Intense is the word for Ray Liotta. He specializes in psychopathic characters who hide behind a cultivated charm. Even in his nice guy roles in Field of Dreams and Operation Dumbo Drop, you get the impression that something is smoldering inside of him. Liotta maintains a steady stream of work, completing multiple projects per year.


No Escape (1994): $1,500,000

During his time on "Another World" (1964), he dated co-stars Vicky Dawson and Susan Keith. One of the roles he played while at the University of Miami was as one of the Von Trapp children (Kurt) in the 1974 production of "The Sound of Music." Also appearing in that production was Gail Edwards. Adopted when 6 months old. Worked in a cemetery while he was at college. In Blow (2001), Liotta plays father to George Jung (Johnny Depp), who reportedly was responsible for 85% of all cocaine distributed in the US in the late 1970s/early '80s. Therefore, there is an 85% chance that Liotta's son in Blow (2001) is distributing cocaine to Liotta, playing Henry Hill in Goodfellas (1990). Played baseball player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams (1989). Ex-wife, Michelle Grace is also the ex-wife of baseball player Mark Grace. In contrast to his intense, often evil characters, he is by all accounts a nice, well-adjusted family-man off screen. Director Antoine Fuqua wanted to cast Liotta in American Gangster (2007) before the film was put on hold and Fuqua was replaced. In an interview with Smoke Magazine, Liotta said he is "mostly Scottish with a bit of Italian". But in 2006, he tracked down his biological mother and learned that his biological father was not Italian at all. Was Tim Burton's first choice to play Harvey Dent in Batman (1989), but turned it down to do Goodfellas (1990) instead. Claims that he only did Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) for the money. Dated 'Heidi von Beltz' (who had been paralyzed in a stunt crash) for a year.