Paul Sorvino
April 13, 1939 (85 years old) in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Paul Anthony Sorvino (/sɔːrˈviːnoʊ/, Italian: [sorˈviːno]; April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022) was an American actor, opera singer, businessman, writer, and sculptor. He often portrayed authority figures on both sides of the law and was known for his roles as Paulie Cicero (based on Paul Vario) in the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, and NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the TV series Law & Order. He took on supporting roles in A Touch of Class, Reds, The Rocketeer, Nixon, and Romeo + Juliet. He was the father of actors Mira Sorvino and Michael Sorvino. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Sorvino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Pursued as Grandpa
- 2022 · American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- 2022 · The Great American Heist as Cheech
- 2021 · The Birthday Cake as Uncle Carmine
- 2020 · Most Guys Are Losers as Grandpa Paul
- 2020 · Josh Gates Tonight as Self
- 2019 · Bad Impulse as Lou Branch
- 2019 · Godfather of Harlem as Frank Costello
- 2019 · Beneath The Leaves as Captain Parker
- 2018 · Acts of Desperation as Chief Lassiter
- 2018 · Papa as Danny
- 2018 · Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game as Phil
- 2017 · Bad Blood as Nico Rizzuto Sr.
- 2017 · Undercover Grandpa as Giovanni
- 2017 · Price for Freedom as Shah of Iran
- 2017 · The Red Maple Leaf as Joseph Palermo
- 2017 · Lost Cat Corona as Uncle Sam
- 2016 · A Winter Rose as Skippy
- 2016 · Rules Don't Apply as Vernon Scott
- 2016 · The Hybrids Family as The Count
- 2016 · The Brooklyn Banker as Benny
- 2016 · Executor as Father Antonio
- 2016 · The Bronx Bull as Giuseppe LaMotta
- 2016 · Detours as Joe DiMaria
- 2016 · Chasing Gold as Frank
- 2016 · The Bandit Hound as Chief Burton
- 2016 · Emigratis as Self
- 2016 · Kidnapped in Romania as Alexandru Damian
- 2016 · Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival as God
- 2016 · Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders as Dr. Dominico Scarpa
- 2015 · Enzian: When the Lights Go Up as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Cold Deck as Chips
- 2015 · Sicilian Vampire as Jimmy Scambino
- 2015 · Grandfathered as Jack Martino
- 2015 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2015 · Careful What You Wish For as Sheriff Big Jack
- 2015 · No Deposit as Alfie
- 2014 · Cosmos as Augustin Mouchot (voice)
- 2013 · Immigrant as Yeshiva Principal
- 2013 · The Goldbergs as Ben 'Pop Pop' Goldberg
- 2013 · 4Closed as Bud
- 2013 · How Sweet It Is as Big Mike
- 2013 · Last I Heard as Joe Scoleri
- 2012 · Divorce Invitation as Daniel Miller
- 2012 · Elementary as Robert Pardillo
- 2012 · Jersey Shore Shark Attack as Mayor Palantine
- 2012 · For the Love of Money as Red Parker
- 2012 · Imaginary Friend as Jonathan
- 2012 · The Devil's Carnival as God
- 2012 · The Trouble with Cali as Ivan
- 2011 · God Don't Make the Laws as Lewis
- 2011 · Night Club as Himself
- 2011 · Kill the Irishman as Tony Salerno
- 2011 · Miller's Tale as Self
- 2009 · Santa Baby 2 as Santa Claus
- 2009 · Doc West II as Sheriff Roy Basehart
- 2009 · Doc West as Roy Basehart
- 2008 · Repo! The Genetic Opera as Rotti Largo
- 2008 · Greetings from the Shore as Catch Turner
- 2008 · Carnera: The Walking Mountain as Ledudal
- 2008 · Last Hour as Maitre Steinfeld
- 2007 · Exorcising 'Cruising' as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · The History of 'Cruising' as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Mr. Fix It as Wally
- 2006 · Witness to 'Reds' as Self
- 2006 · L'onore e il rispetto as Beniamino
- 2005 · Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood as
- 2005 · The Apprentice: Martha Stewart as
- 2004 · The Workaday Gangster as Self
- 2004 · Goodnight, Joseph Parker as Charlie
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
- 2004 · Jack & Bobby as
- 2004 · Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' as Self
- 2004 · Mr. 3000 as Gus Panas
- 2004 · Law & Order: The First 3 Years as Self - Sergeant Phil Cerreta
- 2003 · The Cooler as Buddy Stafford
- 2003 · Mambo Italiano as Gino Barberini
- 2003 · Mafia Doctor as Nicola Dellarusso
- 2002 · Still Standing as
- 2002 · Hey Arnold! The Movie as Scheck (voice)
- 2002 · Ciao America as Antonio Primavera
- 2001 · Streghe verso nord as Gallio
- 2001 · Longshot as Laszlo Pryce
- 2001 · Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
- 2001 · Perfume as Lorenzo Mancini
- 2001 · See Spot Run as Sonny Talia
- 2001 · The Amati Girls as Joe
- 2001 · Plan B as Joe Maloni
- 2000 · That's Life as Frank DeLucca
- 2000 · The Thin Blue Lie as Frank Rizzo
- 2000 · Cheaters as Constantine Kiamos
- 1999 · That Championship Season as Coach
- 1999 · The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- 1999 · Harlem Aria as Fabiano Grazzi
- 1998 · Houdini as Blackburn
- 1998 · Knock Off as Harry Johanson
- 1998 · Dead Broke as Harvey
- 1998 · Bulworth as Graham Crockett
- 1998 · Men with Guns as Horace Burke
- 1998 · The Big House as
- 1997 · Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way as Joe Torre
- 1997 · Most Wanted as CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill
- 1997 · Money Talks as Guy Cipriani
- 1997 · American Perfekt as Franck
- 1996 · Romeo + Juliet as Fulgencio Capulet
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Escape Clause as Lt. Gil Farrand
- 1996 · Love Is All There Is as Piero Malacici
- 1996 · Dog Watch as Delgoti
- 1995 · Nixon as Henry Kissinger
- 1995 · Cover Me as J.J. Davis
- 1994 · Without Consent as Dr. Winslow
- 1994 · Backstreet Justice as Captain Phil Giarusso
- 1994 · Parallel Lives as Ed Starling
- 1994 · Duckman as
- 1993 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives as Anthony Caruso
- 1993 · The Firm as Tommy Morolto (uncredited)
- 1992 · The Last Mile as The Tenor
- 1991 · The Rocketeer as Eddie Valentine
- 1991 · Don't Touch My Daughter as Lt. Willman
- 1991 · Age Isn't Everything as Max
- 1990 · Law & Order as Phil Cerreta
- 1990 · GoodFellas as Paul Cicero
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1990 · Dick Tracy as Lips Manlis
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko
- 1987 · The Oldest Rookie as Det. Ike Porter
- 1987 · Almost Partners as Jack Wilder
- 1986 · Very Close Quarters as
- 1986 · A Fine Mess as Tony Pazzo
- 1986 · Betrayed by Innocence as Mike Vogel
- 1986 · Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter as Gino
- 1985 · The Stuff as Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
- 1985 · Chiller as Reverend Penny
- 1985 · Moonlighting as David Addison Sr.
- 1985 · Turk 182! as Himself
- 1985 · Surviving as Harvey
- 1984 · With Intent to Kill as Doyle Reinecker
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Al Sidell
- 1984 · My Mother's Secret Life as Max
- 1983 · Chiefs as Sheriff Skeeter Willis
- 1983 · Off the Wall as Warden Nicholas F. Castle
- 1982 · That Championship Season as Phil Romano
- 1982 · A Question of Honor as Carlo Danzie
- 1982 · I, the Jury as Detective Pat Chambers
- 1982 · Melanie as Walter
- 1981 · Reds as Louis Fraina
- 1980 · Cruising as Capt. Edelson
- 1979 · Lost and Found as Reilly
- 1979 · Dummy as Lowell Myers
- 1978 · The Brink's Job as Jazz Maffie
- 1978 · Slow Dancing In The Big City as Lou Friedlander
- 1978 · Bloodbrothers as Chubby De Coco
- 1977 · Oh, God! as Reverend Willie Williams
- 1977 · Seventh Avenue as Dave Shaw
- 1976 · Bert D'Angelo Superstar as
- 1976 · I Will, I Will...For Now as Lou Springer
- 1975 · We'll Get By as George Platt
- 1975 · Angel and Big Joe as
- 1974 · Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue as Ring
- 1974 · It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy as Harry Walters
- 1974 · The Gambler as Hips
- 1974 · Tell Me Where It Hurts as Joe
- 1974 · King Lear as Gloucester
- 1973 · The Day of the Dolphin as Curtis Mahoney
- 1973 · A Touch of Class as Walter Menkes
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as Sergeant Bert D'Angelo
- 1972 · Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues as Cab Driver
- 1971 · Made For Each Other as Gig's Father
- 1971 · Cry Uncle! as Coughing Cop
- 1971 · The Panic in Needle Park as Samuels
- 1971 · Great Performances as Gloucester
- 1970 · Where’s Poppa? as Owner of Gus & Grace's Home
- 1965 · Skyscraper as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self