Paul Sorvino
Born: 1939-04-13 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: 2022-07-25
Known For: Acting
Biography
Paul Anthony Sorvino (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.
Filmography
2023
- Pursued as Grandpa
2022
- American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- The Great American Heist as Cheech
2021
- The Birthday Cake as Uncle Carmine
2020
- GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors as Self
- Most Guys Are Losers as Grandpa Paul
- Josh Gates Tonight as Self
2019
- Godfather of Harlem as Frank Costello
- Bad Impulse as Lou Branch
- Welcome to Acapulco as Senator Campbell
- Beneath the Leaves as Captain Parker
2018
- Papa as Danny
- Acts of Desperation as Chief Lassiter
- Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game as Phil
2017
- Bad Blood as Nico Rizzuto Sr.
- Undercover Grandpa as Giovanni
- The Red Maple Leaf as Joseph Palermo
- Price for Freedom as Shah of Iran
- Lost Cat Corona as Uncle Sam
2016
- Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders as Dr. Dominico Scarpa
- Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival as God
- Rules Don't Apply as Vernon Scott
- The Bronx Bull as Giuseppe LaMotta
- Detours as Joe DiMaria
- The Bandit Hound as Chief Burton
- Emigratis as Self
- The Hybrids Family as The Count
- The Brooklyn Banker as Benny
- Kidnapped in Romania as Alexandru Damian
- Chasing Gold as Frank
- Executor as Father Antonio
- As Long As We Both Shall Live as Jim
- A Winter Rose as Skippy
2015
- Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- Cold Deck as Chips
- Careful What You Wish For as Sheriff Big Jack
- Grandfathered as Jack Martino
- Sicilian Vampire as Jimmy Scambino
- Enzian: When the Lights Go Up as Self (archive footage)
- No Deposit as Alfie
2014
- Cosmos as Augustin Mouchot (voice)
2013
- The Goldbergs as Ben 'Pop Pop' Goldberg
- 4Closed as Bud
- Last I Heard as Joe Scoleri
- How Sweet It Is as Big Mike
- Immigrant as Yeshiva Principal
2012
- Elementary as Robert Pardillo
- Divorce Invitation as Daniel Miller
- Imaginary Friend as Jonathan
- Jersey Shore Shark Attack as Mayor Palantine
- For the Love of Money as Red Parker
- The Trouble with Cali as Ivan
- The Devil's Carnival as God
2011
- Kill the Irishman as Tony Salerno
- God Don't Make the Laws as Lewis
- Night Club as Himself
- Miller's Tale as Self
2009
- Doc West II : Triggerman as Sheriff Roy Basehart
- Santa Baby 2 as Santa Claus
- The Wild Stallion as Nolan
- Doc West as Roy Basehart
2008
- Repo! The Genetic Opera as Rotti Largo
- Carnera: The Walking Mountain as Ledudal
- Last Hour as Maitre Steinfeld
2007
- Exorcising 'Cruising' as Self (archive footage)
- The History of 'Cruising'
- The History of 'Cruising' as Self (archive footage)
- Greetings from the Shore as Catch Turner
2006
- Mr. Fix It as Wally
- L'onore e il rispetto as Beniamino
- Witness to 'Reds' as Self
2004
- The Tony Danza Show as Self
- Jack & Bobby
- Mr. 3000 as Gus Panas
- Goodnight, Joseph Parker as Charlie
- Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' as Self
- The Workaday Gangster as Self
2003
- The Cooler as Buddy Stafford
- Mambo Italiano as Gino Barberini
- Mafia Doctor as Nicola Dellarusso
2002
- Still Standing as Al Miller
- Hey Arnold! The Movie as Scheck (voice)
- Ciao America as Antonio Primavera
2001
- Perfume as Lorenzo Mancini
- See Spot Run as Sonny Talia
- Plan B as Joe Maloni
- The Amati Girls as Joe
- Streghe verso nord as Gallio
- Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
- Longshot as Laszlo Pryce
2000
- Cheaters as Constantine Kiamos
- That's Life as Frank DeLucca
- The Thin Blue Lie as Frank Rizzo
1999
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- Harlem Aria as Fabiano Grazzi
- That Championship Season as Coach
1998
- Knock Off as Harry Johanson
- Bulworth as Graham Crockett
- Houdini as Blackburn
- Men with Guns as Horace Burke
- The Big House
- Dead Broke as Harvey
1997
- American Perfekt as Frank
- Most Wanted as CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill
- Dog Watch as Delgoti
- Money Talks as Guy Cipriani
- Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way as Joe Torre
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Romeo + Juliet as Fulgencio Capulet
- Escape Clause as Lt. Gil Farrand
- Love Is All There Is as Piero Malacici
1994
- Duckman as Variecom CEO (voice)
- Backstreet Justice as Captain Phil Giarusso
- Without Consent as Dr. Winslow
- Parallel Lives as Ed Starling
1993
- The Firm as Tommy Morolto (uncredited)
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives as Anthony Caruso
1992
- The Last Mile as The Tenor
1991
- The Rocketeer as Eddie Valentine
- Age Isn't Everything as Max
- Don't Touch My Daughter as Lt. Willman
1990
- Law & Order as Phil Cerreta
- GoodFellas as Paul Cicero
- Dick Tracy as Lips Manlis
- Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko
- Almost Partners as Jack Wilder
- The Oldest Rookie as Ike Porter
1986
- A Fine Mess as Tony Pazzo
- Betrayed by Innocence as Mike Vogel
- Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter as Gino
- Very Close Quarters
1985
- Moonlighting as David Addison Sr.
- Surviving as Harvey
- Chiller as Reverend Penny
- The Stuff as Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
- Turk 182! as Himself
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Al Sidell
- With Intent to Kill as Doyle Reinecker
- My Mother's Secret Life as Max
1983
- Off the Wall as Warden Nicholas F. Castle
- Chiefs as Sheriff Skeeter Willis
1982
- I, the Jury as Detective Pat Chambers
- A Question of Honor as Carlo Danzie
- That Championship Season as Phil Romano
- Melanie as Walter
1981
- Reds as Louis Fraina
1980
- Cruising as Capt. Edelson
1979
- Dummy as Lowell Myers
- Lost and Found as Reilly
1978
- Bloodbrothers as Chubby De Coco
- Slow Dancing In The Big City as Lou Friedlander
- The Brink's Job as Jazz Maffie
1977
- Oh, God! as Reverend Willie Williams
- Seventh Avenue as Dave Shaw
1976
- I Will, I Will...For Now as Lou Springer
- Bert D'Angelo Superstar
1975
- We'll Get By as George Platt
- Angel and Big Joe
1974
- The Gambler as Hips
- King Lear as Gloucester
- Tell Me Where It Hurts as Joe
- It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy as Harry Walters
- Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue as Ring
1973
- A Touch of Class as Walter Menkes
- The Day of the Dolphin as Curtis Mahoney
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco as Sergeant Bert D'Angelo
- Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues as Taxi Driver
1971
- Great Performances as Gloucester
- Cry Uncle! as Coughing Cop
- The Panic in Needle Park as Samuels
- Made For Each Other as Gig's Father
1970
- Where’s Poppa? as Owner of Gus & Grace's Home
1965
1962
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1953
- The Oscars as Self