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Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci (/?p??i/, pesh-ee; born February 9, 1943) is an American actor, comedian and musician, known for his collaborations with Robert De Niro. 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.

This book is your ultimate resource for Joe Pesci. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Joe Pesci's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Joe Pesci, A Bronx Tale, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Al Pacino, Belleville, New Jersey, Betsy's Wedding, Catchfire, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor, Lethal Weapon 2, Lethal Weapon 3, Lethal Weapon 4, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, Love Ranch, MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance, MTV Movie Award for Best Villain, My Cousin Vinny, National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor, Once Upon a Time in America, Rapture (song), Saturday Night Live, Smooth Criminal, Snickers, The Death Collector, The Good Shepherd (film), With Honors (film) 167…and more pages!

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Articles Joe Pesci A Bronx Tale Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Al Pacino Belleville, New Jersey Betsy's Wedding Catchfire Home Alone Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor

Lethal Weapon 2 Lethal Weapon 3 Lethal Weapon 4 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Love Ranch MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance MTV Movie Award for Best Villain My Cousin Vinny National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Once Upon a Time in America Rapture (song) Saturday Night Live Smooth Criminal Snickers The Death Collector The Good Shepherd (film) With Honors (film)

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Joe Pesci

Born

Occupation

Years active

Spouse(s)

Partner(s)

Children

Joe Pesci

Joe Pesci in 2009

Joseph Frank Pesci February 9, 1943 Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A

Actor, comedian, singer, musician

1961-1999, 2005-present

Claudia Martha Haro (1988 - 1992)

Angie Everhart (2007 - 2008)

Tiffany

Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci(/ˈpɛʃi/,PESH-ee; born February 9, 1943) is an American actor, comedian and musician, known for his collaborations with Robert De Niro. 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 includingGoodfellas,Casino,Raging Bull,Once Upon a Time in America,My Cousin Vinny,JFK,Home Alone, and theLethal Weaponseries. He took a six-year hiatus from acting between 1999 and 2005 before returning for a cameo inThe Good Shepherd(2006).

In 1990, Pesci won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychopathic mobster Tommy DeVito inGoodfellas, ten years after receiving a nomination in the same category forRaging Bull.

Early Life Pesci was born in Newark, New Jersey. His mother, Mary (n e Mesce), worked part-time as a barber, and his father, [1][2] [3] Angelo Pesci, was a forklift driver for General Motors and bartender. His family is of Italian descent. Pesci was raised in Belleville, New Jersey and attended Belleville High School. By the time Pesci was five years old, he [4] was appearing in plays in New York. At age ten, he was a regular on a television variety show calledStartime Kids [4] which also featured Connie Francis. In the 1960s, he began working as a barber, following in his mother's footsteps.

Joe Pesci

Acting career The first film he starred in was the 1975 low-budget crime filmThe Death Collectorwith Frank Vincent. After the film Pesci returned to run his restaurant in The Bronx. He then got a telephone call from Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro who were impressed with his performance in the film and asked him to co-star in a 1980 film with De Niro, Scorsese'sRaging Bull. Pesci won the BAFTA Film Award for Newcomer to Leading Film Roles in 1981 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Subsequently, he performed with De Niro in the filmsOnce Upon a Time in Americaand Scorsese'sGoodfellas, the [5] latter for which Pesci received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, in 1990), andCasino. He also had a small role in 1993'sA Bronx Taleand 2006'sThe Good Shepherd, which De Niro both directed and starred in. The pairing became famous enough to inspire a recurring sketch onSaturday Night Live, "The Joe Pesci Show." (The real Pesci and De Niro made a surprise appearance in one episode.) Pesci hostedSNLon October 10, 1992. During the monologue, he restored a picture of Pope John Paul II, which had been torn by Sin ad O'Connor on the previous broadcast; he demonstrated this by tearing up a photo of O'Connor, which was met with huge applause. In 1988 Pesci co-starred with pop singer Michael Jackson in the musical-fantasy filmMoonwalker, appearing as the film's antagonist, Frankie "Mr. Big" LiDeo (an anagram for one of the film's producers and longtime Jackson [6] manager Frank DiLeo ). Pesci was featured in the film's fifth and final segment, a short movie calledSmooth [5] Criminal, based on Jackson's song of the same name. Pesci later co-starred in the blockbusterHome Alone(1990), playing Harry Lyme, one of two bumbling burglars (along with good friend Daniel Stern) who attempt to burglarize the house of the young character played by Macaulay Culkin. Two years later, Pesci reprised his role in the sequel "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York." Pesci also played David Ferrie in 1991'sJFKand the title character in the 1992 comedyMy Cousin Vinny.He appeared as Leo Getz in theLethal Weaponsequels, released in 1989, 1992 and 1998 respectively. He was the original choice to play Myron Larabee, the stressed-out postman inJingle All the Wayopposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, but the part was ultimately given to Sinbad, whose physical size was more comparable to Schwarzenegger's. He had starring roles in several other films includingEasy Money(1983),Man on Fire(1987),The Super(1991), Jimmy Hollywood(1994),With Honors(also 1994) andGone Fishin'(1997).

Other work and retirement from acting In the late 1970s, Joe teamed up with Frankie Vincent, performing in local clubs like the Arlington Lounge and other venues around Northern NJ as "Vincent and Pesci." The comedy duo's material was a play on Martin and Lewis and Abbott and Costello. He is one of the producers of the hit Broadway musicalJersey Boys. The musical is based on the lives of the musical group, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Pesci was present during the formation of the group as a young man and is portrayed as a character in the play. In 1998, he released his second LP (his first album in 30 years) calledVincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You, which spawned the single "Wise Guy," a rap tune that played on the gangsta theme by referencing Mafia gangsterism. "Wise Guy" interpolated the 1980 Hip-Hop hit "Rapture" by Blondie and was co-written and produced by Poke & Tone—the Hip-Hop production team better known as Trackmasters, who first musically introduced the world to 50 Cent.Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just For Youwas an album that was both humorous and serious, exploring a variety of genres, though most of it was big band Jazz, and which paid homage to his character name from the 1992 filmMy Cousin Vinny, not only through its album title, but also by its lead track "Yo Cousin Vinny".

Joe Pesci

In 1999, Pesci announced his retirement from acting to pursue a musical career and to enjoy life away from the camera. He returned to acting when he did a cameo in De Niro's 2006 filmThe Good Shepherd. He is the star in the [7] 2010 brothel dramaLove Ranch, alongside Helen Mirren. Pesci appeared with Don Rickles in a 2011 Snickers advertisement in which he attended a party and becomes [8] agitated by two women.

Personal life Pesci was married to Claudia Martha Haro from 1988 to 1992. He has a daughter, Tiffany, from this marriage. Claudia Martha Haro is currently serving an eight-year prison sentence for hiring a hitman to kill her husband, stunt man Garrett Warren, who survived being shot four times at his home on May 20, 2000. Pesci was present during her 2012 trial and supported her. In July 2007, Pesci, then 64, became engaged to actress/model Angie Everhart, who [9] was 37 at the time.

Filmography

Year

1961

1969

1976

1980

1982

1983

1984

1987

1988

1989

Hey, Let's Twist

Out Of It

Film

The Death Collector

Raging Bull

Dear Mr. Wonderful

I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can

Easy Money

Once Upon A Time In America

Tutti Dentro

Eureka

Man On Fire

Moonwalker

The Legendary Life Of Ernest Hemingway

Lethal Weapon 2

Role

Dancer at the Peppermint Club

Michael

Joe Salvino

Joey LaMotta

Ruby Dennis

Roger

Nicky Cerone

Frankie Minaldi

Corrado Parisi

Mayakofsky

David Coolidge

Frankie Lideo (aka Mr. Big)

Leo Getz

uncredited

Notes

BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated–Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor– Motion Picture

1998

Police officer

akaBacktrack

American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated–MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance

Cameo

Harry Lyme

My Cousin Vinny

David Ferrie

Leo Getz

Oscar Henner

Goodfellas

References

Carmine

Jimmy Alto

1993

Home Alone

A Bronx Tale

1992

Catchfire

The Super

1991

JFK

Charlie Bontempo

[1]FILM; Joe Pesci? That Guy Is Some Kind of Character(http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage. html?res=9E0CE5DD1239F93BA35750C0A964958260). New York Times. 8 March 1992. [2] http://celebritywonder.ugo.com/html/joepesci.html [3] (http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1& p_text_direct-0=0EF566BCF6A21504& p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM) [4] Harrison, Nancy. Joe Pesci? That Guy Is Some Kind of Character (http:/ /query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage. html?res=9E0CE5DD1239F93BA35750C0A964958260),The New York Times, March 8, 1992. [5] Academy Awards official site (http:/ /awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1204978051384). Retrieved March 8, 2008. [6] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095655/trivia [7] "Three join Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci in‘Love Ranch’" (http://www.topnews.in/light/ three-join-helen-mirren-and-joe-pesci-a฀฀love-rancha฀฀-26500).Topnews.in.2008-02-13..Retrieved2010-01-25. [8] "There is an Angry Joe Pesci in all of us Snickers Ad" (http:/ /mememachine.viralvideochart.com/blog/2011/5/19/ snickers-ad-there-is-an-angry-joe-pesci-in-all-of-us-just-in. html). .

Second film to appear as a villain

2010

The Irishman

2006

2013

Love Ranch

Joe Waters

Nicky Santoro

Simon Wilder

Leo Getz

1997

1994

Jimmy Hollywood

Joe Pesci

1990

Betsy's Wedding

Tommy DeVito

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor– Motion Picture

Harry Lyme

Louie Kritski

Vincent LaGuardia Gambini

Con Man (Split Personality)

Leo Carelli (uncredited)

Leon Bernstein

Cameo

Lethal Weapon 4

8 Heads In A Duffel Bag

The Good Shepherd

Tales From The Crypt

Tommy Spinelli

The Public Eye

Lethal Weapon 3

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Villain

Casino

1995

With Honors

Gone Fishin'

Nominated–MTV Movie Award for Best Villain

Joe Pesci

[9] Joe Pesci To Wed Angie Everhart (http:/ /www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/30/joe_pesci_to_wed_angie_everhart). Starpulse.com (2007-07-30). Retrieved on 2011-06-12.

External links

Joe Pesci (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm582/) at the Internet Movie Database

A Bronx Tale

Directed by

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Cinematography

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Country

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Box office

A Bronx Tale

Robert De Niro

Peter Gatien Jon Kilik Jane Rosenthal

Chazz Palminteri

Robert De Niro Chazz Palminteri Lillo Brancato, Jr. Taral Hicks Francis Capra Kathrine Narducci

Reynaldo Villalobos

David Ray

Savoy Pictures

September 14, 1993 (Toronto Film Festival) September 29, 1993 (U.S.)

120 minutes

United States

English

[1] $10 million

[2] $17,287,898

A Bronx Taleis a 1993 American crime drama film set in The Bronx during the turbulent era of the 1960s. It was the directorial debut of Robert De Niro that follows a young Italian-American teenager as his path in life is guided by two father figures, played by De Niro and Chazz Palminteri. It also includes a brief appearance by Joe Pesci. It was written by Palminteri, based partially upon his childhood. The film grossed over $17 million domestically in the box office.

Plot In 1960, Lorenzo Anello (Robert De Niro) is raising a family: he lives in the Bronx with his wife Rosina Katherine Narducci, and his young son Calogero (Francis Capra), who takes a dangerous fascination with the local boss. One day Calogero witnesses a murder committed by the local Mafia boss, Sonny (Chazz Palminteri), in defense of an assaulted friend. When Calogero chooses to keep quiet when questioned by NYPD detectives, Sonny takes a liking to him and gives him the nickname "C". Sonny's men offer Lorenzo a job to make more money, but Lorenzo, preferring a law-abiding life, politely declines. Sonny, however, befriends Calogero and introduces him to his crew. Calogero earns tips amounting to US$600 working in the Mafia bar and throwing dice, and is admonished harshly by Lorenzo when he discovers it. Lorenzo speaks severely to Sonny, returns the money, and warns him to keep away from Calogero. Outside the bar, Lorenzo admonishes Calogero, who is unrepentant, and slaps his son across the face. Calogero begins to tear up, and Lorenzo hugs him and apologizes, picking him up and carrying him home past the bar's front window, through which Sonny can be seen watching.

A Bronx Tale

Eight years later in 1968, Calogero (now played by Lillo Brancato, Jr.) has grown into a young man and has secretly been visiting Sonny regularly without his father's knowledge. Calogero is also part of a gang of local Italian boys he grew up around, even though Sonny tries to persuade Calogero to keep away from them and focus more on his schoolwork. Later on, Calogero meets an African-American girl from Webster Avenue named Jane Williams (Taral Hicks), and is smitten with her. Despite the high level of tension and dislike between Italians and Blacks, particularly amongst Calogero's friends, Calogero arranges a date with Jane. He asks for advice from both his father and Sonny; the latter lends Calogero his car and tells him of a test to determine whether or not the date is a worthwhile prospect. Around the same time, Calogero's friends beat up black cyclists passing through their neighborhood; Calogero is powerless to stop them but does his best to defend a young man named Willie, who turns out to be Jane's brother. Willie, however, mistakes Calogero for one of the assailants and accuses him of beating him when Calogero and Jane meet for their date. In the ensuing argument, Calogero loses his temper at Willie's lack of gratitude and responds by addressing him rudely with a racial slur, but then instantly regrets it. Heartbroken, Jane and Willie walk back to the car and leave Calogero. At home, Calogero is confronted by his father, who saw him driving Sonny's car from the window. An argument ensues, and Calogero storms out. Suddenly, he is confronted by a fully jealous Sonny and his crew, who found a bomb in Sonny's car and suspected Calogero of planning to assassinate him. Calogero swears his innocence again and again as Sonny treats him roughly and accuses him of lying even about the existence of Jane. Calogero breaks down, proclaiming his love and dedication to Sonny, whereupon Sonny recognizes Calogero's innocence and allows him to leave. Lorenzo, who saw the mobsters roughing up Calogero, emerges to defend his son, but is held back by Sonny's men. The black men egg the Italian boys' usual spot in retaliation for the previous beating, and in revenge, Calogero's friends make a plan to strike back using Molotov cocktails. They take an unwilling Calogero with them but during the ride, Sonny stops the car and orders Calogero out. Calogero catches up with Jane, who tells him that Willie had since admitted that the boy who beat him up wasn't Calogero, but Willie was angry and tried to hurt Calogero (because of his affiliation with the Italians) by lying about him. Jane and Calogero make amends, but Calogero suddenly remembers his friends' plans to assault Jane's neighborhood, and the two rush to stop them. However, upon arriving, Calogero and Jane see the boys' car destroyed. During the assault, someone had thrown one of the Molotov cocktails back into Italian boys' car through the window, igniting the remaining bottles, causing a crash and explosion, and killing all of Calogero's friends. Calogero rushes to the bar to thank Sonny for saving his life, but the bar is crowded, and an unnamed assassin (the son of the man whom Sonny killed in the beginning of the film) shoots Sonny in the back of the head before Calogero can warn him. A funeral is then held for Sonny, where countless people come to pay their respects. Once they are all gone, a lone man named Carmine (Joe Pesci) visits, claiming that Sonny once saved his life as well. Calogero does not appear to know Carmine, but remembers him when he sees a scar on his forehead: the murder Sonny had committed outside Calogero's home eight years ago had been in defense of Carmine, who was being beaten by the assailant with a baseball bat. Carmine tells Calogero that he will be taking care of the neighborhood for the time being; he promises Calogero help should he ever need anything, and leaves just as Calogero's father arrives, surprisingly, to pay his respects to Sonny, and thank him for saving his son. Lorenzo says that he had never hated Sonny, but merely resented him for making Calogero grow up so quickly. Calogero makes peace with his father, and the two walk home as Calogero narrates the life lessons he learned from the two men.