Paul Sorvino
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 13, 1939 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
Paul Anthony Sorvino (April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022) was a European-American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, opera singer, 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.
Known For
| 2023 | PursuedGrandpa | |
| 2022 | The Great American HeistCheech | |
| 2022 | American Badass: A Michael Madsen RetrospectiveSelf | |
| 2021 | The Birthday CakeUncle Carmine | |
| 2020 | Most Guys Are LosersGrandpa Paul | |
| 2020 | GoodFellas: Behind Closed DoorsSelf | |
| 2020 | Josh Gates TonightSelf | |
| 2019 | Beneath the LeavesCaptain Parker | |
| 2019 | Bad ImpulseLou Branch | |
| 2019 | Welcome to AcapulcoSenator Campbell | |
| 2019 | Godfather of HarlemFrank Costello | |
| 2018 | Acts of DesperationChief Lassiter | |
| 2018 | Abe & Phil's Last Poker GamePhil | |
| 2018 | PapaDanny | |
| 2017 | Lost Cat CoronaUncle Sam | |
| 2017 | Undercover GrandpaGiovanni | |
| 2017 | The Red Maple LeafJoseph Palermo | |
| 2017 | Price for FreedomShah of Iran | |
| 2017 | Bad BloodNico Rizzuto Sr. | |
| 2016 | Kidnapped in RomaniaAlexandru Damian | |
| 2016 | The Bronx BullGiuseppe LaMotta | |
| 2016 | Alleluia! The Devil's CarnivalGod | |
| 2016 | DetoursJoe DiMaria | |
| 2016 | Chasing GoldFrank | |
| 2016 | The Bandit HoundChief Burton | |
| 2016 | The Brooklyn BankerBenny | |
| 2016 | Rules Don't ApplyVernon Scott | |
| 2016 | The Hybrids FamilyThe Count | |
| 2016 | ExecutorFather Antonio | |
| 2016 | A Winter RoseSkippy | |
| 2016 | As Long As We Both Shall LiveJim | |
| 2016 | EmigratisSelf | |
| 2016 | Criminal Minds: Beyond BordersDr. Dominico Scarpa | |
| 2015 | Cold DeckChips | |
| 2015 | Sicilian VampireJimmy Scambino | |
| 2015 | No DepositAlfie | |
| 2015 | Careful What You Wish ForSheriff Big Jack | |
| 2015 | Enzian: When the Lights Go UpSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | GrandfatheredJack Martino | |
| 2015 | Celebrity Family FeudSelf | |
| 2014 | CosmosAugustin Mouchot (voice) | |
| 2013 | How Sweet It IsBig Mike | |
| 2013 | ImmigrantYeshiva Principal | |
| 2013 | 4ClosedBud | |
| 2013 | Last I HeardJoe Scoleri | |
| 2013 | The GoldbergsBen 'Pop Pop' Goldberg | |
| 2012 | The Devil's CarnivalGod | |
| 2012 | Jersey Shore Shark AttackMayor Palantine | |
| 2012 | Divorce InvitationDaniel Miller | |
| 2012 | Imaginary FriendJonathan | |
| 2012 | For the Love of MoneyRed Parker | |
| 2012 | The Trouble with CaliIvan | |
| 2012 | ElementaryRobert Pardillo | |
| 2011 | Kill the IrishmanTony Salerno | |
| 2011 | Miller's TaleSelf | |
| 2011 | God Don't Make the LawsLewis | |
| 2011 | Night ClubHimself | |
| 2009 | Santa Baby 2Santa Claus | |
| 2009 | Doc WestRoy Basehart | |
| 2009 | Doc West II : TriggermanSheriff Roy Basehart | |
| 2009 | The Wild StallionNolan | |
| 2008 | Carnera: The Walking MountainLedudal | |
| 2008 | Repo! The Genetic OperaRotti Largo | |
| 2008 | Last HourMaitre Steinfeld | |
| 2007 | Exorcising 'Cruising'Self (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | The History of 'Cruising'Self (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Greetings from the ShoreCatch Turner | |
| 2006 | Mr. Fix ItWally | |
| 2006 | Witness to 'Reds'Self | |
| 2006 | L'onore e il rispettoBeniamino | |
| 2005 | Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood | |
| 2005 | The Apprentice: Martha Stewart | |
| 2004 | Mr. 3000Gus Panas | |
| 2004 | Goodnight, Joseph ParkerCharlie | |
| 2004 | Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'Self | |
| 2004 | The Workaday GangsterSelf | |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza ShowSelf | |
| 2004 | Jack & Bobby | |
| 2003 | Mambo ItalianoGino Barberini | |
| 2003 | The CoolerBuddy Stafford | |
| 2003 | Mafia DoctorNicola Dellarusso | |
| 2002 | Plan BJoe Maloni | |
| 2002 | Hey Arnold! The MovieScheck (voice) | |
| 2002 | Ciao AmericaAntonio Primavera | |
| 2002 | Still StandingAl Miller | |
| 2001 | See Spot RunSonny Talia | |
| 2001 | Streghe verso nordGallio | |
| 2001 | LongshotLaszlo Pryce | |
| 2001 | Playboy Mansion Parties UncensoredSelf | |
| 2001 | PerfumeLorenzo Mancini | |
| 2001 | The Amati GirlsJoe | |
| 2000 | CheatersConstantine Kiamos | |
| 2000 | The Thin Blue LieFrank Rizzo | |
| 2000 | That's LifeFrank DeLucca | |
| 1999 | Harlem AriaFabiano Grazzi | |
| 1999 | That Championship SeasonCoach | |
| 1999 | The Late Late Show with Craig KilbornSelf - Guest | |
| 1998 | BulworthGraham Crockett | |
| 1998 | Knock OffHarry Johanson | |
| 1998 | HoudiniBlackburn | |
| 1998 | Men with GunsHorace Burke | |
| 1998 | Dead BrokeHarvey | |
| 1998 | The Big House | |
| 1997 | Money TalksGuy Cipriani | |
| 1997 | Most WantedCIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill | |
| 1997 | American PerfektFrank | |
| 1997 | Dog WatchDelgoti | |
| 1997 | Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the WayJoe Torre | |
| 1996 | Romeo + JulietFulgencio Capulet | |
| 1996 | Love Is All There IsPiero Malacici | |
| 1996 | Escape ClauseLt. Gil Farrand | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf | |
| 1995 | NixonHenry Kissinger | |
| 1995 | Cover MeJ.J. Davis | |
| 1994 | Parallel LivesEd Starling | |
| 1994 | Without ConsentDr. Winslow | |
| 1994 | Backstreet JusticeCaptain Phil Giarusso | |
| 1994 | DuckmanVariecom CEO (voice) | |
| 1993 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked WivesAnthony Caruso | |
| 1993 | The FirmTommy Morolto (uncredited) | |
| 1992 | The Last MileThe Tenor | |
| 1991 | The RocketeerEddie Valentine | |
| 1991 | Don't Touch My DaughterLt. Willman | |
| 1991 | Age Isn't EverythingMax | |
| 1990 | GoodFellasPaul Cicero | |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars IIISelf | |
| 1990 | Dick TracyLips Manlis | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderPhil Cerreta | |
| 1987 | Almost PartnersJack Wilder | |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next GenerationDr. Nikolai Rozhenko | |
| 1987 | The Oldest RookieIke Porter | |
| 1986 | Vasectomy: A Delicate MatterGino | |
| 1986 | A Fine MessTony Pazzo | |
| 1986 | Betrayed by InnocenceMike Vogel | |
| 1986 | Very Close QuartersKiril | |
| 1985 | Turk 182!Himself | |
| 1985 | The StuffColonel Malcolm Grommett Spears | |
| 1985 | ChillerReverend Penny | |
| 1985 | SurvivingHarvey | |
| 1985 | MoonlightingDavid Addison Sr. | |
| 1984 | My Mother's Secret LifeMax | |
| 1984 | With Intent to KillDoyle Reinecker | |
| 1984 | Murder, She WroteAl Sidell | |
| 1983 | Off the WallWarden Nicholas F. Castle | |
| 1983 | ChiefsSheriff Skeeter Willis | |
| 1982 | I, the JuryDetective Pat Chambers | |
| 1982 | MelanieWalter | |
| 1982 | That Championship SeasonPhil Romano | |
| 1982 | A Question of HonorCarlo Danzie | |
| 1982 | Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest | |
| 1981 | RedsLouis Fraina | |
| 1980 | CruisingCapt. Edelson | |
| 1979 | Lost and FoundReilly | |
| 1979 | DummyLowell Myers | |
| 1978 | The Brink's JobJazz Maffie | |
| 1978 | BloodbrothersChubby De Coco | |
| 1978 | Slow Dancing In The Big CityLou Friedlander | |
| 1977 | Oh, God!Reverend Willie Williams | |
| 1977 | Seventh AvenueDave Shaw | |
| 1976 | I Will, I Will...For NowLou Springer | |
| 1976 | Bert D'Angelo Superstar | |
| 1975 | Angel and Big Joe | |
| 1975 | We'll Get ByGeorge Platt | |
| 1974 | The GamblerHips | |
| 1974 | It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer GuyHarry Walters | |
| 1974 | Shoot It Black, Shoot It BlueRing | |
| 1974 | Tell Me Where It HurtsJoe | |
| 1974 | King LearGloucester | |
| 1973 | The Day of the DolphinCurtis Mahoney | |
| 1973 | A Touch of ClassWalter Menkes | |
| 1972 | Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag BluesTaxi Driver | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San FranciscoSergeant Bert D'Angelo | |
| 1971 | The Panic in Needle ParkSamuels | |
| 1971 | Made For Each OtherGig's Father | |
| 1971 | Cry Uncle!Coughing Cop | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesGloucester | |
| 1970 | Where’s Poppa?Owner of Gus & Grace's Home | |
| 1965 | Skyscraper | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf |
| 2012 | The Trouble with CaliDirector | |
| 1999 | That Championship SeasonDirector |