Following the completion of a film shoot, an American actor passes away in his sleep.

Officials in the Dominican Republic reported that actor Ray Liotta, who appeared in the gangster classic "Goodfellas," died at the age of 67.

Liotta's agency confirmed the actor's death, claiming he died peacefully in his sleep under no unusual circumstances.

The actor was in the Dominican Republic filming "Dangerous Waters," a new film.

"We hear that he was accompanied by his (fiancee), and the (fiancee) requests that you respect her sadness," said a representative for the Dominican Republic's General Direction of Cinema.

In his hotel room bed, the actor was discovered dead. His body was transported to the forensic institute in Santo Domingo, the country's capital, by emergency personnel.

During the 40th annual Deauville American Film Festival, Ray Liotta stands for the photographers after unveiling his cabin sign as a monument to his career along the Promenade des Planches.

Ray Liotta was born in 1954 in Newark, New Jersey. According to reports in the United States, he was born in an orphanage and adopted at the age of six months.

He began his professional career as a performer in musicals at the University of Miami. He went on to work for three years in a soap opera after graduating.

Liotta made his cinematic debut in 1983, and in 1986, he starred alongside Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels in the film "Something Wild," which won him more notice and a Golden Globe award for best-supporting actor.

But it was in 1990 when he was cast with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci in one of director Martin Scorsese's classics, "Goodfellas," that he got his big break.

Liotta's death elicited a variety of reactions from Hollywood celebrities. Robert De Niro, who co-starred with him in "Goodfellas," expressed his sorrow at his passing.