PAUL SORVINO BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Paul Sorvino was born on April 13th, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York. Originally, he intended pursuing a career as a professional opera singer, however while studying at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York he developed an interest in acting. He later went on to perfect his craft studying with Sanford Meisner.
In 1970 he appeared in his first film, "Going Ape" and soon he followed this with a number of other film, television and stage roles. Some of his more well known film roles include, "The Gambler" (1974) co-starring James Caan and Lauren Hutton, "Cruising" (1980) starring Al Pacino, "That Championship Season" (1981) co-starring Robert Mitchum, Martin Sheen, Bruce Dern and Stacy Keach, "I, the Jury" (1982) starring Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera and Laurene Landon, "Goodfellas" (1990) starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci, "The Firm" (1993) starring Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, Hal Holbrook, Wilford Brimley, Gary Busey and David Strathairn, "Nixon" (1995) starring alongside Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Joan Allen, Annabeth Gish, Powers Boothe, J.T. Walsh, E.G. Marshall, James Woods, Larry Hagman, David Hyde-Pierce and Ed Harris, "Romeo + Juliet" (1996) starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brian Dennehy and Claire Danes and "The Cooler" (2003) starring William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin and Maria Bello.
Along with film work he has also appeared on such television series as, "That's Life", "Still Standing", "Jack & Bobby", "Law & Order", "Murder, She Wrote", "Moonlighting", "Insight" and "Great Performances".
In addition to his career as an actor he is also a published author with a book titled, "How to Become a Former Asthmatic". He wrote this from his own personal experiences he dealt with suffering from asthma and also started the Sorvino Asthma Foundation which is based in New York City and raises money to build centers for children and adults throughout the United States that suffer from the disease.
He has married twice, first to Lorraine Davis and they had three children before the marriage came to an end in 1988. He then married Vanessa Arico in 1991 however by 1996, this marriage also ended in divorce. His one daughter, Mira Sorvino is also a working actress and won an Academy Award for her work in the industry and his other two children, Amanda and Michael also work in the industry.
He has not re-married but remains working as an actor adding to his credits most recently roles in the films, "Immigrant" (2012), "A Winter Rose" (2012), "How Sweet It IS" (2012), "Raging Bull II" (2013) and "Last I Heard" (2013).
Filmography
2012 How Sweet It Is
2012 A Winter Rose
2013 Last I Heard
2013 Raging Bull II
2012 Immigrant
2012 Divorce Invitation
2012 Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012 For the Love of Money
2012 Imaginary Friend
2012 The Devil's Carnival
2012 The Trouble with Cali
2011 God Don't Make the Laws
2011 Kill the Irishman
2010 Mineville
2010 Lily of the Feast
2006 L'onore e il rispetto
2009 Santa Baby 2
2009 The Wild Stallion
2009 Triggerman
2009 Doc West
2008 Repo! The Genetic Opera
2008 Mogli a pezzi
2008 Carnera: The Walking Mountain
2008 Last Hour
2007 Greetings from the Shore
2006 Mr. Fix I
2004-2006 Still Standing
2004 Goodnight, Joseph Parker
2004 Jack & Bobby
2004 Mr 3000
2003 Mambo italiano
2003 Mafia Doctor
2003 The Cooler
2002 Hey Arnold! The Movie
2002 Ciao America
2000-2002 That's Life
2001 Witches to the North
2001 Longshot
2001 Plan B
2001 See Spot Run
2001 Perfume
2001 Rhode Island Blue
2000 The Family Man
2000 The Amati Girls
2000 The Thin Blue Lie
2000 Cheaters
1999 Scriptfellas
1999 Harlem Aria
1999 That Championship Season
1998 Houdini
1998 Knock Off
1998 Bulworth
1998 Dead Broke
1997 Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
1997 Most Wanted
1997 Men with Guns
1997 Money Talks
1997 Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man
1997 American Perfekt
1997 Blue Heat: The Case of the Cover Girl Murders
1996 Romeo + Juliet
1996 Cover Me
1996 Escape Clause
1996 Love Is All There Is
1996 Dog Watch
1996 The Art of the Cigar
1995 Nixon
1994 Without Consent
1994 Parallel Lives
1994 Behind Bars
1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994 Backstreet Justice
1993 A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993 The Firm
1991-1992 Law & Order
1992 The Last Mile
1991 The Rocketeer
1991 Don't Touch My Daughter
1991 Age Isn't Everything
1990 Goodfellas
1990 Dick Tracy
1990 DMZ
1989 Murder, She Wrote
1987-1988 The Oldest Rookie
1987 Almost Partners
1986 Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
1986 Moonlighting
1986 A Fine Mess
1986 Betrayed by Innocence
1986 Very Close Quarters
1985 The Stuff
1985 Chiller
1985 Surviving
1984 With Intent to Kill
1984 My Mother's Secret Life
1983 Chiefs
1983 Off the Wall
1982 That Championship Season
1982 A Question of Honor
1982 I, the Jury
1982 Melanie
1981 Reds
1981 Today's F.B.I.
1980 Cruisin
1979 Insight
1979 Lost and Found
1979 Dummy
1978 The Brink's Job
1978 Slow Dancing in the Big City
1978 Bloodbrothers
1977 Oh, God!
1977 Seventh Avenue
1976 Bert D'Angelo/Superstar
1976 The Streets of San Francisco
1976 I Will... I Will... For Now
1975 We'll Get By
1975 Angel and Big Joe
1974 It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974 The Gambler
1974 Tell Me Where It Hurts
1974 Great Performances
1974 Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
1973 The Day of the Dolphin
1973 A Touch of Class
1972 Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1971 Made for Each Other
1971 Cry Uncle
1971 The Panic in Needle Park
1970 Going Ape
