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Trivia
Birth name: Raymond Julian Vicimarli
Date of birth: 18 December 1954
Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Nickname: Ray
Height: 6' (1.83 m)
Spouse: Michelle Grace (15 February 1997 - 2004) (divorced) 1 child.
During his time on "Another World" (1964), he dated co-stars
Vicky Dawson and Susan Keith.
Last name is pronounced Lee-oh-ta.
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.
Attended Union High School in Union, New Jersey. Was inducted into the
school's Hall of Fame during the 1992-1993 school year.
Adopted when 6 months old.
Best friend: Josh Taylor ("Days of Our Lives" (1966) ,
"The Hogan Family" (1988)).
Dated Heidi von Beltz (who had been paralyzed in a stunt crash) for a
year.
Worked in a cemetery while he was at college.
Father of Karsen Liotta
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 70s/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).
British rock band Linoleum recorded a song called 'Ray Liotta' (on their
1997 album 'Dissent').
Played baseball player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson in Field of
Dreams (1989). Wife, Michelle Grace is the ex-wife of baseball player
Mark Grace.
He gained about 20 pounds and wore small lifts to appear even more
imposing and bear-like while playing Henry Oak in Narc (2002).
In contrast to his intense, often evil characters, he is by all accounts
a nice, well-adjusted family-man off screen.
Is an avid supporter of English Premiership football team Tottenham
Hotspur and has been in the crowd for a few matches at White Hart Lane,
sometimes giving me pre-match interviews on the touchline.
Director Antoine Fuqua wanted to cast Liotta in his crime epic Tru Blu
with Denzel
Washington and Benicio Del Toro, of which the project is now
defunct.
Has appeared in a film for Jonathan Demme (Something Wild), and his
nephew Ted (Blow). He also appeared in Hannibal, the sequel to Demme's
film The Silence of the Lambs. So while he has appeared in a Demme film
and a Lecter film, he has never done both at the same time.
According to an interview with Smoke Magazine, he is "mostly
Scottish with a bit of Italian".
Has the same birthday as Brad
Pitt, Katie
Holmes, Casper Van Dien and 'Steven Speilberg' .
When he was 6 months old, he was adopted from a Newark, New Jersey,
orphanage by Alfred and Mary Liotta, the owners of a chain of
automotive-supply stores. One of his earliest memories is of helping his
parents pick out Linda, his sister, at an orphanage when he was 3 years
old.
Was Tim Burton's first choice to play Harvey Dent in Batman (1989), but
turned it down to do Goodfellas (1990) instead. |
