Joe Pesci

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Joe Pesci's Bio: Compact Italian-American actor born February 9, 1943, in Newark, NJ, who first broke into entertainment as a child actor and by the mid-50s was starring on the series "Star Time Kids". In the mid-'60s he released a record under the stage name of "Joe Ritchie" titled "Little Joe Sure Can Sing", and was also playing guitar with several bands, including Joey Dee and The Starliters. He even joined with friend Frank Vincent to start a vaudeville-style comedy act, but met with limited success (interestingly, Pesci and Vincent would later go on to co-star in several gangster films together, including Goodfellas and Casino.

Pesci's first film role was as an uncredited dancer in Hey, Let's Twist and then he had to wait another 15 years for a minor part in The Death Collector. His work in the second film was seen by Robert De Niro, who convinced director Martin Scorsese to cast him as "Joey LaMotta" in the epic boxing film Raging Bull, which really got him noticed in Hollywood. He played opposite Rodney Dangerfield in Easy Money, was with buddy DeNiro again in Once Upon a Time in America, nearly stole the show as con man Leo Getz in Lethal Weapon 2 and scored a Best Supporting Actor Oscar playing the psychotic Tommy DeVito in "Goodfellas".

His comedic talents shone again in the mega-popular Home Alone, and he put in a terrific performance as co-conspirator David Ferrie in JFK. Pesci was back again as Leo Getz for Lethal Weapon 3, and was still a bumbling crook in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and had a minor role in the Robert De Niro-directed A Bronx Tale. He was lured back by Scorsese to play another deranged gangster named Nicky in the violent Casino, and starred in the comedies 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag and Gone Fishin', although both failed to fire at the box office.

He returned again as fast-talking con man Leo Getz in Lethal Weapon 4.

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 musical Jersey 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 called Vincent 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 one-off 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 You was 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 film My Cousin Vinny, not only through its album title, but also by its lead track "Yo Cousin Vinny".

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 film The Good Shepherd. He is the star in the 2010 brothel drama Love Ranch, alongside Helen Mirren. … Read more