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Joe Pesci - Overview

Date of Birth: Feb 09, 1943    
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey
Nationality: American
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It seemed in the early 1990s that every film released in the US had Joe Pesci in it. This diminutive, intense Italian-American character player took a long time to make it to the top: a former child performer and nightclub entertainer, he specialized in impersonations and audience insult. Born in Newark, Pesci spent much of the 1950s and '60s doing stand-up and appearing as one of TV's "Star Time" kids (Dumont, 1950-51). He sang with Frank Vincent and the Aristocrats, and in 1969 the two formed a comedy duo (Vincent later had notable cameo or supporting roles in half a dozen of Pesci films).

When Pesci made his film debut in the low-budget "Death Collector" (1975), he was spotted by Martin Scorsese and cast as Jake La Motta's edgy and long-suffering brother in s "Raging Bull" (1980). His career should have taken off after that triumph, but Pesci disappeared into a series of character turns in uneven "art" films (Nicolas Roeg's "Eureka" 1983), foreign assignments ("Tutti Dentro/Put 'Em All in Jail" 1984), and undistinguished genre pics (the Rodney Dangerfiel... Read More
2006
Returned to acting with a cameo in De Niro's "The Good Shepherd"
1999
Announced retirement from acting
1998
Released an album, <i>Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You</i>, which spawned the single "Wise Guy"
1998
Released an album, Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You, which spawned the single "Wise Guy"
1998
Reprised role of Leo Getz for "Lethal Weapon 4"
1997
Co-starred with Danny Glover in the comedy "Gone Fishin"
1995
Again reunited with Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro for "Casino"
Movie: The Good Shepherd On the set of the film "The Good Shepherd."
Movie: The Good Shepherd A scene from the film "The Good Shepherd."
Movie: The Good Shepherd A scene from the film "The Good Shepherd."
Movie: The Good Shepherd A scene from the film "The Good Shepherd."
Movie: The Good Shepherd A scene from the film "The Good Shepherd."
Movie: The Good Shepherd A scene from the film "The Good Shepherd."
Movie: The Good Shepherd A scene from the film "The Good Shepherd."
Movie: The Good Shepherd A scene from the film "The Good Shepherd."
Movie: The Good Shepherd A scene from the film "The Good Shepherd."
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