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