Acting

Paul Sorvino

Born April 13, 1939 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died July 25, 2022 · aged 83

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 ro…

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GoodFellas

GoodFellas · 1990

MovieDramaCrime

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet · 1996

MovieDramaRomance

In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

The Firm

The Firm · 1993

MovieDramaMystery

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...

Money Talks

Money Talks · 1997

MovieActionComedy

Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.

The Rocketeer

The Rocketeer · 1991

MovieAdventureScience Fiction

A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.

Rules Don't Apply

Rules Don't Apply · 2016

Rules Don't Apply

MovieRomanceComedy

The unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her ambitious driver, and their eccentric boss, the legendary billionaire Howard Hughes.

Careful What You Wish For

Careful What You Wish For · 2015

Careful What You Wish For

MovieDramaThriller

A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.

Kill the Irishman

Kill the Irishman · 2011

Kill the Irishman

MovieActionCrime

Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob.

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GoodFellas

GoodFellas · 1990

MovieDramaCrime

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Paul Cicero

Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet · 1996

MovieDramaRomance

In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

Fulgencio Capulet

The Firm

The Firm · 1993

MovieDramaMystery

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...

Tommy Morolto (uncredited)

Money Talks

Money Talks · 1997

MovieActionComedy

Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.

Guy Cipriani

The Rocketeer

The Rocketeer · 1991

MovieAdventureScience Fiction

A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.

Eddie Valentine

Rules Don't Apply

Rules Don't Apply · 2016

Rules Don't Apply

MovieRomanceComedy

The unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her ambitious driver, and their eccentric boss, the legendary billionaire Howard Hughes.

Vernon Scott

Careful What You Wish For

Careful What You Wish For · 2015

Careful What You Wish For

MovieDramaThriller

A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.

Sheriff Big Jack

Kill the Irishman

Kill the Irishman · 2011

Kill the Irishman

MovieActionCrime

Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob.

Tony Salerno

Cruising

Cruising · 1980

MovieCrimeMystery

When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, rookie cop Steve Burns infiltrates the gay S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.

Capt. Edelson

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy · 1990

MovieAdventureComedy

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

Lips Manlis

The Stuff

The Stuff · 1985

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!

Colonel Malcolm Grommett Spears

Hey Arnold! The Movie

Hey Arnold! The Movie · 2002

Hey Arnold! The Movie

MovieAnimationComedy

Arnold and his friends must recover a stolen document in order to prevent the neighborhood from being bulldozed.

Scheck (voice)

Most Wanted

Most Wanted · 1997

MovieActionThriller

A Marine on death row is recruited by a shadowy U.S. military officer as part of a top-secret ops team, then gets framed for murder when the team and its officer set him up as the fall guy for the assassination of the First Lady.

CIA Deputy Director Kenny Rackmill

Reds

MovieDramaHistory

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.

Louis Fraina

Nixon

MovieDramaHistory

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.

Henry Kissinger

Knock Off

Knock Off · 1998

MovieActionCrime

A fashion designer and his CIA agent business partner must join forces to stop a group of terrorists from smuggling explosives in counterfeit jeans during the handover of Hong Kong.

Harry Johanson

The Birthday Cake

The Birthday Cake · 2021

The Birthday Cake

MovieCrimeThriller

On the 10th anniversary of his father's death, Giovanni reluctantly accepts the task of bringing a cake to the home of his uncle, a mob boss, for a celebration. Just two hours into the night, Gio's life is forever changed.

Uncle Carmine

The Gambler

The Gambler · 1974

MovieDramaCrime

New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.

Hips

Bulworth

Bulworth · 1998

MovieComedyDrama

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.

Graham Crockett

The Panic in Needle Park

The Panic in Needle Park · 1971

The Panic in Needle Park

MovieDramaRomance

A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.

Samuels

See Spot Run

See Spot Run · 2001

MovieFamilyComedy

A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the babysitter bails on her. Meanwhile, an assassin mob boss hires 2 goons to kill Agent 11. But when 11 escapes from the van when they tried to kill him, he hides in Gordon's Mailtruck that James is in too. And guess what they name him. Spot.

Sonny Talia

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Repo! The Genetic Opera · 2008

Repo! The Genetic Opera

MovieMusicScience Fiction

By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan — and those unable to fulfill their plans have their organs repossessed. In the midst of this, a sickly teenager discovers a shocking secret about herself, her father, and their connection to GeneCo.

Rotti Largo

Mambo Italiano

Mambo Italiano · 2003

MovieComedyRomance

When an Italian man comes out of the closet, it affects both his life and his crazy family.

Gino Barberini

The Day of the Dolphin

The Day of the Dolphin · 1973

The Day of the Dolphin

MovieDramaScience Fiction

A marine biologist teaches his dolphins to communicate in English but shady characters plan to kidnap the trained mammals for a more sinister purpose.

Curtis Mahoney

Law & Order

Law & Order · 1990

SeriesCrimeDrama

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Phil Cerreta

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation · 1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

Dr. Nikolai Rozhenko

Elementary

Elementary · 2012

SeriesDramaMystery

A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.

Robert Pardillo

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote · 1984

Murder, She Wrote

SeriesMysteryCrime

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Al Sidell

Great Performances

Great Performances · 1971

Great Performances

SeriesComedyDocumentary

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

Gloucester

The Goldbergs

The Goldbergs · 2013

SeriesFamilyComedy

Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other, just with a lot more yelling.

Ben 'Pop Pop' Goldberg

Moonlighting

Moonlighting · 1985

SeriesComedyDrama

After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.

David Addison Sr.

Godfather of Harlem

Godfather of Harlem · 2019

Godfather of Harlem

SeriesDramaCrime

Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.

Frank Costello

Duckman

Duckman · 1994

SeriesAnimationComedy

Together with Cornfed, his portly, porcine partner in crime solving, this defective detective amazingly manages to solve crimes and be a single parent to his hilariously dysfunctional sons at the same time.

Variecom CEO (voice)

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco · 1972

The Streets of San Francisco

SeriesCrimeDrama

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.

Sergeant Bert D'Angelo

Still Standing

Still Standing · 2002

After 18 years of marriage, high school sweethearts Bill and Judy Miller still make each other laugh and try to keep their marriage intact, even when their family pulls them in different directions. Since Bill has a far more immature approach to marriage and raising their three children than Judy does, they work at striking a balance and remembering why they love each other, quirks and all.

Al Miller

Cosmos

SeriesDocumentary

Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson provides clarity for the vision of the cosmos as he voyages across the universe with never-before-told stories that delve into the scientific concepts of the laws of gravity and the origins of space and time.

Augustin Mouchot (voice)

Jack & Bobby

Jack & Bobby · 2004

If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it stands to reason that those who are destined for greatness are rarely aware of it. Take Jack and Bobby McCallister for example: two bright young brothers growing up under the watchful eye of their eccentric single mother Grace McCallister. Grace's personality is a force of nature destined to shape both of these young men's lives and secure one a place in the history books - as President of the United States.

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders · 2016

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

SeriesCrimeDrama

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders is a drama about the specialized International Division of the FBI tasked with solving crimes and coming to the rescue of Americans who find themselves in danger while abroad.

Dr. Dominico Scarpa

Bad Blood

Bad Blood · 2017

SeriesCrimeDrama

A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.

Nico Rizzuto Sr.

That's Life

That's Life · 2000

SeriesDramaComedy

Lydia DeLucca is a New Jersey bartender who wants more out of her life than just marriage and kids. So she breaks off her engagement, and heads to college. This doesn’t make her ex-boyfriend Lou happy, who thinks she is wasting her time getting an education. Her family is none too supportive either. Her mother, Dolly, thinks marriage would be better since she thinks Lydia can’t take care of herself. Her dad, Frank, cares more about the New York Giants than Lydia’s psych term paper. But that’s life…

Frank DeLucca

L'onore e il rispetto

L'onore e il rispetto · 2006

L'onore e il rispetto

SeriesDramaCrime

L'onore e il rispetto is an Italian television series. There are three seasons, each with six episodes: first season aired in 2006, second in 2009 and third in 2012. First season was directed by Salvatore Samperi, second by Samperi and Luigi Parisi, third by Parisi and Alessio Inturri. On October 2, 2012 Gabriel Garko announced through an interview with Tgcom 24 [1], which will soon turn a fourth season of the TV series.

Beniamino

Grandfathered

Grandfathered · 2015

Successful restaurateur and man-about-town Jimmy Martino is used to being the most suave, most handsome and most single person in the room. All that changes with the surprise appearance of Jimmy’s adult son, Gerald, and his baby daughter, Edie. Now Jimmy has to unlearn a lifetime of blissful selfishness and grapple with the fact that he went straight from single to grandfather in six seconds flat.

Jack Martino

The Oldest Rookie

The Oldest Rookie · 1987

The Oldest Rookie

SeriesDramaCrime

Ike Porter, a middle-aged deputy chief in charge of public relations, decides to leave his desk job to become a street cop.

Ike Porter

Chiefs

SeriesDramaCrime

Three different police chiefs in three different eras become involved in a growing mystery -- who is the mass murderer behind the killing of transient youths in and around the fictional southern town of Delano over a forty year period?

Sheriff Skeeter Willis

Seventh Avenue

Seventh Avenue · 1977

A poor young man from New York's Lower East Side determines to overcome his status, and through hard work rises to become a power in the garment industry.

Dave Shaw

Bert D'Angelo Superstar

Bert D'Angelo Superstar · 1976

Bert D'Angelo Superstar

We'll Get By

We'll Get By · 1975

We'll Get By is a short-lived American television sitcom that aired on the CBS network. The series was created by Alan Alda and ran for twelve episodes from March 14, 1975 to May 30, 1975.

George Platt