A familiar face in film and on television and stage since the early 1970s, Paul Sorvino was a... (Learn more)
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Paul Sorvino’s Milestones
| Announced as the star of Showtime's biopic "The Jackie Gleason Story", to be written by Jason Miller | |
| Appeared in "Die Fledermaus" with the Seattle Opera Company | |
| At age 16, trained to be a dance instructor; fired for being underage | |
| Dropped out of show business to work in advertising; became vice president and creative director of ad agency | |
| Portrayed title character in "The Oldest Rookie", a CBS series about a police chief who becomes a rookie cop at age 50 | |
| Sang at charity balls and on the Catskills circuit as "The Romantic Voice of Val Sorvino" at age 23 | |
| Spent one season playing Detective Phil Cerreta on the popular NBC series "Law & Order" | |
| 1964 | Broadway debut in the chorus of the musical "Bajour" |
| 1970 | Resumed acting career; made film debut in "Where's Poppa?" |
| 1971 | Had featured role in "The Panic in Needle Park"; first feature with Al Pacino |
| 1972 | Breakthrough stage role as Phil in the Pulitzer-winnning "That Championship Season", written by Jason Miller; earned Tony nomination |
| 1972 | Originated character of Bert D'Angelo in an episode of ABC's "The Streets of San Francisco" |
| 1973 | Acted in supporting role in the comedy "A Touch of Class" |
| 1974 | TV debut as Earl of Gloucester in Great Performances/Joseph Papp presentation, "King Lear" |
| 1974 - 1975 | TV series debut as star of the CBS sitcom "We'll Get By" |
| 1976 | Returned to series TV as an unorthodox L.A. police detective in "Bert D'Angelo, Superstar" (ABC) |
| 1977 | Replaced Topol in the role of the baker in the stage musical "The Baker's Wife"; toured with show in Boston and Washington, DC; was scheduled to open on Broadway but closed out of town |
| 1978 | Had rare feature lead as a journalist who falls in love with a ballerina in "Slow Dancing in the Big City" |
| 1979 | Portrayed a hearing-impaired attorney appointed to defend an illiterate black youth accused of murder in the fact-based "Dummy" (CBS) |
| 1981 | Portrayed Louis Fraina in Warren Beatty's epic "Reds" |
| 1982 | Reprised stage role in Jason Miller's film version of "That Championship Season" |
| 1985 | Had featured role in "Surviving", an ABC drama about teen suicide; first screen teaming with Ellen Burstyn |
| 1990 | Cast as Lips Manlis in Warren Beatty's "Dick Tracy" |
| 1990 | Had one of his best screen roles as mob boss Paul Cicero in Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" |
| 1995 | Appeared as Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone's "Nixon" |
| 1996 | Cast as Capulet in Baz Luhrmann's "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" |
| 1996 | Played role of the father of a Juliet-like Italian girl in the comedy "Love Is All There Is" |
| 1997 | Executive produced and starred in unsold pilot for an ABC series loosely inspired by his life |
| 1997 | Portrayed New York Yankees manager Joe Torre in the Showtime biopic "Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way" |
| 1998 | Reteamed with Beatty for "Bulworth", playing a platinum-haired lobbyist |
| 1999 | TV directing debut with Showtime remake of "That Championship Season"; also starred in role of the Coach |
| 2000 | Co-starred as Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo in the fact-based "The Thin Blue Lie" (Showtime) |
| 2000 | Had featured role in the Nicolas Cage vehicle "Family Man" |
| 2000 | Played the principal who must fire a teacher who provides his students with the answers to a local competition in "Cheaters" (HBO) |
| 2000 - 0 | Returned to series TV as Ellen Burstyn's husband in "That's Life" |
| 2001 | Acted in the improvisational parody "Perfume" |
| 2003 | Appeared in "The Cooler" starring Alec Baldwin, William H. Macy and Maria Bello |
| 2004 | Cast opposite Bernie Mac in the comedy "Mr. 3000" |
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