Ray Liotta, an actor best known for his menacing, tough-guy roles in Something Wild and the mob drama Goodfellas, has died aged 67.
Liotta worked on daytime soap operas and other television dramas before he had his breakout role as an ex-convict in Something Wild (1986), directed by Jonathan Demme. Critic Roger Ebert called him “mesmerising as the evil husband with vengeance on his mind”. Liotta’s role became a template for the kind of volatile, charismatic character that would define his career.
