--- title: 'Sopranos' and 'Goodfellas' Actor Frank Vincent Dies at 80 description: Frank Vincent, who acted in The Sopranos and Goodfellas, died at the age of 80 Wednesday canonical: https://time.com/4941134/sopranos-and-goodfellas-actor-frank-vincent-dies-at-80/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-14T12:14:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:25:37.592Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Sopranos' and 'Goodfellas' Actor Frank Vincent Dies at 80 og:description: Vincent had been acting since the '70s og:url: https://time.com/4941134/sopranos-and-goodfellas-actor-frank-vincent-dies-at-80/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b6e550578e61c39/6988ddbd7cdbac544bd5a016/gettyimages-107950007.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Genius On Hold Premiere og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Sopranos' and 'Goodfellas' Actor Frank Vincent Dies at 80 twitter:description: Vincent had been acting since the '70s twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b6e550578e61c39/6988ddbd7cdbac544bd5a016/gettyimages-107950007.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Sopranos' and 'Goodfellas' Actor Frank Vincent Dies at 80 by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Sep 14, 2017 12:14 PM UTC  Actor Frank Vincent attends the Genius On Hold premiere at Cinema Paradiso on January 8, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Actor Frank Vincent attends the Genius On Hold premiere at Cinema Paradiso on January 8, 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Gustavo Caballero—Getty by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Sep 14, 2017 12:14 PM UTC Frank Vincent, who acted in [_The Sopranos_](http://time.com/4843463/john-oliver-local-news-last-week-tonight/) and _Goodfellas,_ died at the age of 80. “Legendary actor and accomplished musician Frank Vincent has passed away peacefully at the age of 80 surrounded by his family on September 13, 2017\. We ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time,” Vincent’s family said in a [statement](http://ew.com/tv/2017/09/13/frank-vincent-dead-sopranos-goodfellas/), according to _Entertainment Weekly._ [According to NorthJersey.com, ](http://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2017/09/13/reports-actor-frank-vincent-nutley-dies/663751001/)Vincent lived in Nutley, N.J. Vincent, who began acting in the 1970s, continued working in roles in _Law and Order: SVU, Stargate: Atlantis_ and voice acting on the Adult Swim show _Mr. Pickles,_ since _The Sopranos_ ended in 2007\. He also published a book, _The Guy’s Guide to Being a Man’s Man,_ in 2006. Vincent got his first big role in _The Death Collector_ and went on to appear in Martin Scorsese’s _Raging Bull,_ making a name for himself as a skilled mafia movie actor over the years. Vincent often worked with [Joe Pesci](http://time.com/2906538/the-bizarre-fantastic-joe-pesci-link-between-jersey-boys-and-goodfellas/), along with [Robert Di Niro](http://time.com/4772520/robert-de-niro-on-trump-lifetime-award-speech/) and James Gandolfini. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4941134/sopranos-and-goodfellas-actor-frank-vincent-dies-at-80/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4941134/sopranos-and-goodfellas-actor-frank-vincent-dies-at-80/"},"headline":"'Sopranos' and 'Goodfellas' Actor Frank Vincent Dies at 80","datePublished":"2017-09-14T12:14:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:25:37.592Z","description":"Vincent had been acting since the 70s","url":"https://time.com/4941134/sopranos-and-goodfellas-actor-frank-vincent-dies-at-80/","keywords":["celebrities","remembrance","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b6e550578e61c39/6988ddbd7cdbac544bd5a016/gettyimages-107950007.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b6e550578e61c39/6988ddbd7cdbac544bd5a016/gettyimages-107950007.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Genius On Hold Premiere","caption":"Genius On Hold Premiere","creditText":"Gustavo Caballero—Getty","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4941134/sopranos-and-goodfellas-actor-frank-vincent-dies-at-80/","name":"'Sopranos' and 'Goodfellas' Actor Frank Vincent Dies at 80"}}]}] ```