The article says that sheeran stood 6 foot 3 inches tall and weighed 248 pounds. However its worth noting that while de niro is known as an american italian actor he is also of irish descent on his fathers side. He was running for acting president of 326 at the time. He grew to his full adult height of 6 ft 4 in 193 m tall while serving in the army during world war ii. Frank sheeran was born in 1920 and raised in the small town of darby pennsylvania. The films final image sees frank sheeran a solitary old man asking that his door not be.
Francis joseph sheeran october 25 1920 december 14 2003 also known as the irishman was an american labor union official who was accused of having links to the bufalino crime family in his capacity as a high ranking official in the international brotherhood of teamsters ibt the president of local 326. Sheeran was a leading figure in the corruption of unions by organized crime. He lost the presidency election because of the murder. Aside from the slicked back hair and bit of excess weight de niro who is 5 10 does not bear much resemblance to the 6 ft 4 in irishman frank sheeran. His family was of mixed irish and swedish american descent. Instead we feel the heavy weight of mortality and the grim finality of where that lifestyle leads.
He was raised an irish catholic and in his 20s fought in world war ii in italy france and germany. Frank sheeran was born in darby pennsylvania a small working class borough on the outskirts of philadelphia.