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      • According to The Smithsonian, the real Sheeran was an Irish-Catholic WWII veteran and truck driver. He did “small jobs” for Bufalino. He claimed in the book that he was the “right-hand” man of Jimmy Hoffa (played on Netflix by Al Pacino).
  1. Francis Joseph Sheeran (October 25, 1920 – December 14, 2003), also known as "The Irishman", was an American labor union official and enforcer for Jimmy Hoffa and Russell Bufalino.

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  3. Oct 11, 2022 · Frank Sheeran is the mobbed-up protagonist in The Irishman, Martin Scorsese’s much-awaited Mafia epic on Netflix. In the movie, Robert De Niro plays the labor union “goon,” who claims to ...

  4. Nov 1, 2019 · FBI agents, prosecutors, reporters, and criminals who knew Frank Sheeran have said Sheeran’s confession—on which Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is based—lacks credibility.

  5. Oct 3, 2019 · But Frank Sheeran wasn’t a construction worker. And painting houses was actually code for blood spatter on walls caused by committing executions. The fact was, Sheeran was a WWII veteran who would soon become a rising star in Philadelphia’s underworld by working as a hitman.

  6. Martin Scorsese's The Irishman starring Robert De Niro is based on Frank Sheeran's memoir, I Heard You Paint Houses, by Charles Brandt. Here's what to know about it.

  7. Dec 7, 2019 · Who plays Frank Sheeran in The Irishman? Robert De Niro took on the role of Sheeran in The Irishman, a role that he's been attached to ever since he first brought the book to Scorsese in 2007.

  8. Mar 10, 2024 · In 2019, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino collaborated on an epic crime film about Frank Sheeran, a hitman for the Philadelphia Mafia known as “The Irishman.” Sheeran claimed he was responsible for the murder of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in 1975.

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