Goodfellas cast: Where are they now?

Ray Liotta (Henry Hill)

Ray Liotta played real-life mobster Henry Hill, an associate of the Lucchese crime family. Hill starts the film off narrating, "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." Unfortunately, after decades of the gangster life, he gets arrested and strikes up a deal that puts him in the Witness Protection Program: "I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook."

After Goodfellas, Liotta starred in Unlawful Entry (1992), reunited with Robert De Niro in Cop Land (1997), portrayed Frank Sinatra in the TV movie The Rat Pack, and played Johnny Depp's father in Blow (2001). He also had a hodgepodge of appearances in Date Night (2010), Muppets Most Wanted (2014), an episode of The League, and a David Guetta music video.

Liotta led the History Channel miniseries Texas Rising, narrated the series The Making of the Mob: New York, and costarred with Jennifer Lopez on the NBC cop drama Shades of Blue for three seasons. Returning to the mobster movie genre, Liotta played twin Moltisanti brothers in The Many Saints of Newark, a 2021 prequel to The Sopranos.

He died at the age of 67 in May 2022 in the Dominican Republic where he was working on a film. His final TV project, the Apple TV+ series Black Bird, was released in July 2022. He also appears in the 2023 comedy-thriller Cocaine Bear.

Robert De Niro (Jimmy Conway)

Robert De Niro, then already a two-time Academy Award winner, played Jimmy Conway, based on real-life gangster Jimmy Burke. He masterminds the infamous Lufthansa theft, but, a few years later, gets arrested when Henry Hill becomes an FBI informant.

De Niro and director Martin Scorsese continued with their collaborations in Cape Fear (1991) and Casino (1995). After a history of Mob roles, De Niro ventured into comedy, most notably with the Meet the Parents films, Dirty Grandpa (2016), and a string of guest appearances on Saturday Night Live as Robert Mueller.

In 2019, the actor appeared in Joker, and teamed up with Joe Pesci and Al Pacino to lead Scorsese's The Irishman, both of which earned Best Picture nominations. He joins another Scorsese regular, Leonardo DiCaprio, for the director's 2023 film Killers of the Flower Moon, and will reunite with the writer of Goodfellas for Wise Guys—this time playing two crime bosses from feuding families.

Joe Pesci (Tommy DeVito)

Joe Pesci played the hot-headed and volatile mobster Tommy DeVito, who eventually gets whacked for killing a made man.

Pesci won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role, and later reunited with Scorsese and De Niro in Casino. Pesci also stepped out of the Mob drama world with his role as one of the burglars in the family comedy films Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).

In 1999, Pesci announced his retirement from acting, but returned for a cameo in the De Niro-directed film The Good Shepherd (2006) and later starred in Love Ranch in 2010 and The Irishman. He also costars on Pete Davidson's Peacock comedy series Bupkis as Davidson's grandfather.

Paul Sorvino (Paulie Cicero)

As boss Paulie Cicero, he once tells Henry, "I'm not going to get f---ed like Gribbs. He's 70 years old and the f---ing guy is going to die in prison. I don't need that." Unfortunately, Cicero ends up dying in prison at age 73.

After Goodfellas, Paul Sorvino starred on Law & Order for two seasons, portrayed Henry Kissinger in Nixon (1995), and was the Capulet patriarch in Baz Luhrmann's frenetic Romeo + Juliet (1996).

He had a string of roles in TV and film, ranging from a guest role on ABC's The Goldbergs as Pop Pop, to playing God in Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival (2016), to inhabiting real-life crime boss Frank Costello in a multi-season arc on Godfather of Harlem.

Sorvino died in July 2022 at age 83.

Lorraine Bracco (Karen Hill)

For her breakout role in Goodfellas, Lorraine Bracco played Karen Hill, the long-suffering wife of Henry Hill. After years of putting up with his criminal activity and infidelity, she joins him in the Witness Protection Program.

Bracco earned an Oscar nomination for her role and later became one of several Goodfellas actors to appear on The Sopranos. As psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the HBO hit, Bracco earned four Emmy nominations and three Golden Globe nominations.

She had a recurring role on Rizzoli & Isles as Rizzoli's mother, Angela, played Mayor Margaret Gutton in several episodes of Blue Bloods, and voiced Sofia the seagull in Disney's 2022 remake of Pinocchio, among other TV and film credits to her name. Outside of acting, Bracco is known as a foodie and has appeared as a guest judge on Top Chef and Throwdown! With Bobby Flay.

Frank Vincent (Billy Batts)

As Billy Batts, a made man in the Gambino crime family, Frank Vincent's screen time was cut short when he got killed after making fun of Tommy DeVito's shoeshine days.

After getting whacked by Pesci's character in Goodfellas, Vincent went on to play his sidekick in Scorsese's Casino. His most well-known role came in 2004 as Phil Leotardo, the boss of the Lupertazzi family on The Sopranos, who he played in 30 episodes over the course of seasons 5 and 6.

Vincent's final onscreen credit was for The Killer's Kiss in 2018, as he died in September 2017 at age 80.

Debi Mazar (Sandy)

Debi Mazar, then known mostly for her appearances as a dancer in Madonna's music videos, played one of Henry Hill's mistresses, Sandy. Hill uses her apartment to run his drug business.

Mazar had supporting TV roles on Entourage, That's Life, Living With Fran, and Good Vibes. She competed in the ninth season of Dancing With the Stars, but was eliminated during the third week.

Mazar and her husband also had their own cooking reality show from 2011 to 2015 called Extra Virgin, which aired on the Cooking Channel. For seven seasons, she played artist Maggie Amato on Younger. She costarred with Mike Myers in The Pentaverate, a Netflix miniseries about a Canadian journalist, in 2022.

Samuel L. Jackson (Stacks Edwards)

In one of his earlier roles, Samuel L. Jackson had a brief turn as Stacks Edwards. After forgetting to get rid of the truck used in the Lufthansa heist, Tommy shoots Stacks in the head from behind as he's putting on his shoes.

Jackson went on to play a number of iconic roles, including Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction (1994), Jedi Master Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequels, Lucius Best/Frozone in The Incredibles franchise, and Nick Fury in the MCU and TV spin-off series, Secret Invasion.

In addition to his Academy Award-nominated turn in Pulp Fiction, he starred in several films from writer-director Quentin Tarantino including Jackie Brown (1997), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015). With more than 200 acting credits to his name, Jackson received an honorary Oscar in 2022 for his lifetime achievement in the film industry.

Michael Imperioli (Spider)

Michael Imperioli had a brief but memorable appearance in Goodfellas as Spider, a young man working for the Luccheses who gets killed in one of Tommy DeVito's outbursts.

Imperioli is best known as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos, a role that earned him an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004—and one he reprised (via voice-over) in The Many Saints of Newark. He continued his TV roles with Life on Mars, Detroit 1-8-7, Californication, Mad Dogs, and Alex, Inc. In 2014, he won the Chopped "Tournament of Stars."

He returned to HBO for the second season of the Emmy-winning anthology series The White Lotus, playing Dominic, a Hollywood producer with a sex addiction.