NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Paul Sorvino

Paul Anthony Sorvino (born April 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an Italian-American character actor whose career has largely been the portrayal of authority figures, both as legal enforcer and criminal, in television, stage, and film. Image File history File links Sgt. ... Philip Cerreta was a fictional character portrayed by Paul Sorvino on NBCs long running drama series Law & Order. ... Law & Order is an American television police procedural and legal drama set in New York City. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... A map of New York City, highlighting Brooklyn. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... See also Cincinnati Reds Reds is a 1981 movie starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. ... Paul Vario (July 12, 1914 - November 22, 1988) was a member of the U.S. Mafia and a Caporegime in the Lucchese Family. ... Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ... Philip Cerreta was a fictional character portrayed by Paul Sorvino on NBCs long running drama series Law & Order. ... Law & Order is an American television police procedural and legal drama set in New York City. ... Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923 in FÃ¼rth) is a German-born American diplomat, and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. ... Nixon is an Oliver Stone film that tells the story of the political and personal life of former President Richard Nixon. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... A map of New York City, highlighting Brooklyn. ... An Italian American is an American of Italian descent. ... A character actor is an actor, especially in motion pictures, who predominantly performs in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ...

Career

He began his career as a copywriter in an advertising agency, where he worked with John Margeotes, founder of Margeotes, Fertitta, and Weiss.

He took 18 years of voice lessons. While attending The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, he decided to go into the theatre. He made his Broadway debut in the 1964 musical Bajour, and six years later he appeared in his first film, Where's Poppa? The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, or AMDA, is a school for the performing arts located in Manhattan, New York City, New York. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Bajour is a Broadway musical that first opened on 23 Nov 1964 at the Shubert Theatre, with music and lyrics by Walter Marks, and book by Ernest Kinoy based on stories by Joseph Mitchell originally published in The New Yorker. ...

He received an avalanche of critical praise for his performance as Phil Romano in Jason Miller's 1972 Broadway play That Championship Season, a role he repeated in the 1982 TCS film version. Jason Miller, (April 22, 1939 â€“ May 13, 2001) born John Anthony Miller in Queens, New York, USA to a Catholic family, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright and actor. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... That Championship Season was only the second full-length play written by playwright Jason Miller and was by far his most successful. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... That Championsip Season (1982) is Jason Millers screen version of his 1973 Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway play of the same name. ...

He appeared also in the 1976 Elliott Gould-Diane Keaton vehicle I Will, I Will...For Now. He has starred in the weekly series We'll Get By (1975, as George Platt), Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976, in the title role) and "The Oldest Rookie" (1987, as Detective Ike Porter). 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Elliot Gould on the cover page of TIME magazine. ... Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall on January 5, 1946) is an Oscar-winning American film actress, director and producer. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1991, he took over from George Dzundza on the popular series Law & Order, and in 1993 he subbed for the late Raymond Burr in a Perry Mason TV movie. He has also appeared as Bruce Willis' father in the weekly series Moonlighting, and the "Lamont" counterpart in the never-aired original pilot for Sanford and Son. 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Dzundza (born July 19, 1945) is an actor who is best known for his role as Sgt. ... Law & Order is an American television police procedural and legal drama set in New York City. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917â€”September 12, 1993) was an Emmy-nominated actor and vintner, perhaps best known for his roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. ... Perry Mason is a fictional defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. ... A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ... Convenience store window poster featuring American actor Bruce Willis. ... Moonlighting is a television series that first aired on ABC in the United States from 1985 to 1989 with a total of 66 episodes. ... A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... Sanford and Son is an American sitcom that ran on the NBC television network on January 14, 1972 and was broadcast for six seasons until the final original episode aired on September 2, 1977. ...

One of his most famous film roles was that of Paul Cicero in Goodfellas (1990) and Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995). Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ... Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923 in FÃ¼rth) is a German-born American diplomat, and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. ... William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ... Nixon is a 1995 film which tells the story of the political and personal life of former President Richard Nixon. ...

In 1999, friend Jason Miller wrote the screenplay as he directed and again starred in (albeit playing a different role) a lower-budget TV version of That Championship Season. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Jason Miller, (April 22, 1939 â€“ May 13, 2001) born John Anthony Miller in Queens, New York, USA to a Catholic family, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright and actor. ... That Championship Season is a 1999 television film about a four members of a championship high school basketball team, along with their coach, that reunite 20 years later. ...

From 2000 to 2002 he had a starring role as Frank DeLucca in the CBS television drama That's Life. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Thats Life was a U.S. television family drama that ran on CBS from 2000â€“2002. ...

He is filming "The Trouble with Cali" in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area of Pennsylvania. He is directing and starring in the film which is partially funded by Lackawanna County, where the city of Scranton is the county seat. His daughter, Mira, also stars in the film.

On January 17, 2007, news reports detailed that he displayed a gun in front of his daughter Amanda's ex-boyfriend, Daniel Snee, after the man pounded on her hotel door and made threats. Amanda testified Snee threatened to kill her at a hotel Jan. 3 in Stowe, Vt.; she said she locked herself in the bathroom and called both police and her father. Her 67-year-old father showed up before police, she testified. When police arrived, the young man was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, she said. As a deputy sheriff in Pennsylvania, he is legally able to carry a gun in different states. He did not point the gun at Snee, or threaten him.[1]

Personal life

He still remains very active in the theatre as both an actor and director. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ...

He lives in Los Angeles and Gilbert, Pennsylvania in the Pocono Mountains. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,290. ... Pennsylvanias Pocono region counties The Poconos, or the Pocono Mountains region, is a mountainous region of about 2,400 square miles (6,200 kmÂ²) located in northeastern Pennsylvania, approximately 30 miles north of Allentown, in the United States. ...

He has three children, including actors Mira, Michael and playwright Amanda. Mira Katherine Sorvino (born September 28, 1967 in Tenafly, New Jersey) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ...

Partial filmography

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External links

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