Acting · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Born April 13, 1939
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.
MoviePursued
2023
as Grandpa
MovieAmerican Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
as Self
MovieThe Great American Heist
2022
as Cheech
MovieThe Birthday Cake
2021
as Uncle Carmine
MovieMost Guys Are Losers
2020
as Grandpa Paul
MovieGoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors
2020
as Self
TVJosh Gates Tonight
2020
as Self
MovieBad Impulse
2019
as Lou Branch
TVGodfather of Harlem
2019
as Frank Costello
MovieWelcome to Acapulco
2019
as Senator Campbell
MovieBeneath the Leaves
2019
as Captain Parker
MovieActs of Desperation
2018
as Chief Lassiter
MoviePapa
2018
as Danny
MovieAbe & Phil's Last Poker Game
2018
as Phil
TVBad Blood
2017
as Nico Rizzuto Sr.
MovieUndercover Grandpa
2017
as Giovanni
MoviePrice for Freedom
2017
as Shah of Iran
MovieLost Cat Corona
2017
as Uncle Sam
MovieThe Red Maple Leaf
2017
as Joseph Palermo
MovieA Winter Rose
2016
as Skippy
MovieRules Don't Apply
2016
as Vernon Scott
MovieThe Hybrids Family
2016
as The Count
MovieThe Brooklyn Banker
2016
as Benny
MovieExecutor
2016
as Father Antonio
MovieThe Bronx Bull
2016
as Giuseppe LaMotta
MovieDetours
2016
as Joe DiMaria
MovieChasing Gold
2016
as Frank
MovieThe Bandit Hound
2016
as Chief Burton
TVEmigratis
2016
as Self
MovieKidnapped in Romania
2016
as Alexandru Damian
MovieAlleluia! The Devil's Carnival
2016
as God
TVCriminal Minds: Beyond Borders
2016
as Dr. Dominico Scarpa
MovieAs Long As We Both Shall Live
2016
as Jim
Enzian: When the Lights Go Up
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCold Deck
2015
as Chips
MovieSicilian Vampire
2015
as Jimmy Scambino
TVGrandfathered
2015
as Jack Martino
TVCelebrity Family Feud
2015
as Self
MovieCareful What You Wish For
2015
as Sheriff Big Jack
MovieNo Deposit
2015
as Alfie
TVCosmos
2014
as Augustin Mouchot (voice)
MovieImmigrant
2013
as Yeshiva Principal
TVThe Goldbergs
2013
as Ben 'Pop Pop' Goldberg
Movie4Closed
2013
as Bud
MovieLast I Heard
2013
as Joe Scoleri
MovieHow Sweet It Is
2013
as Big Mike
MovieDivorce Invitation
2012
as Daniel Miller
TVElementary
2012
as Robert Pardillo
MovieJersey Shore Shark Attack
2012
as Mayor Palantine
MovieFor the Love of Money
2012
as Red Parker
MovieImaginary Friend
2012
as Jonathan
MovieThe Devil's Carnival
2012
as God
MovieThe Trouble with Cali
2012
as Ivan
MovieGod Don't Make the Laws
2011
as Lewis
MovieNight Club
2011
as Himself
MovieKill the Irishman
2011
as Tony Salerno
MovieMiller's Tale
2011
as Self
MovieSanta Baby 2
2009
as Santa Claus
MovieThe Wild Stallion
2009
as Nolan
MovieDoc West II : Triggerman
2009
as Sheriff Roy Basehart
MovieDoc West
2009
as Roy Basehart
MovieRepo! The Genetic Opera
2008
as Rotti Largo
MovieCarnera: The Walking Mountain
2008
as Ledudal
MovieLast Hour
2008
as Maitre Steinfeld
MovieThe History of 'Cruising'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
MovieExorcising 'Cruising'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGreetings from the Shore
2007
as Catch Turner
MovieMr. Fix It
2006
as Wally
MovieWitness to 'Reds'
2006
as Self
TVL'onore e il rispetto
2006
as Beniamino
MovieGangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2005
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
MovieThe Workaday Gangster
2004
as Self
MovieGoodnight, Joseph Parker
2004
as Charlie
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
TVJack & Bobby
2004
MovieGetting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
as Self
MovieMr. 3000
2004
as Gus Panas
MovieThe Cooler
2003
as Buddy Stafford
MovieMambo Italiano
2003
as Gino Barberini
MovieMafia Doctor
2003
as Nicola Dellarusso
TVStill Standing
2002
as Al Miller
MovieHey Arnold! The Movie
2002
as Scheck (voice)
MoviePlan B
2002
as Joe Maloni
MovieCiao America
2002
as Antonio Primavera
MovieStreghe verso nord
2001
as Gallio
MovieLongshot
2001
as Laszlo Pryce
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
as Self
MoviePerfume
2001
as Lorenzo Mancini
MovieSee Spot Run
2001
as Sonny Talia
MovieThe Amati Girls
2001
as Joe
TVThat's Life
2000
as Frank DeLucca
MovieThe Thin Blue Lie
2000
as Frank Rizzo
MovieCheaters
2000
as Constantine Kiamos
MovieThat Championship Season
1999
as Coach
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
MovieHarlem Aria
1999
as Fabiano Grazzi
MovieHoudini
1998
as Blackburn
MovieKnock Off
1998
as Harry Johanson
MovieDead Broke
1998
as Harvey
MovieBulworth
1998
as Graham Crockett
MovieMen with Guns
1998
as Horace Burke
The Big House
1998
MovieJoe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
1997
as Joe Torre
MovieMost Wanted
1997
as CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill
MovieMoney Talks
1997
as Guy Cipriani
MovieDog Watch
1997
as Delgoti
MovieAmerican Perfekt
1997
as Frank
MovieRomeo + Juliet
1996
as Fulgencio Capulet
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
MovieEscape Clause
1996
as Lt. Gil Farrand
MovieLove Is All There Is
1996
as Piero Malacici
MovieNixon
1995
as Henry Kissinger
MovieCover Me
1995
as J.J. Davis
MovieWithout Consent
1994
as Dr. Winslow
MovieBackstreet Justice
1994
as Captain Phil Giarusso
MovieParallel Lives
1994
as Ed Starling
TVDuckman
1994
as Variecom CEO (voice)
MoviePerry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993
as Anthony Caruso
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Firm
1993
as Tommy Morolto (uncredited)
MovieThe Last Mile
1992
as The Tenor
MovieThe Rocketeer
1991
as Eddie Valentine
MovieDon't Touch My Daughter
1991
as Lt. Willman
MovieAge Isn't Everything
1991
as Max
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Phil Cerreta
MovieGoodFellas
1990
as Paul Cicero
MovieDick Tracy
1990
as Lips Manlis
MovieNight of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko
TVThe Oldest Rookie
1987
as Ike Porter
MovieAlmost Partners
1987
as Jack Wilder
MovieVery Close Quarters
1986
as Kiril
MovieA Fine Mess
1986
as Tony Pazzo
MovieBetrayed by Innocence
1986
as Mike Vogel
MovieVasectomy: A Delicate Matter
1986
as Gino
MovieThe Stuff
1985
as Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
MovieChiller
1985
as Reverend Penny
TVMoonlighting
1985
as David Addison Sr.
MovieTurk 182!
1985
as Himself
MovieSurviving
1985
as Harvey
MovieWith Intent to Kill
1984
as Doyle Reinecker
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Al Sidell
MovieMy Mother's Secret Life
1984
as Max
TVChiefs
1983
as Sheriff Skeeter Willis
MovieOff the Wall
1983
as Warden Nicholas F. Castle
MovieThat Championship Season
1982
as Phil Romano
MovieA Question of Honor
1982
as Carlo Danzie
MovieI, the Jury
1982
as Detective Pat Chambers
Melanie
1982
as Walter
TVLate Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
MovieReds
1981
as Louis Fraina
MovieCruising
1980
as Capt. Edelson
MovieLost and Found
1979
as Reilly
MovieDummy
1979
as Lowell Myers
MovieThe Brink's Job
1978
as Jazz Maffie
MovieSlow Dancing In The Big City
1978
as Lou Friedlander
MovieBloodbrothers
1978
as Chubby De Coco
MovieOh, God!
1977
as Reverend Willie Williams
TVSeventh Avenue
1977
as Dave Shaw
TVBert D'Angelo Superstar
1976
MovieI Will, I Will...For Now
1976
as Lou Springer
TVWe'll Get By
1975
as George Platt
MovieAngel and Big Joe
1975
MovieShoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
1974
as Ring
MovieIt Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974
as Harry Walters
MovieThe Gambler
1974
as Hips
MovieTell Me Where It Hurts
1974
as Joe
MovieKing Lear
1974
as Gloucester
MovieThe Day of the Dolphin
1973
as Curtis Mahoney
MovieA Touch of Class
1973
as Walter Menkes
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Sergeant Bert D'Angelo
MovieDealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972
as Taxi Driver
MovieMade For Each Other
1971
as Gig's Father
MovieCry Uncle!
1971
as Coughing Cop
MovieThe Panic in Needle Park
1971
as Samuels
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Gloucester
MovieWhere’s Poppa?
1970
as Owner of Gus & Grace's Home
MovieSkyscraper
1965
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
Amanda Undercover
as Self
