
Many fans still consider it a major oversight that James Liotta wasn’t nominated for an Oscar for his role in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas, a film that received six nominations, including two for his co-stars, Joe Pesci and Lorraine Bracco. Years later, Liotta starred in another gritty crime film where he played an even more imposing character than his Goodfellas role. Ironically, this character, also named Henry, was meant to be a ‘good guy,’ but Liotta’s intense performance made him seem truly frightening. That raw energy is what continues to make the film so powerful, even 23 years after it came out.