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.
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.
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447892
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Filmography (Movies)
Pursued
Character:Grandpa
Release Date:25/03/2023
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Character:Self
Release Date:15/08/2022
The Great American Heist
Character:Cheech
Release Date:16/03/2022
The Birthday Cake
Character:Uncle Carmine
Release Date:18/06/2021
Most Guys Are Losers
Character:Grandpa Paul
Release Date:24/10/2020
GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors
Character:Self
Release Date:26/09/2020
Bad Impulse
Character:Lou Branch
Release Date:07/12/2019
Welcome to Acapulco
Character:Senator Campbell
Release Date:07/03/2019
Beneath the Leaves
Character:Captain Parker
Release Date:08/02/2019
Acts of Desperation
Character:Chief Lassiter
Release Date:09/12/2018
Papa
Character:Danny
Release Date:14/06/2018
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game
Character:Phil
Release Date:12/01/2018
Undercover Grandpa
Character:Giovanni
Release Date:07/07/2017
Price for Freedom
Character:Shah of Iran
Release Date:07/07/2017
Lost Cat Corona
Character:Uncle Sam
Release Date:24/02/2017
The Red Maple Leaf
Character:Joseph Palermo
Release Date:24/02/2017
A Winter Rose
Character:Skippy
Release Date:02/12/2016
Rules Don't Apply
Character:Vernon Scott
Release Date:23/11/2016
The Hybrids Family
Character:The Count
Release Date:01/10/2016
The Brooklyn Banker
Character:Benny
Release Date:05/08/2016
Executor
Character:Father Antonio
Release Date:05/07/2016
The Bronx Bull
Character:Giuseppe LaMotta
Release Date:13/06/2016
Detours
Character:Joe DiMaria
Release Date:20/04/2016
Chasing Gold
Character:Frank
Release Date:15/04/2016
The Bandit Hound
Character:Chief Burton
Release Date:12/04/2016
Kidnapped in Romania
Character:Alexandru Damian
Release Date:02/04/2016
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival
Character:God
Release Date:29/03/2016
As Long As We Both Shall Live
Character:Jim
Release Date:08/02/2016
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/12/2015
Cold Deck
Character:Chips
Release Date:04/12/2015
Sicilian Vampire
Character:Jimmy Scambino
Release Date:03/11/2015
Careful What You Wish For
Character:Sheriff Big Jack
Release Date:06/05/2015
No Deposit
Character:Alfie
Release Date:24/04/2015
Immigrant
Character:Yeshiva Principal
Release Date:01/11/2013
4Closed
Character:Bud
Release Date:30/08/2013
How Sweet It Is
Character:Big Mike
Release Date:10/05/2013
Last I Heard
Character:Joe Scoleri
Release Date:01/01/2013
Divorce Invitation
Character:Daniel Miller
Release Date:14/11/2012
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
Character:Mayor Palantine
Release Date:09/06/2012
For the Love of Money
Character:Red Parker
Release Date:08/06/2012
Imaginary Friend
Character:Jonathan
Release Date:02/06/2012
The Devil's Carnival
Character:God
Release Date:05/04/2012
The Trouble with Cali
Character:Ivan
Release Date:21/02/2012
God Don't Make the Laws
Character:Lewis
Release Date:01/12/2011
Night Club
Character:Himself
Release Date:11/04/2011
Kill the Irishman
Character:Tony Salerno
Release Date:10/03/2011
Miller's Tale
Character:Self
Release Date:05/03/2011
Santa Baby 2
Character:Santa Claus
Release Date:13/12/2009
The Wild Stallion
Character:Nolan
Release Date:06/10/2009
Doc West II : Triggerman
Character:Sheriff Roy Basehart
Release Date:14/09/2009
Doc West
Character:Roy Basehart
Release Date:07/09/2009
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Character:Rotti Largo
Release Date:07/11/2008
Carnera: The Walking Mountain
Character:Ledudal
Release Date:09/05/2008
Last Hour
Character:Maitre Steinfeld
Release Date:15/04/2008
The History of 'Cruising'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/09/2007
Exorcising 'Cruising'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/09/2007
The History of 'Cruising'
Character:
Release Date:18/09/2007
Greetings from the Shore
Character:Catch Turner
Release Date:28/08/2007
Mr. Fix It
Character:Wally
Release Date:26/12/2006
Witness to 'Reds'
Character:Self
Release Date:17/10/2006
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
Character:
Release Date:02/12/2005
The Workaday Gangster
Character:Self
Release Date:19/11/2004
Goodnight, Joseph Parker
Character:Charlie
Release Date:01/10/2004
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
Character:Self
Release Date:17/08/2004
Mr. 3000
Character:Gus Panas
Release Date:15/06/2004
The Cooler
Character:Buddy Stafford
Release Date:26/11/2003
Mambo Italiano
Character:Gino Barberini
Release Date:06/06/2003
Mafia Doctor
Character:Nicola Dellarusso
Release Date:16/03/2003
Hey Arnold! The Movie
Character:Scheck (voice)
Release Date:28/06/2002
Plan B
Character:Joe Maloni
Release Date:22/03/2002
Ciao America
Character:Antonio Primavera
Release Date:01/01/2002
Streghe verso nord
Character:Gallio
Release Date:16/11/2001
Longshot
Character:Laszlo Pryce
Release Date:25/10/2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Character:Self
Release Date:31/05/2001
Perfume
Character:Lorenzo Mancini
Release Date:08/04/2001
See Spot Run
Character:Sonny Talia
Release Date:02/03/2001
The Amati Girls
Character:Joe
Release Date:09/01/2001
The Thin Blue Lie
Character:Frank Rizzo
Release Date:13/08/2000
Cheaters
Character:Constantine Kiamos
Release Date:20/05/2000
That Championship Season
Character:Coach
Release Date:06/06/1999
Harlem Aria
Character:Fabiano Grazzi
Release Date:05/03/1999
Houdini
Character:Blackburn
Release Date:06/12/1998
Knock Off
Character:Harry Johanson
Release Date:04/09/1998
Dead Broke
Character:Harvey
Release Date:01/06/1998
Bulworth
Character:Graham Crockett
Release Date:15/05/1998
Men with Guns
Character:Horace Burke
Release Date:06/03/1998
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
Character:Joe Torre
Release Date:17/10/1997
Most Wanted
Character:CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill
Release Date:10/10/1997
Money Talks
Character:Guy Cipriani
Release Date:22/08/1997
Dog Watch
Character:Delgoti
Release Date:15/08/1997
American Perfekt
Character:Frank
Release Date:11/06/1997
Romeo + Juliet
Character:Fulgencio Capulet
Release Date:01/11/1996
Escape Clause
Character:Lt. Gil Farrand
Release Date:14/07/1996
Love Is All There Is
Character:Piero Malacici
Release Date:10/05/1996
Nixon
Character:Henry Kissinger
Release Date:22/12/1995
Cover Me
Character:J.J. Davis
Release Date:09/10/1995
Without Consent
Character:Dr. Winslow
Release Date:16/10/1994
Backstreet Justice
Character:Captain Phil Giarusso
Release Date:21/09/1994
Parallel Lives
Character:Ed Starling
Release Date:04/08/1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Character:Anthony Caruso
Release Date:17/12/1993
The Firm
Character:Tommy Morolto (uncredited)
Release Date:30/06/1993
The Last Mile
Character:The Tenor
Release Date:09/10/1992
The Rocketeer
Character:Eddie Valentine
Release Date:21/06/1991
Don't Touch My Daughter
Character:Lt. Willman
Release Date:07/04/1991
Age Isn't Everything
Character:Max
Release Date:02/01/1991
GoodFellas
Character:Paul Cicero
Release Date:12/09/1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1990
Dick Tracy
Character:Lips Manlis
Release Date:05/04/1990
Almost Partners
Character:Jack Wilder
Release Date:16/05/1987
Very Close Quarters
Character:
Release Date:14/08/1986
A Fine Mess
Character:Tony Pazzo
Release Date:08/08/1986
Betrayed by Innocence
Character:Mike Vogel
Release Date:01/03/1986
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
Character:Gino
Release Date:01/01/1986
The Stuff
Character:Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
Release Date:14/06/1985
Chiller
Character:Reverend Penny
Release Date:22/05/1985
Turk 182!
Character:Himself
Release Date:15/02/1985
Surviving
Character:Harvey
Release Date:10/02/1985
With Intent to Kill
Character:Doyle Reinecker
Release Date:24/10/1984
My Mother's Secret Life
Character:Max
Release Date:05/02/1984
Off the Wall
Character:Warden Nicholas F. Castle
Release Date:01/07/1983
That Championship Season
Character:Phil Romano
Release Date:09/12/1982
A Question of Honor
Character:Carlo Danzie
Release Date:28/04/1982
I, the Jury
Character:Detective Pat Chambers
Release Date:22/04/1982
Melanie
Character:Walter
Release Date:12/02/1982
Reds
Character:Louis Fraina
Release Date:25/12/1981
Cruising
Character:Capt. Edelson
Release Date:15/02/1980
Lost and Found
Character:Reilly
Release Date:13/07/1979
Dummy
Character:Lowell Myers
Release Date:27/05/1979
The Brink's Job
Character:Jazz Maffie
Release Date:08/12/1978
Slow Dancing In The Big City
Character:Lou Friedlander
Release Date:08/11/1978
Bloodbrothers
Character:Chubby De Coco
Release Date:27/09/1978
Oh, God!
Character:Reverend Willie Williams
Release Date:07/10/1977
I Will, I Will...For Now
Character:Lou Springer
Release Date:18/02/1976
Angel and Big Joe
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1975
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
Character:Ring
Release Date:06/12/1974
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Character:Harry Walters
Release Date:19/11/1974
The Gambler
Character:Hips
Release Date:02/10/1974
Tell Me Where It Hurts
Character:Joe
Release Date:12/03/1974
King Lear
Character:Gloucester
Release Date:20/02/1974
The Day of the Dolphin
Character:Curtis Mahoney
Release Date:19/12/1973
A Touch of Class
Character:Walter Menkes
Release Date:25/05/1973
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Character:Taxi Driver
Release Date:25/02/1972
Made For Each Other
Character:Gig's Father
Release Date:12/12/1971
Cry Uncle!
Character:Coughing Cop
Release Date:17/08/1971
The Panic in Needle Park
Character:Samuels
Release Date:01/06/1971
Where’s Poppa?
Character:Owner of Gus & Grace's Home
Release Date:10/11/1970
Skyscraper
Character:
Release Date:15/11/1965
Television Appearances
Josh Gates Tonight
Character:Self
Godfather of Harlem
Character:Frank Costello
Bad Blood
Character:Nico Rizzuto Sr.
Emigratis
Character:Self
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
Character:Dr. Dominico Scarpa
Grandfathered
Character:Jack Martino
Celebrity Family Feud
Character:Self
Cosmos
Character:Augustin Mouchot (voice)
The Goldbergs
Character:Ben 'Pop Pop' Goldberg
Elementary
Character:Robert Pardillo
L'onore e il rispetto
Character:Beniamino
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
Character:
The Tony Danza Show
Character:Self
Jack & Bobby
Character:
Still Standing
Character:Al Miller
That's Life
Character:Frank DeLucca
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Character:Self - Guest
The Big House
Character:
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Duckman
Character:Variecom CEO (voice)
Law & Order
Character:Phil Cerreta
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character:Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko
The Oldest Rookie
Character:Ike Porter
Moonlighting
Character:David Addison Sr.
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Al Sidell
Chiefs
Character:Sheriff Skeeter Willis
Seventh Avenue
Character:Dave Shaw
Bert D'Angelo Superstar
Character:
We'll Get By
Character:George Platt
The Streets of San Francisco
Character:Sergeant Bert D'Angelo
Great Performances
Character:Gloucester
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
The Oscars
Character:Self
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