![]() In 2019, Pesci re-united with De Niro and Scorsese for Netflix's epic mafia film The Irishman. The 90s mark a high point in the actor’s career with roles in films such as Goodfellas, Home Alone, and My Cousin Vinny. ![]() Indeed, Pesci’s role as Joey LaMotta in Raging Bull earned him Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his performance, and, soon, he was being offered roles in a series of 80s movies such as Easy Money, Once Upon a Time in America, Man on Fire, and Lethal Weapon 2. Robert DeNiro, having been impressed with Pesci’s performance in the film, recommended him to Scorsese for his next project. It was, of course, Pesci’s role in the low-budget film The Death Collector that would ultimately lead him to his breakthrough role in Martin Scorsese’s 1980 biopic Raging Bull. ![]() Pesci also briefly pursued a music career in the mid-60s, releasing the LP Little Joe Sure Can Sing! Gaining little traction in his career aside from a minor role in the 1975 film The Death Collector, however, Pesci decided to shift his aspirations towards running a restaurant. By the age of ten, he had earned a regular spot in a television variety show titled Star Time Kids. He became a child actor at the age of four, starring in a local radio program. Joe Pesci was born in New Jersey in 1943 and became interested in the arts early on.
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