JOE PESCI

'Joseph Francesco DeLores Eliot Pesci' (born February 9, 1943), commonly known as 'Joe Pesci', is an Italian-American Academy Award-winning actor, comedian and singer.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Hobbies

Filmography

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Pesci was born in Newark, New Jersey to Edwardo Francesco Pesci, a forklift driver and bartender,^[1] and Mary DeLores Mesce, who worked part-time as a barber. Pesci's father worked for General Motors.
Pesci started out working as a barber in the 1960s, following in his mother's footsteps. He released an album entitled ''Little Joe Sure Can Sing'' under the pseudonym Joseph Richie, accompanied by a band that included good friend and future fellow actor Frank Vincent.
It was announced on July 27, 2007 that Pesci had become engaged to model and actress Angie Everhart.

Career

Pesci's breakthrough as an actor came in 1980 opposite Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's boxing film ''Raging Bull''. Subsequently, he performed with De Niro in the films ''Once Upon A Time In America'' (in which he was cast at the behest of his friend De Niro), ''Goodfellas'' (for which he received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), and ''Casino''. The pairing became famous enough to inspire a recurring sketch on ''Saturday Night Live'', called "The Joe Pesci Show". (The real Pesci and De Niro would eventually make a surprise appearance in one episode).
Pesci hosted Saturday Night Live on October 10, 1992. During the monologue, he restored a picture of Pope John Paul II, which was torn by Sinead O'Connor on the previous broadcast.
Pesci co-starred in ''Home Alone'', playing one of two bumbling burglars (along with Daniel Stern) who attempt to rob Macaulay Culkin's house, and most memorably in one of his few stellar, non-gangster roles as David Ferrie in ''JFK'' and finally ''My Cousin Vinny'' released in 1991 and 1992 respectively. He appeared in three ''Lethal Weapon'' films as the sleazy but likeable Leo Getz.
In 1999, Pesci announced his retirement from acting to pursue a musical career and to enjoy life away from the camera. Pesci returned to acting when he did a cameo in De Niro's 2006 film ''The Good Shepherd''.

Hobbies

Joe Pesci's regular hobbies include hunting, golf and fishing.

Filmography

Date	Film	Role
July 6, 1961	''Hey, Let's Twist''	''Kid at Club''
May 9, 1969	''Out Of It''	''Michael''
January 26, 1976	''The Death Collector''	''Joe Salvino''
November 14, 1980	''Raging Bull''	''Joey LaMotta''
August 19, 1983	''Easy Money''	''Nicky Cerone''
February 17, 1984	''Once Upon A Time In America''	''Franky Minaldi''
April 1, 1984	''Everybody In Jail''	''Corrado Parrisi''
October 4, 1984	''Eureka''	''Mayakofsky''
September 4, 1987	''Man on Fire''	''David Coolidge''
December 16, 1988	''Moonwalker''	''Mr. Big''
July 7, 1989	''Lethal Weapon 2''	''Leo Getz''
June 22, 1990	''Betsy's Wedding''	''Oscar Henner''
September 19, 1990	''Goodfellas''	''Tommy DeVito''
November 16, 1990	''Home Alone''	''Harry Lime''
October 4, 1991	''The Super''	''Louie Kritski''
December 20, 1991	''JFK''	''David Ferrie''
March 13, 1992	''My Cousin Vinny''	''Vincent LaGuardia Gambini''
May 15, 1992	''Lethal Weapon 3''	''Leo Getz''
September 15, 1992	''The Public Eye''	''Leon Bernstein''
November 20, 1992	''	''Harry Lime''
January 1, 1993	''A Bronx Tale''	''Carmine''
March 30, 1994	''Jimmy Hollywood''	''Jimmy Alto''
April 29, 1994	''With Honors''	''Simon Wilder''
November 22, 1995	''Casino''	''Nicky Santoro''
April 18, 1997	''8 Heads In A Duffel Bag''	''Tommy Big Balls''
May 30, 1998	''Gone Fishin'''	''Joe Waters''
July 10, 1998	''Lethal Weapon 4''	''Leo Getz''
December 22, 2006	''The Good Shepherd''	''Joseph Palmi''

References

1. http://www.filmreference.com/film/12/Joe-Pesci.html

External links

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