Empire Magazine. He was also voted one of the most annoying film characters ever in a British online poll. Ace Ventura Ace Ventura is a fictional character created by Vancouver-born screenwriter Jack Bernstein. Ace was played by Jim Carrey in the films "", released in 1994, and "", released in 1995, and was voiced by Michael Daingerfield (credited as Michael Hall) in the "". Ace is a Miami-based private detective specializing in the retrieval of missing animals, the son of Rex Ventura and descendant of such as "Ernest Ventura Shackleton" and "Jacques Ventura Costeau". It is not