Joe Pesci

Joe Pesci

Birthday: 1943-02-09

Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA

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.

Movies

Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in America

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty yea...

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Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 2

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in cri...

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Lethal Weapon 3
Lethal Weapon 3

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies t...

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Lethal Weapon 4
Lethal Weapon 4

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chines...

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Casino
Casino

In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empi...

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The Good Shepherd
The Good Shepherd

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society wh...

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Raging Bull
Raging Bull

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destro...

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A Bronx Tale
A Bronx Tale

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-...

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GoodFellas
GoodFellas

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourho...

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Home Alone
Home Alone

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves...

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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel ...

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JFK
JFK

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans dis...

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My Cousin Vinny
My Cousin Vinny

Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mis...

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Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring

The third part about the production of "Raging Bull."...

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Raging Bull: After the Fight
Raging Bull: After the Fight

The fourth and final installment about the production of "Raging Bull."...

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Jimmy Hollywood
Jimmy Hollywood

Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crim...

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The Public Eye
The Public Eye

A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy....

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Gone Fishin'
Gone Fishin'

Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip....

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Moonwalker
Moonwalker

This fantastical movie inspired by the music of Michael Jackson features imaginative interpretations...

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Day of the Fight
Day of the Fight

On the day of his first fight since his release from prison, a once-renowned boxer embarks on a rede...

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8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

Mafia hitman Tommy Spinelli is flying to San Diego with a bag that holds eight severed heads, which ...

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Eureka
Eureka

After striking it rich on a large gold strike, a prospector retires to the quiet life on a Caribbean...

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Family Enforcer
Family Enforcer

A kid from the neighborhood goes to work for the Mafia as a collector....

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With Honors
With Honors

Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his...

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Raging Bull: Before the Fight
Raging Bull: Before the Fight

The first part of a four-part documentary about the production of "Raging Bull." Collectively Called...

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Love Ranch
Love Ranch

Story of a couple that starts the first legal brothel in Nevada and a boxer they own a piece of....

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All for the Moral Majority!
All for the Moral Majority!

The incorruptible judge Annibale Salvemini, starts investigating over a classic Italian business/pol...

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Easy Money
Easy Money

To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhea...

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Man on Fire
Man on Fire

Creasy, a traumatized ex-CIA agent, gets a job as a bodyguard for Samantha, the twelve-year-old daug...

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Betsy's Wedding
Betsy's Wedding

Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell jus...

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The Super
The Super

Louie Kritski is a heartless landlord who has been so negligent in keeping up his ghetto apartment t...

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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, a...

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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium....

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Hey, Let's Twist!
Hey, Let's Twist!

Film about the creation of New York's famous Peppermint Lounge, where the Twist became a dance craze...

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Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring

The second part about the production of "Raging Bull."...

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Dear Mr. Wonderful
Dear Mr. Wonderful

Ruby Dennis is an middle-aged man with an unfulfilled ambition as a singer. As he begins to pursue t...

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The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

Larger-than-life American author Ernest Hemingway is the subject of this biopic that chronicles the ...

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Half Nelson
Half Nelson

Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to...

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Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain

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Inside Rupert Pupkin
Inside Rupert Pupkin

Thelma Schoonmaker on Martin Scorsese and 'The King of Comedy'...

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Making 'The Irishman'
Making 'The Irishman'

Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino go...

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I Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott
I Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott

In I GO BACK HOME - JIMMY SCOTT, we meet the German music producer Ralf Kemper, who takes on the jou...

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Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'

A documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese's "GoodFel...

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Making Casino
Making Casino

A four-part making-of documentary about Scorcese’s 1995 Vegas crime epic Casino featured in physical...

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The Irishman
The Irishman

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accide...

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Catchfire
Catchfire

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but can...

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Short Eyes
Short Eyes

A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison...

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Martin Scorsese Directs
Martin Scorsese Directs

Providing behind the scenes footage of the director on set with clips from his own films, Martin Sco...

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Rising Above the Blues: The Story of Jimmy Scott
Rising Above the Blues: The Story of Jimmy Scott

About Jimmy Scott, who has had profound influence on the world of jazz and pop, but was never recogn...

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The Irishman: In Conversation
The Irishman: In Conversation

Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino in conversation about The Irishman....

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The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman
The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman

Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino a...

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Behind the Gate
Behind the Gate

Behind The Gate is the untold story of the Sport of Kings, American Horse Racing. Starring Joe Pesci...

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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ...

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The Making of Moonwalker
The Making of Moonwalker

A behind the scenes look at Michael Jackson's Moonwalker film...

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GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors
GoodFellas: Behind Closed Doors

Documentary detailing the behind the scenes of GoodFellas....

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Andrew Dice Clay and His Gang Live! The Valentine's Day Massacre
Andrew Dice Clay and His Gang Live! The Valentine's Day Massacre

Live TV-special....

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Nothing Compares
Nothing Compares

Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narr...

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Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity

Tough Guise systematically examines the relationship between pop-cultural imagery and the social con...

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