Joe Pesci
Gender: Male
Born: 9th February 1943 (currently 68 years old)
Nationality: Italy, United States of America
TV programs: Half Nelson, The Pink Panther, Cubix: Robots for Everyone
Movies: 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, A Bronx Tale, Casino, Catchfire, Easy Money, Gone Fishin', Goodfellas, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Lethal Weapon 3, Lethal Weapon 4, Lethal Weapon 2, Man on Fire, My Cousin Vinny, Once Upon a Time in America, Raging Bull, The Good Shepherd, The Public Eye, The Super, With Honors, JFK, Betsy's Wedding, Jimmy Hollywood, Moonwalker, Eureka, The Death Collector, Dear Mr. Wonderful, Love Ranch, I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway, Back Home Years Ago: The Real Casino, GOTTI: In The Shadow Of My Father
Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci (pronounced /ˈpɛʃi/ pesh-ee; born February 9, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for playing a variety of different roles, from violent mobsters to comedic leads to quirky sidekicks. Pesci has starred in a number of high profile films including Goodfellas, Casino, Raging Bull, Once Upon a Time in America, My Cousin Vinny, JFK, Home Alone, and the Lethal Weapon series. He took a six year hiatus from acting between 1999 and 2005 before returning for a cameo in The Good Shepherd (2006).
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.
Pesci was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Mary, who worked part-time as a barber, and Angelo Pesci, a forklift driver for General Motors and bartender. Pesci was raised in Belleville, New Jersey and attended Belleville High School. By the time Pesci was five years old, he was appearing in plays in New York. A few years later, at age ten, he was a regular on a television variety show called Startime Kids, which also featured Connie
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