Actor Ray Liotta, greatest identified for his work in movies akin to Goodfellas and Discipline of Desires, has died on the age of 67.
As Liotta’s publicist confirmed to our sister publication Selection, the actor handed away in his sleep within the Dominican Republic, the place he was filming the film Harmful Waters.
Although Liotta received his begin on CBS’ One other World, the place he performed Joey Perrini from 1978 via 1981, the actor made a reputation for himself via movie credit, particularly for his flip as mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 Oscar winner Goodfellas. He additionally performed the ghost of baseball participant Shoeless Joe Jackson in Discipline of Desires, playing addict Harry Collins in Phoenix and police officer Gary Figgis in Cop Land, to call however just a few roles.
Liotta additionally accrued many TV credit all through his profession, together with an Emmy-winning visitor function as ex-con Charlie Metcalf in a memorable Season 11 episode of ER. Collection-regular gigs included CBS’ short-lived drama Smith (from ER boss John Wells), which ran for seven episodes in 2006; Historical past Channel miniseries Texas Rising, which aired in 2015; and the function of Lt. Matt Wozniak in Jennifer Lopez’s NBC cop drama Shades of Blue, which ran for 3 seasons and led to 2018. He additionally served as narrator of AMC’s The Making of the Mob (2015-16).
Extra lately, Liotta performed twin brothers “Hollywood Dick” Moltisanti and Salvatore “Sally” Moltisanti within the 2021 Sopranos prequel movie The Many Saints of Newark. Myriad visitor credit over time included Nice Information, Hannah Montana, Simply Shoot Me, The League, Trendy Household, St. Elsewhere and Younger Sheldon.
Liotta additionally memorably lent his voice to gangster Tommy Vercetti within the online game Grand Theft Auto: Vice Metropolis.
