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