Ray Liotta, iconic actor popular for “Goodfellas,” “Field of Dreams” and many more roles, has died at 67. He died in his sleep while he was in the Dominican Republic shooting an upcoming film, “Dangerous Waters.”
Liotta shot to stardom in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas,” which revolutionized the gangster genre and received heaps of critical and commercial success. It’s widely considered one of the greatest films of all time, and it received six Academy Award nominations and one win after releasing in 1990.
A year earlier, Liotta played real-life MLB star Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,” opposite Kevin Costner in the seminal baseball film. The film also earned three Oscar nominations, including a best picture nod, and has gone down as one of the most beloved sports movies in history.
His first major role was in Jonathan Demme’s “Something Wild” in 1986, which co-starred Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels. The action comedy screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. He went on to land Liotta a Golden Globe nomination for supporting actor.
Liotta won an Emmy for guest actor in 2005 for an appearance on “ER”. He played Frank Sinatra in TV movie “The Rat Pack,” and his other feature roles included “Cop Land,” “Hannibal,” “Blow,” “Observe and Report” and “The Place Beyond the Pines.”
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In the last few years, Liotta’s career was undergoing something of a resurgence. He co-starred in Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story”. Liotta also returned to the mobster genre with Steven Soderbergh’s “No Sudden Move” and the “Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints of Newark,” both released in 2021.
His upcoming projects included Elizabeth Banks’ “Cocaine Bear,” set to release Feb. 24, 2023; a comedy starring Charlie Day that was formerly known as “El Tonto”; “Dangerous Waters” and “The Substance.”
On TV, he co-starred in the third and final season of Amazon’s “Hanna” series in fall 2021. He will appear in Apple TV+’s true crime series “Black Bird,” that releases on July 8.
Liotta was born in Newark, N.J., on December 18, 1954. He studied acting at the University of Miami, performing in musicals like “Cabaret,” “Sound of Music” and “Oklahoma” before graduating in 1978.
After moving to New York City, he landed his first role in the soap opera “Another World,” which he appeared on from 1978-1981. He then moved to Los Angeles to break into the film industry. He got his first role in the 1983 drama “The Lonely Lady.”
Ray Liotta shared the news of his engagement to Jacy Nittolo in December, 2020. He is also survived by a daughter actress Karsen Liotta.
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