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James "Sonny" Crockett is a fictional character from the Miami Vice television series and film of the same name. The character is portrayed by Don Johnson in the television series, and Colin Farrell in the movie version of the show. He was introduced in the Miami Vice pilot in 1984 and has appeared in every Miami Vice episode, all 111 of them, and in the motion picture. The character has also appeared in numerous video games numerous popular culture references.

Appearances
Though the character appears in both the television series and movie, the character was reinvented for the movie. The movie version of Miami Vice has no connection to the 1984 television series. Therefore Crockett's background story in the movie differs from that of the television series.

Television
James Crockett, more commonly known as Sonny Crockett, first appears in the pilot episode of Miami Vice (1984) as an undercover vice cop on the trail of a Colombian drug lord. While undercover he meets Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas), an NYPD undercover offiver, who too is on the trail of a drug dealer and cop killer, Calderone (Miguel Pinero). Unknowing to them, Calderone and the Colombian are the same person that they're looking for. Crockett and Tubbs both go undercover as Sonny Burnett and Rico Cooper respectively, to try to get close to Calderone. They are successful and in the end capture him. Just as they go to see him in jail, Calderone has made his $2 million and was on his way out of the country. Crockett promises Tubbs, that they will get him, but as reconciliation asks him if he's interested in a career in Southern Law Enforcement. There begins their new partnership as Vice Cops for the Metro-Dade Police Department (now Miami-Dade Police Department).

Film
Where as Crockett in the television show had a backstory, Crockett in the film version does not.