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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 13, 1939
Died
July 25, 2022
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Paul Anthony Sorvino
- پل سوروینو
Paul Sorvino
1.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Grandpa
Pursued
2023
5.5
Self
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
0.0
Cheech
The Great American Heist
2022
5.1
Uncle Carmine
The Birthday Cake
2021
2.3
Grandpa Paul
Most Guys Are Losers
2020
🎬
0.0
Self
GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors
2020
7.8
Self
Josh Gates Tonight
2020
5.0
Lou Branch
Bad Impulse
2019
8.1
Frank Costello
Godfather of Harlem
2019
5.5
Senator Campbell
Welcome to Acapulco
2019
Credits
Pursued
as Grandpa
2023
0.0
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
as Self
2022
5.5
The Great American Heist
as Cheech
2022
0.0
The Birthday Cake
as Uncle Carmine
2021
5.1
Most Guys Are Losers
as Grandpa Paul
2020
2.3
🎬
GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors
as Self
2020
0.0
Josh Gates Tonight
as Self
2020
7.8
Bad Impulse
as Lou Branch
2019
5.0
Godfather of Harlem
as Frank Costello
2019
8.1
Welcome to Acapulco
as Senator Campbell
2019
5.5
Beneath the Leaves
as Captain Parker
2019
3.8
Acts of Desperation
as Chief Lassiter
2018
4.0
Papa
as Danny
2018
4.3
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game
as Phil
2018
6.0
Bad Blood
as Nico Rizzuto Sr.
2017
7.2
Undercover Grandpa
as Giovanni
2017
5.6
Price for Freedom
as Shah of Iran
2017
2.0
Lost Cat Corona
as Uncle Sam
2017
5.4
The Red Maple Leaf
as Joseph Palermo
2017
4.3
A Winter Rose
as Skippy
2016
3.0
Rules Don't Apply
as Vernon Scott
2016
5.7
The Hybrids Family
as The Count
2016
6.2
The Brooklyn Banker
as Benny
2016
4.8
Executor
as Father Antonio
2016
4.8
The Bronx Bull
as Giuseppe LaMotta
2016
4.4
Detours
as Joe DiMaria
2016
4.7
Chasing Gold
as Frank
2016
0.0
The Bandit Hound
as Chief Burton
2016
4.6
Emigratis
as Self
2016
7.0
Kidnapped in Romania
as Alexandru Damian
2016
2.9
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival
as God
2016
6.0
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
as Dr. Dominico Scarpa
2016
6.9
As Long As We Both Shall Live
as Jim
2016
0.0
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
as Self (archive footage)
2015
0.0
Cold Deck
as Chips
2015
5.4
Sicilian Vampire
as Jimmy Scambino
2015
3.4
Grandfathered
as Jack Martino
2015
6.5
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2015
7.8
Careful What You Wish For
as Sheriff Big Jack
2015
6.1
No Deposit
as Alfie
2015
3.0
Cosmos
as Augustin Mouchot (voice)
2014
8.5
Immigrant
as Yeshiva Principal
2013
0.0
The Goldbergs
as Ben 'Pop Pop' Goldberg
2013
7.5
4Closed
as Bud
2013
4.9
How Sweet It Is
as Big Mike
2013
2.2
Last I Heard
as Joe Scoleri
2013
5.2
Divorce Invitation
as Daniel Miller
2012
4.4
Elementary
as Robert Pardillo
2012
7.6
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
as Mayor Palantine
2012
4.7
For the Love of Money
as Red Parker
2012
4.3
Imaginary Friend
as Jonathan
2012
4.8
The Devil's Carnival
as God
2012
5.4
The Trouble with Cali
as Ivan
2012
2.0
God Don't Make the Laws
as Lewis
2011
4.8
Night Club
as Himself
2011
0.0
Kill the Irishman
as Tony Salerno
2011
6.8
Miller's Tale
as Self
2011
7.1
Santa Baby 2
as Santa Claus
2009
5.1
The Wild Stallion
as Nolan
2009
6.1
Doc West II : Triggerman
as Sheriff Roy Basehart
2009
6.3
Doc West
as Roy Basehart
2009
6.1
Repo! The Genetic Opera
as Rotti Largo
2008
6.2
Carnera: The Walking Mountain
as Ledudal
2008
5.9
Last Hour
as Maitre Steinfeld
2008
3.4
The History of 'Cruising'
as Self (archive footage)
2007
7.7
Exorcising 'Cruising'
as Self (archive footage)
2007
6.5
The History of 'Cruising'
2007
0.0
Greetings from the Shore
as Catch Turner
2007
5.8
Mr. Fix It
as Wally
2006
4.9
Witness to 'Reds'
as Self
2006
6.0
L'onore e il rispetto
as Beniamino
2006
7.3
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
7.3
🎬
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
0.0
The Workaday Gangster
as Self
2004
0.0
Goodnight, Joseph Parker
as Charlie
2004
5.5
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self
2004
6.1
Jack & Bobby
2004
7.0
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
as Self
2004
5.0
Mr. 3000
as Gus Panas
2004
5.3
The Cooler
as Buddy Stafford
2003
6.7
Mambo Italiano
as Gino Barberini
2003
5.9
Mafia Doctor
as Nicola Dellarusso
2003
4.5
Still Standing
as Al Miller
2002
6.8
Hey Arnold! The Movie
as Scheck (voice)
2002
6.5
Ciao America
as Antonio Primavera
2002
10.0
Streghe verso nord
as Gallio
2001
5.1
Longshot
as Laszlo Pryce
2001
4.6
🎬
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
as Self
2001
6.1
Perfume
as Lorenzo Mancini
2001
4.7
See Spot Run
as Sonny Talia
2001
6.0
The Amati Girls
as Joe
2001
2.5
Plan B
as Joe Maloni
2001
4.3
That's Life
as Frank DeLucca
2000
7.0
The Thin Blue Lie
as Frank Rizzo
2000
6.0
Cheaters
as Constantine Kiamos
2000
6.2
That Championship Season
as Coach
1999
5.8
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
1999
4.6
Harlem Aria
as Fabiano Grazzi
1999
7.4
Houdini
as Blackburn
1998
5.7
Knock Off
as Harry Johanson
1998
5.3
Dead Broke
as Harvey
1998
0.0
Bulworth
as Graham Crockett
1998
6.3
Men with Guns
as Horace Burke
1998
3.2
🎬
The Big House
1998
0.0
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
as Joe Torre
1997
5.0
Most Wanted
as CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill
1997
5.4
Money Talks
as Guy Cipriani
1997
6.0
Dog Watch
as Delgoti
1997
4.7
American Perfekt
as Frank
1997
6.3
Romeo + Juliet
as Fulgencio Capulet
1996
6.8
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Escape Clause
as Lt. Gil Farrand
1996
4.6
Love Is All There Is
as Piero Malacici
1996
5.0
Nixon
as Henry Kissinger
1995
6.9
Cover Me
as J.J. Davis
1995
3.0
Without Consent
as Dr. Winslow
1994
6.9
Backstreet Justice
as Captain Phil Giarusso
1994
2.8
Parallel Lives
as Ed Starling
1994
5.0
Duckman
as Variecom CEO (voice)
1994
7.1
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
as Anthony Caruso
1993
6.6
The Firm
as Tommy Morolto (uncredited)
1993
6.7
The Last Mile
as The Tenor
1992
0.0
The Rocketeer
as Eddie Valentine
1991
6.5
Don't Touch My Daughter
as Lt. Willman
1991
3.8
Age Isn't Everything
as Max
1991
2.0
Law & Order
as Phil Cerreta
1990
7.4
GoodFellas
as Paul Cicero
1990
8.5
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
4.0
Dick Tracy
as Lips Manlis
1990
6.1
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko
1987
8.4
The Oldest Rookie
as Ike Porter
1987
5.5
Almost Partners
as Jack Wilder
1987
0.0
🎬
Very Close Quarters
1986
0.0
A Fine Mess
as Tony Pazzo
1986
4.5
Betrayed by Innocence
as Mike Vogel
1986
5.0
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
as Gino
1986
1.0
The Stuff
as Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
1985
6.0
Chiller
as Reverend Penny
1985
4.1
Moonlighting
as David Addison Sr.
1985
7.5
Turk 182!
as Himself
1985
5.8
Surviving
as Harvey
1985
4.4
With Intent to Kill
as Doyle Reinecker
1984
3.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Al Sidell
1984
7.5
My Mother's Secret Life
as Max
1984
7.0
Chiefs
as Sheriff Skeeter Willis
1983
8.0
Off the Wall
as Warden Nicholas F. Castle
1983
2.3
That Championship Season
as Phil Romano
1982
4.7
A Question of Honor
as Carlo Danzie
1982
7.0
I, the Jury
as Detective Pat Chambers
1982
5.7
🎬
Melanie
as Walter
1982
6.8
Reds
as Louis Fraina
1981
6.9
Cruising
as Capt. Edelson
1980
6.6
Lost and Found
as Reilly
1979
5.8
Dummy
as Lowell Myers
1979
8.5
The Brink's Job
as Jazz Maffie
1978
6.1
Slow Dancing In The Big City
as Lou Friedlander
1978
6.2
Bloodbrothers
as Chubby De Coco
1978
5.7
Oh, God!
as Reverend Willie Williams
1977
6.5
Seventh Avenue
as Dave Shaw
1977
5.0
Bert D'Angelo Superstar
1976
5.0
I Will, I Will...For Now
as Lou Springer
1976
3.0
We'll Get By
as George Platt
1975
0.0
Angel and Big Joe
1975
6.4
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
as Ring
1974
6.0
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
as Harry Walters
1974
1.0
The Gambler
as Hips
1974
6.7
🎬
Tell Me Where It Hurts
as Joe
1974
0.0
King Lear
as Gloucester
1974
0.0
The Day of the Dolphin
as Curtis Mahoney
1973
5.8
A Touch of Class
as Walter Menkes
1973
6.0
The Streets of San Francisco
as Sergeant Bert D'Angelo
1972
7.0
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
as Taxi Driver
1972
4.8
Made For Each Other
as Gig's Father
1971
4.3
Cry Uncle!
as Coughing Cop
1971
4.3
The Panic in Needle Park
as Samuels
1971
6.8
Great Performances
as Gloucester
1971
5.8
Where’s Poppa?
as Owner of Gus & Grace's Home
1970
6.0
Skyscraper
1965
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0