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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Filmography
all 178
Movies 145
TV Shows 33
self 22
Voice 2
Director 2
Grandpa
Pursued (2023)
Movie
Self
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective (2022)
Movie
Cheech
The Great American Heist (2022)
Movie
Uncle Carmine
The Birthday Cake (2021)
Movie
5.5
Grandpa Paul
Most Guys Are Losers (2020)
Movie
5
Self
Josh Gates Tonight (2020)
TV
Lou Branch
Bad Impulse (2019)
Movie
Jim
As Long As We Both Shall Live (2019)
Movie
Frank Costello
Godfather of Harlem (2019)
TV
6.5
Senator Campbell
Welcome to Acapulco (2019)
Movie
Captain Parker
Beneath The Leaves (2019)
Movie
Chief Lassiter
Acts of Desperation (2018)
Movie
Danny
Papa (2018)
Movie
Phil Nicoletti
Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game (2018)
Movie
Nico Rizzuto Sr.
Bad Blood (2017)
TV
6.25
Shah of Iran
Price for Freedom (2017)
Movie
Giovanni
Undercover Grandpa (2017)
Movie
Joseph Palermo
The Red Maple Leaf (2017)
Movie
Uncle Sam
Lost Cat Corona (2017)
Movie
Skippy
A Winter Rose (2016)
Movie
Vernon Scott
Rules Don't Apply (2016)
Movie
5
The Count
The Hybrids Family (2016)
Movie
Benny
The Brooklyn Banker (2016)
Movie
Father Antonio
Executor (2016)
Movie
Giuseppe LaMotta
The Bronx Bull (2016)
Movie
6
Joe DiMaria
Detours (2016)
Movie
Frank
Chasing Gold (2016)
Movie
Chief Burton
The Bandit Hound (2016)
Movie
Self
Emigratis (2016)
TV
Alexandru Damian / Don Ciro
Kidnapped in Romania (2016)
Movie
God
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival (2016)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up (2015)
Movie
Chips
Cold Deck (2015)
Movie
4.63
Jimmy Scambino
Sicilian Vampire (2015)
Movie
Jack Martino
Grandfathered (2015)
TV
5.92
Self
Celebrity Family Feud (2015)
TV
8
Sheriff Big Jack
Careful What You Wish For (2015)
Movie
Alfie
No Deposit (2015)
Movie
Augustin Mouchot (voice)
Cosmos (2014)
TV
6.43
Yeshiva Principal
Immigrant (2013)
Movie
Ben 'Pop Pop' Goldberg
The Goldbergs (2013)
TV
7
Bud
4Closed (2013)
Movie
Big Mike Cicero
How Sweet It Is (2013)
Movie
Joe Scoleri
Last I Heard (2013)
Movie
Self
Saving America's Horses: A Nation Betrayed (2012)
Movie
Daniel Miller
Divorce Invitation (2012)
Movie
Robert Pardillo
Elementary (2012)
TV
6.71
Mayor Palantine
Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012)
Movie
10
Red Parker
For the Love of Money (2012)
Movie
Jonathan
Imaginary Friend (2012)
Movie
God
The Devil's Carnival (2012)
Movie
Ivan
The Trouble with Cali (2012)
Movie
Lewis
God Don't Make the Laws (2011)
Movie
Himself
Night Club (2011)
Movie
Tony Salerno
Kill the Irishman (2011)
Movie
6
Self
Miller's Tale (2011)
Movie
Santa Claus
Santa Baby 2 (2009)
Movie
Sheriff Roy Basehart
Doc West II (2009)
Movie
Roy Basehart
Doc West (2009)
Movie
Rotti Largo
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Movie
Catch Turner
Greetings from the Shore (2008)
Movie
Ledudal
Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008)
Movie
Maitre Steinfeld
Last Hour (2008)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Exorcising 'Cruising' (2007)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The History of 'Cruising' (2007)
Movie
Wally
Mr. Fix It (2006)
Movie
6
Self
Witness to 'Reds' (2006)
Movie
Beniamino
L'onore e il rispetto (2006)
TV
Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood (2005)
Movie
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart (2005)
TV
Self / Paul Cicero
The Workaday Gangster (2004)
Movie
Charlie
Goodnight, Joseph Parker (2004)
Movie
Self
The Tony Danza Show (2004)
TV
Jack & Bobby (2004)
TV
Gus Panas
Mr. 3000 (2004)
Movie
6
Self
Law & Order: The First 3 Years (2004)
Movie
Buddy Stafford
The Cooler (2003)
Movie
5.9
Gino Barberini
Mambo Italiano (2003)
Movie
6
Nicola
Mafia Doctor (2003)
Movie
Still Standing (2002)
TV
6
Scheck (voice)
Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
Movie
Antonio Primavera
Ciao America (2002)
Movie
Gallio
Streghe verso nord (2001)
Movie
Laszlo Pryce
Longshot (2001)
Movie
Self
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001)
Movie
Lorenzo Mancini
Perfume (2001)
Movie
Sonny Talia
See Spot Run (2001)
Movie
Joe
The Amati Girls (2001)
Movie
Joe Maloni
Plan B (2001)
Movie
Frank DeLucca
That's Life (2000)
TV
Frank Rizzo
The Thin Blue Lie (2000)
Movie
Constantine Kiamos
Cheaters (2000)
Movie
Director
That Championship Season (1999)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999)
TV
Fabiano Grazzi
Harlem Aria (1999)
Movie
Blackburn
Houdini (1998)
Movie
Harry Johanson
Knock Off (1998)
Movie
6
Harvey
Dead Broke (1998)
Movie
Graham Crockett
Bulworth (1998)
Movie
6.17
Horace Burke
Men with Guns (1998)
Movie
Narrator / Self - Narrator
The Big House (1998)
TV
Joe Torre
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way (1997)
Movie
CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill
Most Wanted (1997)
Movie
Guy Cipriani
Money Talks (1997)
Movie
7
Franck
American Perfekt (1997)
Movie
Fulgencio Capulet
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Movie
7.78
Self
The Daily Show (1996)
TV
6.75
Lt. Gil Farrand
Escape Clause (1996)
Movie
Piero
Love Is All There Is (1996)
Movie
Delgoti
Dog Watch (1996)
Movie
Henry Kissinger
Nixon (1995)
Movie
6
J.J. Davis
Cover Me (1995)
Movie
Dr. Winslow
Without Consent (1994)
Movie
Captain Phil Giarusso
Backstreet Justice (1994)
Movie
Ed Starling
Parallel Lives (1994)
Movie
Duckman (1994)
TV
6
Anthony Caruso
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993)
Movie
Tommy Morolto (uncredited)
The Firm (1993)
Movie
5.18
The Tenor
The Last Mile (1992)
Movie
Eddie Valentine
The Rocketeer (1991)
Movie
7
Lt. Willman
Don't Touch My Daughter (1991)
Movie
Max
Age Isn't Everything (1991)
Movie
Phil Cerreta
Law & Order (1990)
TV
5.78
Paul Cicero
GoodFellas (1990)
Movie
5.98
Self
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
Movie
Lips Manlis
Dick Tracy (1990)
Movie
7
Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
TV
6.47
Det. Ike Porter
The Oldest Rookie (1987)
TV
Detective Jack Welder
Almost Partners (1987)
Movie
Kiril
Very Close Quarters (1986)
Movie
Tony Pazzo
A Fine Mess (1986)
Movie
5.67
Mike Vogel
Betrayed by Innocence (1986)
Movie
Gino
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986)
Movie
Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
The Stuff (1985)
Movie
6
Reverend Penny
Chiller (1985)
Movie
David Addison Sr.
Moonlighting (1985)
TV
5.99
Himself
Turk 182! (1985)
Movie
5.57
Harvey
Surviving (1985)
Movie
Doyle Reinecker
With Intent to Kill (1984)
Movie
Al Sidell
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
TV
7
Max
My Mother's Secret Life (1984)
Movie
Sheriff Skeeter Willis
Chiefs (1983)
TV
6
Warden Nicholas F. Castle
Off the Wall (1983)
Movie
Phil Romano
That Championship Season (1982)
Movie
Carlo Danzie
A Question of Honor (1982)
Movie
Detective Pat Chambers
I, the Jury (1982)
Movie
Walter
Melanie (1982)
Movie
Louis Fraina
Reds (1981)
Movie
5
Pete Kositchek
Today's F.B.I. (1981)
TV
Capt. Edelson
Cruising (1980)
Movie
6
Reilly
Lost and Found (1979)
Movie
Lowell Myers
Dummy (1979)
Movie
Jazz Maffie
The Brink's Job (1978)
Movie
Lou Friedlander
Slow Dancing In The Big City (1978)
Movie
Chubby De Coco
Bloodbrothers (1978)
Movie
Reverend Willie Williams
Oh, God! (1977)
Movie
4.75
Dave Shaw
Seventh Avenue (1977)
TV
Bert D'Angelo Superstar (1976)
TV
Lou Springer
I Will, I Will...For Now (1976)
Movie
George Platt
We'll Get By (1975)
TV
Big Joe
Angel and Big Joe (1975)
Movie
Ring
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue (1974)
Movie
Harry Walters
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974)
Movie
Hips
The Gambler (1974)
Movie
Joe
Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974)
Movie
Gloucester
King Lear (1974)
Movie
Curtis Mahoney
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
Movie
Walter Menkes
A Touch of Class (1973)
Movie
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
TV
6.86
Cab Driver
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)
Movie
Gig's Father
Made For Each Other (1971)
Movie
Coughing Cop
Cry Uncle! (1971)
Movie
Samuels
The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
Movie
4
Gloucester
Great Performances (1971)
TV
1
Owner of Gus & Grace's Home
Where’s Poppa? (1970)
Movie
Skyscraper (1965)
Movie
Self - Nominee
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Ratings
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1939-04-13
Deathday2022-07-25 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
ChildrenMira Sorvino, Michael Sorvino
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsPaul Anthony Sorvino
AwardsEllis Island Medal of Honor
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