Acting

Joe Pesci

Born February 9, 1943 · Newark, New Jersey, USA (age 83)

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 …

Known For

Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America · 1984

Once Upon a Time in America

MovieDramaCrime

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

GoodFellas

GoodFellas · 1990

MovieDramaCrime

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York · 1992

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

MovieComedyFamily

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.

A Bronx Tale

A Bronx Tale · 1993

MovieDramaCrime

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.

The Irishman

The Irishman · 2019

MovieCrimeDrama

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

Lethal Weapon 4

Lethal Weapon 4 · 1998

Lethal Weapon 4

MovieActionCrime

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.

Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2 · 1989

Lethal Weapon 2

MovieActionThriller

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

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3 · 1992

Lethal Weapon 3

MovieActionThriller

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

Filmography

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Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America · 1984

Once Upon a Time in America

MovieDramaCrime

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Frankie

GoodFellas

GoodFellas · 1990

MovieDramaCrime

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Tommy DeVito

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York · 1992

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

MovieComedyFamily

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.

Harry

A Bronx Tale

A Bronx Tale · 1993

MovieDramaCrime

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.

Carmine

The Irishman

The Irishman · 2019

MovieCrimeDrama

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

Russell Bufalino

Lethal Weapon 4

Lethal Weapon 4 · 1998

Lethal Weapon 4

MovieActionCrime

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.

Leo Getz

Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2 · 1989

Lethal Weapon 2

MovieActionThriller

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

Leo Getz

Lethal Weapon 3

Lethal Weapon 3 · 1992

Lethal Weapon 3

MovieActionThriller

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

Leo Getz

Casino

MovieCrimeDrama

In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

Nicky Santoro

Raging Bull

Raging Bull · 1980

MovieDramaHistory

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

Joey LaMotta

The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd · 2006

The Good Shepherd

MovieDramaThriller

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.

Joseph Palmi

My Cousin Vinny

My Cousin Vinny · 1992

My Cousin Vinny

MovieComedyDrama

Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!

Vinny Gambini

JFK

MovieDramaThriller

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

David Ferrie

With Honors

With Honors · 1994

MovieComedyDrama

Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his paper being held hostage by a homeless man, who might be the guy to school the young man in life.

Simon Wilder

Moonwalker

Moonwalker · 1988

MovieFantasyMusic

This fantastical movie inspired by the music of Michael Jackson features imaginative interpretations of hit tracks from the iconic 1987 album “Bad”.

Mr. Big

Betsy's Wedding

Betsy's Wedding · 1990

Betsy's Wedding

MovieComedyRomance

Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but Betsy's father Eddie, a Long Island construction contractor, feels so threatened by Jake's rich WASP parents that he blows the ceremony up into a bank-breaking showpiece, sending his wife Lola into a financial panic.

Oscar Henner

Gone Fishin'

Gone Fishin' · 1997

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

Joe Waters

Day of the Fight

Day of the Fight · 2024

Day of the Fight

On the day of his first fight since his release from prison, a former boxing champion reconnects with his trainer, ex-wife, childhood friend, and abusive father in a quest for forgiveness and closure.

Executive Producer

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag · 1997

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

MovieComedyCrime

Mafia hitman Tommy Spinelli is flying to San Diego with a bag that holds eight severed heads, which he's bringing to his superiors to prove that some troublesome rival mobsters are permanently out of the picture. When his bag gets accidentally switched at the airport, Tommy must track down his duffel bag and the 8 heads it contains.

Tommy

Man on Fire

Man on Fire · 1987

MovieDramaThriller

Creasy, a traumatized ex-CIA agent, gets a job as a bodyguard for Samantha, the twelve-year-old daughter of a wealthy Italian family living in a swanky villa on the shores of Lake Como.

David

The Public Eye

The Public Eye · 1992

MovieCrimeDrama

A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.

Leon Bernstein

Catchfire

Catchfire · 1990

MovieDramaAction

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to get her.

Leo Carelli (uncredited)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · 2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

MovieDramaRomance

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.

(archive footage)

Love Ranch

Love Ranch · 2010

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

Charlie Bontempo

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt · 1989

Tales from the Crypt

SeriesComedyMystery

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?

Vic / Jack

The John Larroquette Show

The John Larroquette Show · 1993

The John Larroquette Show

The John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John Larroquette following his run as Dan Fielding on Night Court. The series takes place in a seedy bus terminal in St. Louis, Missouri and originally focused on the somewhat broken people who worked the night shift, and in particular, the lead character's battle with alcoholism.

Joe Pesci

The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther · 1993

The Pink Panther

SeriesKidsAnimation

He's cool, he's pink, he's animated! The Pink Panther is back for more adventures, and he's brought along a few new friends and some old favorites.

Bupkis

Pete Davidson attempts to work through unique family dynamics and the complexities of fame to form meaningful relationships.

Joe Larocca

Half Nelson

Half Nelson · 1985

SeriesComedyDrama

Rocky Nelson is a former New York City cop who moved to Beverly Hills, where he got a job at a private security service for the rich and famous, while attempting to make it as an actor.

Rocky Nelson