The actor, who died on May 26, worked under the orders of Martin Scorsese and Noah Baumbach.
“Play Henry Hill in One of ours it was a difficult task because the character had so many different, so many complicated layers, and Ray was in all the scenes of a long and difficult shoot. He absolutely amazed me and I will always be proud of the work we did together on that film“.
Ray Liotta, ‘One of Us’ actor, dies at 67
So he remembered Martin Scorsese to Ray Liotta. One of ours It was the work that marked the career of the actor, who died last Thursday, May 26, while he slept in the Dominican Republic, the place where he was shooting the film. Dangerous Waters.
But One of ours It is not the only work of Liotta to highlight. The actor, whose filmography has more than 100 credits as an actor, has participated in titles and has left performances to remember. As a tribute to Liotta, we highlight six films of the actor that you can see in “streaming‘:
‘Hot Aces’ (2006)
Directed by Joe Carnahan, Liotta played Donald Carruthers in hot aces. The film, with a cast that includes names like Ryan Reynolds, Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia and Taraji P. Henson; follow Buddy Israel, an informant in Las Vegas who has a price on his head. The protagonist, who lives in an environment full of gangsters and corrupt men, is going to testify against his former classmates in exchange for not going to jail and the FBI finds the opportunity to hunt down Sparazzaone of the game’s mafia bigwigs.
where to see it: Apple TV.
‘Story of a marriage’ (2019)
One of Liotta’s last film roles is story of a marriage, the Noah Baumbach drama starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson. The film follows a couple going through a divorce and Liotta played Jay Marottathe peculiar lawyer who hires the character of Driver.
story of a marriage got six nominations at the Oscars: Best Picture, Best Actress for Johansson, Best Actor for Driver, Best Supporting Actress for Laura Dern, Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Score. Only Dern raised the statuette.
where to see it: Netflix.
‘Something Wild’ (1986)
Liotta was never nominated for an Oscar, but he did manage to be nominated for the Golden Globe a Best Supporting Actor in 1978 for the movie something wild. The film was the actor’s first important role after playing secondary. Directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels, something wild is a dramatic comedy in which an adventurous man meets a girl who is the opposite of him.
where to see it: The movie.
‘Narc’ (2022)
Liotta worked on more than one occasion with director Joe Carnahan. In addition to hot acesalso placed himself at his command in Narca film in which the actor got into the skin of Henry Oak. The story follows an undercover narcotics officer who must help solve a complicated case: the murder of a police officer.
where to see it: Movistar+ and FlixOlé.
‘One of us’ (1990)
If there is a role that marked and catapulted Liotta’s career, that is the mobster Henry Hill in One of ours. Directed by Martin Scorsese, the 1990s film tells the story of the gangster and his life in the mob, delving into his relationship with his wife and his partners in the Italian-American crime syndicate. In One of ours Liotta was joined by Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Lorraine Bracco.
Nominated for six Oscars -Best Film, Best Supporting Actor for Pesci, Best Supporting Actress for Bracco, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing-, the film only won the Pesci award.
where to see it: HBO Max.
‘Criminal Saints’ (2021)
criminal saintsthe prequel film The Sopranos, is another of Liotta’s latest released projects. With Alan Taylor behind the cameras, the film is set in Newark -Liotta’s birthplace- and follows the youth of Tony Soprano, before he became one of the most notorious mobsters in the United States. Under the tutelage of his uncle Dickie MoltisantiTony learns the trade while living through a time punctuated by riots that pitted the city’s Italian and African-American communities against each other.
where to see it: HBO Max.
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