American actor Ray Liotta, the star of the mafia film “Freedmen”, has died at the age 67, according to several American media reports.

He died in his sleep, according to the TMZ site. This is a source that Ray Liotta knew.

Deadline reported that the actor died while filming in Dominican Republic.

Ray Liotta is best known for his role in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 film Goodfellas as a mobster. He starred alongside Joe Pesci and Robert de Niro. This feature film was inspired by a true story and featured Henry Hill, a gangster who will try to make his mark in the New York mafia. American audiences were also familiar with Ray Liotta’s role in “The Dream’s End”, a 1989 baseball movie.

In 1986, he made his first screen debut with “Dangerous” and was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actor.