Jimmy Pegorino

Background

Jimmy Pegorino is the boss of the Pegorino crime family, a small Mafia outfit based in Westdyke, Alderney, in Grand Theft Auto IV. The family is not part of Liberty City's ruling Commission, and Jimmy is obsessed with earning the respect of the five established families. He is paranoid, impatient and convinced that everyone around him is either betraying him or laughing at him.

Events of Grand Theft Auto IV

Niko comes to Pegorino through Ray Boccino and Phil Bell. Jimmy's first job, Pegorino's Pride, sees a meeting with the Pavano family go wrong, and Niko protects him from the attack. In Payback Niko hunts down the gunmen behind it, and in Flatline he kills the informant Anthony Corrado in a hospital. When Jimmy suspects his own capo, he orders Niko to kill Ray Boccino in Pest Control.

As Pegorino's position weakens, Niko becomes his most useful soldier. In One Last Thing Jimmy asks Niko to take part in a heroin deal with Dimitri Rascalov, knowing Niko hates Dimitri, which sets up the choice between Deal and Revenge. In the Revenge ending Pegorino attacks Roman's wedding and kills Kate McReary. Niko and Little Jacob chase him across the city to Happiness Island, where Niko kills him in Out of Commission.

Personality

Pegorino is insecure, whiny and self-pitying. He constantly complains about being disrespected, yet he is quick to turn on loyal people. His paranoia drives many of the decisions that make his family weaker.

Relationships

• Phil Bell is his loyal right-hand man.
• Ray Boccino is his caporegime until Jimmy orders his death.
• Niko Bellic is an employee who ultimately becomes his executioner in the Revenge ending.

Trivia

• Jimmy is voiced by Tony Patellis.
• His full name is James Pegorino.
• The Pegorino family has a scattering of cameos in The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony through Ray Boccino.