Ray Liotta

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Raymond Allen Liotta ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; 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).

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. He had a prominent role as Tommy Vercetti in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002).

After his death in 2022, Liotta was posthumously recognized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 24, 2023. His films that were released posthumously include Cocaine Bear, Fool's Paradise, Dangerous Waters (all 2023), and 1992 (2024).

Early life and education

Liotta was born in Newark, New Jersey, on December 18, 1954.<ref name="biography.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Having been abandoned at an orphanage, he was adopted at the age of six months by township clerk Mary (née Edgar) and auto parts store owner Alfred Liotta.<ref name="Lifetime-Bio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="FamilySearch-Ray-USPR-1998">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="FamilySearch-Mary-USPR-1999">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His adoptive parents were Scottish and Italian Americans.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Alfred was a personnel director and president of a local Democratic Party club.<ref name="Lifetime-Bio" /> His adoptive parents each unsuccessfully ran for local political office; he recalled attending parades to hand out flyers for his father's run.<ref name="LarryKingNow-Identical-2014" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Liotta had a sister, Linda, who was also adopted. He said that he knew that he was adopted as a young child, and presented a show-and-tell report.<ref name="LarryKingNow-Identical-2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He hired a private detective to locate his biological mother, named Ruth, in the 2000s, from whom he learned his family was of Scottish descent.<ref name="NJStarLedger-KillingSoftly-2012">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="StarPulse-WENN-2006">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Contradictory inline He had one biological sister, one biological half-brother also named Ray, and five biological half-sisters.<ref name="LarryKingNow-Identical-2014" /><ref name="HReporter-Identical-2014">Template:Cite news</ref>

Liotta grew up in a Roman Catholic household in Union, New Jersey,<ref name="NJStarLedger-UnionHS-2012">Template:Cite news</ref> although his family was not especially religious.<ref name="ChristianPost-Identical-2014">Template:Cite news</ref> They attended church and he received first communion and was confirmed, but the family did not pray much. He occasionally used prayer in his daily life, telling an interviewer, "... if I'm in a fix, I'll pray ... if I'm feeling uncomfortable about something, I'll say "Our Fathers" and "Hail Marys" to this day."<ref name="ChristianPost-Identical-2014"/> In 1973, he graduated from Union High School,<ref name="NJStarLedger-KillingSoftly-2012"/> and was later named to the Union High School Hall of Fame.<ref name="Brennan2022">Template:Cite news</ref>

Liotta attended the University of Miami, where he studied acting and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1978.<ref name="MiamiHerald-Identical-2014">Template:Cite news</ref> He performed in plays and musicals, including Cabaret, Dames at Sea, Oklahoma, and The Sound of Music, at the University of Miami's Jerry Herman Ring Theatre.<ref name="HuffPo-Live-2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

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Liotta, Winona Ryder, and Michael Shannon at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival for the premiere of The Iceman

After graduating from the University of Miami, Liotta moved to New York City, where he was hired as a bartender at the Shubert Organization and landed an agent within six months.<ref name="NJStarLedger-KillingSoftly-2012" /> One of his earliest roles was as Joey Perrini on the soap opera Another World, on which he appeared from 1978 to 1981.<ref name="RespersMelas2022">Template:Cite news</ref> He left the show and moved to Los Angeles. He made his film debut in 1983's The Lonely Lady. His first major acting role was Something Wild (1986),<ref name="LarryKingNow-Identical-2014" /><ref name="LATimes-Goodfellas-1990">Template:Cite news</ref> for which he received his first Golden Globe nomination, this nomination being for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1989, Liotta played the ghost of baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in the fantasy/drama film Field of Dreams.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1990, Liotta portrayed real-life mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's universally praised and commercially successful Academy Award winning film Goodfellas.<ref name="NJStarLedger-KillingSoftly-2012" /> In 1992, he starred as a psychopathic cop in the thriller Unlawful Entry. He appeared in a leading role in the 1994 science-fiction/action film No Escape. In 1995, he starred in the war comedy film Operation Dumbo Drop. In 1996, he starred in the sci-fi/thriller Unforgettable. Liotta earned critical praise for his turn in James Mangold's 1997 film Cop Land, and he received critical praise in 1998 for his performance as a compulsive gambler in Phoenix.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Liotta portrayed singer Frank Sinatra in the 1998 TV film The Rat Pack (for which he received a Screen Actors Guild award nomination). He starred as himself in the sitcom Just Shoot Me! in December 2001. In October 2002, he provided the voice of Tommy Vercetti for the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. He appeared in the television drama ER in 2004, playing Charlie Metcalf in the episode "Time of Death".

The ER role earned Liotta an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Liotta later spoofed himself and his Emmy win in Bee Movie). Liotta starred in the 2006 CBS television series Smith, which was pulled from the schedule after three episodes. In 2012, Liotta appeared as himself in a purely vocal role for the "What a Croc!" episode of the Disney Channel comedy series Phineas and Ferb.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Liotta played the Justice Department official Paul Krendler in the 2001 film Hannibal opposite Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore. Also in 2001, he played the father of drug dealer George Jung in the film Blow. In 2002, he appeared as Detective Lieutenant Henry Oak in the Joe Carnahan-directed film Narc, a role that led to an Independent Spirit Award nomination and a Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards nomination for Best Supporting Male.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He reunited with director James Mangold in 2003, alongside John Cusack and Alfred Molina, in the dark horror-thriller Identity. In 2005, he narrated Inside the Mafia for the National Geographic Channel. In 2006, he appeared in Smokin' Aces—reuniting with Narc director Carnahan, in which he portrayed an FBI agent named Donald Carruthers in one of the lead roles.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2004, Liotta made his Broadway debut opposite Frank Langella in the Stephen Belber play Match.<ref name="Playbill-Match-2003">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Dramatists-Match-2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="USAToday-Match-2004">Template:Cite news</ref> Ben Brantley of The New York Times described Liotta as "compelling" but "doesn't have much to work with for his Broadway debut."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> That same year he appeared in an advertisement for Heineken in the UK. The ads were eventually pulled by Ofcom "in breach of the advertising code for implying that stronger alcohol is better."<ref name="Heinekin ad">Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2007, Liotta appeared with John Travolta in the film Wild Hogs, and in Battle in Seattle as the city's mayor. In 2008, he starred in Hero Wanted as a detective alongside Cuba Gooding Jr. Also in 2008, he made a guest appearance on the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?". In the episode, he voices the leader of a gang called the Bubble Poppin' Boys, who try to kill an amnesiac SpongeBob (voiced by Tom Kenny).<ref name="Release2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2009 he appeared in Crossing Over, co-starring Harrison Ford. Liotta played Detective Harrison in the 2009 Jody Hill comedy Observe and Report as Seth Rogen's nemesis from the local police. In 2011, he starred in The Son of No One, opposite Channing Tatum and Al Pacino.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In the 2010s, Liotta appeared in Date Night with Steve Carell, in Charlie St. Cloud with Zac Efron, the independent drama Snowmen, and The River Sorrow, which stars Liotta as a detective alongside Christian Slater and Ving Rhames. He starred alongside Brad Pitt and James Gandolfini in the 2012 Andrew Dominik film Killing Them Softly<ref name="NYTimes-KillingThem-2012">Template:Cite news</ref> and the 2012 Ariel Vromen film The Iceman features Liotta as the character of Roy DeMeo.<ref name="Guardian-Iceman-2013">Template:Cite news</ref> He had a supporting role in Muppets Most Wanted (2014).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2014, he played a preacher in the faith-based film The Identical.<ref name="HuffPo-Live-2014" /><ref name="HReporter-Deauville-Identical-2014">Template:Cite news</ref> His other 2014 projects include Kill the Messenger with Jeremy Renner, Stretch with Chris Pine, and a David Guetta video.<ref name="HReporter-Deauville-Identical-2014" /> He starred in the Western miniseries Texas Rising for The History Channel in 2015. For his performance he earned a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie nomination. From 2015 to 2016, he narrated the AMC docu-series The Making of the Mob.<ref name="M&C-Mob-2015">Template:Cite news</ref> Liotta starred opposite Jennifer Lopez in Shades of Blue between 2016 and 2018.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2018, he became a spokesperson for Pfizer's Chantix advertising campaign.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Liotta appeared as Charlie Barber's (Adam Driver) second divorce attorney, Jay Marotta in the 2019 Noah Baumbach film Marriage Story.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The film received critical acclaim and earned six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. Liotta received praise for his performance with Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian declaring, "what a thrill to hear his syrupy-gravelly voice again". The Hollywood Reporter described Liotta as being in "fine, mischievous form".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2021, he played twin brothers "Hollywood Dick" Moltisanti and Salvatore "Sally" Moltisanti in the film The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel to the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Liotta appeared in Cocaine Bear, a thriller film based on the true story of an American black bear that ingested a duffel bag full of cocaine in 1985. The movie, released in theaters in February 2023, is directed by Elizabeth Banks and traces the aftermath of a drug runner's cocaine disappearing in a plane crash and being devoured by a bear.<ref name="RespersMelas2022" /><ref name="empire">Horner, Al. "Beyond the Chaos of Cocaine Bear" – Elizabeth Banks: "[Ray] gave a beautiful speech when we wrapped about how special it was to be in Ireland. He's so known for being Italian but he'd done his heritage tree and found out he was actually Irish. The speech he gave brought some members of the crew to tears." Empire, January 2023 (cover-dated February 2023).</ref> The movie was dedicated to his memory.

Personal life

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Liotta in 2012

Liotta married Michelle Grace, an actress and producer, in February 1997 after they met at a baseball game, where her former husband Mark Grace was playing for the Chicago Cubs.<ref name="Pottstown-Mercury-Narc-2003">Template:Cite news</ref> They had a daughter before divorcing amicably in 2004.<ref name="Lifetime-Bio" /><ref name="NJStarLedger-KillingSoftly-2012" />

On an episode of Jay Leno's Garage, Liotta revealed that Nancy and Tina Sinatra once sent Liotta a fake horse's head in the mail. The joke was in response to Liotta's declining to play their father in a miniseries they were working on, only to see Liotta play him in the 1998 HBO television film The Rat Pack.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In February 2007, he was charged with driving under the influence after crashing his Cadillac Escalade into two parked vehicles in Pacific Palisades.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He pleaded no contest.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

From his experience shooting the Western Texas Rising, Liotta continued horseback riding and said in September 2014: "I was obsessed with riding horses [on the show]. I love it now. I've never had a hobby. It might be my new hobby."<ref name="LarryKingNow-Identical-2014" />

In May 2017, Liotta, along with talk show host and actress Kelly Ripa, was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.

In 2018, while discussing his role alongside Jennifer Lopez as a corrupt cop targeted by the FBI in the NBC crime drama Shades of Blue, Liotta told a reporter for Long Island Weekly:

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In 2022, after wrapping up filming of Cocaine Bear, Liotta made a speech and stated that he was known for being Italian, but he did a heritage tree and found that he mostly has Irish ancestry.<ref name="empire" />Template:Contradictory inline

Death

Liotta died in his sleep on May 26, 2022, at age 67, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, during the filming of Dangerous Waters.<ref name="BBC">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At the time of his death, he was engaged to Jacy Nittolo.<ref name="Deadline"/> An autopsy report released in 2023 concluded that Liotta's cause of death was respiratory failure, pulmonary edema, and heart failure, with atherosclerosis cited as an underlying issue.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Liotta was posthumously recognized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 24, 2023, with his daughter collecting the recognition on his behalf.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Ref heading
1983	Template:Sortname	Joe Heron	Film debut	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1986	Something Wild	Ray Sinclair		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1987	Arena Brains	The Artist	Short film	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1988	Dominick and Eugene	Eugene "Gino" Luciano		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1989	Field of Dreams	Shoeless Joe Jackson		<ref name="Deadline">Template:Cite news</ref>
1990	Goodfellas	Henry Hill		<ref name=BBC/>
1992	Article 99	Dr. Richard Sturgess		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Unlawful Entry	Officer Pete Davis		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1994	No Escape	Captain J.T. Robbins		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Corrina, Corrina	Manny Singer		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1995	Operation Dumbo Drop	Captain T.C. Doyle		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1996	Unforgettable	Dr. David Krane		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1997	Turbulence	Ryan Weaver		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Cop Land	Detective Gary "Figgsy" Figgis		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1998	Phoenix	Detective Harry Collins	Also co-producer	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1999	Muppets from Space	Gate Guard	Cameo	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Forever Mine	Mark Brice		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2000	Pilgrim	Jack		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Nathan Neubauer		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2001	Hannibal	Paul Krendler		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Heartbreakers	Dean Cummano / Vinny Staggliano		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Blow	Fred Jung		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002	John Q.	Chief Gus Monroe		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Narc	Lieutenant Henry Oak	Also producer	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Ticker	Secret Service agent	Short film	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2003	Identity	Officer Rhodes		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004	The Last Shot	Jack Devine		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Control	Lee Ray Oliver	Direct-to-DVD	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005	Revolver	Dorothy Macha		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Slow Burn	Ford Cole	Also co-executive producer	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006	Even Money	Tom Carver		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Take the Lead		Executive producer	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Local Color	John Talia Sr.		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Comeback Season	Walter Pearce		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Smokin' Aces	FBI Agent Donald Carruthers		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	Wild Hogs	Jack Blade		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	Gallian		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Battle in Seattle	Mayor Jim Tobin		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Bee Movie	Himself (voice)		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Hero Wanted	Detective Terry Subcott	Direct-to-DVD	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Powder Blue	Jack Doheny		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	Crossing Over	Cole Frankel		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Observe and Report	Detective Harrison		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	The Line	Mark Shields	Also executive producer	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Youth in Revolt	Lance Wescott		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010	Crazy on the Outside	Gray		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Date Night	Joe Miletto	Uncredited	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Snowmen	Reggie Kirkfield	Also executive producer	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Chasing 3000	Adult Mickey		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Charlie St. Cloud	Florio Ferrente		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011	The Details	Peter Mazzoni		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Capt. Mathers		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	All Things Fall Apart	Dr. Brintall		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Street Kings 2: Motor City	Detective Marty Kingston	Direct-to-DVD	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Jack Verdon		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Field of Dreams 2: Lockout	Roger Goodell	Short film for Funny or Die	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Richard Nader		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2012	Wanderlust	Himself	Cameo	<ref name="Deadline" />
	Killing Them Softly	Markie Trattman		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Breathless	Sheriff Cooley		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	The Iceman	Roy DeMeo		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Peter Deluca		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Ticket Out	Jim		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Yellow	Afai		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Bad Karma	Molloy		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Dear Dracula	Count Dracula (voice)	Direct-to-DVD	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2013	Template:Sortname	Dr. Bruce Michaels		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Pawn	Man in the Suit		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Suddenly	Todd Shaw		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014	Better Living Through Chemistry	Elizabeth's Husband		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Muppets Most Wanted	Big Papa		<ref name="Sky">Template:Cite news</ref>
	The Identical	Reece Wade	Also executive producer	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Sin City: A Dame to Kill For	Joey		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Revenge of the Green Dragons	FBI Agent Michael Bloom		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Stretch	Himself	Cameo	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Kill the Messenger	John Cullen		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015	Blackway	Blackway		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Campus Code	Bartender		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	Sticky Notes	Jack		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Flock of Dudes	Uncle Reed		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	Marriage Story	Jay Marotta		<ref name="BBC" />
2020	Hubie Halloween	Mr. Pete Landolfa		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	No Sudden Move	Frank Capelli		<ref name="Variety">Template:Cite news</ref>
	The Many Saints of Newark	Aldo "Hollywood Dick" Moltisanti / Salvatore "Sally" Moltisanti		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	Every Last Secret	Mr. Ancilla		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	Cocaine Bear	Syd White	Posthumous release	<ref name="BBC" /><ref name="RespersMelas2022" />
	Fool's Paradise	The Producer		<ref name="Variety" />
	Dangerous Waters	The Captain		<ref name="Variety" />
2024	1992	Lowell		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Abbr
1978–1981	Another World	Joey Perrini		<ref name="HollywoodReporter">Template:Cite news</ref>
1980	Hardhat and Legs	Family	Television film	<ref name="WaPoObit">Template:Cite news</ref>
1981	Crazy Times	Johnny "Wizard" Lazarra	Television film	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1983	St. Elsewhere	Murray	Episode: "Rain"	<ref name="Deadline" />
	Casablanca	Sacha	5 episodes	<ref name="Variety" />
1984	Mike Hammer	Tony Cable	Episode: "Kill Devil"	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1985	Our Family Honor	Officer Ed Santini	10 episodes	<ref name="HollywoodReporter" />
1991	Women & Men 2	Meadows	Television film	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1995	Frasier	Bob	Voice; Episode: "Frasier Grinch"	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1998	Template:Sortname	Frank Sinatra	Television film	<ref name="HollywoodReporter" />
2001	Family Guy	Zack	Voice; Episode: "Brian Does Hollywood"	<ref name="Deadline" />
Template:Sort	Just Shoot Me!	Himself	2 episodes	<ref name="Deadline" />
2002	Point of Origin	John Leonard Orr	Television film	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2003	Saturday Night Live	Himself (host)	Episode: "Ray Liotta/The Donnas"	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	ER	Charlie Metcalf	Episode: "Time of Death"	<ref name="HollywoodReporter" />
2006–2007	Smith	Bobby Stevens	7 episodes	<ref name="Deadline" />
2008	SpongeBob SquarePants	Bubble Poppin Boys Leader	Voice; Episode: "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?"	<ref name="Deadline" />
2010	Hannah Montana	Principal Luger	Episode: "Hannah Montana to the Principal's Office"	<ref name="Deadline" />
2011	The League	Mr. Hudabega	Episode: "Yobogoya!"	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2012	Phineas and Ferb	Himself	Voice; Episode: "What A Croc!"	<ref name="BTVA" />
	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Jason	Episode: "Wasilla Hills Cop"	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Abominable Christmas	Abominable Dad	Voice; Television film	<ref name="BTVA" />
2014	The Money	George Archer	Pilot	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015	Texas Rising	Lorca	5 episodes	<ref name="Variety" />
2015–2016	The Making of the Mob	Narrator	Voice; 16 episodes	<ref name="BBC" />
2016–2018	Shades of Blue	Lt. Matt Wozniak	36 episodes	<ref name="HollywoodReporter" />
2016	Modern Family	Himself	Episode: "Playdates"	<ref name="Variety" />
2017	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Paulie Fiuccillo	Episode: "Kimmy Pulls Off a Heist!"	<ref name="Variety" />
	Young Sheldon	Vincent	Episode: "A Solar Calculator, a Game Ball, and a Cheerleader's Bosom"	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	Great News	Himself	Episode: "Early Retirement"	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	The Simpsons	Morty Szyslak	Voice; Episode: "King Leer"	<ref name="Deadline" />
2021	Hanna	Gordon Evans	6 episodes	<ref name="Guardian">Template:Cite news</ref>
2022	Black Bird	James "Big Jim" Keene	6 episodes; Posthumous release	<ref name="Guardian" />

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Abbr
2002	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Tommy Vercetti		<ref name="Sky" />
2013	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Billy Handsome	Character featured in the Mob of the Dead zombies map	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2021	Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition	Tommy Vercetti	Archival recordings Remaster of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City only

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
2004	Match	Mike	Plymouth Theatre, Broadway	<ref name="Sky" />

Music videos

Year	Title	Album	Role	Template:Abbr
2014	"Lovers on the Sun"	Listen by David Guetta	The Villain	<ref name="BBC" />
2015	"Bloodstream"	× by Ed Sheeran and Rudimental		<ref name="RollingStone-Sheeran-2015">Template:Cite news</ref>

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1986	Golden Globe Award	Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture	Something Wild	Template:Nom
1986	Boston Society of Film Critics Award	Best Supporting Actor		Template:Won
1986	National Society of Film Critics	Best Supporting Actor		Template:Won
1986	New York Film Critics Circle Award	Best Supporting Actor		Template:Won
1998	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie	The Rat Pack	Template:Nom
2002	Independent Spirit Award	Best Supporting Male	Narc	Template:Nom
2002	Phoenix Film Critics Society Award	Best Supporting Actor		Template:Nom
2003	G-Phoria Award	Best Live Action/Voice Male Performance	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Template:Won
2003	Spike Video Game Award	Best Performance by a Human		Template:Won
2005	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	ER: Time of Death	Template:Won
2015	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie	Texas Rising	Template:Nom
2023	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	Black Bird	Template:Nom

External links

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• Ray Liotta: An Oral History at Esquire magazine
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