Ray Sharkey
Highest Rated: 89% The Idolmaker (1980)
Lowest Rated: 4% Wired (1989)
Birthday: Nov 14, 1952
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Lead and character player who began his career on TV in the 1970s and achieved his movie breakthrough in "The Idolmaker" (1982), Taylor Hackford's stinging look at exploitation in the music business. Sharkey has appeared in several Paul Mazursky films, notably as Phil D'Amico in the engaging "Willie and Phil" (1980). He excelled in tough, urban roles and is known for his role as mob boss Sonny Steelgrave in the popular TV series, "Wiseguy."
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14% | 34% | Cop and a Half | Vinnie Fountain (Character) | $30.1M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Round Trip to Heaven | Stoneface (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 75% | 69% | Zebrahead | Richard (Character) | $1.1M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel Oklahoma | Warden Hayes (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chrome Soldiers | Gabe Ricci (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Line of Duty: Street War | Det. Victor Tomasino (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 8% | Dead On: Relentless II | Kyle Valsone (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Cops, Bad Cops | Capt. Gerry Clemente (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rain Killer | Capra (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Take | Dennis (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Revenge of Al Capone | Scarface (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Act of Piracy | Jack Wilcox (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Neon Empire | Junior Molov (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 78% | 60% | Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | Frank (Character) | $1.9M | 1989 |
| 4% | 16% | Wired | Angel Velasquez (Character) | $681.1K | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | P.I. Private Investigations | Ryan (Character) | $21.3K | 1987 |
| 31% | 41% | Wise Guys | Marco (Character) | $7.0M | 1986 |
| 31% | 28% | No Mercy | Angles Ryan (Character) | $11.3M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Hellhole | Silk (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Behind Enemy Lines | Unknown (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Body Rock | Terrence (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Regina | Unknown (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love and Money | Byron Levin (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 50% | 31% | Some Kind of Hero | Sgt. Vinnie DiAngelo (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ordeal of Bill Carney | Bill Carney (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 20% | 33% | Heart Beat | Ira (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 89% | 85% | The Idolmaker | Vinnie Vacarri (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Willie and Phil | Phil D'Amico (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 77% | 65% | Who'll Stop the Rain? | Smitty (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Who Is Killing the Stuntmen? | Paul Salerno (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trackdown | Flash (Character) | - | 1976 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | The Father (Character) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitchhiker | Unknown (Character) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wiseguy | Sonny Steelgrave (Guest Star) | 1987 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | The Equalizer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| 71% | 91% | Miami Vice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Benny Lester (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jeffersons | Robert Phelps (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Barney Miller | David Salas (Guest Star) | 1975 |