Joseph Shea (FBI agent) the 2002 film "Catch Me If You Can", fictional character Carl Hanratty, portrayed by Tom Hanks, is loosely based on the relationship that Shea had with Frank Abagnale. Joseph Shea (FBI agent) Joseph Gerald Shea (September 20, 1919 – August 4, 2005) was a Special Agent for the FBI. Shea was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on September 20, 1919. He was the third child in a family of four sons born to Frank Shea and his Irish-born wife, Alice Mary. The family moved in with their paternal grandmother after his mother's death, when he was eight. Shea joined the Army
FBI on The Sopranos an homage to famous New York City Detective Sonny Grosso who helped reveal the French Connection. Tony says that Grasso is a valentine with his name as that if he wasn't for his last name they'd have him sweeping up at the office, and implies that the other FBI agents probably search him before he leaves work to go home every day. Tony thinks that Grasso is arresting "his own people", fellow Italians to get promoted. An FBI agent who handled Big Pussy Bonpensiero. He has been an FBI agent since 1989. He gets angry at the bureau when he