Gennaro "Gerry Lang" Langella was a Colombo family Mafia underboss and boss. He came to the forefront after beginning his career as a mobster in Brooklyn. He served successively as a bodyguard and underboss for Colombo family chief Carmine "the Snake" Persico. Persico's imprisonment for ten years in a thirteen year period left Langella as the de facto Colombo boss. This was especially true after age effectively finished the career of Persico's handpicked choice to replace him, i.e. Thomas "the Old Man" DiBella.