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Ray Liotta
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American actor (1954–2022)
Ray Liotta was an American actor known for his roles in prominent films and television shows during a career spanning several decades until his death in 2022. He is particularly remembered for his performances in major Hollywood productions that made him a recognizable figure in entertainment.
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Newark, New Jersey, USA
Raymond Allen Liotta (December 18, 1954 – May 26, 2022) was an American actor and producer. His best-known roles include Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams (1989), Henry Hill in Goodfellas (1990), and Tommy Vercetti in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002). His other roles included Ray Sinclair in Something Wild (1986), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, as well as…
Known for
- John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Actor (archive footage)2025
- 1992 — Lowell2024
- Dangerous Waters — The Captain2023
- Cocaine Bear — Syd2023
- Fool's Paradise — The Producer2023
- Every Last Secret — Mr. Ancilla2022
- Black Bird — James 'Big Jim' Keene2022
- The Many Saints of Newark — "Hollywood Dick" Moltisanti / Salvatore “Sally” Moltisanti2021
- No Sudden Move — Frank Capelli2021
- Hubie Halloween — Mr. Landolfa2020
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- human
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- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newark
- Place of death
- Santo Domingo
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- film production
- Mass
- 86
- Image
- Ray Liotta (8140672892).jpg
- Height
- 1.80
- Number of children
- 1
- Work location
- Los Angeles
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- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
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- Ray Liotta
- date of birth
- 1954-12-18
- unmarried partner
- Catherine Hickland
- social media followers
- 58409
- cause of death
- heart failure
- birth name
- Raymond Allen Liotta
- date of death
- 2022-05-26
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- 2022-00-00
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- Ray Liotta
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- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Raymond Allen Liotta (/liˈoʊtə/ lee-OH-tə, Italian: [liˈɔtta]; December 18, 1954 – May 26, 2022) was an American actor. He first gained attention for his role in the film Something Wild (1986), which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. He was best known for his portrayals of Shoeless Joe Jackson in the film Field of Dreams (1989) and Henry Hill in the film Goodfellas (1990). Liotta appeared in numerous other films, including Unlawful Entry (1992), Cop Land (1997), Hannibal (2001), John Q., Narc (both 2002), Identity (2003), Killing Them Softly, The Place Beyond the Pines (both 2012), and Marriage Story (2019). He was also known for providing the voice for Tommy Vercetti, the playable protagonist in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002).
Liotta won a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role in the television series ER in 2005. He starred as Frank Sinatra in the television film The Rat Pack (1998) and Lorca in the miniseries Texas Rising (2015), both of which earned him Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, and starred in the series Shades of Blue (2016–2018) and Black Bird (2022). The latter garnered him a posthumous Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role as Big Jim Keene at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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