Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/9/1943
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
Joseph Frank PesciJoey DeeJoseph „Joe“ Francesco DeLores Eliot Pesci
Joe Pesci
Biography
Joseph Frank “Joe” Pesci (born February 9, 1943) is a Italian-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...
Known For
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Harry
GoodFellas
as Tommy DeVito
A Bronx Tale
as Carmine
Casino
as Nicky Santoro
The Super
as Louie Kritski
Love Ranch
as Charlie Bontempo
Nothing Compares
as Self (archive footage)
Easy Money
as Nicky Cerone
With Honors
as Simon Wilder
JFK
as David Ferrie
Gone Fishin'
as Joe Waters
Lethal Weapon 2
as Leo Getz
My Cousin Vinny
as Vincent 'Vinny' Gambini
All for the Moral Majority!
as Corrado Parisi
Short Eyes
as Other Inmate (uncredited)
Catchfire
as Leo Carelli (uncredited)
Eureka
as Mayakofsky
Man on Fire
as David
Once Upon a Time in America
as Frankie Monaldi
Jimmy Hollywood
as Jimmy Alto