Paul Sorvino
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-04-13
Day of Death
2022-07-25 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Paul Sorvino
Biography
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.
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Acting
(2025)
The Stuff - Pre-Release Version
as Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
(2023)
Pursued
as Grandpa
(2022)
(2022)
The Great American Heist
as Cheech
(2021)
The Birthday Cake
as Uncle Carmine
(2020)
Most Guys Are Losers
as Grandpa Paul
(2020)
(2019)
Beneath The Leaves
as Captain Parker
(2019)
Bad Impulse
as Lou Branch
(2019)
Welcome to Acapulco
as Senator Campbell
(2018)
Papa
as Danny
(2018)
Acts of Desperation
as Chief Lassiter
(2018)
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game
as Phil
(2017)
Lost Cat Corona
as Uncle Sam
(2017)
Undercover Grandpa
as Giovanni
(2017)
The Red Maple Leaf
as Joseph Palermo
(2017)
Price for Freedom
as Shah of Iran
(2016)
Rules Don't Apply
as Vernon Scott
(2016)
A Winter Rose
as Skippy
(2016)
The Bronx Bull
as Giuseppe LaMotta
(2016)
(2016)
Executor
as Father Antonio
(2016)
Detours
as Joe DiMaria
(2016)
The Brooklyn Banker
as Benny
(2016)
The Hybrids Family
as The Count
(2016)
The Bandit Hound
as Chief Burton
(2016)
Kidnapped in Romania
as Alexandru Damian
(2016)
Chasing Gold
as Frank
(2015)
Careful What You Wish For
as Sheriff Big Jack
(2015)
No Deposit
as Alfie
(2015)
Cold Deck
as Chips
(2015)
Sicilian Vampire
as Jimmy Scambino
(2015)
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
4Closed
as Bud
(2013)
Immigrant
as Yeshiva Principal
(2013)
Last I Heard
as Joe Scoleri
(2013)
How Sweet It Is
as Big Mike
(2012)
Imaginary Friend
as Jonathan
(2012)
The Devil's Carnival
as God
(2012)
Divorce Invitation
as Daniel Miller
(2012)
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
as Mayor Palantine
(2012)
For the Love of Money
as Red Parker
(2012)
The Trouble with Cali
as Ivan
(2011)
Miller's Tale
as Self
(2011)
Kill the Irishman
as Tony Salerno
(2011)
God Don't Make the Laws
as Lewis
(2011)
Night Club
as Himself
(2009)
Doc West II : Triggerman
as Sheriff Roy Basehart
(2009)
Doc West
as Roy Basehart
(2009)
Santa Baby 2
as Santa Claus
(2009)
The Wild Stallion
as Nolan
(2008)
Repo! The Genetic Opera
as Rotti Largo
(2008)
Last Hour
as Maitre Steinfeld
(2008)
Carnera: The Walking Mountain
as Ledudal
(2007)
The History of 'Cruising'
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
(2007)
Exorcising 'Cruising'
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Greetings from the Shore
as Catch Turner
(2006)
Mr. Fix It
as Wally
(2006)
Witness to 'Reds'
as Self
(2005)
(2004)
Mr. 3000
as Gus Panas
(2004)
Goodnight, Joseph Parker
as Charlie
(2004)
(2004)
The Workaday Gangster
as Self
(2003)
The Cooler
as Buddy Stafford
(2003)
Mambo Italiano
as Gino Barberini
(2003)
Mafia Doctor
as Nicola Dellarusso
(2002)
Hey Arnold! The Movie
as Scheck (voice)
(2002)
Ciao America
as Antonio Primavera
(2001)
See Spot Run
as Sonny Talia
(2001)
Plan B
as Joe Maloni
(2001)
Perfume
as Lorenzo Mancini
(2001)
(2001)
Longshot
as Laszlo Pryce
(2001)
Streghe verso nord
as Gallio
(2001)
The Amati Girls
as Joe
(2000)
Cheaters
as Constantine Kiamos
(2000)
The Thin Blue Lie
as Frank Rizzo
(1999)
Harlem Aria
as Fabiano Grazzi
(1999)
That Championship Season
as Coach
(1998)
Knock Off
as Harry Johanson
(1998)
Bulworth
as Graham Crockett
(1998)
Houdini
as Blackburn
(1998)
Men with Guns
as Horace Burke
(1998)
Dead Broke
as Harvey
(1997)
Most Wanted
as CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill
(1997)
Money Talks
as Guy Cipriani
(1997)
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
as Joe Torre
(1997)
American Perfekt
as Frank
(1996)
Romeo + Juliet
as Fulgencio Capulet
(1996)
Love Is All There Is
as Piero Malacici
(1996)
Escape Clause
as Lt. Gil Farrand
(1996)
Dog Watch
as Delgoti
(1995)
Nixon
as Henry Kissinger
(1995)
Cover Me
as J.J. Davis
(1994)
Backstreet Justice
as Captain Phil Giarusso
(1994)
Without Consent
as Dr. Winslow
(1994)
Parallel Lives
as Ed Starling
(1993)
The Firm
as Tommy Morolto (uncredited)
(1993)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
as Anthony Caruso
(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)
GoodFellas
as Paul Cicero
(1990)
Dick Tracy
as Lips Manlis
(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1987)
Almost Partners
as Jack Wilder
(1986)
A Fine Mess
as Tony Pazzo
(1986)
Betrayed by Innocence
as Mike Vogel
(1986)
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
as Gino
(1986)
(1985)
The Stuff
as Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
(1985)
Turk 182!
as Himself
(1985)
Chiller
as Reverend Penny
(1985)
Surviving
as Harvey
(1984)
My Mother's Secret Life
as Max
(1984)
With Intent to Kill
as Doyle Reinecker
(1983)
Off the Wall
as Warden Nicholas F. Castle
(1982)
I, the Jury
as Detective Pat Chambers
(1982)
Melanie
as Walter
(1982)
That Championship Season
as Phil Romano
(1982)
A Question of Honor
as Carlo Danzie
(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)
Bloodbrothers
as Chubby De Coco
(1978)
Slow Dancing In The Big City
as Lou Friedlander
(1977)
Oh, God!
as Reverend Willie Williams
(1976)
I Will, I Will...For Now
as Lou Springer
(1975)
(1974)
The Gambler
as Hips
(1974)
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
as Harry Walters
(1974)
King Lear
as Gloucester
(1974)
Tell Me Where It Hurts
as Joe
(1974)
(1973)
The Day of the Dolphin
as Curtis Mahoney
(1973)
A Touch of Class
as Walter Menkes
(1972)
(1971)
The Panic in Needle Park
as Samuels
(1971)
Cry Uncle!
as Coughing Cop
(1971)
Made For Each Other
as Gig's Father
(1970)
Where’s Poppa?
as Owner of Gus & Grace's Home
(1965)
Crew
(2012)
The Trouble with Cali
Director
(1999)
That Championship Season
Director