Who played the lawyer Tom Hagen in the film the Godfather?
Tom Hagen for the same film. Tom Hagen Thomas Hagen is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather" and Francis Ford Coppola's films "The Godfather" and "The Godfather Part II". He is portrayed by Robert Duvall in the films. Hagen is the informally adopted son of the mafia don Vito Corleone. He is a qualified lawyer and the "consigliere" to the Corleone American mafia family. Mild-mannered and soft-spoken, he serves as the voice of reason within the family. The novel and first film establish that he is of German-Irish ancestry. Sonny Corleone befriends 11-year-old Tom, who was living on the
Tom Hagen film portray Hagen aiding Vito and Michael Corleone in warring against the other ruling New York Mafia families. In "The Godfather Part II", set in 1958-59, Hagen serves as Michael's right-hand man during his power struggle with Hyman Roth. In "The Godfather Part III", set in 1979-1980, he is said to have died some years before in an unspecified manner. His role in the story between the second and third films, including his death, is portrayed in Mark Winegardner's sequel novels, "The Godfather Returns" and "The Godfather's Revenge". In both the novel and film, Hagen is introduced as an important