Ray Liotta

Actor Ray Liotta, whose career breakout came in the Martin Scorsese crime classic Goodfellas, has died.

He was such a lovely, talented and hilarious person. A true legend of immense skill and grace.— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) May 26, 2022 My response has always been the same … Ray Liotta.” We are saddened and shocked by the sudden death of SAG Award-nominee Ray Liotta. He gave us legendary performances in Good Fellas, Field of Dreams and so many other films. His work as an actor showed his complexity as a human being. Liotta recently spoke about how his personality differed from the tough-guy roles he played in TV and film. The legendary actor was reportedly halfway through recording the movie about a sailing holiday spiralling out of control. I just think there’s a lot more.” A gentle man. Working with him was one of the great joys of my career and we made some of my favorite scenes I ever got to be in. And I still feel I’m not there yet. Stream more entertainment news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place.

Ray Liotta has died at the age of 67. Mr Liotta was halfway through filming the movie Dangerous Waters in the Dominican Republic, when he died in his sleep.

Actor Ray Liotta, best known for his leading roles in Goodfellas and Field of Dreams, dies in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting a ...

"A true legend of immense skill and grace." "It's really the other guys who are doing all the actual killings. The turn earned him a Golden Globe nomination. Robert De Niro, who co-starred with Liotta in Goodfellas, said in an emailed statement: "I was very saddened to learn of Ray's passing. My response has always been the same … Ray Liotta." He is way too way young to have left us.

Hollywood actor Ray Liotta has died suddenly at the age of 67. The star “passed in his sleep” while working on a new film called Dangerous Waters in the ...

Last year, Liotta starred in The Many Saints of Newark, the prequel film to the hit television mob series The Sopranos. He was best known for his role in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, where he played Henry Hill, a real-life mob associate who gets swept up in the thrill and glamour of the criminal underworld The star “passed in his sleep” while working on a new film called Dangerous Waters in the Dominican Republic, his publicist confirmed on Friday.

Hollywood megastar Ray Liotta has died aged 67 in his sleep while filming a movie in the Dominican Republic.

What happened that moment in the film was real. Now God has Ray,” he tweeted. A true legend of immense skill and grace.” My response has always been the same…Ray Liotta. pic.twitter.com/3gNjJFTAne May 26, 2022 Stream the news you want, when you want with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. “While he leaves an incredible legacy, he’ll always be “Shoeless Joe Jackson” in my heart.

Actor Ray Liotta has died suddenly aged 67 – but the prolific star, last photographed out to dinner with his fiance, had big plans for the future.

He was reportedly also set to film The Substance and April 29, 1992. The actor — known for classic roles in Goodfellas, Field of Dreams and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — died in his sleep. May he rest in peace.”

Chicago White Sox legend Shoeless Joe Jackson was portrayed by Ray Liotta in the amazing movie, Field of Dreams. It was an amazing performance.

There are families across the United States of America that hold Field of Dreams in their hearts forever. In addition to Field of Dreams, Liotta had an incredible 35-year acting career that included some other legendary movies including Goodfellas which is known as one of the greatest movies of all time. In the movie, the character of Shoeless Joe Jackson was incredibly important.

According to his publicist, the actor died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting a movie.

The actor is perhaps best known for his role as Henry Hill in the 1990 Martin Scorsese movie Goodfellas, where he helped shape the idea of a gangster movie for years to come. In 2002, he starred in the hit video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, as Tommy Vercetti, a mobster who rises up the ranks of the game's criminal empire. After graduation, he worked small roles in various commercials and TV shows, but his breakout turn was in 1986's Something Wild, directed by Jonathan Demme. He started acting at the University of Miami, where he majored in drama. He was 67 years old. The actor Ray Liotta has died.

Actor Ray Liotta, who rocketed to film stardom in Goodfellas, has died in his sleep at a hotel in the Dominican Republic where he was filming a movie.

LIOTTA: (As Henry Hill) Even before I first wandered into the cabstand for an after-school job, I knew I wanted to be a part of them. And with more than 100 roles to his credit, it would be hard to say he was ever in a career slump. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GOODFELLAS") (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GOODFELLAS") (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GOODFELLAS") Actor Ray Liotta, who rocketed to film stardom in "Goodfellas," has died in his sleep at a hotel in the Dominican Republic, where he was filming a movie.

Liotta found fame playing ex-con Ray Sinclair in 1986 film Something Wild, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He went on to star as Shoeless Joe ...

After graduating he moved to New York City and worked as a barman until he was cast in soap opera Another World in 1980. His representative confirmed the news to several outlets, saying the actor had died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was filming his latest film Dangerous Waters. Goodfellas actor Ray Liotta has died at the age of 67, US media reports say.

Actors and fans have paid tribute to Ray Liotta, who starred in Martin Scorsese's gangster classic 'Goodfellas', following his sudden death in the Dominican ...

While his adoptive father was the son of Italian immigrants, Liotta tracked down his biological mother as an adult and learned he was of Scottish descent. He was dangerous, unpredictable, hilarious, and generous with his praise for other actors." a lovely, talented and hilarious person." We lost a great today ... RIP RAY ... it’s so sad to lose you what seems way too soon." So sad to hear." A gentle man.

From Goodfellas co-star Robert De Niro to Shades of Blue partner J.Lo, celebrities are paying tribute after the tragic death of Ray Liotta.

I think he wanted us to be a father and son before we were colleagues. I got to work with him on the Bloodstream music video with Emil Nava, and got hung out with him at gigs. He caught my eye and walked over to me and hugged me without saying a word. He was such a fun guy, so so sweet, and I loved being around him. His response was: ‘you made it easy to love my son.’ Ray, the feeling was so, so mutual. “Shocked and saddened to hear of Ray Liotta’s passing. “I was very saddened to learn of Ray’s passing. A true legend of immense skill and grace,” he Tweeted. “Ray was my partner in crime on Shades of Blue … the first thing that comes to mind is he was so kind to my children. He was such a lovely, talented and hilarious person. Ray was the epitome of a tough guy who was all mushy on the inside … I guess that’s what made him such a compelling actor to watch. The original Goodfella … the first time we walked on set to do our first scene together there was an electric spark and a mutual respect and we both knew this was going to be good.

Ray Liotta, the blue-eyed actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,” has ...

For gamers, he's immortalized as the voice of Tommy Vercetti in the video game “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.” He also starred opposite Jennifer Lopez in the series “Shades of Blue.” “The business is rough, no matter where you’re at in your career,” Liotta said in 2012. But he'd still end up playing a mob type with James Gandolfini in Andrew Dominik's “Killing Them Softly.” And later, he would pay his own ticket to audition for “The Many Saints of Newark.” A few years later, he would get the memorable role of the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams.” Though it moved many to tears, it wasn’t without its critics. It would take a few years for him to land his first big movie role, in Jonathan Demme’s “Something Wild” as Melanie Griffith’s character’s hotheaded ex-convict husband Ray. He was 30 years old at the time and hadn’t had a steady job in five years. "He absolutely amazed me, and I’ll always be proud of the work we did together on that picture.” The one physical thing he does do, when he goes after the guy who went after Karen — you know, most audiences, they actually like him for that.” And later, at the University of Miami he picked drama and acting because they had no math requirement attached. Robert De Niro, who co-starred with Liotta in “Goodfellas,” said in an emailed statement that he was saddened by Liotta's passing. The Newark, New Jersey, native was born in 1954 and adopted at age six months out of an orphanage by a township clerk and an auto parts owner. Liotta's publicist, Jen Allen, said he was in the Dominican Republic shooting a new movie and didn't wake up Thursday morning. My response has always been the same…Ray Liotta.”

Ray Liotta — the blue-eyed actor whose performance as mobster Henry Hill was credited for creating the emotional centre for Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas ...

He didn't come back from the dead either!" It's really the other guys who are doing all the actual killings. "He creates the emotional centre for a movie that is not about the experience of being a Mafioso, but about the feeling," Ebert continued. But it set him on a course. "F*** you. He was 30 years old at the time and had not had a steady job in five years.

Reactions to the death of “Goodfellas” star Ray Liotta : “I'm absolutely shocked and devastated by the sudden, unexpected death of Ray Liotta.

— “Many Saints of Newark” director and “Sopranos” creator David Chase, in a statement. Too soon.” — Actor Alessandro Nivola, star of “The Many Saints of Newark,” one of Liotta's final films. I was so glad he worked on ‘The Many Saints of Newark’... Ray was also a very warm and humorous person. “Devastated to hear the news of Ray Liotta’s passing. He absolutely amazed me, and I’ll always be proud of the work we did together on that picture.” —Director Martin Scorsese in a statement. His work as an actor showed his complexity as a human. “I was very saddened to learn of Ray’s passing. He was such a lovely, talented and hilarious person. My response has always been the same…Ray Liotta." — Lorraine Bracco, who played Liotta's wife in “Goodfellas,” via Twitter. Working with him was one of the great joys of my career and we made some of my favorite scenes I ever got to be in. What a gentle human. “I can’t believe Ray Liotta has passed away.

Actor Ray Liotta, who rocketed to film stardom in Goodfellas, has died in his sleep at a hotel in the Dominican Republic where he was filming a movie.

LIOTTA: (As Henry Hill) Even before I first wandered into the cabstand for an after-school job, I knew I wanted to be a part of them. And with more than 100 roles to his credit, it would be hard to say he was ever in a career slump. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GOODFELLAS") (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GOODFELLAS") (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "GOODFELLAS") Actor Ray Liotta, who rocketed to film stardom in "Goodfellas," has died in his sleep at a hotel in the Dominican Republic, where he was filming a movie.

The Many Saints star was impervious to my attempts to butter him up – maybe his lack of air-kissing pretension is what stopped him becoming a leading man ...

And maybe it was his lack of pretension that allowed him to be such a gifted actor, one I thrilled to see every time he was on screen. “Nah, not really.” He was adopted but found his birth mother as an adult – did that change his sense of self? His baffling career (why HADN’T he become a leading man after Goodfellas?) only added to the mystery. He was ominously convincing playing psychopaths in movies such as Something Wild, Goodfellas and The Many Saints. But he was just as convincing as Gary Figgis in Cop Land and the mysterious ghost of “Shoeless” Joe Jackson in The Field of Dreams. With some movie stars – Tom Hanks, say, or Meryl Streep – we may not know what they’re REALLY like, but you’re pretty safe assuming that they’re going to give you a good interview. Phone interviews are pretty thankless at the best of times, as it’s impossible to get a sense of a person down the phone line, and Liotta was rumoured to be difficult, truculent, rude. When I phoned Ray Liotta last September, to interview him about his genuinely astonishing performance in the (underrated!) Sopranos prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark, I was braced for the worst.

The shocking death of Ray Liotta caused an outpouring of grief in Hollywood. Robert De Niro, Lorraine Braco and Kevin Costner are among the stars ...

"When I first heard he took the job on Shades of Blue I was thrilled, and the first time we walked on set to do our first scene together there was an electric spark and a mutual respect and we both knew this was going to be good. While he leaves an incredible legacy, he'll always be 'Shoeless Joe Jackson' in my heart," Costner wrote along with a clip of a the two of them in the film. "Devastated to hear the news of Ray Liotta's passing. "Then they always ask what was the best part of making that movie. Playing Henry Hill in 'Goodfellas' was a tall order, because the character had so many different facets, so many complicated layers, and Ray was in almost every scene of a long, tough shoot," the statement read. "He was so uniquely gifted, so adventurous, so courageous as an actor.

Martin Scorsese, Lorraine Bracco, Kevin Costner, and Jennifer Lopez are among those reflecting on the actor's life and career.

He is way too young to have left us. Playing Henry Hill in Good Fellas was a tall order, because the character had so many different facets, so many complicated layers, and Ray was in almost every scene of a long, tough shoot. My response has always been the same…Ray Liotta.”

Actor whose charred handsomeness and mercurial qualities led to magnetic performances in Goodfellas and Something Wild.

Though he never became a superstar – he expressed regret that he had declined an offer to meet Tim Burton, who wanted him to play Batman in his 1989 film – he worked consistently. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, where he was adopted at six months old and raised by Mary, a township clerk, and Alfred Liotta, who owned an auto parts store. In later years, he often insisted that he had been unfairly pigeonholed as a villain or a gangster. Goodfellas made Liotta a star but he had already given an equally magnetic performance in Something Wild (1986), his first lead role. “I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.” Liotta, playing the real mobster-turned-informant Henry Hill, has just been seen taking part in the fatal knifing of a mob rival when the camera zooms on to his face, bathed in the infernal red glow of a car’s brake-lights.

Liotta was in the Dominican Republic shooting the movie Dangerous Waters when he died. He is perhaps best remembered for his role as Henry Hill in the 1990 ...

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The director said he would 'always be proud' of the work the pair did together, adding the passing had come 'way too early'.

“I have kids coming up to me like the movie’s just come out that week… Despite his immensely varied career, Henry Hill remained a character audiences continued to associate him with. “Then they always ask what was the best part of making that movie. “What happened that moment in the film was real. My response has always been the same… Now God has Ray.”

The late actor Ray Liotta was known for playing mid-level mobsters both terrifying and heartbreaking. We run down the best movies of his career, ...

Sally is the most powerful character in The Many Saints of Newark, and the movie only really comes to life when he’s onscreen. Liotta is bulky and bearded here and plays Oak as a man weighed down with all the burdens of the world, none of which hurt him more than the burdens of his own making. (Why do we need to see John Magaro impersonating Steven Van Zandt again?) But of all the new characters, it’s Liotta who makes the best impression, in a double role no less. Liotta called Noah Baumbach’s script “one of the best he’d ever read,” and it’s a credit to Baumbach that he would even consider Liotta as Jay, Adam Driver’s Charlie’s second divorce lawyer, the absolute killer that Charlie said he didn’t want but ultimately felt like he had no choice but to hire. Liotta didn’t do a lot of comedy — looking the way he did, you almost felt scared and sad just glancing at him sometimes — but when he did, it unleashed a certain silliness you could tell was buried down there somewhere. If anything, he’s more a witness to the principal players than he is the driver of the action. Liotta is sharp and biting in the role but also funny and light in his own way. Is there anything scarier than being interrupted in bed with your spouse by Ray Liotta in the room saying, “I wanted to check if everything’s okay?” I would argue that there is not. He’s a mid-level goon who shows us just what being a mid-level goon is … and he’s just screwed up enough to think that’s better than living the rest of his life like a schnook. He shows up just as we’ve fallen in love both with Melanie Griffith’s Lulu and Jeff Daniels’s Charlie and with the two of them together. Liotta understandably had a reputation for playing tough guys, but his Shoeless Joe is wistful, plaintive, and, above all, grateful. Ray Liotta was a live wire in movies for so long that it feels like he was always there, providing an electric jolt every time he came onscreen.

Liotta was in the Dominican Republic shooting the movie Dangerous Waters when he died. He is perhaps best remembered for his role as Henry Hill in the 1990 ...

PESCI: (As Tommy DeVito) What do you mean? Not until late in his career did he return to that genre, notably in the recent Sopranos prequel, "The Many Saints Of Newark." LIOTTA: (As Henry Hill) It's just - you know. LIOTTA: (As Henry Hill) It's funny. You mean the way I talk? He studied acting at the University of Miami, and he played a jealous ex-husband in the 1986 movie "Something Wild."