'Goodfellas' Actor Ray Liotta reportedly dies at 67
Ray Liotta, an avid New Jersey actor who is perhaps best known for his journey from con man to mob rat by Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, has died. He was 67 years old.
Ray Liotta died in his sleep during filming. She was unable to provide further details, but reports said he was in the Dominican Republic for dangerous waters.
Goodfellas (1990) was based on Nicholas Pileggi's 1985 debut book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family, which revolved around Hill, a New York street hustler who decided the only way out of the mob was to live. a rat. about his acolytes in the Lucches crime family.
Raymond Allen Liotta was born on December 18, 1954 in Newark. He attended Union High School and graduated from the University of Miami, where he studied acting, in 1978. Before becoming a friend of Joey Perrini in Another World, he worked as a bartender on Broadway and worked on the NBC soap opera from 1978 to 1981.
He also saw it in the thriller Unlawful Entry with Kurt Russell, Cop Land with Robert De Niro and the family drama Corrina, Corrina with Whoopi Goldberg. He was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild for his role as Frank Sinatra in the 1998 TV movie The Rat Pack.
The following decade included roles in Ridley Scott's Hannibal, Joe Carnah's Narc and Emmys for guest appearances.
