Paul Sorvino

Biography

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.

Known For

Law & Order

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Elementary

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Murder, She Wrote

The Mike Douglas Show

The Goldbergs

All Movies (147)

• Pursued2023 · as Grandpa
• American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective2022 · as Self
• The Great American Heist2022 · as Cheech
• The Birthday Cake2021 · as Uncle Carmine
• Most Guys Are Losers2020 · as Grandpa Paul
• GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors2020 · as Self
• Bad Impulse2019 · as Lou Branch
• Welcome to Acapulco2019 · as Senator Campbell
• Beneath the Leaves2019 · as Captain Parker
• Acts of Desperation2018 · as Chief Lassiter
• Papa2018 · as Danny
• Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game2018 · as Phil
• Undercover Grandpa2017 · as Giovanni
• Price for Freedom2017 · as Shah of Iran
• Lost Cat Corona2017 · as Uncle Sam
• The Red Maple Leaf2017 · as Joseph Palermo
• A Winter Rose2016 · as Skippy
• Rules Don't Apply2016 · as Vernon Scott
• The Hybrids Family2016 · as The Count
• The Brooklyn Banker2016 · as Benny
• Executor2016 · as Father Antonio
• The Bronx Bull2016 · as Giuseppe LaMotta
• Detours2016 · as Joe DiMaria
• Chasing Gold2016 · as Frank
• The Bandit Hound2016 · as Chief Burton
• Kidnapped in Romania2016 · as Alexandru Damian
• Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival2016 · as God
• As Long As We Both Shall Live2016 · as Jim
• Enzian: When the Lights Go Up2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cold Deck2015 · as Chips
• Sicilian Vampire2015 · as Jimmy Scambino
• Careful What You Wish For2015 · as Sheriff Big Jack
• No Deposit2015 · as Alfie
• Immigrant2013 · as Yeshiva Principal
• 4Closed2013 · as Bud
• Last I Heard2013 · as Joe Scoleri
• How Sweet It Is2013 · as Big Mike
• Divorce Invitation2012 · as Daniel Miller
• Jersey Shore Shark Attack2012 · as Mayor Palantine
• For the Love of Money2012 · as Red Parker
• Imaginary Friend2012 · as Jonathan
• The Devil's Carnival2012 · as God
• The Trouble with Cali2012 · as Ivan
• God Don't Make the Laws2011 · as Lewis
• Night Club2011 · as Himself
• Kill the Irishman2011 · as Tony Salerno
• Miller's Tale2011 · as Self
• Santa Baby 22009 · as Santa Claus
• The Wild Stallion2009 · as Nolan
• Doc West II : Triggerman2009 · as Sheriff Roy Basehart
• Doc West2009 · as Roy Basehart
• Repo! The Genetic Opera2008 · as Rotti Largo
• Carnera: The Walking Mountain2008 · as Ledudal
• Last Hour2008 · as Maitre Steinfeld
• Exorcising 'Cruising'2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• The History of 'Cruising'2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Greetings from the Shore2007 · as Catch Turner
• Mr. Fix It2006 · as Wally
• Witness to 'Reds'2006 · as Self
• Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood2005
• The Workaday Gangster2004 · as Self
• Goodnight, Joseph Parker2004 · as Charlie
• Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'2004 · as Self
• Mr. 30002004 · as Gus Panas
• The Cooler2003 · as Buddy Stafford
• Mambo Italiano2003 · as Gino Barberini
• Mafia Doctor2003 · as Nicola Dellarusso
• Hey Arnold! The Movie2002 · as Scheck (voice)
• Plan B2002 · as Joe Maloni
• Ciao America2002 · as Antonio Primavera
• Streghe verso nord2001 · as Gallio
• Longshot2001 · as Laszlo Pryce
• Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored2001 · as Self
• Perfume2001 · as Lorenzo Mancini
• See Spot Run2001 · as Sonny Talia
• The Amati Girls2001 · as Joe
• The Thin Blue Lie2000 · as Frank Rizzo
• Cheaters2000 · as Constantine Kiamos
• That Championship Season1999 · as Coach
• Harlem Aria1999 · as Fabiano Grazzi
• Houdini1998 · as Blackburn
• Knock Off1998 · as Harry Johanson
• Dead Broke1998 · as Harvey
• Bulworth1998 · as Graham Crockett
• Men with Guns1998 · as Horace Burke
• Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way1997 · as Joe Torre
• Most Wanted1997 · as CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill
• Money Talks1997 · as Guy Cipriani
• Dog Watch1997 · as Delgoti
• American Perfekt1997 · as Frank
• Romeo + Juliet1996 · as Fulgencio Capulet
• Escape Clause1996 · as Lt. Gil Farrand
• Love Is All There Is1996 · as Piero Malacici
• Nixon1995 · as Henry Kissinger
• Cover Me1995 · as J.J. Davis
• Without Consent1994 · as Dr. Winslow
• Backstreet Justice1994 · as Captain Phil Giarusso
• Parallel Lives1994 · as Ed Starling
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives1993 · as Anthony Caruso
• The Firm1993 · as Tommy Morolto (uncredited)
• The Last Mile1992 · as The Tenor
• The Rocketeer1991 · as Eddie Valentine
• Don't Touch My Daughter1991 · as Lt. Willman
• Age Isn't Everything1991 · as Max
• GoodFellas1990 · as Paul Cicero
• Dick Tracy1990 · as Lips Manlis
• Night of 100 Stars III1990 · as Self
• Almost Partners1987 · as Jack Wilder
• Very Close Quarters1986 · as Kiril
• A Fine Mess1986 · as Tony Pazzo
• Betrayed by Innocence1986 · as Mike Vogel
• Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter1986 · as Gino
• The Stuff1985 · as Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
• Chiller1985 · as Reverend Penny
• Turk 182!1985 · as Himself
• Surviving1985 · as Harvey
• With Intent to Kill1984 · as Doyle Reinecker
• My Mother's Secret Life1984 · as Max
• Off the Wall1983 · as Warden Nicholas F. Castle
• That Championship Season1982 · as Phil Romano
• A Question of Honor1982 · as Carlo Danzie
• I, the Jury1982 · as Detective Pat Chambers
• Melanie1982 · as Walter
• Reds1981 · as Louis Fraina
• Cruising1980 · as Capt. Edelson
• Lost and Found1979 · as Reilly
• Dummy1979 · as Lowell Myers
• The Brink's Job1978 · as Jazz Maffie
• Slow Dancing In The Big City1978 · as Lou Friedlander
• Bloodbrothers1978 · as Chubby De Coco
• Oh, God!1977 · as Reverend Willie Williams
• I Will, I Will...For Now1976 · as Lou Springer
• Angel and Big Joe1975
• Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue1974 · as Ring
• It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy1974 · as Harry Walters
• The Gambler1974 · as Hips
• Tell Me Where It Hurts1974 · as Joe
• King Lear1974 · as Gloucester
• The Day of the Dolphin1973 · as Curtis Mahoney
• A Touch of Class1973 · as Walter Menkes
• Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues1972 · as Taxi Driver
• Made For Each Other1971 · as Gig's Father
• Cry Uncle!1971 · as Coughing Cop
• The Panic in Needle Park1971 · as Samuels
• Where’s Poppa?1970 · as Owner of Gus & Grace's Home
• Skyscraper1965
• Amanda Undercover— · as Self

All TV Shows (39)

• Josh Gates Tonight2020 · as Self
• Godfather of Harlem2019 · as Frank Costello
• Bad Blood2017 · as Nico Rizzuto Sr.
• Emigratis2016 · as Self
• Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders2016 · as Dr. Dominico Scarpa
• Grandfathered2015 · as Jack Martino
• Celebrity Family Feud2015 · as Self
• Cosmos2014 · as Augustin Mouchot (voice)
• The Goldbergs2013 · as Ben 'Pop Pop' Goldberg
• Elementary2012 · as Robert Pardillo
• L'onore e il rispetto2006 · as Beniamino
• The Apprentice: Martha Stewart2005
• The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self - Guest
• Jack & Bobby2004
• Still Standing2002 · as Al Miller
• That's Life2000 · as Frank DeLucca
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn1999 · as Self - Guest
• The Big House1998
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Duckman1994 · as Variecom CEO (voice)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Law & Order1990 · as Phil Cerreta
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Star Trek: The Next Generation1987 · as Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko
• The Oldest Rookie1987 · as Ike Porter
• Moonlighting1985 · as David Addison Sr.
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Al Sidell
• Chiefs1983 · as Sheriff Skeeter Willis
• Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self - Guest
• Seventh Avenue1977 · as Dave Shaw
• Bert D'Angelo Superstar1976
• We'll Get By1975 · as George Platt
• The Streets of San Francisco1972 · as Sergeant Bert D'Angelo
• Great Performances1971 · as Gloucester
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• The Oscars1953 · as Self