Star of the big and small screen, Paul Sorvino rose to fame in the early 90s thanks to his role in the film Les Affranchis.
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American actor Paul Sorvino died today at the age of 83 announces his family in a press release sent to the American agency Reuters. The actor had made himself known internationally thanks to his iconic roles in the film Freedmenof Martin Scorsese, and the series New York Judicial Police when she was called New York Districtand was broadcast on France 3.
Paul Sorvino: Success since the 80s
Born in Brooklyn just before the war, Paul Sorvino will start his acting career in 1970 after a military past for which he will receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, in addition to his career. Present both on the big screen and on television, we will know him several successesdont Dolphin Day by Mike Nichols, or I will have your skin in 1982. On the small screen, it is with cold terror that he began to make a name for himself in 1985. But in 1990, he crossed paths with Martin Scorsese. The director, already rewarded several times, will offer him the role of his life, that of Paul Cicero in Freedmen. Thanks to the success of the film, he will take the opportunity to join the cast of Rocketeer Adventuresas well as in At Firmsalongside Tom Cruise.
At the beginnings of New York Judicial Police
Now well established in Hollywood, he is contacted by Dick Wolf to become one of the headliners of Law & Orderalias New York Judicial/District Police. This detective series broadcast on NBC will be a big success, which will not prevent Paul Sorvino from leaving it to continue his career in the cinema while continuing to survey the film sets for television. He will nevertheless suffer a setback, and only be cast in second-rate projects from the mid-90s. until becoming a recurring character of Godfather of Harlemalongside Forest Whitaker and Vincent D’Onofrio, a prequel series toAmerican Gangster streaming here on StarzPlay. In her press release, the actor’s wife announced that she had “heartbroken there will never be another Paul Sorvino, he was the love of my life and one of the greatest performers”. He died of natural causes in Indiana.
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