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Whoaa, way to let yourself go :|
Ray Liotta is best known for his portrayal of American mobster Henry Hill in the 1990 hit movie Goodfellas.
He's famed for his intense demeanour and fondness for dark and edgy roles, starring in many smash hit movies over his career.
But the 55-year-old looked a far cry from his former Hollywood heartthrob days when he was pictured on the beach in Maui, Hawaii yesterday.
Splashing around: Ray Liotta has really packed on the pounds.
He showed off his fuller form whilst enjoying a family vacation
in Maui, Hawaii yesterday
Heavyweight: Liotta is a far cry from his former Hollywood
heartthrob days when he starred in such movies as
Goodfellas and Fields Of Dreams
The actor showed off a tubby and un-toned torso as he paddled in the surf, clad in a pair of brightly patterned shorts.
Liotta is currently in Hawaii on a family vacation with his 11-year-old daughter Karson.
He amicably split from her mother, actress Michelle Grace in 2004 after seven years of marriage.
The couple, who met at her ex-husband's baseball game, co-starred in The Rat Pack together, Liotta played Frank Sinatra and Grace played Judith Campbell Exner.
They married in a Buddhist temple in Thailand, with nine monks chanting and wrapping them in ribbons.
As the marriage was not recognised under US law though, they then tied the knot again, this time in Vegas, with Grace being given away by an Elvis impersonator.
Leading man: Just four years ago when Liotta
starred in Wild Hogs he still looked fit and toned
with smouldering good looks
The birth of his daughter in 1998 spurred Liotta on to track down his own birth parents - he had been adopted when he was six months old.
Liotta says he was 'vaguely disappointed' by the experience but that he still speaks to his birth mother occasionally.
Despite often playing the tough guy on-screen, in real life Liotta is a devoted dad to his only daughter.
He says: 'My whole life is about her. Being a dad. She'll come up and visit me on set. I don't like to go too long without seeing her. Maybe a couple of weeks.
'I just had a period of four months at home because I decided not to do a movie so I could spend more time with her. It was all about taking her to dance classes, playing with her.'
But when it comes to romantic relationships Liotta takes a thoroughly philosophical stand.
'I had a relationship after I got divorced and it didn't feel as equal as I would have liked,' he says.
'I was more vulnerable based on the experience I'd just been through. Everybody brings the dynamics of the previous relationships they were in.
'It's been a few years now ... Dating, I haven't really gotten into that at all. I've only had one or two dates in the past couple of years. It's either going to happen, or not. I'm hoping that it is.'
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