The features of his face will forever be linked to those of Henry Hill, the man who dreamed of being a gangster living at full speed and who ended his "career" as the snitch of a gang, under the protection of the FBI, in an anonymous pavilion. from some American suburb.
Ray Liotta exploded on screen in this first anthology role, under the direction of Martin Scorsese in 1990. It was
Goodfellas
and the actor entered the legend of Hollywood cinema.
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Ray Liotta died on May 26, 2022, several American media announced.
The star would have died in his sleep, according to the TMZ site, citing a source close to Ray Liotta.
Originally from New Jersey, where he was born 67 years ago, on December 18, 1954, it was not until the turn of the 1990s that he imposed himself on the screen by chaining the roles of thugs, cops more or less honest or suspects in the mouth of the job.
In addition to
Les Affranchis,
he can be found on the poster of
Fatal Obsession
(1992),
Suspicious Memories
(1996),
Copland
(1997) or
Phoenix
(1998), films in which his square jaw, his erased lip and his disturbing look often work wonders.
In 2001, Ridley Scott enlisted him once again in the police force for Hannibal, the not exactly perfect sequel to Silence of the Lambs.
Ray Liotta will not stop turning then: more than sixty films to his credit between 2000 and today, even if he never finds a role to the extent of that which Scorsese had given him.
We find him on the poster of films signed Nick Cassavetes
(John Q, Yellow),
Guy Ritchie
(Revolver),
Steven Soderbergh
(No Sudden Move
).
Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez offered her a small role in the sequel to
Sin City - I Killed for Her
.
And, even in recent months, he was filming with Elizabeth Bank in
Cocaine Bear,
which is not scheduled for release before 2023.