Gianni Franco

Gianni Franco is a Mafia Leader who opposes The Punisher in the 1989 film The Punisher.

He was portrayed by Jeroen Krabbe

Biography
Since the Mafia families have been wiped out by The Punisher's personal war, Gianni Franco, a family leader, steps in and takes control of the families left. His aim is to reunite all the families into a single, powerful organization, and his plan almost succeeds. The continuous successes of Franco's new Mafia drags the attention of Lady Tanaka and her Yakuza, an Asian powerful criminal organization. In order to eliminate concurrency, Tanaka has all the Mafia children kidnapped for ransom and child slavery.

After the attack from The Punisher, all the children have been rescued and freed, except for Tommy Franco, the son of Gianni Franco. When Castle was arrested, Gianni Franco has him freed by his men and asks him for his help in order to free his own son, Tommy Franco. Castle accepts and together with Franco, attacks Tanaka's base, wiping out all the Yakuzas. His battle with Lady Tanaka wasn't easy, but she was killed by Castle. Once he can hug Tommy again, Gianni Franco turns over the Punisher, wanting to kill him while his guard is down, warned by Tommy, Castle kills Gianni and warns Tommy not to follow the sins of his father's path.

Character Traits
Gianni Franco is a capable leader, believing in honor (sort of) and in the values of the Mafia families have always respected. He's quite smart, capable of arranging complex plans instead of always charging without thinking.

He's a skillful fighter, in both fire and unarmed combat.