Paul Anthony Sorvino is an American actor. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law, and is possibly best known for his roles as Paulie Cicero, a portrayal of Paul Vario in the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, and Sgt. Phil Cerreta on the police procedural ...
Actor, Television Director, Film director, Copywriter, Sheriff, Sculptor, Entrepreneur, Activist, Painter, Chef
Education
American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Lafayette High School
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Dee Dee Benkie (m. 2014), Vanessa Arico (m. 1991–1996), Lorraine Davis (m. 1966–1988)
Children
Mira Sorvino, Michael Sorvino, Amanda Sorvino
Parents
Ford Sorvino, Marietta Sorvino
Siblings
William Sorvino
Nicknames
Paul Anthony Sorvino , King of Brooklyn
Awards
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play
Movies
Goodfellas (1990), The Firm (1993), Dog Watch (1996), The Panic in Needle Park (1971), “The Gambler” (1974), It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974), Bloodbrothers (1978), The Red Maple Leaf (2016), Father (2016)
TV Shows
Law & Order (1991-1992), “Bajour” (1964), Where`s Poppa (1970), That's Life (2000-2002), Perfume (2001)
Star Sign
Aries
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Trademark
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Reserved yet charming manner
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Deep baritone voice
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Quote
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[on Scorsese not winning Best Director Oscar] It's an outrage, in my mind. What does the man have to do?
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On why he left Law & Order (1990): "One of the frustrating things about that role
one of the reasons George Dzundza left, I assume, and certainly why I left -
is that there wasn't enough range...It wasn't a large enough vehicle for me to express what it was I want to express as an artist."
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When asked what he thought of Goodfellas (1990) when it first came out in 1990, he said: "I thought it was boring, excessively violent and not a good movie. I thought I was boring, I thought that I had hurt my career, I thought that this movie should not have been made and it's not a good movie". He then said three hours later after thinking more about it, "Do you know, I'm kind of coming through a clearing here and I'm thinking that's not a boring movie, that's a good movie, that's a great movie maybe, and I'm really good in it!"
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Fact
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As of 2016. has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: A Touch of Class (1973), Reds (1981) and Goodfellas (1990).
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Currently resides in Gilbert, Pennsylvania. [March 2006]
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Recovering with only minor bruises, after being hit by a car in Manhattan on October 7, 2011, while hailing a cab.
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Founder of Paul Sorvino Foods an International Food Company.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1973 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for Jason Miller's "That Championship Season."
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In July 2004, he was awarded the "Premio per gli Italiani nel Mondo" at a ceremony in Rome. The prize is distributed by the Marzio Tremaglia Foundation and the Italian government to Italian emigrants and their descendants who have distinguished themselves abroad. At the ceremony, he performed the Neapolitan song "Torna a Surriento" with tenor Andrea Bocelli.
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Speaks fluent Italian.
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Was named as "King of Brooklyn" at the "Welcome Back to Brooklyn" festival in 1993.
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His budding career was threatened when asthma compromised his ability to talk and sing. But the breathing exercises he learned thirty years ago have allowed him to breathe normally ever since.
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Italian-American, of Neapolitan descent (Naples, Italy).
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Is an enthusiastic opera singer, painter, sculptor and cook.
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Has severe asthma. Started the Sorvino Asthma Foundation
A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993
TV Movie
Anthony Caruso
The Firm
1993
Tommie Morolto (uncredited)
Law & Order
1991-1992
TV Series
Phil Cerreta
The Last Mile
1992
TV Short
The Tenor
Age Isn't Everything
1991
Max
The Rocketeer
1991
Eddie Valentine
Don't Touch My Daughter
1991
TV Movie
Lt. Willman
DMZ
1990
Goodfellas
1990
Paul Cicero
Dick Tracy
1990
Lips Manlis
Murder, She Wrote
1989
TV Series
Al Sidell
The Oldest Rookie
1987-1988
TV Series
Det. Ike Porter
Almost Partners
1987
TV Movie
Detective Jack Welder
Very Close Quarters
1986
Kiril
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
1986
Gino
Moonlighting
1986
TV Series
David Addison Sr.
A Fine Mess
1986
Tony Pazzo
Betrayed by Innocence
1986
TV Movie
Mike Vogel
The Stuff
1985
Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
Chiller
1985
TV Movie
Reverend Penny
Surviving
1985
TV Movie
Harvey
With Intent to Kill
1984
TV Movie
Doyle Reinecker
My Mother's Secret Life
1984
TV Movie
Max
Chiefs
1983
TV Mini-Series
Sheriff Skeeter Willis
Off the Wall
1983
Warden Nicholas F. Castle
That Championship Season
1982
Phil Romano
A Question of Honor
1982
TV Movie
Carlo Danzie
I, the Jury
1982
Detective Pat Chambers
Melanie
1982
Walter
Reds
1981
Louis Fraina
Today's F.B.I.
1981
TV Series
Pete Kositchek
Cruising
1980
Capt. Edelson
Insight
1979
TV Series
Lost and Found
1979
Reilly
Dummy
1979
TV Movie
Lowell Myers
The Brink's Job
1978
Jazz Maffie
Slow Dancing in the Big City
1978
Lou Friedlander
Bloodbrothers
1978
Chubby De Coco
Oh, God!
1977
Reverend Willie Williams
Seventh Avenue
1977
TV Mini-Series
Dave Shaw
Bert D'Angelo/Superstar
1976
TV Series
Sergeant Bert D'Angelo
The Streets of San Francisco
1976
TV Series
Sergeant Bert D'Angelo
I Will... I Will... For Now
1976
Lou Springer
Angel and Big Joe
1975
Short
Big Joe
We'll Get By
1975
TV Series
George Platt
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974
TV Movie
Harry Walters
The Gambler
1974
Hips
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
1974
Ring
Tell Me Where It Hurts
1974
TV Movie
Joe
Great Performances
1974
TV Series
Gloucester
The Day of the Dolphin
1973
Curtis Mahoney
A Touch of Class
1973
Walter Menkes
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972
Taxi Driver
Made for Each Other
1971
Gig's Father
Cry Uncle
1971
Coughing Cop
The Panic in Needle Park
1971
Samuels
Where's Poppa?
1970
Owner of 'Gus & Grace's Home'
My Jurassic Place
2018
filming
Mr. McCormack
Father
2018/II
completed
Danny
The Chameleon
2017
TV Movie pre-production
Chameleon sr
Executor
2017
completed
Father Antonio
Undercover Grandpa
2017
completed
Giovanni
Bad Blood
2017
TV Mini-Series post-production
Enrico Sr. / Nico Rizzuto Sr.
Welcome to Acapulco
post-production
Campbell
The Last Poker Game
2017
Phil
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
2017
TV Series
Dr. Dominico Scarpa
Lost Cat Corona
2017
Uncle Sam
Beneath the Leaves
2017
Captain Parker
A Winter Rose
2016
Skippy
Rules Don't Apply
2016
Vernon Scott
The Red Maple Leaf
2016
Joseph Palermo
The Brooklyn Banker
2016
Benny
The Bronx Bull
2016
Giuseppe LaMotta
Detours
2016/II
Joe DiMaria
Grandfathered
2016
TV Series
Jack Martino
Chasing Gold
2016
Frank
The Bandit Hound
2016
Chief Burton
Falling
2016/III
Jim
Kidnapped in Romania
2016
Alexandru Damian / Don Ciro
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival
2016
God
Cold Deck
2015
Chips
Sicilian Vampire
2015
Jimmy Scambino
Price for Freedom
2015
Shah of Iran
No Deposit
2015
Alfie
Careful What You Wish For
2015
Sheriff Big Jack
The Hybrids Family
2015
The Count
A Place for Heroes
2014
Vincent
The Goldbergs
2014
TV Series
Ben 'Pop Pop' Goldberg
Elementary
2014
TV Series
Robert Pardillo
Paulie
2013
TV Movie
Paulie
Immigrant
2013
Yeshiva Principal
Foreclosed
2013
Video
Bud
Once Upon a Time in Queens
2013
Joe Scoleri
How Sweet It Is
2013
Big Mike Cicero
Divorce Invitation
2012
Daniel Miller
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012
TV Movie
Mayor Palantine
For the Love of Money
2012
Red
Imaginary Friend
2012
TV Movie
Jonathan
The Devil's Carnival
2012
God
The Trouble with Cali
2012
Ivan
Airship Dracula
2012
TV Mini-Series
Bumbescu
God Don't Make the Laws
2011
Lewis
Kill the Irishman
2011
Tony Salerno
Mineville
2010
Jacob Laremy
Lily of the Feast
2010
Short
Benny
Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe
2009
TV Movie
Santa Claus
The Wild Stallion
2009
Nolan
Triggerman
2009
TV Movie
Sheriff Roy Baseheart
Doc West
2009
TV Movie
Sheriff Roy Basehart
Repo! The Genetic Opera
2008
Rotti Largo
Mogli a pezzi
2008
TV Series
Carnera: The Walking Mountain
2008
Ledudal
Last Hour
2008
Maitre Steinfeld
Greetings from the Shore
2007
Catch Turner
Mr. Fix It
2006
Wally
L'onore e il rispetto
2006
TV Mini-Series
Beniamino
Still Standing
2004-2006
TV Series
Al Miller
Goodnight, Joseph Parker
2004
Charlie
Jack & Bobby
2004
TV Series
President Eugene Lorio
Mr 3000
2004
Gus Panas
Mambo Italiano
2003
Gino Barberini
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival
2016
performer: "Cloud Serenade", "Bells Of The Black Sunday"
For the Love of Money
2012
performer: "AMAZING GRACE"
The Devil's Carnival
2012
performer: "Heaven's All Around"
Repo! The Genetic Opera
2008
performer: "Things You See In A Graveyard Part 1", "Bravi!", "Things You See in a Graveyard", "Limo Ride", "Luigi, Pavi and Amber Harrass Mag", "Seeing You Stirs Memories", "Who Ordered Pizza?", "Night Surgeon", "Nathan Discovers Rotti's Plan", "At the Opera Tonight", "Happiness is Not a Warm Scalpel", "Gold", "We Started this Op'ra Shit", "Buon Giorno", "Rotti's Chapel Sermon", "Interrogation Room Challenge", "Piece de Resistance", "Sawman's Lament", "The Man Who Made You Sick", "Cut the Ties",
Mr. Fix It
2006
performer: "The Way You Look Tonight"
Mambo Italiano
2003
performer: "La Gigocin"
The Cooler
2003
performer: "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" 1932