Born in April 1939 in New York, Paul Sorvino was best known for his role as Paul Cicero in Freedmen by Martin Scorsese, alongside Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta, released in 1990. The following year, he distinguished himself in the television series New York, Judicial Police where he played a policeman. In 1995, he took on the role of Henry Kissinger in the film Nixon by Oliver Stone.
Paul Sorvino had multiplied the supporting roles in the cinema or in television series but was a multi-faceted artist, with in particular a gift for sculpture or opera. “Most people think I’m either a gangster or a cop or something, but in reality I’m a sculptor, painter, writer […]but apparently I have a knack for playing these kind of roles“, he declared in 2014 in an interview with the Orlando Weekly. A popularity that leaves no doubt about the lack he will leave…