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.
Movie | Pursued | Grandpa | 2023-03-25 |
Movie | The Great American Heist | Cheech | 2022-03-16 |
Movie | American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective | Self | 2022-08-15 |
Movie | The Birthday Cake | Uncle Carmine | 2021-06-18 |
Series | Josh Gates Tonight | Self | 2020-04-02 |
Movie | Most Guys Are Losers | Grandpa Paul | 2020-10-24 |
Movie | Beneath The Leaves | Captain Parker | 2019-02-08 |
Series | Godfather of Harlem | Frank Costello | 2019-09-29 |
Movie | Bad Impulse | Lou Branch | 2019-12-07 |
Movie | Papa | Danny | 2018-06-14 |
Movie | Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game | Phil | 2018-01-12 |
Movie | Acts of Desperation | Chief Lassiter | 2018-12-09 |
Movie | The Red Maple Leaf | Joseph Palermo | 2017-02-24 |
Movie | Price for Freedom | Shah of Iran | 2017-07-07 |
Movie | Lost Cat Corona | Uncle Sam | 2017-02-24 |
Movie | Undercover Grandpa | Giovanni | 2017-07-07 |
Series | Bad Blood | Nico Rizzuto Sr. | 2017-09-21 |
Movie | The Bandit Hound | Chief Burton | 2016-04-12 |
Movie | Chasing Gold | Frank | 2016-04-15 |
Series | Emigratis | Self | 2016-04-03 |
Movie | Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival | God | 2016-03-29 |
Movie | Detours | Joe DiMaria | 2016-04-20 |
Movie | Kidnapped in Romania | Alexandru Damian | 2016-04-02 |
Movie | The Bronx Bull | Giuseppe LaMotta | 2016-06-13 |
Movie | A Winter Rose | Skippy | 2016-12-02 |
Movie | Rules Don't Apply | Vernon Scott | 2016-11-23 |
Movie | The Hybrids Family | The Count | 2016-10-01 |
Movie | The Brooklyn Banker | Benny | 2016-08-05 |
Movie | Executor | Father Antonio | 2016-07-05 |
Series | Celebrity Family Feud | Self | 2015-06-21 |
Movie | No Deposit | Alfie | 2015-04-24 |
Series | Grandfathered | Jack Martino | 2015-09-29 |
Movie | Careful What You Wish For | Sheriff Big Jack | 2015-05-06 |
Movie | Sicilian Vampire | Jimmy Scambino | 2015-11-03 |
Movie | Cold Deck | Chips | 2015-12-04 |
Movie | Enzian: When the Lights Go Up | Self (archive footage) | 2015-12-17 |
Series | Cosmos | Augustin Mouchot (voice) | 2014-03-09 |
Movie | How Sweet It Is | Big Mike | 2013-05-10 |
Movie | Last I Heard | Joe Scoleri | 2013-01-01 |
Series | The Goldbergs | Ben 'Pop Pop' Goldberg | 2013-09-24 |
Movie | 4Closed | Bud | 2013-08-30 |
Movie | Immigrant | Yeshiva Principal | 2013-11-01 |
Movie | The Devil's Carnival | God | 2012-04-05 |
Movie | Imaginary Friend | Jonathan | 2012-06-02 |
Movie | The Trouble with Cali | Ivan | 2012-02-21 |
Series | Elementary | Robert Pardillo | 2012-09-27 |
Movie | For the Love of Money | Red Parker | 2012-06-08 |
Movie | Divorce Invitation | Daniel Miller | 2012-11-14 |
Movie | Jersey Shore Shark Attack | Mayor Palantine | 2012-06-09 |
Movie | Miller's Tale | Self | 2011-03-05 |
Movie | Kill the Irishman | Tony Salerno | 2011-03-10 |
Movie | God Don't Make the Laws | Lewis | 2011-12-01 |
Movie | Night Club | Himself | 2011-04-11 |
Movie | Doc West II | Sheriff Roy Basehart | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Doc West | Roy Basehart | 2009-09-07 |
Movie | Santa Baby 2 | Santa Claus | 2009-12-13 |
Movie | Carnera: The Walking Mountain | Ledudal | 2008-05-09 |
Movie | Last Hour | Maitre Steinfeld | 2008-04-15 |
Movie | Repo! The Genetic Opera | Rotti Largo | 2008-11-07 |
Movie | Greetings from the Shore | Catch Turner | 2008-09-12 |
Movie | The History of 'Cruising' | Self (archive footage) | 2007-09-18 |
Movie | Exorcising 'Cruising' | Self (archive footage) | 2007-09-18 |
Series | L'onore e il rispetto | Beniamino | 2006-09-05 |
Movie | Mr. Fix It | Wally | 2006-12-26 |
Movie | Witness to 'Reds' | Self | 2006-10-17 |
Series | The Apprentice: Martha Stewart | Unknown | 2005-09-21 |
Movie | Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood | Unknown | 2005-12-02 |
Movie | Mr. 3000 | Gus Panas | 2004-06-15 |
Movie | Law & Order: The First 3 Years | Self - Sergeant Phil Cerreta | 2004-05-04 |
Movie | Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' | Self | 2004-08-17 |
Series | Jack & Bobby | Unknown | 2004-09-12 |
Movie | The Workaday Gangster | Self | 2004-11-19 |
Movie | Goodnight, Joseph Parker | Charlie | 2004-10-01 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Self | 2004-09-13 |
Movie | Mambo Italiano | Gino Barberini | 2003-06-06 |
Movie | Mafia Doctor | Nicola Dellarusso | 2003-03-16 |
Movie | The Cooler | Buddy Stafford | 2003-11-26 |
Movie | Hey Arnold! The Movie | Scheck (voice) | 2002-06-28 |
Movie | Ciao America | Antonio Primavera | 2002-01-01 |
Series | Still Standing | Unknown | 2002-09-30 |
Movie | The Amati Girls | Joe | 2001-01-09 |
Movie | Plan B | Joe Maloni | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | See Spot Run | Sonny Talia | 2001-03-02 |
Movie | Longshot | Laszlo Pryce | 2001-10-25 |
Movie | Streghe verso nord | Gallio | 2001-11-15 |
Movie | Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored | Self | 2001-05-31 |
Movie | Perfume | Lorenzo Mancini | 2001-04-08 |
Movie | Cheaters | Constantine Kiamos | 2000-05-20 |
Series | That's Life | Frank DeLucca | 2000-10-01 |
Movie | The Thin Blue Lie | Frank Rizzo | 2000-08-13 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Self - Guest | 1999-03-30 |
Movie | Harlem Aria | Fabiano Grazzi | 1999-03-05 |
Movie | That Championship Season | Coach | 1999-06-06 |
Movie | Men with Guns | Horace Burke | 1998-03-06 |
Series | The Big House | Unknown | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Bulworth | Graham Crockett | 1998-05-15 |
Movie | Knock Off | Harry Johanson | 1998-09-04 |
Movie | Houdini | Blackburn | 1998-12-06 |
Movie | Dead Broke | Harvey | 1998-06-01 |
Movie | American Perfekt | Franck | 1997-06-11 |
Movie | Money Talks | Guy Cipriani | 1997-08-22 |
Movie | Most Wanted | CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill | 1997-10-10 |
Movie | Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way | Joe Torre | 1997-10-17 |
Movie | Dog Watch | Delgoti | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | Escape Clause | Lt. Gil Farrand | 1996-07-14 |
Movie | Love Is All There Is | Piero Malacici | 1996-05-10 |
Movie | Romeo + Juliet | Fulgencio Capulet | 1996-11-01 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Cover Me | J.J. Davis | 1995-10-09 |
Movie | Nixon | Henry Kissinger | 1995-12-22 |
Series | Duckman | Unknown | 1994-03-05 |
Movie | Parallel Lives | Ed Starling | 1994-08-04 |
Movie | Without Consent | Dr. Winslow | 1994-10-16 |
Movie | Backstreet Justice | Captain Phil Giarusso | 1994-09-21 |
Movie | The Firm | Tommy Morolto (uncredited) | 1993-06-30 |
Movie | Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives | Anthony Caruso | 1993-12-17 |
Movie | The Last Mile | The Tenor | 1992-10-09 |
Movie | Age Isn't Everything | Max | 1991-01-02 |
Movie | Don't Touch My Daughter | Lt. Willman | 1991-04-07 |
Movie | The Rocketeer | Eddie Valentine | 1991-06-21 |
Movie | Dick Tracy | Lips Manlis | 1990-04-05 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
Movie | GoodFellas | Paul Cicero | 1990-09-12 |
Series | Law & Order | Phil Cerreta | 1990-09-13 |
Movie | Almost Partners | Jack Wilder | 1987-05-16 |
Series | The Oldest Rookie | Det. Ike Porter | 1987-09-16 |
Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko | 1987-09-28 |
Movie | Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter | Gino | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Betrayed by Innocence | Mike Vogel | 1986-03-01 |
Movie | Very Close Quarters | Unknown | 1986-08-14 |
Movie | A Fine Mess | Tony Pazzo | 1986-08-08 |
Movie | Surviving | Harvey | 1985-02-10 |
Movie | Turk 182! | Himself | 1985-02-15 |
Movie | The Stuff | Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears | 1985-06-14 |
Series | Moonlighting | David Addison Sr. | 1985-03-03 |
Movie | Chiller | Reverend Penny | 1985-05-22 |
Movie | My Mother's Secret Life | Max | 1984-02-05 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Al Sidell | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | With Intent to Kill | Doyle Reinecker | 1984-10-24 |
Movie | Off the Wall | Warden Nicholas F. Castle | 1983-07-01 |
Series | Chiefs | Sheriff Skeeter Willis | 1983-11-13 |
Movie | I, the Jury | Detective Pat Chambers | 1982-04-22 |
Movie | Melanie | Walter | 1982-02-12 |
Movie | A Question of Honor | Carlo Danzie | 1982-04-28 |
Movie | That Championship Season | Phil Romano | 1982-12-09 |
Movie | Reds | Louis Fraina | 1981-12-25 |
Movie | Cruising | Capt. Edelson | 1980-02-15 |
Movie | Dummy | Lowell Myers | 1979-05-27 |
Movie | Lost and Found | Reilly | 1979-07-13 |
Movie | Slow Dancing In The Big City | Lou Friedlander | 1978-11-08 |
Movie | Bloodbrothers | Chubby De Coco | 1978-09-27 |
Movie | The Brink's Job | Jazz Maffie | 1978-12-08 |
Series | Seventh Avenue | Dave Shaw | 1977-02-10 |
Movie | Oh, God! | Reverend Willie Williams | 1977-10-07 |
Movie | I Will, I Will...For Now | Lou Springer | 1976-02-18 |
Series | Bert D'Angelo Superstar | Unknown | 1976-02-21 |
Series | We'll Get By | George Platt | 1975-03-14 |
Movie | Angel and Big Joe | Unknown | 1975-01-01 |
Movie | King Lear | Gloucester | 1974-02-20 |
Movie | Tell Me Where It Hurts | Joe | 1974-03-12 |
Movie | The Gambler | Hips | 1974-10-02 |
Movie | Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue | Ring | 1974-12-06 |
Movie | It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy | Harry Walters | 1974-11-19 |
Movie | A Touch of Class | Walter Menkes | 1973-05-25 |
Movie | The Day of the Dolphin | Curtis Mahoney | 1973-12-19 |
Movie | Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | Cab Driver | 1972-02-25 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Movie | Made For Each Other | Gig's Father | 1971-12-12 |
Movie | The Panic in Needle Park | Samuels | 1971-06-01 |
Series | Great Performances | Gloucester | 1971-01-28 |
Movie | Cry Uncle! | Coughing Cop | 1971-08-17 |
Movie | Where’s Poppa? | Owner of Gus & Grace's Home | 1970-11-10 |
Movie | Skyscraper | Unknown | 1965-11-15 |
Series | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1956-04-01 |
Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |