Death found Ray Liotta experiencing a resurgence of his career

• Ray Liotta at the premiere of “Marriage Story” at the 57th New York Film Festival in New York on Oct. 4, 2019. (Photo: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File).

In recent years, Ray Liotta was experiencing a resurgence of his career that began in 2019 when he was chosen to play the role of Aldo “Hollywood Dick” Moltisanti in “The Many Saints of Newark”, the prequel to the series “The Sopranos”.

The film takes place during the 1960s, when race riots broke out in Newark, New Jersey, the city where Liotta was born in 1854. recently in titles like “No Sudden move,” the Steven Soderbergh thriller starring Don Chedle and Benicio del Toro, and the critically acclaimed “Marriage Story,” for which he shared a video. a Spirit Award.

Liotta was in the Dominican Republic participating in another shoot, “Dangerous Waters”.

In the last three years he had not stopped working.

As a sweet and very loved person, some colleagues have already defined him as Lorraine Braco and Jamie Lee Curtis. A distant profile to the one that defined it. in fiction, as one of the best-known villains of recent decades. And with a disturbing look that is hard to forget. 

+ From his life

Ray Liotta, who died this Thursday at the age of 67, will be always remembered for his dark characters and his roles as a villain or mobster, but also for having one of the most recognizable looks in cinema.

Born in New Jersey in 1954, Liotta leaves behind ; an extensive filmography marked by such well-known titles as “Goodfellas”; and “Unlawful Entry”.

Liotta jumped up. He rose to fame for “Something Wild,” the famous Jonathan Demme film in which he plays a jealous ex-husband who pursues his ex-wife Melanie Griffith, much to the surprise and fear of a dumbstruck Jeff Daniels.

That film gave him the recognition of the critics, who returned to have in many other moments of her career, although they were not always reflected in awards.

Nominated several times for film awards, yes. He won the most prestigious on television, the Emmy, for a small role in the series “ER”.

The most important role of his career was possibly that of Henry Hill, the protagonist of “Goodfellas”, the film directed by Martin Scorsese in 1990 and in which he shared poster with Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Paul Sorvino, among others.

“For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” “Goodfellas” began with that phrase from his character, but it also serves to label a career in which the actor with the disturbing blue-eyed look played “Goodfellas”. multiple dark, evil, or corrupt characters.

But he wasn’t always bad on the big screen. It will also be remembered for others very different like “Field of dreams”, the fantasy for baseball lovers starring Kevin Costner.

His extensive filmography includes other films such as “Cop Land” in 1997, in which he appeared alongside Sylvester Stallone, and & quot; Hannibal & quot; in 2001, directed by Ridley Scott & nbsp;, and in which he shared & gué; cast with Anthony Hopkins.

“Identity”, in 2003 with John Cusack; “Smokin’ Aces”, with Ryan Reynolds and Ben Affleck, and “Crossing Over”, alongside Harrison Ford, are other titles in his long career.

But it was not all cinema, and Ray Liotta had many television jobs. Protagonist of the series “Shades of Blue”, released in April 2016 and in which he shared & oacute; starring with Jennifer Lopez, revealed told Efe in an interview that television was for him “much more rewarding” than television. than the cinema.

In December 2007 he was sentenced to three years of probation after refusing to respond to a judicial complaint in which he was accused of being a prisoner. of reckless driving under the influence of prohibited substances.