Ray Liotta

About

Ray Liotta is an American actor and producer. His most famous role was for playing Henry Hill in Goodfellas (1990).

Liotta attended the University of Miami, where he studied acting and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1978. He performed in musicals, including Cabaret, Dames at Sea, Oklahoma, and The Sound of Music, at the University of Miami’s Jerry Herman Ring Theatre.

His other roles include Ray Sinclair in Something Wild (1986), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, as well as Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams (1989), Peter Deluca in The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), Lieutenant Matt Wozniak in the drama series Shades of Blue (2016–2018) and Jay Marotta in Marriage Story (2019).

Liotta starred in the Western miniseries Texas Rising for The History Channel in 2015. Other projects include Kill the Messenger with Jeremy Renner, Stretch with Chris Pine and a David Guetta video.

He was also known for his television work in ER. He starred as Frank Sinatra in the television film The Rat Pack (1998) and Lorca and Tom Mitchell in Texas Rising (2015) for which he earned Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Ray also starred in the drama series Shades of Blue (2016–2018) with Jennifer Lopez. He also had a prominent voice acting role as Tommy Vercetti in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002).