Joe Pesci
Academy Award-winning American actor, comedian, and musician celebrated for his unforgettable portrayals of volatile mobsters and sharp-edged comic characters across decades of iconic films.
Joe Pesci - Personal Information
- Name: Joe Pesci
- Date of Birth: February 9, 1943
- Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Executive Producer
Biography
Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci (born February 9, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, singer and musician. He is known for his roles as violent mobsters, funnymen, comic foils and quirky sidekicks.
Pesci has starred in a number of high profile films such as Goodfellas, Casino, Raging Bull, Once Upon a Time in America, My Cousin Vinny, Easy Money, JFK, Moonwalker, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Lethal Weapon films.
In 1990, Pesci won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychopathic mobster Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas, ten years after receiving a nomination in the same category for Raging Bull.
Selected Filmography
A look at Joe Pesci's most recent screen appearances across film and television.
- Day of the Fight (2024) as Mike's Father
- Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master (2024) as Self
- Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club (2023) as Joey LaMotta (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Bupkis (TV - 2023) as Joe Larocca
- Nothing Compares (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Making 'The Irishman' (2020) as Self
- GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors (2020) as Self (Archive Footage)
- The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman (2020) as Self
- The Movies That Made Us (TV - 2019) as Self
- The Irishman: In Conversation (2019) as Self
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