LIFERemembering John Heard (1945-2017)Actor John Heard, seen here posing for a portrait at the Getty Images Portrait Studio during the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, has died at 72. Click forward for a look back at his career.Mark Mainz, Getty ImagesHeard was at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival to promote the film 'Steel City.'J. Vespa, WireImageThat year, he also starred in Steppenwolf Theatre's production of the Don DeLillo's play 'Love-Lies-Bleeding' in Chicago.Brian Kersey, APIn 2005, he starred opposite Lucy Lawless in the CBS TV movie 'Locusts.'CBSHeard played a sheriff in 2007's 'The Great Debaters,' about a debate team from a historically-black college that defeated Harvard. Here, he attends the film's Los premiere that December.Paul Buck, European Pressphoto AgencyHeard appeared in a pair of John Grisham projects: 1993's 'The Pelican Brief' and the 1995 TV adaptation of 'The Client.' He played district attorney Roy Foltrigg (seen here).John Seakwood, CBSHeard, right, starred opposite Griffin Dunne in 2004's 'After Hours.'Warner Home VideoIn 1999, Heard received an Emmy nomination for his work as sleazy detective and mob informant Vin Makazian in the first season of HBO's 'The Sopranos.'HBOHeard worked with Christine Lahti in the 2002 CBS TV movie 'The Pilot's Wife.'Ben Mark Holzberg, CBSHeard, center, who played the rival of Tom Hanks' character in 1988's 'Big,' makes up for not having been in the famous piano scene during a 2013 screening of the movie in Los Angeles.Valerie Macon, Getty ImagesJohn Heard played a minister in 2005's 'Sweet Land.'Libero