Person

Joe Pesci

Acting · Born 1943-02-09 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

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.

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  Late Show with David Letterman

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  Saturday Night Live

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  The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

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  Late Night with David Letterman

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  GoodFellas

  Tommy DeVito

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  Tales from the Crypt

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  The Oscars

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  Once Upon a Time in America

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• The Reichen Show

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  Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

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• 2024Day of the FightMike's Father
• 2023Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film ClubJoey LaMotta (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2023BupkisJoe Larocca
• 2022Nothing ComparesSelf (archive footage)
• 2020Making 'The Irishman'Self
• 2020GoodFellas: Behind Closed DoorsSelf (Archive Footage)
• 2020The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The IrishmanSelf
• 2019The Movies That Made UsSelf
• 2019The Irishman: In ConversationSelf
• 2019The IrishmanRussell Bufalino
• 2016I Go Back Home - Jimmy ScottSelf
• 2014Inside Rupert PupkinSelf (archive footage)
• 2013Behind the GateSelf
• 2012Rising Above the Blues: The Story of Jimmy ScottSelf
• 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
• 2010Love RanchCharlie Bontempo
• 2007Making CasinoSelf
• 2006The Good ShepherdJoseph Palmi
• 2005The Reichen ShowSelf - Guest
• 2005Raging Bull: Outside the RingSelf
• 2005Raging Bull: After the FightSelf
• 2005Raging Bull: Before the FightSelf
• 2005Raging Bull: Inside the RingSelf
• 2004Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'Self
• 1999Home Alone - Making of & Behind the ScenesHarry
• 1999Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in MasculinitySelf
• 1999The DirectorsSelf
• 1998Lethal Weapon 4Leo Getz
• 1997Gone Fishin'Joe Waters
• 19978 Heads in a Duffel BagTommy
• 1995CasinoNicky Santoro
• 1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Ronald Grump
• 1994With HonorsSimon Wilder
• 1994Jimmy HollywoodJimmy Alto
• 1993A Bronx TaleCarmine
• 1993The Pink Panther
• 1993The John Larroquette ShowJoe Pesci
• 1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest
• 1993Andrew Dice Clay and His Gang Live! The Valentine's Day MassacreSelf
• 1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkHarry
• 1992The Public EyeLeon Bernstein
• 1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf - Guest
• 1992Lethal Weapon 3Leo Getz
• 1992My Cousin VinnyVincent 'Vinny' Gambini
• 1991JFKDavid Ferrie
• 1991The SuperLouie Kritski
• 1990Home AloneHarry
• 1990GoodFellasTommy DeVito
• 1990Betsy's WeddingOscar Henner
• 1990Martin Scorsese DirectsSelf
• 1990CatchfireLeo Carelli (uncredited)
• 1989Lethal Weapon 2Leo Getz
• 1989Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video DiarySelf
• 1989Tales from the CryptVic / Jack
• 1989The Making of MoonwalkerSelf
• 1988MoonwalkerMr. Big
• 1988The Legendary Life of Ernest HemingwayJohn Dos Passos
• 1987Man on FireDavid
• 1985Half NelsonRocky Nelson
• 1985Half NelsonRocky Nelson
• 1984All for the Moral Majority!Corrado Parisi
• 1984Once Upon a Time in AmericaFrankie
• 1983Easy MoneyNicky Cerone
• 1983EurekaMayakofsky
• 1982Dear Mr. WonderfulRuby Dennis
• 1982I'm Dancing as Fast as I CanRoger
• 1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest
• 1980Raging BullJoey LaMotta
• 1977Short EyesOther Inmate (uncredited)
• 1976Family EnforcerJoe
• 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
• 1961Hey, Let's Twist!Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)
• 1953The OscarsSelf