Tommy is a former member of the Forelli Crime Family in Liberty City, who, after being released from prison following a 15-year long sentence, is sent to Vice City to perform a major drug deal with the Vance Brothers. Tommy was voiced by movie actor Ray Liotta, making him the first protagonist in the series with a voice actor.
He is also mentioned in The Introduction, a prequel of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (set in 1992), and in the game itself during the mission The Meat Business by former friend and lawyer Ken Rosenberg. Thomas 'Tommy' Vercetti is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (set in 1986).