The elder Mr. Sorvino, a robe-factory foreman, was born in Naples, Italy, and emigrated to New York with his parents in 1907. Paul grew up in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn and attended Lafayette High School.
US actor Paul Sorvino, best known for playing Paulie Cicero in the 1990 mobster classic Goodfellas, has died at age 83.
Over the course of a film and TV career that began in 1970, the Tony Award nominated actor was best known for his portrayals of policemen and gangsters.
In a statement following his death, his wife Dee Dee Sorvino said that "there will never be another Paul Sorvino"
Born in Brooklyn in 1939, Sorvino - whose mother was a piano teacher - began his career in show business with the musical "Bajour" in 1964.
Four years later, he appeared in his first film: Carl Reiner's 1970 black comedy "Where's Poppa?".
In the ensuing decades, Sorvino, an imposing figure who stood at 6"4 (1.93m), became a fixture of US cinema, appearing alongside Al Pacino in 1971's "The Panic in Needle Park" and the recently deceased James Caan in 1974's "the Gambler"
His most iconic role came in 1990 in Martin Scorcese's "Goodfellas", in which he played Paul Cicero, an underworld boss. The character was inspired by a real-life Brooklyn-based mobster Paul Vario.
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