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Paul Sorvino (1939-2022) was an American character actor and opera singer. Sorvino’s appeared in movies for over half a century. He is probably best remembered for playing Paulie Cicero in 1990’s Goodfellas. Sorvino’s IMDb page shows 170 acting credits from 1970 to 2022. This page will rank Paul Sorvino movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.
Paul Sorvino Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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More sad news. RIP Paul Sorvino.
Goodfellas is a huge favourite and Sorvino was excellent as the mob boss Paulie Cicero. I’ve seen 16 of the 47 films on the chart. Favourites include – Goodfellas, Dick Tracy, The Rocketeer, The Firm, Nixon and Romeo + Juliet.
Goodfellas tops the critics charts, as it should. The Firm no.1 box office and Reds leads on the UMR chart.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
I have just joined others of this site in honouring the memory of David Warner and the following extract is from my post on David’s page:
“Sadly Raymond Burr died before completion of the final 4 in the Perry Mason TV-movie series of 30 entries and other actors stood-in for him in those 4. One such actor -in 1993’s The Case of the Wicked Wives – was Paul Sorvino whose memory this site has also been honouring as I write.”
Raymond’s was a hard act to follow particularly playing the Perry whom he owned; but Sorvino did an entertaining job as stand-in lawyer Anthony Caruso a close friend of the absent-Mason in the plot.
Coincidentally as one of the actors supporting Tom Cruise in 1993’s The Firm Sorvino was joined by Hal Holbrook and Hal stood-in for Raymond Burr in the other 3 of the final episodes of the Perry Mason TV series.
Celeb Net Worth site credits Sorvino with a net worth of $10 million at the time of his sad death. Raymond Burr as I have recorded elsewhere left-behind a legacy of $60 million in 2022 dollars. The 3 cinematic movies listed by Bruce above that I remember Sorvino for are The Firm/Dick Tracy/ and A Touch of Class.
Although considered a classic I have never watched Goodfellas because whilst I am no prude the wall-to-wall swearing of DeNiro and Pesci tends to unduly irritate me as I find it boring because of its relentless repetitiveness.
Hey Bob. Good information on Sorvino and Burr. Interesting to know his connection with Perry Mason. Looks like the acting world did him and Burr well, especially when looking at their net worths. I have seen all three of the Sorvino movies you mentioned. Somewhat surprised you have not seen Goodfellas….as it is considered to be one of the best movies ever made. I would also recommend The Gambler…which has one of the best James Caan performances. Good stuff. RIP.
HI BRUCE: Many thanks for your reply. I will certainly take your advice and watch out for The Gambler. Now that Caan has sadly passed-on any fine work of his should be treasured.
However I will still give Goodfellas a wide birth. I DO like Scorsese -certainly a guy who spends his own time and money restoring Brando’s One Eyed Jacks is OK in my book!!
However the DeNiro and Pesci double swearing-act is hard for me to take. It is true that Mr Gimme More swears a lot; but I can live with that because of the strong Willis personality and the way in which he never fails to entertain me. In short: HE compensates me.
The trouble with the DeNiro/Pesci movies in my book is that whilst DeNiro is undoubtedly one of the acting Greats, Pesci has in my observation aboslutely no star appeal whatsoever and his personality is therefore not strong enough to block out the endless cursing – especially when he goes into duet with DeNiro in the use of the F word etc.
I think that one other viewer – possibly Bob Cox – also objected on this site to Pesci’s excessive swearing so I am not alone in my resistance to it.
It is also argued that swearing is a part of real-life reality so we should unreservedly accept it in films as an “artistic” feature – poetic licence if you like.
I do unfortunately swear myself at times – indeed you should have heard me when you told me a few years back all those things Hirsch was saying about The Great Mumbler!!!
However here is what the late Debbie Reynolds in an interview that I saw had to say about reality in movies. “I admit that I go to the movies primarily for entertaiment and escapism. I know that in real-life people for example vomit when they are sick. But I don’t find it entertaining to watch someone vomiting all over the place in a movie.”
I should add that in a separate interview her daughter the tragic Carrie told how mom Debbie got into a heated argument with Warren Beatty on the set of Shampoo because Warren wanted the 19-year-old Carrie to use the F word on screen.
1950s actress Debra Paget also said in an interview that she would not want to be in today’s movies because of the excessive bad language.
I have seen 33 of Paul’s films listed above; the highest ranked I have not seen is Men with Guns.
Paul Sorvino is # 191 on the 2021 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000. Paul is a 4 decade man on connections. He is the # 480 most connected actor of the 1970s, the # 70 most connected of the 1990s, the # 390 most connected of the 00s and the # 348 most connected of the 2010s.
These are the actors on the 2021 Oracle list Paul has appeared with.
4 ROBERT DE NIRO Goodfellas (1990)
6 MARTIN SHEEN RULES DON’T APPLY (2016)
6 MARTIN SHEEN That Championship Season (1982)
8 SAMUEL L. JACKSON Goodfellas (1990)
11 ANTHONY HOPKINS Nixon (1995)
17 DAVID CARRADINE Last Hour (2008)
18 MICHAEL MADSEN KIDNAPPED IN ROMANIA (2016)
18 MICHAEL MADSEN Last Hour (2008)
18 MICHAEL MADSEN NO DEPO$IT (2015)
30 BRUCE DERN That Championship Season (1982)
36 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
39 DONALD PLEASENCE Oh, God! (1977)
43 ELLIOTT GOULD Cover Me (1996)
43 ELLIOTT GOULD I Will, I Will… for Now (1976)
44 CHRISTOPHER WALKEN Kill the Irishman (2011)
47 ALAN ARKIN The Rocketeer (1991)
52 JAMES CAAN Dick Tracy (1990)
52 JAMES CAAN SICILIAN VAMPIRE (2015)
52 JAMES CAAN The Gambler (1974)
52 JAMES CAAN THE RED MAPLE LEAF (2017)
52 JAMES CAAN UNDERCOVER GRANDPA (2017)
63 NICOLAS CAGE The Family Man (2000)
68 VAL KILMER Kill the Irishman (2011)
68 VAL KILMER THE BIRTHDAY CAKE (2021)
76 GENE HACKMAN Reds (1981)
76 GENE HACKMAN The Firm (1993)
78 M. EMMET WALSH Reds (1981)
78 M. EMMET WALSH Romeo + Juliet (1996)
78 M. EMMET WALSH The Gambler (1974)
81 ED HARRIS Nixon (1995)
81 ED HARRIS RULES DON’T APPLY (2016)
81 ED HARRIS The Firm (1993)
91 MARTIN LANDAU THE RED MAPLE LEAF (2017)
93 JAMES CROMWELL A Fine Mess (1986)
97 ROBERT MITCHUM That Championship Season (1982)
98 JACK NICHOLSON Reds (1981)
103 F. MURRAY ABRAHAM Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008)
105 JAMES WOODS Nixon (1995)
105 JAMES WOODS The Gambler (1974)
106 CLINT HOWARD The Rocketeer (1991)
124 BOB HOSKINS Nixon (1995)
126 STACY KEACH That Championship Season (1982)
129 ROBERT WAGNER The Wild Stallion (2009)
130 ERIC ROBERTS Most Wanted (1997)
130 ERIC ROBERTS NO DEPO$IT (2015)
130 ERIC ROBERTS SICILIAN VAMPIRE (2015)
130 ERIC ROBERTS THE RED MAPLE LEAF (2017)
133 ROBERT FORSTER American Perfekt (1997)
139 JEFF GOLDBLUM Perfume (2001)
146 SHELLEY WINTERS Very Close Quarters (1986)
161 SHANE RIMMER Reds (1981)
162 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON THE RED MAPLE LEAF (2017)
164 GEORGE SEGAL A Touch of Class (1973)
164 GEORGE SEGAL Lost and Found (1979)
167 HENRY SILVA Dick Tracy (1990)
168 JACK WARDEN Bulworth (1998)
170 DAVID STRAITHAIRN The Firm (1993)
178 JON VOIGHT Most Wanted (1997)
180 CANDICE BERGEN RULES DON’T APPLY (2016)
181 ROBERT LOGGIA NO DEPO$IT (2015)
181 ROBERT LOGGIA SICILIAN VAMPIRE (2015)
181 ROBERT LOGGIA THE RED MAPLE LEAF (2017)
185 KATHY BATES Dick Tracy (1990)
188 CHARLES DURNING Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)
188 CHARLES DURNING Dick Tracy (1990)
194 CLORIS LEACHMAN The Amati Girls (2000)
196 ALEC BALDWIN RULES DON’T APPLY (2016)
196 ALEC BALDWIN The Cooler (2003)
198 GIANCARLO GIANNINI Ciao America (2002)
201 SEYMOUR CASSEL Dick Tracy (1990)
202 MAURY CHAYKIN Plan B (2001/I)
202 MAURY CHAYKIN Turk 182! (1985)
203 MIKE STARR Cruising (1980)
203 MIKE STARR Goodfellas (1990)
203 MIKE STARR Kill the Irishman (2011)
204 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO Kill the Irishman (2011)
205 DAVID WARNER Money Talks (1997)
209 ED LAUTER The Rocketeer (1991)
210 ROSANNA ARQUETTE Off the Wall (1983)
211 VINNIE JONES KILL THE IRISHMAN (2011)
224 JAMES REMAR Cruising (1980)
237 JEFF COREY Oh, God! (1977)
242 GEOFFREY LEWIS American Perfekt (1997)
242 GEOFFREY LEWIS I, the Jury (1982)
249 DAN HEDAYA Nixon (1995)
251 RANCE HOWARD Money Talks (1997)
256 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Dick Tracy (1990)
260 BOB BALABAN Plan B (2001/I)
264 RICHARD GERE Bloodbrothers (1978)
272 ARMAND ASSANTE I, the Jury (1982)
272 ARMAND ASSANTE SICILIAN VAMPIRE (2015)
272 ARMAND ASSANTE THE RED MAPLE LEAF (2017)
276 ANGELINA JOLIE Love Is All There Is (1996)
282 TOM CRUISE The Firm (1993)
286 PETER FALK The Brink’s Job (1978)
292 KEVIN CORRIGAN Goodfellas (1990)
303 BRIAN DENNEHY Romeo + Juliet (1996)
317 EDWARD HERRMANN Nixon (1995)
317 EDWARD HERRMANN Reds (1981)
317 EDWARD HERRMANN The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
318 WILLIAM H. MACY The Cooler (2003)
319 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
321 RAY LIOTTA Goodfellas (1990)
322 KEVIN DUNN Nixon (1995)
326 GARY BUSEY The Firm (1993)
336 JOHN RATZENBERGER Reds (1981)
340 JOHN LEGUIZAMO Romeo + Juliet (1996)
345 MARY STEENBURGEN Nixon (1995)
348 OLYMPIA DUKAKIS Made for Each Other (1971)
356 HARRIS YULIN Perfume (2001)
359 GINA GERSHON LOST CAT CORONA (2017)
360 PETER BOYLE The Brink’s Job (1978)
360 PETER BOYLE Turk 182! (1985)
364 OLIVER PLATT Bulworth (1998)
364 OLIVER PLATT RULES DON’T APPLY (2016)
365 BURT YOUNG Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008)
365 BURT YOUNG Plan B (2001/I)
365 BURT YOUNG The Gambler (1974)
366 PETER COYOTE NO DEPO$IT (2015)
384 LEONARDO DICAPRIO Romeo + Juliet (1996)
385 MIRIAM MARGOLYES Reds (1981)
385 MIRIAM MARGOLYES Romeo + Juliet (1996)
399 DANNY AIELLO Bloodbrothers (1978)
399 DANNY AIELLO The Stuff (1985)
400 BARBARA HERSHEY Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)
401 HAL HOLBROOK The Firm (1993)
402 ROBERT DAVI Kill the Irishman (2011)
402 ROBERT DAVI SICILIAN VAMPIRE (2015)
406 DARYL HANNAH SICILIAN VAMPIRE (2015)
407 SAUL RUBINEK Nixon (1995)
407 SAUL RUBINEK The Family Man (2000)
413 DAVID PAYMER Nixon (1995)
417 TOM ARNOLD Mr 3000 (2004)
418 CHARLIE SHEEN Money Talks (1997)
420 DAVID THEWLIS AMERICAN PERFEKT (1997)
431 BOB GUNTON Kill the Irishman (2011)
463 KIM CATTRALL Turk 182! (1985)
464 WILLIAM FORSYTHE Dick Tracy (1990)
476 AL PACINO Cruising (1980)
476 AL PACINO Dick Tracy (1990)
476 AL PACINO The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
481 HOLLY HUNTER THE FIRM (1993)
483 JON POLITO The Rocketeer (1991)
486 DON CHEADLE Bulworth (1998)
486 DON CHEADLE The Family Man (2000)
491 VINCENT SCHIAVELLI Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
493 PETE POSTLEWAITE Romeo + Juliet (1996)
499 EWAN MCGREGOR THE BIRTHDAY CAKE (2021)
508 TERI GARR Oh, God! (1977)
512 TONY PLANA Nixon (1995)
516 DEBI MAZAR Goodfellas (1990)
516 DEBI MAZAR Goodnight, Joseph Parker (2004)
519 FRED WARD The Wild Stallion (2009)
520 JOHN LITHGOW Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)
527 MIRA SORVINO THE RED MAPLE LEAF (2017)
527 MIRA SORVINO The Stuff (1985)
528 VIVECA LINDFORS Backstreet Justice (1994)
540 TOM BOWER Nixon (1995)
542 GLENNE HEADLY DICK TRACY (1990)
555 JOSEF SOMMER Bulworth (1998)
555 JOSEF SOMMER Reds (1981)
555 JOSEF SOMMER The Family Man (2000)
558 TIMOTHY HUTTON Turk 182! (1985)
569 LOIS MAXWELL Lost and Found (1979)
575 DAVID ARQUETTE SEE SPOT RUN (2001)
585 GEORGE C. SCOTT The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
595 LUIS GUZMAN THE BIRTHDAY CAKE (2021)
601 MICHAEL ROOKER Repo! The Genetic Opera (2006)
605 AMANDA PLUMMER American Perfekt (1997)
619 DIANE KEATON I Will, I Will… for Now (1976)
619 DIANE KEATON Plan B (2001/I)
619 DIANE KEATON Reds (1981)
633 JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME Knock Off (1998)
639 ROB SCHNEIDER Knock Off (1998)
644 JEREMY PIVEN The Family Man (2000)
669 JAY O. SANDERS Greetings from the Shore (2007)
672 HALLE BERRY Bulworth (1998)
675 KYLE MACLACHLAN PERFUME (2001)
701 COLM MEANEY Dick Tracy (1990)
710 DABNEY COLEMAN RULES DON’T APPLY (2016)
711 JARED HARRIS Perfume (2001)
719 GRIFFIN DUNNE PERFUME (2001)
720 MATTHEW BRODERICK RULES DON’T APPLY (2016)
731 VICTOR ARGO Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972)
736 JOHN C. MCGINLEY Nixon (1995)
737 KEYE LUKE A Fine Mess (1986)
739 TIMOTHY DALTON The Rocketeer (1991)
747 RICHARD EDSON Goodnight, Joseph Parker (2004)
758 NADIM SAWALHA A TOUCH OF CLASS (1973)
769 ALLEN GARFIELD Cry Uncle (1971)
769 ALLEN GARFIELD Dick Tracy (1990)
769 ALLEN GARFIELD The Brink’s Job (1978)
779 BAI LING Nixon (1995)
784 WILLIAM FICHTNER THE BIRTHDAY CAKE (2021)
787 MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN BULWORTH (1998)
787 MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN SEE SPOT RUN (2001)
789 WILFORD BRIMLEY THE FIRM (1993)
790 MARSHALL BELL Dick Tracy (1990)
790 MARSHALL BELL RULES DON’T APPLY (2016)
791 MARGO MARTINDALE The Firm (1993)
791 MARGO MARTINDALE The Rocketeer (1991)
798 WARREN OATES The Brink’s Job (1978)
802 ROBERT ENGLUND Bloodbrothers (1978)
806 PAUL RUDD Romeo + Juliet (1996)
821 ROBERT PROSKY Age Isn’t Everything (1991)
822 DONAL LOGUE Men with Guns (1997/I)
833 CORBIN BERNSEN Cover Me (1996)
838 ROBERT PICARDO THE AMATI GIRLS (2000)
840 MANDY PATINKIN Dick Tracy (1990)
841 L.Q. JONES Melanie (1982)
845 ANGELA BASSETT MR 3000 (2004)
848 GENA ROWLANDS The Brink’s Job (1978)
852 SEAN YOUNG LOST CAT CORONA (2017)
852 SEAN YOUNG The Amati Girls (2000)
854 JACK MCGEE Turk 182! (1985)
862 RALPH BELLAMY Oh, God! (1977)
863 JOHN DEHNER The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
866 JOHN GLOVER Dead Broke (1998)
872 CLAIRE DANES ROMEO + JULIET (1996)
887 SEAN ASTIN BULWORTH (1998)
917 ANNETTE BENING RULES DON’T APPLY (2016)
919 MICHAEL J. POLLARD Dick Tracy (1990)
921 MADELINE KAHN Nixon (1995)
926 MIKE MAZURKI Dick Tracy (1990)
934 JAMES KAREN Nixon (1995)
936 E.G. MARSHALL Nixon (1995)
937 CHRISTINE BARANSKI BULWORTH (1998)
945 KENNETH WELSH UNDERCOVER GRANDPA (2017)
946 JOHN CANDY Lost and Found (1979)
958 JAMIE KENNEDY ROMEO + JULIET (1996)
964 DEE BRADLEY BAKER THE COOLER (2003)
971 LEE GRANT The Amati Girls (2000)
973 J.T. WALSH Nixon (1995)
982 DORIS ROBERTS THE RED MAPLE LEAF (2017)
983 BERT REMSEN Dick Tracy (1990)
986 JAY LENO Mr 3000 (2004)
991 DIANE VENORA ROMEO + JULIET (1996)
995 MICHAEL PARE NO DEPO$IT (2015)
995 MICHAEL PARE SICILIAN VAMPIRE (2015)
995 MICHAEL PARE THE RED MAPLE LEAF (2017)
999 RIC YOUNG NIXON (1995)
Paul appeared with 33 Oscar winners.
AL PACINO Cruising (1980)
AL PACINO Dick Tracy (1990)
AL PACINO The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
ALAN ARKIN The Rocketeer (1991)
ANGELINA JOLIE Love Is All There Is (1996)
ANTHONY HOPKINS Nixon (1995)
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN Kill the Irishman (2011)
CLORIS LEACHMAN The Amati Girls (2000)
DIANE KEATON I Will, I Will… for Now (1976)
DIANE KEATON Plan B (2001/I)
DIANE KEATON Reds (1981)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Dick Tracy (1990)
ESTELLE PARSONS DICK TRACY (1990)
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008)
GENE HACKMAN Reds (1981)
GENE HACKMAN The Firm (1993)
GEORGE BURNS Oh, God! (1977)
GEORGE C. SCOTT The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
GLENDA JACKSON A Touch of Class (1973)
GLENDA JACKSON Lost and Found (1979)
HALLE BERRY Bulworth (1998)
HOLLY HUNTER THE FIRM (1993)
JACK NICHOLSON Reds (1981)
JENNIFER CONNELLY The Rocketeer (1991)
JON VOIGHT Most Wanted (1997)
KATHY BATES Dick Tracy (1990)
LEE GRANT The Amati Girls (2000)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO Romeo + Juliet (1996)
LOUIS GOSSETT JR. UNDERCOVER GRANDPA (2017)
MARTIN LANDAU THE RED MAPLE LEAF (2017)
MARY STEENBURGEN Nixon (1995)
MAUREEN STAPLETON Lost and Found (1979)
MAUREEN STAPLETON Reds (1981)
MIRA SORVINO THE RED MAPLE LEAF (2017)
MIRA SORVINO The Stuff (1985)
NICOLAS CAGE The Family Man (2000)
OLYMPIA DUKAKIS Made for Each Other (1971)
RITA MORENO Age Isn’t Everything (1991)
ROBERT DE NIRO Goodfellas (1990)
SHELLEY WINTERS Very Close Quarters (1986)
TIMOTHY HUTTON Turk 182! (1985)
Hey Dan.
1. Thanks for sharing this information on the late Paul Sorvino.
2. I had just finished doing a page on the late David Warner, when I saw that Sorvino had passed away. That was a rough 15 hours of movie people passing.
3. Speaking of Warner….both Sorvino and he were in Money Talks…for some reason I found that strange….as I noticed that because they both passed away at the same time.
4. Sorvino has been a well connected Oracle actor for decades. Though I do say his high ranking is much higher than I would have guessed.
5. James Caan, with 5 movies gets the honors as most frequent Oracle co-star. Sadly, he too, just passed away.
6. 33 Oscar winning co-stars is on the low side for his quantity of work….but at least he got to star with his Oscar winning daughter a few times.
Rest in Peace Mr. Paul Sorvino.
Haven’t seen much of his career, but I am familiar with his daughter. Rest in peace
Hey Flora…thanks for sharing your thoughts on Mr. Sorvino. Her daughter is on my list of people needing an UMR page…especially since she is an Oscar winner. Rest in peace!
What a quiet force in acting. I saw him on the stage for a version of That Championship Season. This one hurts.
Hey Kevin. Thanks for checking out our Paul Sorvino tribute page. That is awesome that you got to see him on stage. I knew he was in the movie, but I did not know he played the part on stage. Rest in Peace Mr. Sorvino.