Name
Joe Pesci
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1943-02-09 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Joseph Frank “Joe” Pesci (born February 9, 1943) is an American retired 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.
Known For
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A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over ...
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With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must co...
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Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driv...
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Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to eng...
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The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the r...
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Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest...
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Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistake...
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Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones ...
- 1984 Once Upon a Time in America as Frankie
- 1998 Lethal Weapon 4 as Leo Getz
- 1989 Lethal Weapon 2 as Leo Getz
- 1992 Lethal Weapon 3 as Leo Getz
- 1995 Casino as Nicky Santoro
- 2006 The Good Shepherd as Joseph Palmi
- 1980 Raging Bull as Joey LaMotta
- 1993 A Bronx Tale as Carmine
- 1990 GoodFellas as Tommy DeVito
- 1990 Home Alone as Harry
- 1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Harry
- 1991 JFK as David Ferrie
- 1992 My Cousin Vinny as Vinny Gambini
- 2005 Raging Bull: After the Fight as Self
- 2005 Raging Bull: Outside the Ring as Self
- 1994 Jimmy Hollywood as Jimmy Alto
- 1992 The Public Eye as Leon Bernstein
- 1997 Gone Fishin' as Joe Waters
- 1988 Moonwalker as Mr. Big
- 2024 Day of the Fight as Mike's Father
- 1997 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag as Tommy
- 1983 Eureka as Mayakofsky
- 1976 Family Enforcer as Joe
- 1994 With Honors as Simon Wilder
- 2005 Raging Bull: Before the Fight as Self
- 2010 Love Ranch as Charlie Bontempo
- 1984 All for the Moral Majority! as Corrado Parisi
- 1983 Easy Money as Nicky Cerone
- 1987 Man on Fire as David
- 1990 Betsy's Wedding as Oscar Henner
- 1991 The Super as Louie Kritski
- 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can as Roger
- 1961 Hey, Let's Twist! as Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)
- 2005 Raging Bull: Inside the Ring as Self
- 1982 Dear Mr. Wonderful as Ruby Dennis
- 1988 The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway as John Dos Passos
- 1985 Half Nelson as Rocky Nelson
- 2014 Inside Rupert Pupkin as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 Making 'The Irishman' as Self
- 2016 I Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott as Self
- 2004 Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' as Self
- 2007 Making Casino as Self
- 2019 The Irishman as Russell Bufalino
- 1990 Catchfire as Leo Carelli (uncredited)
- 1977 Short Eyes as Other Inmate (uncredited)
- 1990 Martin Scorsese Directs as Self
- 2012 Rising Above the Blues: The Story of Jimmy Scott as Self
- 2019 The Irishman: In Conversation as Self
- 2020 The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman as Self
- 2013 Behind the Gate as Self
- 1994 Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Ronald Grump
- 1989 The Making of Moonwalker as Self
- 2020 GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors as Self (Archive Footage)
- 1993 Andrew Dice Clay and His Gang Live! The Valentine's Day Massacre as Self
- 2022 Nothing Compares as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity as Self
- 2023 Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club as Joey LaMotta (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1999 Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes as Harry
- 1989 Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary as Self
- 2026 As Far Back As I Can Remember... The Story of Goodfellas as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 The Pink Panther ( 60 episodes )
- 1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1985 Half Nelson ( 8 episodes ) as Rocky Nelson
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Vic / Jack
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1999 The Directors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 The Reichen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2023 Bupkis ( 8 episodes ) as Joe Larocca
- 1993 The John Larroquette Show ( 1 episode ) as Joe Pesci
- 2019 The Movies That Made Us ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 Late Night with David Letterman ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self (uncredited)
