FrameThrower · Actors · Paul Sorvino
Paul Sorvino
5 films · 295 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1980–2008
Born 13 April 1939 · Brooklyn, New York, USA · died 25 July 2022
Paul Anthony Sorvino was a European-American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, opera singer, writer, and sculptor. He often portrayed authority figures on both sides of the law and was known for his roles as Paulie Cicero (based on Paul Vario) in the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, and NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the TV series Law & Order. He took on supporting roles in A Touch of Class, Reds, The Rocketeer, Nixon, and Romeo + Juliet. He was the father of actors Mira Sorvino and Michael Sorvino.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 295 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1980–2008
- Ellis Island Medal of Honor
How their films are shot
Measured across 295 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Paul takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 69% of their frames are night, 62% low key — the look of the work Paul takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 295 frames from Paul Sorvino's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.