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Tall, dark and imposing Italian-American actor, Paul Sorvino has made a solid career of portraying authority figures. He originally had his heart set on a life as an opera singer. He was exposed to dramatic arts while studying at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. He furthered his studies with Sanford Meisner and eventually made his film debut in Going Ape... See full bio »

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???? Numba One (pre-production)
Mr. Cattalona
 
2014 Sunset at Dawn (filming)
Big Tony (rumored)
 
2014 Careful What You Wish For (filming)
 
2013 A Place for Heroes (post-production)
Vincent
 
2013 Last I Heard (post-production)
Joe Scoleri
 
2013 Immigrant (completed)
Yeshiva Principal
 
2013 A Winter Rose (completed)
Skippy
 
2013 Paulie (TV movie) (completed)
Paulie
 
2013 The Bronx Bull
Giuseppe LaMotta
 
2013 How Sweet It Is
Big Mike
 
2012 Divorce Invitation
Daniel Miller
 
2012 Jersey Shore Shark Attack (TV movie)
Mayor Palantine
 
2012 For the Love of Money
Red Parker
 
2012 Imaginary Friend (TV movie)
Jonathan
 
2012 The Devil's Carnival
God
 
2012 The Trouble with Cali
Ivan
 
2012 Airship Dracula (TV mini-series)
Bumbescu
 
2011 God Don't Make the Laws
Lewis
 
2011 Kill the Irishman
Tony Salerno
 
2010 Mineville
Jacob Laremy
 
2010 Lily of the Feast (short)
Benny
 
2006 L'onore e il rispetto (TV series)
Beniamino
 
2009 Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (TV movie)
Santa Claus
 
2009 The Wild Stallion
Nolan
 
2009 Triggerman (video)
Sheriff Baseheart
 
2009 Doc West (TV movie)
Sheriff Roy Basehart
 
2008 Repo! The Genetic Opera
Rotti Largo
 
2008 Carnera: The Walking Mountain
Ledudal
 
2008 Last Hour
Maitre Steinfeld
 
2008 Mogli a pezzi (TV series)
 
2007 Greetings from the Shore
Catch Turner
 
2006 Mr. Fix It
Wally
 
2004-2006 Still Standing (TV series)
Al Miller
– Still Deceitful (2006) … Al Miller
– Still Bill Vol.1 (2005) … Al Miller
– Still Not the One (2005) … Al Miller
– Still Bill's Dad (2004) … Al Miller
 
2004 Goodnight, Joseph Parker
Charlie
 
2004 Jack & Bobby (TV series)
President Eugene Lorio
– The Kindness of Strangers (2004) … President Eugene Lorio
 
2004 Mr 3000
Gus Panas
 
2003 Mambo italiano
Gino Barberini
 
2003 Mafia Doctor (TV movie)
Nicola
 
2003 The Cooler
Buddy Stafford
 
2002 Hey Arnold! The Movie
Scheck (voice)
 
2002 Ciao America
Antonio Primavera
 
2000-2002 That's Life (TV series)
Frank DeLucca
– Momento (2002) … Frank DeLucca
– What's Family Got to Do with It? (2002) … Frank DeLucca
– All About Lydia (2002) … Frank DeLucca
– Baum's Thesis (2002) … Frank DeLucca
– Behind Closed Doors (2002) … Frank DeLucca
See all 35 episodes »
 
2001 Witches to the North
Gallio
 
2001 Longshot
Laszlo Pryce
 
2001/I Plan B
Joe Maloni
 
2001 See Spot Run
Sonny Talia
 
2001 Perfume
Lorenzo Mancini
 
2001 Rhode Island Blue
 
2000 The Family Man
Sydney Potter (scenes deleted)
 
2000 The Amati Girls
Joe
 
2000 The Thin Blue Lie (TV movie)
Frank Rizzo
 
2000 Cheaters (TV movie)
Constantine Kiamos
 
1999 Scriptfellas
Paulie
 
1999 Harlem Aria
Fabiano Grazzi
 
1999 That Championship Season (TV movie)
Coach
 
1998 Houdini (TV movie)
Blackburn
 
1998 Dead Broke
Harvey
 
1998 Knock Off
Harry Johanson
 
1998 Bulworth
Graham Crockett
 
1997 Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way (TV movie)
Joe Torre
 
1997 Most Wanted
CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill
 
1997/I Men with Guns
Horace Burke
 
1997 Money Talks
Guy Cipriani
 
1997 Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (TV series)
– How to Suck in Business Without Really Trying (1997) (voice)
 
1997 American Perfekt
Sheriff Frank Noonan
 
1997 Dog Watch (video)
Delgoti
 
1997 Blue Heat: The Case of the Cover Girl Murders (Video Game)
J.J. Davis
 
1996 Romeo + Juliet
Fulgencio Capulet
 
1996 Escape Clause (TV movie)
Lt. Gil Farrand
 
1996 Love Is All There Is
Piero Malacici
 
1996 The Art of the Cigar (TV movie)
Host
 
1995 Nixon
Henry Kissinger
 
1995 Cover Me
J.J. Davis
 
1994 Without Consent (TV movie)
Dr. Winslow
 
1994 Backstreet Justice
Captain Phil Giarusso
 
1994 Parallel Lives (TV movie)
Ed Starling
 
1994 Behind Bars (TV series)
Host (Episodes 26-50)
 
1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series)
Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko
– Homeward (1994) … Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko
 
1993 A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (TV movie)
Anthony Caruso
 
1993 The Firm
Tommie Morolto (uncredited)
 
1991-1992 Law & Order (TV series)
Sergeant Phil Cerreta
– Point of View (1992) … Sergeant Phil Cerreta
– Prince of Darkness (1992) … Sergeant Phil Cerreta
– Self Defense (1992) … Sergeant Phil Cerreta
– Helpless (1992) … Sergeant Phil Cerreta
– Wedded Bliss (1992) … Sergeant Phil Cerreta
See all 31 episodes »
 
1992 The Last Mile (TV short)
The Tenor
 
1991 Age Isn't Everything
Max
 
1991 The Rocketeer
Eddie Valentine
 
1991 Don't Touch My Daughter (TV movie)
Lt. Willman
 
1990 Goodfellas
Paul Cicero
 
1990 Dick Tracy
Lips Manlis
 
1990 DMZ
 
1989 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Al Sidell
– Three Strikes, You're Out (1989) … Al Sidell
 
1987-1988 The Oldest Rookie (TV series)
Det. Ike Porter
– Yessir, That's My Baby (1988) … Det. Ike Porter
– Come Fly with Me (1987) … Det. Ike Porter
– An Internal Affairs Affair (1987) … Det. Ike Porter
– Ike and Son (1987) … Det. Ike Porter
– Expert Witness (1987) … Det. Ike Porter
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1987 Almost Partners (TV movie)
Detective Jack Welder
 
1986 Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
Gino
 
1986 Moonlighting (TV series)
David Addison Sr.
– The Son Also Rises (1986) … David Addison Sr.
 
1986 A Fine Mess
Tony Pazzo
 
1986 Betrayed by Innocence (TV movie)
Mike Vogel
 
1986 Very Close Quarters
Kiril
 
1985 The Stuff
Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears
 
1985 Chiller (TV movie)
Reverend Penny
 
1985 Surviving (TV movie)
Harvey
 
1984 With Intent to Kill (TV movie)
Doyle Reinecker
 
1984 My Mother's Secret Life (TV movie)
Max
 
1983 Chiefs (TV mini-series)
Sheriff Skeeter Willis
– Part 3 (1983) … Sheriff Skeeter Willis
– Part 2 (1983) … Sheriff Skeeter Willis
– Part 1 (1983) … Sheriff Skeeter Willis
 
1983 Off the Wall
Warden Nicholas F. Castle
 
1982 That Championship Season
Phil Romano
 
1982 A Question of Honor (TV movie)
Carlo Danzie
 
1982 I, the Jury
Detective Pat Chambers
 
1982 Melanie
Walter
 
1981 Reds
Louis Fraina
 
1981 Today's F.B.I. (TV series)
Pete Kositchek
– The Bureau (1981) … Pete Kositchek
 
1980 Cruising
Capt. Edelson
 
1979 Insight (TV series)
– A Friend in Deed (1979)
 
1979 Lost and Found
Reilly
 
1979 Dummy (TV movie)
Lowell Myers
 
1978 The Brink's Job
Jazz Maffie
 
1978 Slow Dancing in the Big City
Lou Friedlander
 
1978 Bloodbrothers
Chubby De Coco
 
1977 Oh, God!
Reverend Willie Williams
 
1977 Seventh Avenue (TV mini-series)
Dave Shaw
 
1976 Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (TV series)
Sergeant Bert D'Angelo / Bert D'Angelo
– Serpent's Tooth (1976) … Sergeant Bert D'Angelo
– Scag (1976) … Sergeant Bert D'Angelo
– What Kind of Cop Are You? (1976) … Sergeant Bert D'Angelo
– Flannagan's Fleet (1976) … Sergeant Bert D'Angelo
– A Concerned Citizen (1976) … Sergeant Bert D'Angelo
See all 12 episodes »
 
1976 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Sgt. Burt Deangelo
– Superstar (1976) … Sgt. Burt Deangelo
 
1976 I Will... I Will... For Now
Lou Springer
 
1975 We'll Get By (TV series)
George Platt
– Cabin in the Rain (1975) … George Platt
– Grandpa Wants In (1975) … George Platt
– Dearly Beloved (1975) … George Platt
– Getting Away from It All (1975) … George Platt
– Did You Ever Need a Drink? (1975) … George Platt
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1975 Angel and Big Joe (short)
Big Joe
 
1974 It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (TV movie)
Harry Walters
 
1974 The Gambler
Hips
 
1974 Tell Me Where It Hurts (TV movie)
Joe
 
1974 Great Performances (TV series)
Gloucester
– King Lear (1974) … Gloucester
 
1974 Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
Ring
 
1973 The Day of the Dolphin
Curtis Mahoney
 
1973 A Touch of Class
Walter Menkes
 
1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Taxi Driver
 
1971 Made for Each Other
Gig's Father
 
1971 Cry Uncle
Coughing Cop
 
1971 The Panic in Needle Park
Samuels
 
1970 Going Ape
Owner of 'Gus & Grace's Home'
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (5 titles)
2012 The Devil's Carnival (performer: "Heaven's All Around")
 
2008 Repo! The Genetic Opera (performer: "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", "Shilo Turns Against Rotti")
 
2006 Mr. Fix It (performer: "The Way You Look Tonight")
 
2003 Mambo italiano (performer: "La Gigocin")
 
2003 The Cooler (performer: "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" 1932)
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
2012 The Trouble with Cali
 
2001-2002 That's Life (TV series)
– Baum's Thesis (2002)
– Nomads (2001)
 
1999 That Championship Season (TV movie)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2010 Mineville (executive producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1996 Love Is All There Is (creative consultant)
 
Show ShowThanks (5 titles)
2013 A Place for Heroes (special thanks) (post-production)
 
2011 The Working Man (short) (the producers wish to thank)
 
2004 Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2004 The Workaday Gangster (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2004 Law & Order: The First 3 Years (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (45 titles)
2012 Saving America's Horses: A Nation Betrayed (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 On Set: Jersey Shore Shark Attack (short)
Himself
 
2011 The Talk (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 16 June 2011 (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 Night Club
Himself
 
2011 Miller's Tale (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf (TV series)
Himself
– Gangsters (2010) … Himself
– Actors and Musicians (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Sidewalks Entertainment (TV series)
Himself
– Paul and Mira Sorvino/Edward Norton (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Russian Tenors (TV series)
Himself
 
2009 We All Fall Down: The American Mortgage Crisis (documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
2008 Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Witness to 'Reds' (video)
Himself
 
2006 The Tony Danza Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.116 (2006) … Himself
 
2005 Bullets Over Hollywood (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 The Apprentice: Martha Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Every Dog Had His Day (2005) … Himself
 
2004 The Workaday Gangster (video documentary short)
Himself - 'Paul Cicero'
 
2004 Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' (video documentary short)
Himself - 'Paul Cicero'
 
2004 Law & Order: The First 3 Years (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Tussen de sterren (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (2003) … Himself
 
2002 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Paul Sorvino (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Christmas with the Stars (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 September 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 I Love 1990's (TV series documentary)
Himself / Paulie Cicero
– I Love 1990 (2001) … Himself (also archive footage) / Paulie Cicero (also archive footage)
 
2001 Playboy Exposed: Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Celebrity Dish (TV series)
Himself
 
2000 The Howard Stern Radio Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 May 2000 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 The Magic of Thailand (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Into Africa (video documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Vibe (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 May 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 The Big House (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
1997 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Martin Scorsese (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1996 Dennis Miller Live (TV series)
Himself
– Parenthood (1996) … Himself
 
1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Audience Member
 
1995 The Magic of Christmas (TV movie)
Himself
 
1993-1995 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 7 June 1995 (1995) … Himself
– Episode dated 31 January 1995 (1995) … Himself
– Hannah Storm/Giancarlo Esposito/Marianne Faithfull (1994) … Himself
– Episode dated 9 May 1994 (1994) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 December 1993 (1993) … Himself - Guest
 
1994 The 48th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1993 National Geographic Explorer (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Water Blasters (1993) … Narrator
 
1992 The 57th Annual New York Film Critics Circle Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 Night of 100 Stars III (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 January 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1987 The Annual Entertainment Industry Honors Presentes a Salute to Bud Grant (TV movie)
Himself
 
1985 Turk 182!
Himself
 
1982 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 August 1982 (1982) … Himself
 
1979 Everyday (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 February 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2008 5 Second Movies (TV series)
 
2004 Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (TV documentary)
Gino Barberini
 
1998 Dennis Miller Live (TV series)
 

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Appears on the cast recording for Alan Jay Lerner's "Carmelina" He did not create the role on stage but replaced Ceasare Cepi who was unavailable for the recording session. See more »

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Height:

6' 2½" (1.89 m)
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On why he left Law & Order: "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." See more »

Trivia:

Was nominated for Broadway's 1973 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for Jason Miller's "That Championship Season." See more »

Trademark:

Reserved yet charming manner See more »

Star Sign:

Aries