Actor Ray Liotta, who starred in Martin Scorsese's gangster classic Goodfellas has died aged 67, his representative has confirmed to the PA news agency.
Jennifer Allen, from Viewpoint, said the actor had died in his sleep and had been filming the movie, Dangerous Waters, in the Dominican Republic.
Liotta's fiancée Jacy Nittolo was on location at the time of his death, Allen said.
Despite success earlier in his career, Liotta's breakout role came in 1990 when he was cast as real-life mobster Henry Hill in Scorsese's crime masterpiece.
He worked alongside Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci in what is widely considered one of the greatest films of the 20th century, with scenes that continue to be referenced as cultural touchstones.
Goodfellas won one Oscar, and was nominated for five others.
A year before, Liotta had played baseball star Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams, playing opposite Kevin Costner in a widely revered sports movie.
More recently he starred in Steven Soderbergh's heist thriller No Sudden Move with Benicio Del Toro, Don Cheadle, David Harbour, and Julia Fox.
Liotta found fame playing Ray Sinclair in 1986 film Something Wild, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination.
In recent years Liotta appeared in The Many Saints Of Newark and starred alongside Taron Egerton in the Apple TV series Black Bird.
Liotta leaves behind his daughter Karsen and his fiancee Jacy Nittolo.
Source: PA, AFP
