Donnie Azoff

**Donnie Azoff** is a stockbroker who through the series of events in the movie, deals in corrupt practices and fraud with his partner in crime, Jordan Belfort.

## History

### **Stratton Oakmont**

In 1987, Donnie Azoff was at a diner where he introduced himself to Jordan Belfort, who was also having breakfast there. After brief pleasantries, Donnie admires a late-model Jaguar in the driveway's parking lot and asks if Jordan is the owner, to which Jordan replies in the affirmative. He asks what his profession is, which is being a stock broker, and replies that he coincidentally works at a company known as Jordan's Furniture. He also reveals to Jordan that he actually is one of his neighbors, living in the same building, the difference being that he is on the fourth floor while Jordan is on the twelfth. Donnie further questions Jordan on what his salary is, to which Jordan slyly says barely under seventy-two grand. Donnie wonders what kind of career here offers such a princely income, and Jordan answers he has been brokering pink sheet penny stocks, which are high risk but offer a high rate of return on sales, in essence the stock market's counterpart to junk bonds. Impressed, Donnie says that if Jordan is not fooling around about this, he will quit his job and work under Jordan, or as Donnie put it: "Show me a pay stub for $72,000 and I will quit my job right now and work for you." Jordan chuckles and produces a pay stub to show he is not fibbing. Donnie stays by his word and goes to a payphone with Jordan, to call his former supervisor to quit his job, saying, "Hey Paulie, what's up? No everything is fine, hey listen, I quit!"

Donnie soon becomes friends with Jordan, as they begin to hang out more. While drinking together at a bar, Donnie reveals that he is actually married to his first cousin, Hildy Azoff. The two grew up together, and Hildy apparently became so attractive that Donnie wanted to ensure no other man would have her "I am not going to let another man fuck my cousin." He convinced her and their family of accepting a first-cousin marriage, which is legal in New York, and soon after marries her. Jordan questions him politely on the situation of having children, as the likelihood of mental deficiency would be very high, to which Donnie retorts that he already has two kids who are completely fine. He further goes on to state that if it did happen he would jokingly take the child out to the countryside and let it go free, but seriously clarifies that he would likely send the kid to an institution for proper care, if it ever happened. The duo continue their mutual bonding, by smoking crack in a shed, a present as Donnie puts it, in gratitude of Jordan's partnerships. After learning a few tricks and the art form stock brokering itself from Jordan, the pair decide to open their own firm, Stratton Oakmont, after Jordan resigns his former broker job.

Jordan and Donnie soon become rich, as the hiring of some of Jordan's friends who range from drug dealers to contraband traders; Alden "Sea Otter" Kupferberg, Chester Ming, Robbie Feinberg, Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff and Toby Welch build the company out. A seventh friend, Brad Bodnick, is also offered partnership, but declines, saying that his own Quaalude smuggling racket is profitable enough. Bodnick, however, remains in a close relationship with Jordan and Donnie, supplying them with drugs and his marriage with a Slovenian stripper, would be capitalized on by the duo to ship their dirty money out of the United States and into Switzerland while trying to avoid attention from Interpol or the U.S. Treasury, later down the timeline.

Stratton Oakmont however comes under scrutiny by a Forbes article, lambasting the company as criminal operation, and particularly singling out Jordan's actions as the head of the operation. But rather than defaming him and the company, it actually boosts the company's status among young, ambitious, morally-laxed brokers, who also want to get rich. As the firm continues acquiring luxury, the lifestyle of constant sex and drugs of the business envelopes the lives of everyone in the company, including most so Donnie who is eager to enjoy it. What he does not know however, is that through all the debauchery and success, the company would peak the attention of one FBI agent, named Patrick Denham.

### **South Hampton Party**

In 1992, with all the success and money made from the company, Jordan hosts a party in South Hampton for all of his employees and clients, with Donnie and Hildy being attendees at the event. After Jordan makes an impassioned speech to his the party goers, Donnie and him go to the game room, with their friends, to do quaaludes in secret. After taking a considerable amount of ludes, Donnie tries to talk to Jordan about Steve Madden wanting to join Stratton Oakmont, as he was actually childhood friends with Madden, and wants to go public with his stock on a women's shoe-line. But due too being extremely high, he is unable to coherently tell Jordan this, and his antics are merely laughed at by the rest of the group. Sea Otter interrupts the gang, as he tells them to come check out a guest that had just arrived.

The person in question is a young model, named Naomi Lapaglia, who is being accompanied by her date, Blair Hollingsworth. Jordan is immediately smitten by her, going to quickly introduces himself to her, as Donnie follows along suit, who also is immediately aroused by her in his inebriated state. While Jordan is trying to flirt with Naomi, Donnie goes down to them, and is so high from the quaaludes, that he began masturbating in front of Naomi, while being oblivious to the fact that he was in a public setting. When Mrs. Azoff comes in to tell Jordan that Teresa was looking for him, she notices what Donnie is doing and is immediately shocked and repulsed. Hildy berates him for his idiotic and embarrassing actions and is forcefully ushered away by Hildy, while the onlookers laugh it on. Blair quickly drags Naomi away in disgust from the scene, due to the combination of Jordan's rude flirting with her and Donnie's indecency.

However this does not dissuade Jordan, who stalked Noami by finding out personal information about her and convincing her friend Christy to disclose her phone number. Noami at first is disinterested in Jordan, largely because he is already married, but soon agrees to commit adultery with him (which may or may not have been motivated by his success in life). When Teresa eventually finds out of the love affair, the two get a divorce, and Jordan moves Naomi into his apartment. The couple hire a homosexual man named Nicholas as their butler. While Nicholas seems to be the stereotype of a fashionable gay man, he also fulfills another stereotype of homosexuals being licentious, as he hosts a gay orgy in their apartment under the impression his employer was out of town. Unknown to Nicholas, Noami had only left for a short while to go shopping. She walks in on the orgy and is horrified. She then learns that her and Jordan's jewelry and money were stolen from the bedroom. Donnie proceeds to accompany Jordan in interrogating Nicholas on what happened to the money. Nicholas evades questioning and disclosing anyone who was a part of the orgy, much to Donnie's anger and insistence to beat him up. Nicholas rather diverts attention to Donnie, saying that he was at a gay strip club and was dancing along the patrons there, which Donnie does not deny, saying that he was a bit high at the time. With the conversation going nowhere, Jordan screams at Nicholas to give up his friends, for only Nicholas to again divert blame to this all being about the fact that he is gay. Donnie intervenes, telling him that he loves gays, and that actually his cousin is a homosexual, and spends time with him and his boyfriend. Chester intervenes in the proceedings, as he clocks him in the face, splattering blood onto Donnie's face, resulting in Donnie proceeding to run out to the balcony to vomit. After Chester and Sea Otter dangle Nicholas off the balcony, threatening to drop him if he doesn't tell them where the money is, but Jordan calls it off by calling the police. Nicholas is then arrested by the police, whom Jordan bribes to keep quiet about his own extrajudicial punishment. The officers are seen decking Nicholas as they escort him out of the building.

With Donnie's help, Jordan secures an IPO on Steve Madden (who had been a schoolfriend of Donnie's from their childhood), getting even more money from the fraudulent transaction. Jordan then after decides to propose to Naomi, with the surplus of money being used to for a lavish bachelor party on top of the wedding. He attends on Jordan's party, as the flight ride there was filled with drugs and hookers, with the orgy going on from the flight to the hotel booked in Las Vegas. The group heads out to the Bahamas the next day, where Donnie and Hildy attend and witness Jordan and Naomi's wedding, before the newly weds head on back to New York, on their brand new yacht.

### **Belfort Estate Investigation**

Donnie continues his work with Jordan, as 18 months after the wedding, Jordan and Donnie are planning to release Madden's IPO. The day is very tense, and Donnie glances at an employee cleaning his fish bowl. Donnie goes over to him, putting up a friendly façade of questioning what he is doing, before screaming at him for his preoccupation. Donnie then grabs the man's goldfish and swallows it whole, much to the wild cheer of the other brokers, and tells the employee to get out of the building. Donnie heads back, as the man is humiliated and bullied out of the doorway as he packs his things. Donnie heads out with Jordan, bringing out Madden to rile up the brokers. Madden is subsequently ridiculed by Jordan's staff, as his rambling and impersonal attitude is bashed, but Donnie tries to reassure him. Jordan quickly interjects, as he riles them up and deifies Madden, telling them that selling Madden's stock will get them a lot of money. Donnie and Madden witness the workers moral boost and the actual shoe-line become highly valued, as the stock prices increase drastically.

Though the company reigns in a lot of cash, the investigation by the FBI becomes more serious. Jordan hotheadedly almost bribes Agent Denham, against Bo Dietl wishes, putting in all of the company's money in jeopardy of investigation. Jordan plans to send his money to Switzerland, through a friend of Rugrat's, a banker named Jean-Jacques Saurel. Donnie heads over to the country with Rugrat and Jordan, though him and Jordan get high before the flight. Jordan sexually assaults an air hostess and is subsequently tied down, waking up as the two sober up at the end of the flight. In Geneva, the account is set up, but Jordan must go through a tedious process to enact it.

Jordan, Naomi, and Donnie enlist Bodnick and his wife, Chantalle, to move the money into Switzerland, as they plan to tape all the money onto Chantalle and send her off to Switzerland. After realizing that they are going to need multiple trips and her in-laws to move the money, Donnie as well asks for Bodnick to do a trip with his money. Bodnick, already irritated by Donnie's attitude and arrogance, argues with Jordan privately, only to be eavesdropped by an enraged Donnie. After smack talking him, Bodnick knocks out Donnie in retaliation, though Jordan will get Bodnick to later accept the deal of moving Donnie's money. The plan goes successfully, as all of Jordan's money is sent to Geneva, while Donnie awaits for his own money to be sent.

Donnie and Bodnick in the meanwhile meet up to hand over the money for the next trip. Donnie initially seeming to be sincere towards Bodnick, trying to apologize to a cold recuperation by Bodnick. But after Donnie's constant heavy handed insults, ending with a remark on Bodnick's wife, Bodnick loses his temper and tries to pull a gun on Donnie, with a police patrol coming to intervene. Donnie bolts away, leaving Brad and his suitcase full of money, to be apprehended and taken away. Donnie drives away from the scene, with Bodnick enraged and cursing at him, as Donnie recedes into a state of worry, with the entire scam being on the brink of collapsing, due to his irritable actions.

### **The** **Lemmon 714 Quaaludes**

Donnie calls up Jordan to do quaaludes with each other, wanting to escape his anxiety with drugs and shelter Jordan from his idiotic actions. He presents some rare Lemmon 714 quaaludes, "Lemons", which are described by Jordan as "the holy grail of quaaludes", which were outlawed in the 80's, being very valuable and potent. The two go to Jordan's estate, preparing themselves physically and mentally for the possible high they are going to get. The two take one each, but after an extended period of time of no action, two are bored out of their minds, taking he whole bottle by the end. Donnie suggests their duds and while they do some exercising in the mansion's gym, Naomi informs Jordan that Dietl is on the line. Dietl informs Jordan to call him back on a telephone away from the Belfort manor, so Jordan heads out to the Brookville country club, which is a mile away. Jordan uses a payphone to call Dietl, who warns him that Denham has gotten a warrant to wiretap Stratton Oakmont and the Belfort residence.

In the mean time, the ludes kick in, as there is a delayed fuse due to its storage time, resulting in all of the pills taken making Donnie deranged. Donnie proceeds to try calling Saurel to move his money, not knowing that the FBI has tapped the phone lines. Naomi calls Jordan to come back home, who is as well equally high and paralyzed from the drugs, but needs to rush back over to stop Donnie in his intoxicated state. Donnie is unable to talk coherently to Saurel, resulting in enough time for Jordan to get back into the house. Jordan remarks that he drove his Lamborghini super slow, recollecting that an old lady speeded by him. Jordan attempts to rip the phone away from Donnie, who is oblivious of the situation in his intoxicated state, but eventually, Jordan is able to dislodge the phone from him. Jordan is able to somewhat sober up, as he angrily questions about what happened to Brad, which makes Donnie panic and become feral, and rather runs off to go stuff his face with food, but starts gagging and chokes on chunks of ham. Naomi tries to save him and but frantically doesn't know what to do, so Jordan comically reaches for a small stash of cocaine in a kitchen drawer, and intakes it all, to the TV playing "Popeye the Sailor Man". Jordan immediately is reinvigorated and quickly performs CPR to save Donnie, who coughs out all the ham over the floor, while Jordan passes out on the couch.

The next day, Jordan awakens to see two policemen looking at him, saying that he is to be taken in for questioning. They accuse him of driving under the influence, using the wrecked Lamborghini as evidence. A sobered Jordan then recalls the true events of his excursion from the country club to his home; he has been so high he smashed the car into mulitple cars and stationary objects such as mailboxes. Despite it being look like Jordan was caught with a smoking gun, the case crumbles are there are no witnesses nor rocksteady proof.

Bodnick meanwhile is jailed for contempt, but due to quickly disposing his gun before being arrested and unwilling to rat out Jordan, and begrudgingly Donnie, he is let go after some months.

### **The Bullpen**

Jordan is pressured by his father and Manny to resign his position and give control to Donnie, due to the co-current events of bad luck he had experienced in the past few days. Jordan gives his supposed final speech, as Donnie is in attendance, watching Jordan's hesitations unfold. Jordan goes through the things he and the company have done for his workers, and decides he will not leave, much to the brokers cheer but distress and bewilderment by Donnie and Max. Bodnick is as well released after some months, with Jordan promising he will not need to work with Donnie ever again.

A couple of days later, in 1996, subpoenas are issued to every employee under Stratton Oakmont, as they must attend court to be questioned and interrogated, for the company's possible illegal actions. None of the members talk or give any incrimination against the firm or Jordan, as they are quickly let go and disposed of, freeing them from legal authority for the time being. Soon after, though they are not allowed to leave the country, Jordan heads out to Italy with Donnie and their wives, on the "Naomi". When on shore, Jordan and Donnie learn Madden has been selling his stock off, which Jordan mostly owned illegally, due to fears and hesitations from Jordan's predicament and situation with the FBI. Jordan plans on sailing back to America, after Madden is unresponsive to Donnie's calls, to devalue the shares and ruin Madden's company financially. He is stopped though, by the sight of Naomi crying, being comforted by Hildy, as Jordan inquires what happened. Naomi sobbingly tells him that Aunt Emma is dead, who is the person Jordan chose to be the account's holder in name, with all of Donnie and Jordan's money being in the account.

Jordan quickly calls Saurel on the status of the account, with Saurel telling him that it is completely secure and Emma actually naming Jordan as the successor to the funds in the bank. But, the only way for Jordan to inherit the account, is by him going to Switzerland and signing an agreement of acquisition for the account, in three days. Jordan quickly rouses the captain to sail to Monaco, where Jordan will drive to Switzerland to meet with Saurel. Much to Naomi distress over missing the funeral and the captain's pleas of the incoming storm, the two couples head out to Monaco.

The yacht embarks towards the Mediterranean Sea, where contrary to Jordan's initial reassurances, the storm arrives extremely hazardous, with raging waves violently surrounding the "Naomi". Jordan, Donnie, and Naomi are lodged in the front with the Captain, who is trying to call for rescue, while keeping the boat from going under. Jordan, afraid he is going to die, tried to get Donnie to get the ludes downstairs, so he can at least die while being high. Donnie is initially hesitant, due to the possibility that the lower half of the boat is already submerged but is pressured to go down there as more water fills the lower deck. Donnie finds the ludes and gives them to Jordan, who leaves Naomi unattended to be jolted by the incoming waves. After taking a capsule, a giant wave crashes into the yacht, capsizing the boat, with the crew needing to get onto a safety raft, leaving the "Naomi" to sink. The captain efforts to call for assistance however was ultimately successful, as an Italian cruiser picks them up. Naomi and Hildy dance with the sailors, leaving Jordan and Donnie to absorb their near fatal experience, sailing out to safety.

### **Enclosure On Stratton Oakmont**

Jordan tries to sober up after the events of the yacht sinking, trying to become a better father and husband. This idea is shortly put on hold, as the FBI have arrested Saurel and Rugrat on American soil, and Jordan's banking scheme has been ratted out to the FBI. Jordan is placed under house arrest, with a required payment of ten million dollars. Donnie visits Jordan, who is becoming increasingly more depressed by the money situation and Naomi growing more colder towards him. He talks with Donnie, who assures him that they will make through this setback together. Jordan however is set up by the FBI to secretly incriminate all the other members of his business, for in return a lighter sentence. Jordan hesitantly accepts the offer placed by Denham, going along with the plan after Naomi leaves Jordan with their kids.

Jordan is sent back to Stratton Oakmont, to get the convictions needed. The company is ecstatic with his return, believing he has striven through his hardships with the FBI, much to the actual contrary. Jordan and Donnie meet up, as they talk about Steve Madden and their problems, with Donnie being Jordan's first required target. Jordan slips a piece of paper to Donnie, telling him to not convict himself, as he is tapped. Donnie keeps the note, with the pair continuing to talk awkwardly, until Jordan goes around the company to convict other members of Stratton Oakmont.

Donnie goes to the FBI with the card to rat Jordan out, for his own appeal for a lighter sentence. Jordan is arrested and taken in for his breach in agreement, with Donnie betraying Jordan's trust. The FBI head on down to Stratton Oakmont to arrest dozens of workers and employees, as Stratton Oakmont is effectively shut down and defunct. Donnie is present during the raid, while in the middle of deleting as many files that could incriminate him, going into as well a small panic attack in all of the chaos. Even with his acquired evidence, Donnie is sent to prison for the longest of all the members of Stratton Oakmont, due to his direct ties with many of the stock associates he was embezzling with and being cofounder of the company, and never sees Jordan again after this.

## Relationships

* Hildy Azoff - Wife, First Cousin
* Donnie and Hildy Azoff's children - Children

## Gallery

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