Tony Prince

Background

Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince is the title character of The Ballad of Gay Tony and Liberty City's best-known nightclub owner. Over decades he built a nightlife empire, and by 2008 he owns Maisonette 9 and the gay club Hercules. His success has come at a cost: years of drug use, bad business decisions and loans from the Mafia have left him desperate.

Events of The Ballad of Gay Tony

Tony owes large sums to Rocco Pelosi of the Ancelotti family and to Mori Kibbutz, and his bodyguard and partner Luis Lopez spends much of the story working off those debts. Tony gives Luis many missions, from driving through the city in I Luv LC to destroying targets with sticky bombs in Bang Bang and dealing with the blogger the Celebinator.

Looking for a fast way out, Tony and his boyfriend Evan Moss arrange to buy diamonds from a cook on the Platypus in Frosting on the Cake. The deal is ambushed and the stones are lost, and the diamonds bring Ray Bulgarin, their original owner, down on Tony and Luis. When the Ancelottis and Bulgarin decide Tony must pay, Rocco asks Luis to kill him, but Luis refuses and kills Vince Pelosi instead. With Bulgarin dead at the end of Departure Time, Tony is free to rebuild, with Yusuf Amir interested in investing in his clubs.

Personality

Tony is charismatic, emotional and self-destructive. He is generous to friends and has real affection for Luis, but his addictions and pride repeatedly put everyone at risk.

Relationships

• Luis Lopez, his loyal bodyguard and partner.
• Evan Moss, his boyfriend, who is killed after the diamond deal.
• Gracie Ancelotti, a friend and club regular.

Trivia

• Tony is voiced by D.B. Cooper.
• He returns in Grand Theft Auto Online, where he helps run the player's nightclub in the After Hours update.