Editing Frank Costello (section)

==In popular culture==
* Costello has been portrayed in several movies, including by actors [[Feodor Chaliapin Jr.]] in ''[[My Brother Anastasia]]'' (1973), James Andronica in ''[[Gangster Wars]]'' (1981), [[Carmine Caridi]] in ''[[Bugsy]]'' (1991), [[Costas Mandylor]] in ''[[Mobsters (film)|Mobsters]]'' (1991), [[Robert De Niro]] in [[The Alto Knights|''The Alto Knights'']] (2025) and by [[Kirk Baltz]] in the television movie ''[[Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long]]'' (1995).
* Costello was referenced in the [[Allen Ginsberg]] poem "[[Hadda Be Playing on the Jukebox]]". The line is written: 'It had to be FBI chief [[J. Edgar Hoover]] / and Frank Costello syndicate mouthpiece / meeting in [[Central Park]], New York weekends, / reported Time magazine'. The poem was later performed live (with music) by the band [[Rage Against the Machine]] on the album ''[[Live & Rare (Rage Against the Machine album)|Live & Rare]]''.
* Costello was portrayed by Anthony DiCarlo in [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]]'s docudrama series ''[[The Making of the Mob: New York]]''.
* He was portrayed by [[Paul Sorvino]] in the 2019 television series ''[[Godfather of Harlem]]''.