Ray Liotta - Celebrity - Milestones
Milestones
- 2004: Guest-starred as an alcoholic suffering from withdrawal symptoms on the first real-time "ER" (NBC) episode
- 2004: Appeared in the broadway production of "Match"
- 2004: Cast opposite Matthew Broderick and Alec Baldwin in the comedy "The Last Shot"
- 2003: Cast in the ensemble thriller "Identity"; reunited with "Cop Land" director James Mangold
- 2002: Delivered a strong turn as a volatile cop in the Sundance-screened "Narc"
- 2002: Portrayed a trigger-happy cop in "John Q"
- 2001: Co-starred as a Justice Department official in "Hannibal
- 2001: Played a mechanic duped by a mother-daughter team of con artists in "Heartbreakers"
- 2001: Cast as the father of drug dealer George Jung in "Blow"
- 2000: Appeared as the distant father of a troubled young boy in "A Rumor of Angels"; screened at Seattle and Toronto; released theatrically in 2002
- 1998: Portrayed Frank Sinatra in the HBO movie "The Rat Pack"
- 1998: Starred opposite Anjelica Huston in "Phoenix", shown at American Film Market in Santa Monica
- 1997: Played serial killer Ryan Weaver in "Turbulence"
- 1997: Won praise for his performance as a policeman struggling with his conscience in "Cop Land"
- 1994: Acted opposite Whoopi Goldberg in "Corrina, Corrina"
- 1994: Starred as sci-fi action hero in mediocre "No Escape"
- 1992: Delivered terrific performance as lonely LAPD officer in Jonathan Kaplan's urban paranoia thriller "Unlawful Entry"
- 1990: Starred as Irish gangster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas"
- 1989: Portrayed Shoeless Joe Jackson in "Field of Dreams"
- 1988: First feature lead, co-starred with Tom Hulce as "Dominick and Eugene"
- 1987: Appeared in short subject, "Arena Brains"
- 1986: Breakthrough screen role as violent ex-convict in "Something Wild"
- 1983: Was regular on the short-lived NBC drama "Casablanca"
- 1983: Feature debut as Joe Heron in "The Lonely Lady", starring Pia Zadora
- 1982: Moved to Los Angeles
- 1980: Made primetime TV-movie debut in "Hardhat and Legs" (CBS)
- 1978: Professional acting debut, walking in a park with a girl in commercial for K-tel Records' "Love Songs of the 50s" (date approximate)
- 1978: Worked as bartender for Shubert Organization theaters in New York
- From 1978 to 1981: TV acting debut as Joey Perrini on NBC daytime soap, "Another World"
- Took odd jobs such as working as a groundskeeper at a local graveyard
- Traveled with adoptive family during school vacations; had been to Europe, Japan and Hawaii before graduating from high school
- Played a fire investigator in the HBO drama "Point of Origin" (lensed 2001)
- Spent first six months of life in an orphanage in New Jersey
- Had supporting part in the ABC drama series "Our Family Honor"