Thomas Pitera (; born December 2, 1954) is a former Mafia hitman in the Bonanno crime family.
Pitera, reputedly a vicious and sadistic killer who enjoyed murdering people, was suspected by law enforcement of as many as sixty murders.
Pitera was well known for his use of karate and other martial arts when fighting, a skill he had learned at a young age; it earned him the nickname "Tommy Karate".