Born in New York, in the Bronx district, in 1940, in 1972 he played the role of Sonny Corleone in the film The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola on the Italian-American Mafia, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. A feature film that has received numerous awards including six Oscars in 1975, at the 47e ceremony of the mythical ceremony.
A great career
For one of his other great roles, in Misery, adapted from Stephen King’s book, he played a writer kidnapped by an evil woman played by Kathy Bates. He also starred in the thriller way of the gunin the movie The Yardsor Dogville in which he plays a Mafia godfather, father of the famous actress Nicole Kidman. Not to mention the action movie The Eraser where he confronts a certain Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The actor also had a career in television as he played casino owner Ed Deline on the series Vegas from 2003 to 2007. He also made appearances in the series The Simpsons and Hawaii 5-0. On the love side, he has been married several times, whether with actresses Dee Jay Mathis and Sheila Ryan, with Ingrid Hajek or even with Linda Stokes, with whom he had a very expensive divorce. He is notably the father of five children including a girl and four boys.