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    Ray Liotta
    Actor
    Born: December 18, , in Newark, New Jersey
    Died: May 26, , in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
    New Jersey Hall of Fame, Class of Performing Arts

    Ray Liotta may have been the softest tough guy Hollywood ever minted. Best known for his portrayal of  real-life mobster Henry Hill, Liotta was equally comfortable playing a doting dad or a tragic baseball idol. And those who worked with him are universal in their praise of Liotta as an all-around nice guy.

    Adopted from an orphanage at age 6, Liotta was raised in Union. He attended Union High School and the University of Miami, where he studied acting, performed in musicals and graduated with a bachelor of fine arts degree. After college, he moved to New York City, hooked up with an agent and landed his first important role on the soap opera “Another World,” appearing from

    Liotta’s film breakthrough came in when he portrayed a crazed ex-con in the Jonathan Demme film “Something Wild.” His over-the-top performance

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    Raymond Allen Liotta (born December 18, ) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for playing Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams (), playing Henry Hill in Goodfellas () and voicing Tommy Vercetti in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (). Raymond Allen Liotta was born in Newark, New Jersey, on December 18, Having been abandoned at an orphanage, he was adopted at the age of six months by township clerk Mary and auto-parts store owner Alfred Liotta. His adoptive parents each unsuccessfully ran for local office; he recalls attending parades to hand out flyers for his father's run. Liotta has a sister, Linda, who is also adopted. He has said that he knew he was adopted as a young child and presented a show-and-tell report on it for kindergarten. He hired a private detective to locate his biological mother in the s, and subsequently learned from her that he is mostly of Scottish descent. He has one biological sister, one biological half-brother,

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    Who Was Ray Liotta?

    Actor Ray Liotta made his acting debut on the daytime skådespel Another World. He initially struggled to find work in Hollywood, but he won critical and popular acclaim as the crazed ex-con husband opposite Melanie Griffith in Something Wild. Liotta was best known for his on-the-edge tough-guy characterizations in films like Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas () and No Escape ().

    Early Life and Career

    Raymond Allen Liotta, generally known as Ray Liotta, was born on December 18, , in Newark, New Jersey. He was adopted by Alfred and Mary Liotta when he was just a few months old. The family later grew to include Liotta's sister, Linda, who was also adopted. Liotta was a talented athlete, playing both basketball and soccer in high school.

    After graduating from Union High School in , Liotta went to the University of Miami, where he studied acting. Liotta moved to New York after college and was soon spotted by a casting agent. He got a part in a