American actor,Raymond Allen “Ray” Liotta has an estimated net worth of $14 million. Ray Liotta’s intense demeanor and fondness for edgy roles quickly established him as one of the most interesting and respected supporting players of his generation. Born in Newark, NJ, on December 18, 1955, he was adopted at the age of six months, by Alfred and Mary Liotta, and raised in Union Township, New Jersey. (His parents adopted another child, Linda, three years later.)
As a gifted high school athlete, Liotta played varsity basketball and soccer, while working a side job in his father’s auto supply shop. After graduation, he left home to attend the University of Miami, where he cultivated an interest in acting and majored in Drama. Liotta appeared in a number of collegiate productions, including a surprising number of musicals (Cabaret, The Sound of Music). Within a year of graduation, Liotta scored a one-shot commercial and a recurring three-year role as Joey Perrini on the daytime soap opera Another World; he also joined the cast of several short-lived prime-time network TV series, including Crazy Times (1981) – with David Caruso and Amy Madigan – and Casablanca (1983) – featuring David Soul in the role Humphrey Bogart made famous, and Liotta as Sacha.
Liotta signed for his first film role in the 1983 Pia Zadora vehicle The Lonely Lady, but didn’t break into the big time until 1986, when Jonathan Demme cast him as the psychotic Ray Sinclair in the comedy-drama Something Wild. Liotta’s well-received performance won him a number of Hollywood offers playing over-the-top villains, but, determined to avoid typecasting – , Liotta rejected the solicitations and traveled the opposite route, with gentle, sensitive roles in Dominick and Eugene and Field of Dreams (as the legendary “Shoeless” Joe Jackson).He is best known for his portrayal of Henry Hill in the crime-drama Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese and his role as Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams.He has won an Emmy Award and been nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
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1993 |
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$1,500,000 |