Goodfellas star Ray Liotta dies in his sleep aged 67
metro.co.ukGoodfellas legend Ray Liotta has died aged 67.The actor, who was best known for his leading role in Martin Scorsese’s crime film, in which he starred alongside Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic.Deadline reports Liotta had been filming a new movie, Dangerous Waters, in which he was starring alongside Odeya Rush, Eric Dane, and Saffron Burrows.Celebrities, including his Goodfellas co-star Lorraine Bracco, have shared emotional tributes to the star following his death.‘I am utterly shattered to hear this terrible news about my Ray,’ Lorraine tweeted. ‘I can be anywhere in the world & people will come up & tell me their favourite movie is Goodfellas. ‘Then they always ask what was the best part of making that movie.
My response has always been the same…Ray Liotta.’Liotta’s first major acting role was the 1986 film Something Wild, which earned him his first Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor in a motion picture.Four years later, in 1990, he went on to play real-life mobster Henry Hill in Scorsese’s critically acclaimed movie Goodfellas, before going onto portray a psychopathic cop in the thriller Unlawful Entry.In 1996, Liotta starred in the sci-fi/thriller Unforgettable, before earning critical praise for his appearance in James Mangold’s 1997 film Cop Land.More recently, Liotta featured in the Oscar nominated film Marriage Story, alongside Adam Driver and Scarlet Johansson.Last year, he starred in The Many Saints Of Newark and No Sudden Move.In an interview with the Guardian in September, Liotta admitted he hadn’t watched his 1989 film, Field of Dreams, in which he played Shoeless Joe Jackson.‘It’s just a personal thing that happened,’ he said.
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