The actor died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, his publicist confirms.
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Goodfellas actor Ray Liotta has died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic at the age of 67.
The US star had been on location filming the movie Dangerous Waters, his publicist Jennifer Allen said.
He was most well-known for playing mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 gangster film Goodfellas and also appeared in Field of Dreams.
Liotta got his big break playing ex-convict Ray Sinclair in 1986 black comedy Something Wild.
He got a Golden Globe nomination for that role and went on to star in the 1988 film Dominick and Eugene, about the strained relationship between twins with very different characters.
Batman regret
By the 90s he was starring in Unlawful Entry, Cop Land and Corrina, Corrina with Whoopi Goldberg.
He said in 2016 that he regretted turning down the chance to audition for Tim Burton’s Batman film.
“When I did my first movie, Tim Burton was getting ready to do Batman and he was interested in me because he wanted it to be edgy and real.
“I thought, ‘Batman? That’s a stupid idea’, even though he had just done one of my favourite movies of all time, Beetlejuice. So yes, I regret not auditioning for that’.”