South Lake Tahoe resident part of AMC's "The Making of the Mob: Chicago"

He's been played in the movies by Ben Kingsley, Richard Dreyfuss, Patrick Dempsey, Dustin Hoffman, Anatol Yusef and Robert De Niro. In real life, he was the "Mob's Accountant" and a major organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the "National Crime Syndicate" in the United States. He developed a gambling empire that stretched across the world from Las Vegas to London and spent 50 years in the organized crime. Jay Z and Lil Kim have mentioned him in songs.

Who was he?

Meyer Lansky.

His grandson, Meyer Lansky II lives in South Lake Tahoe, and has been instrumental in the retelling of the history of the man he was named after.

Monday, July 11 will be the beginning of a new season on AMC of "The Making of the Mob: Chicago," an eight-episode docu-drama chronicling the rise and fall of iconic gangster Al Capone, as well as the story of his successors, collectively known as “The Chicago Outfit.”

Lansky will be hosting a free, open to the public, screening of the Monday episodes upstairs at Steamer's Bar & Grill in South Lake Tahoe, complete with a question and answer period. He doesn't appear in the opening episode, but comes in after Capone is winding down Chicago, and heading to Vegas.

In the series, the younger Lansky talks about what he knew of his grandfather, an inside look into the life of the man who died in 1983 at the age of 80. He says his grandfather never brought work home, much different than an Italian mob family where generations stay in organized crime. The Jewish mob in more one generational, Lansky said.

Born in Russia on July 4, 1902, Lansky's birth name was Meier Suchowlański. He met met Bugsy Siegel when they were teenagers in New York and became lifelong friends, as well as partners in the bootlegging trade, and together with Lucky Luciano, formed a lasting partnership. Lansky was instrumental in Luciano's rise to power by organizing the 1931 murders of Mafia bosses Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano. Their prohibition mob moved west to Las Vegas where they opened the Flamingo, and then to Cuba.

Meyer Lansky II was 26 when his grandfather died, and has appeared on numerous panels and television shows to talk about his famous relative. He worked with Oscar Goodman in helping get the famous Mob Museum in Las Vegas opened in 2012. 1.5 million people visit it annually, and Meyer has donated artifacts that are on display there.

Lansky, and his wife of five years Dani Porter-Lansky, work on the branding of the Lansky name. Dani does the marketing and legal work while Meyer travels to consult on television and movies (while working part-time at a local casino).

While the screening of the series starts at 10:00 p.m., Lansky will be at Steamers about an hour early, and stay after its over, to answer questions or talk about the Mob.

"There are lots of fans of organized crime history," said Meyer Lansky II. "People want to see my grandfather through me. There is an infatuation with the mob and it makes it more interesting with the local connection."