Ray Liotta, star of 'Goodfellas', dies aged 67

The US actor passes away in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting his new film

A representative for Liotta told 'The Hollywood Reporter' and NBC News that he died in his sleep Wednesday night in the Dominican Republic, where he was filming a new movie. AFP

Ray Liotta, during the 2018 NBCUniversal Summer Press Day in Universal City, California. AP

Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in 'Goodfellas' and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in 'Field of Dreams'. has died. He was 67. AP

Liotta jokes with photographers before the screening of his film 'Cop Land '. AFP

Liotta and Jennifer Lopez in Pasadena, California. AFP

Ray Liotta at the Newport Beach Film Festival 2021 Festival Honors at Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach, California. AP

Liotta with Joey Coco Diaz, Corey Stoll, Samson Moeakiola and Billy Magnussen in 'The Many Saints of Newark'. Warner Bros Pictures / AP

Diaz, Liotta and John Borras in 'The Many Saints of Newark'. Warner Bros Pictures / AP

Liotta and Jacy Nittolo arrive for the Tribeca Fall Preview of 'The Many Saints of Newark' at Beacon Theatre in New York City, New York. AFP

Liotta, Martin Scorsese and Paul Sorvino during the 'Goodfellas' premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1990. Getty Images

Liotta played cops as often as he played gangsters. Getty Images

Liotta as Henry Hill in 'Goodfellas' with Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro. Photo: Warner Bros Pictures

Liotta, Pesci and De Niro in 'Goodfellas'. Photo: Shutterstock

Liotta with Emirates flight attendants. Photo: Emirates

Liotta with De Niro, Paul Sorvino, 'Goodfellas' director Martin Scorsese, and Joe Pesci. Photo: Warner Bros Pictures

Goodfellas actor Ray Liotta has died at the age of 67, according to US media.

Liotta died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting his new film, Dangerous Waters, Deadline reported on Thursday.

Liotta found fame playing Ray Sinclair in 1986 film Something Wild, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He then played Shoeless Joe Jackson in the 1989 film Field Of Dreams.

Liotta is best known for his portrayal of real-life mobster Henry Hill in Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese. He went on to star in Cop Land, Corrina Corrina, and Operation Dumbo Drop, to name a few.

“It’s nice that the movie still lives on in people’s minds,” Liotta told the Daily News of Goodfellas in 2020, the 30th anniversary of the mob classic. “It seems like it’s one that’s going to keep on going.”

More recently, Liotta appeared as a divorce lawyer in the award-winning 2019 Netflix movie Marriage Story and the Sopranos prequel series Many Saints of Newark.

Due out next year is the Elizabeth Banks-directed film Cocaine Bear, inspired by the true story of an American black bear that ingested a duffel bag full of cocaine in 1985. Liotta's co-stars include Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Alden Ehrenreich, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Margo Martindale.

Liotta is survived by his daughter Karsen and his fiancee Jacy Nittolo. There has not yet been any news on the cause of his death.

Agencies contributed to this report