Beloved actor Bruce MacVittie, greatest identified for his roles in “The Sopranos” and “Intercourse and the Metropolis,” has died. He was 65.
MacVittie died in a Manhattan hospital on Saturday, his spouse, Carol Ochs, confirmed to the New York Times on Thursday.
No reason for demise was disclosed.
MacVittie grew to become well known for his position as Danny Scalercio on “The Sopranos,” in addition to his recurring visitor appearances on “Legislation & Order” and “As The World Turns.”
His profession kickstarted on broadway, working as Al Pacino’s understudy within the 1983 manufacturing “American Buffalo.” He later took over the lead position.
MacVittie’s spectacular credit span throughout many well-known exhibits, together with visitor roles in “Miami Vice,” “Intercourse and the Metropolis,” “Oz,” “Blue Bloods,” “Chicago Med,” and “The Deuce.”
The actor, who hailed from Windfall, RI, additionally dabbled in movies, showing in “Stonewall,” “Hannibal,” and “Brooklyn’s Most interesting.”
Considered one of his last roles was starring as Detective Hartigan within the Emmy Award-winning Netflix restricted sequence, “When They See Us.”
Tributes poured in after information of MacVittie’s demise got here to gentle.
“I liked Bruce MacVittie,” Pacino, 82, informed the New York Times. “His performances have been at all times glistening and crackling; a coronary heart and a pleasure to observe. He was the embodiment of the struggling actor in New York Metropolis, and he made it work. We’ll miss him.”
“Intercourse and the Metropolis” and “And Simply Like That” star Evan Handler, who performs Charlotte York’s husband Harry Goldenblatt within the hit HBO exhibits, paid tribute to his former co-star.
“I met Bruce MacVittie greater than forty years in the past. We labored and performed collectively repeatedly, as actors, and as pals, all through the following many years,” he wrote in a tweet.
In a follow-up tweet, Handler remembered how MacVittie was by his facet throughout his “life-threatening sickness” within the ’80s.
“The unflinching presence he granted anybody in want, irrespective of how dire or terrifying their circumstances,” he wrote. “Please let your mates know you like them, and allow them to know you’re as obtainable as Bruce at all times was.”
“Legislation & Order” franchise producer, Warren Leight, paid tribute to the late actor on Twitter.
“We’ve labored collectively usually. He was a stupendous, trustworthy actor and man. The actual deal,” he wrote.
Bruce is survived by his spouse, and their daughter Sophia Oliva Ochs MacVittie.
