Paul Sorvino
Birthdate
April 13, 1939 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Date of Death
July 25, 2022
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
April 13, 1939 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Date of Death
July 25, 2022
Known For
Acting
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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Paul Sorvino's LGBTQ+ Titles
Cruising
Capt. Edelson
Mambo Italiano
Gino Barberini
Acting (174)
2023
Pursued as Grandpa
2022
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
2022
The Great American Heist as Cheech
2021
The Birthday Cake as Uncle Carmine
2020
Most Guys Are Losers as Grandpa Paul
2020
Josh Gates Tonight as Self (1 episode)
2019
Bad Impulse as Lou Branch
2019
Godfather of Harlem as Frank Costello (13 episodes)
2019
Beneath The Leaves as Captain Parker
2018
Acts of Desperation as Chief Lassiter
2018
Papa as Danny
2018
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game as Phil
2017
Bad Blood as Nico Rizzuto Sr. (6 episodes)
2017
Price for Freedom as Shah of Iran
2017
Undercover Grandpa as Giovanni
2017
Lost Cat Corona as Uncle Sam
2017
The Red Maple Leaf as Joseph Palermo
2016
A Winter Rose as Skippy
2016
Rules Don't Apply as Vernon Scott
2016
The Hybrids Family as The Count
2016
The Brooklyn Banker as Benny
2016
Executor as Father Antonio
2016
The Bronx Bull as Giuseppe LaMotta
2016
Detours as Joe DiMaria
2016
Chasing Gold as Frank
2016
The Bandit Hound as Chief Burton
2016
Emigratis as Self (1 episode)
2016
Kidnapped in Romania as Alexandru Damian
2016
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival as God
2015
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up as Self (archive footage)
2015
Cold Deck as Chips
2015
Sicilian Vampire as Jimmy Scambino
2015
Grandfathered as Jack Martino (1 episode)
2015
Celebrity Family Feud as Self (1 episode)
2015
Careful What You Wish For as Sheriff Big Jack
2015
No Deposit as Alfie
2014
Cosmos as Augustin Mouchot (voice) (1 episode)
2013
Immigrant as Yeshiva Principal
2013
The Goldbergs as Ben 'Pop Pop' Goldberg (1 episode)
2013
4Closed as Bud
2013
How Sweet It Is as Big Mike
2013
Last I Heard as Joe Scoleri
2012
Divorce Invitation as Daniel Miller
2012
Elementary as Robert Pardillo (1 episode)
2012
Jersey Shore Shark Attack as Mayor Palantine
2012
For the Love of Money as Red Parker
2012
Imaginary Friend as Jonathan
2012
The Devil's Carnival as God
2012
The Trouble with Cali as Ivan
2011
God Don't Make the Laws as Lewis
2011
Night Club as Himself
2011
Kill the Irishman as Tony Salerno
2011
Miller's Tale as Self
2009
Santa Baby 2 as Santa Claus
2009
Doc West II as Sheriff Roy Basehart
2009
Doc West as Roy Basehart
2008
Repo! The Genetic Opera as Rotti Largo
2008
Greetings from the Shore as Catch Turner
2008
Carnera: The Walking Mountain as Ledudal
2008
Last Hour as Maitre Steinfeld
2007
The History of 'Cruising' as Self (archive footage)
2007
Exorcising 'Cruising' as Self (archive footage)
2006
Mr. Fix It as Wally
2006
Witness to 'Reds' as Self
2006
L'onore e il rispetto as Beniamino (6 episodes)
2005
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart (1 episode)
2004
The Workaday Gangster as Self
2004
Goodnight, Joseph Parker as Charlie
2004
The Tony Danza Show as Self (1 episode)
2004
Jack & Bobby (1 episode)
2004
Mr. 3000 as Gus Panas
2004
Law & Order: The First 3 Years as Self - Sergeant Phil Cerreta
2003
The Cooler as Buddy Stafford
2003
Mambo Italiano as Gino Barberini
2003
Mafia Doctor as Nicola Dellarusso
2002
Still Standing (1 episode)
2002
Hey Arnold! The Movie as Scheck (voice)
2002
Ciao America as Antonio Primavera
2001
Streghe verso nord as Gallio
2001
Longshot as Laszlo Pryce
2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
2001
Perfume as Lorenzo Mancini
2001
See Spot Run as Sonny Talia
2001
The Amati Girls as Joe
2001
Plan B as Joe Maloni
2000
That's Life as Frank DeLucca (36 episodes)
2000
The Thin Blue Lie as Frank Rizzo
2000
Cheaters as Constantine Kiamos
1999
That Championship Season as Coach
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1999
Harlem Aria as Fabiano Grazzi
1998
Houdini as Blackburn
1998
Knock Off as Harry Johanson
1998
Dead Broke as Harvey
1998
Bulworth as Graham Crockett
1998
Men with Guns as Horace Burke
1998
The Big House (29 episodes)
1997
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way as Joe Torre
1997
Most Wanted as CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill
1997
Money Talks as Guy Cipriani
1997
American Perfekt as Franck
1996
Romeo + Juliet as Fulgencio Capulet
1996
The Daily Show as Self (1 episode)
1996
Escape Clause as Lt. Gil Farrand
1996
Love Is All There Is as Piero Malacici
1996
Dog Watch as Delgoti
1995
Nixon as Henry Kissinger
1995
Cover Me as J.J. Davis
1994
Without Consent as Dr. Winslow
1994
Backstreet Justice as Captain Phil Giarusso
1994
Parallel Lives as Ed Starling
1994
Duckman (1 episode)
1993
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives as Anthony Caruso
1993
The Firm as Tommy Morolto (uncredited)
1992
The Last Mile as The Tenor
1991
The Rocketeer as Eddie Valentine
1991
Don't Touch My Daughter as Lt. Willman
1991
Age Isn't Everything as Max
1990
Law & Order as Phil Cerreta (31 episodes)
1990
GoodFellas as Paul Cicero
1990
Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1990
Dick Tracy as Lips Manlis
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation as Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko (1 episode)
1987
The Oldest Rookie as Det. Ike Porter (14 episodes)
1987
Almost Partners as Jack Wilder
1986
Very Close Quarters
1986
A Fine Mess as Tony Pazzo
1986
Betrayed by Innocence as Mike Vogel
1986
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter as Gino
1985
The Stuff as Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
1985
Chiller as Reverend Penny
1985
Moonlighting as David Addison Sr. (1 episode)
1985
Turk 182! as Himself
1985
Surviving as Harvey
1984
With Intent to Kill as Doyle Reinecker
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Al Sidell (1 episode)
1984
My Mother's Secret Life as Max
1983
Chiefs as Sheriff Skeeter Willis (3 episodes)
1983
Off the Wall as Warden Nicholas F. Castle
1982
That Championship Season as Phil Romano
1982
A Question of Honor as Carlo Danzie
1982
I, the Jury as Detective Pat Chambers
1982
Melanie as Walter
1981
Reds as Louis Fraina
1980
Cruising as Capt. Edelson
1979
Lost and Found as Reilly
1979
Dummy as Lowell Myers
1978
The Brink's Job as Jazz Maffie
1978
Slow Dancing In The Big City as Lou Friedlander
1978
Bloodbrothers as Chubby De Coco
1977
Oh, God! as Reverend Willie Williams
1977
Seventh Avenue as Dave Shaw (3 episodes)
1976
Bert D'Angelo Superstar (12 episodes)
1976
I Will, I Will...For Now as Lou Springer
1975
We'll Get By as George Platt (11 episodes)
1975
Angel and Big Joe
1974
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue as Ring
1974
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy as Harry Walters
1974
The Gambler as Hips
1974
Tell Me Where It Hurts as Joe
1974
King Lear as Gloucester
1973
The Day of the Dolphin as Curtis Mahoney
1973
A Touch of Class as Walter Menkes
1972
The Streets of San Francisco (1 episode)
1972
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues as Cab Driver
1971
Made For Each Other as Gig's Father
1971
Cry Uncle! as Coughing Cop
1971
The Panic in Needle Park as Samuels
1971
Great Performances as Gloucester (1 episode)
1970
Where’s Poppa? as Owner of Gus & Grace's Home
1965
Skyscraper
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (1 episode)
Directing (2)
2012
The Trouble with Cali
• Director
1999
That Championship Season
• Director