The Everybody Loves Raymond actor is doing the finest work of his career.
When a TV show manages to stay on the air long enough to make its stars rich, the post-cancellation careers of the cast are always fascinating: We get to see what kind of work the actors would do if money were no object, because, well, it isn’t. Maybe they buy the old RKO lot and start their own studio. Maybe they produce, co-write, and star in an animated movie about bees. Or maybe they do what Ray Romano is doing, and quietly become one of the country’s great character actors. Romano has been making interesting choices since Everybody Loves Raymond ended back in 2005, but for the past five years he’s been on an incredible run, turning out one career-best performance after another in roles ranging from a smooth-talking mob lawyer in 2019’s The Irishman to a barely talking misfit in that same year’s Paddleton. Here’s Slate’s guide to the great art of the Ray Romanoissance.
Welcome to the Romanoissance
