Paul Sorvino’s roles ran from political ideologue to comic-strip mobster and everything in-between

Paul Sorvino was known for his tough-guy roles, whether playing a grizzled cop or a hardened mafioso. He portrayed everything from a comic-strip mobster in “Dick Tracy” to an ideologue in “Reds,” to a detective, to an international political figure. He was also a trained operatic tenor.

Here are some of his most memorable roles:

— “Goodfellas”: Sorvino was perhaps best known as Paulie Cicero, a ruthless mobster in the 1990 classic crime drama directed by Martin Scorsese.