What is Ray Liotta?
{{Infobox person | name = Ray Liotta | image = Ray Liotta Deauville 2014 3.jpg | caption = Liotta in September 2014 | birth_name = Raymond Allen Liotta | birth_date = {{Birth date|1954|12|18}} | birth_place = [[Newark, New Jersey]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|5|26|1954|12|18}} | death_place = [[Santo Domingo]], [[video maker]] | death_cause = [[Heart failure]] and [[pulmonary edema]] | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|producer}} | years_active = 1978–2022 | spouse = {{marriage|Michelle Grace|1997|2004|end=divorced}} | partner = Jacy Nittolo (2020&ndash;2022) | children = 1 }} '''Raymond Allen Liotta''' (December 18, 1954 &ndash; May 26, 2022) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]] and [[movie producer]]. He was born and raised in [[Newark, New Jersey]]. He was [[adoption|adopted]] when he was six [[month]]s old. His [[movie]] [[role]]s include: Ray Sinclair in ''[[Something Wild (1986 movie)|Something Wild]]'', [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]] in ''[[Field of Dreams]]'', [[Henry Hill]] in ''[[Goodfellas]]'', [[police officer|Officer]] Pete Davis in ''[[Unlawful Entry (movie)|Unlawful Entry]]'' and [[Detective]] [[Lieutenant]] Henry Oak in ''[[Narc (movie)|Narc]]''. He won an [[Emmy Award]] for his role in ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''. He is best known for playing [[villain]]s and tough guys. He has also played [[sympathy|sympathetic]] characters. ==Career== One of Liotta's earliest roles was as Joey Perrini on the soap opera ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''. He appeared on the show from 1978 to 1981. In his first movie his character [[sexual assault|sexually assaulted]] [[Pia Zadora]]'s character with a garden hose in the cult classic ''[[The Lonely Lady]]''. In 1987, he earned his first [[Golden Globe]] nomination<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www1.hfpa.org/browse/member/29970| title = HFPA – Awards Search| accessdate = July 7, 2009| publisher = 1.hfpa.org| archive-date = September 26, 2007| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225714/http://www1.hfpa.org/browse/member/29970| url-