Sorvino starred in the 2000 CBS Drama "That's Life," opposite Ellen Burstyn. In 2001, he completed the film PLAN B with Diane Keaton, and the film PERFUME with Jeff Goldblum, Omar Epps, Rita Wilson and Peter Gallagher.

Paul Sorvino made his directorial debut with "That Championship Season," for Showtime. Along with directing, he also starred and wrote some of the musical score for the film. He has appeared in more than 80 films including WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO AND JULIET, NIXON, THE FIRM, GOODFELLAS, DICK TRACY, THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON, REDS, SLOW DANCING IN THE BIG CITY, OH GOD, THE BRINKS JOB, MONEY TALKS and BULWORTH.

On television, Sorvino was recently seen in the CBS TV movie "Mafia Doctor." He also starred in the award- winning NBC series "Law and Order" as well as three other series; "The Oldest Rookie," "We'll Get By," and "Bert D' Angelo, Superstar." He starred in such telefilms as "Dummy," the Peabody award-winning drama, "Tell Laura I Love Her," which aired on ABC; "Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives" and "Don't Touch My Daughter" both for NBC, as well as the NBC mini-series "Chiefs" and the ABC movie-of-the-week "It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy."

Sorvino has also appeared in many theater productions. He starred in the Broadway production of That Championship Season, which earned him a 1973 Tony Award nomination and NY Drama Critics Award for Best Actor. He also appeared in the Broadway production of An American Millionaire and directed the Broadway play Wheelbarrow Closers. Off-Broadway, he directed, produced and starred in Marlon Brando Sat Right Here. He also starred in the Stephen Schwartz musical The Baker's Wife. He was founder and artistic director of the American Stage Company at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

An accomplished tenor, Sorvino sang the role of Alfred in Die Fledermaus with the Seattle Opera Company and created a public television special, "Paul Sorvino: An Evening of Song" with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Sorvino has had the honor of performing at New York's Metropolitan Opera House and has recorded three CD's, the most recent entitled "Paul Sorvino Sings."

He is the founder of the Sorvino Children's Asthma Foundation, and regularly does operatic concerts on behalf of his organization. Sorvino is also the author of How to Become a Former Asthmatic, published by William Morrow.

In his spare time, Sorvino paints, sculpts, plays the piano, writes music and poetry, plays tennis and pocket billiards, and is the father of three grown children.

He divides his time between Los Angeles and New York.