Actor Paul Sorvino passed away at the age of 83 on July 25, 2022.
His outsize personality and “tough guy” features saw him playing many characters with nicknames in quotation marks: “Hips” in “The Gambler,” “Big Joe” in “Angel and Big Joe,” “Chubby” De Coco in “Bloodbrothers,” “Jazz” Maffie in “The Brinks Job,” “Lips” Manliss in “Dick Tracy.” He played a “Fat Tony” and a “Big Mike.” He’s the type of actor that would inspire many a casting agent to bang on their desk and scream “get me a Paul Sorvino type!” He was an institution unto himself.
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