Joey Gazelle is the main protagonist of the 2006 crime thriller Running Scared. He's a low level Mafiosi of the Perello Crime Family who was tasked with disposing a gun that was used to killer several corrupt cops during a drug deal, but it would end up being used by his neighbor's son, Oleg Yugorski to shoot his abusive stepfather and would also be used by several other people. At the end, it's revealed that he's actually an undercover FBI agent who was assigned to bring down the Perello's. Joey serves as one of the two main protagonists, the other is his wife Teresa Gazelle. He was played by the late Paul Walker, who also played Brian O'Connor in the Fast & Furious movies.