# Goodfellas actor ID **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** actor-characters\ **Created:** [November 4, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319 "2022-11-04T02:28:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319/1 "2022-11-04T02:28:13Z")
This guy is instantly recognisable, but I can’t think of his name. He’s in Goodfellas. He has close-cropped curly, dark hair. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319/2 "2022-11-04T02:30:19Z")
Are you talking about Joe Pesci? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319/3 "2022-11-04T02:31:28Z")
Ray Liotta? ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319/4 "2022-11-04T02:31:49Z")
When I think of a guy in Goodfellas who specifically has curly dark hair, I think of Frankie Carbone. (God, I’ve probably seen that movie 300 times.) Portrayed by Frank Sivero. Is that who you’re thinking of? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319/5 "2022-11-04T02:33:35Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > Frankie Carbone That’s him! Frank Sivero. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319/6 "2022-11-04T02:33:52Z")
I guessing it’s Frank Sivero, inspiration for the Simpsons’ Frankie. > **[Simpsons lawsuit by Goodfellas actor Frank Sivero dismissed](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/simpsons-frank-sivero-goodfellas-louis-fat-tony-lawsuit-a8209616.html)** > > The actor initially sued Fox in 2014 ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319/7 "2022-11-04T02:36:36Z")
His hair is so curly I’m inclined to think it’s permed. I know what they say about Sicilians and their genes, but that is a straight up Afro. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319/8 "2022-11-04T02:37:26Z")
I have Italian-descended friends whose hair is naturally that curly. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319/9 "2022-11-04T02:43:47Z")
I guess it’s possible in real life, but looking at pictures of Frank Sivero other than from Goodfellas, I’m guessing he either wore a wig or had his hair treated for that role. [![](https://images.mubicdn.net/images/cast_member/49486/cache-200091-1486968994/image-w856.jpg?size=384x) ](https://images.mubicdn.net/images/cast_member/49486/cache-200091-1486968994/image-w856.jpg?size=384x) ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319/10 "2022-11-04T02:49:13Z")
Answered? I was gonna guess Samuel L. Jackson! 😜 ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319/11 "2022-11-04T02:53:36Z")
Or maybe the cold air from the meat truck had an effect. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-actor-id/974319/12 "2022-11-04T03:30:03Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > guess it’s possible in real life, but looking at pictures of Frank Sivero other than from Goodfellas, I’m guessing he either wore a wig or had his hair treated for that role. It looks like he is wearing a hairpiece in _this_ picture. Whatever his hair was really like in the early 1990s, I think he has lost it now.