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Joseph Frank Pesci is an American actor and singer. He is best known for portraying tough, volatile characters in a variety of genres and for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro in the films Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), and The Irishman (2019).
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Born 9 February 1943 · Q20178
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Released album “Still Singing”.
Followed by digital streaming on November 27, 2019, by Netflix
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Pesci was cast alongside Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in The Irishman, a crime film directed by Martin Scorsese
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For an unspecified sum, and the role, after many production delays, eventually went to Pruitt Taylor Vince
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Pesci sued Fiore Films, the producers of the film Gotti, saying they had broken their promise to cast him in the film as real-life mobster Angelo Ruggiero
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Pesci starred in the brothel drama Love Ranch alongside Helen Mirren
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Pesci started dating Angie Everhart
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Pesci retired from acting to pursue a musical career and to enjoy life away from the camera
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But has periodically returned to act since then
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Released album “Vincent Laguardia Gambini Sings Just for You”.
Pesci released his second album and his first in 30 years, Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You, which was named after his character from the 1992 film My Cousin Vinny
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Was considered to play Myron Larabee, the stressed-out postman, in Jingle All the Way opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, but the part was ultimately given to Sinbad, whose physical size was more comparable to Schwarzeneg
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Pesci had his third collaboration with Scorsese and De Niro in the film Casino, playing Nicky Santoro, based on real-life Mob enforcer Anthony Spilotro, along with Sharon Stone and James Woods
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Pesci made an appearance in A Bronx Tale as Carmine
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While doing publicity for My Cousin Vinny
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Pesci headed up the cast of The Public Eye as Leon "Bernzy" Bernstein, a photographer
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Goodfellas (1991).
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Pesci played David Ferrie in JFK
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His character Harry Lime one of two bumbling burglars - along with Daniel Stern as Marv Murchins - who attempt to burgle the house of an eight-year-old played by Macaulay Culkin
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Pesci reunited with Scorsese and De Niro for Goodfellas, where he played mobster Tommy DeVito, based on real-life mobster Thomas DeSimone
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Pesci appeared in the Michael Jackson musical anthology film Moonwalker, in the film's sixth and longest segment, "Smooth Criminal"
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Pesci was cast in Once Upon a Time in America, again appearing alongside De Niro
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According to a conversation intercepted by the FBI between actor James Caan and mobster Anthony Fiato, Caan requested that Fiato beat up Pesci for failing to pay an $8,000 hotel bill
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for Raging Bull (1981).
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Pesci received a phone call from Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, who were impressed with his performance in The Death Collector and asked him to co-star in Scorsese's Raging Bull as Joey LaMotta
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Appeared in the Broadway show The New Vaudevillians, which only lasted a week
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Pesci released his debut album Little Joe Sure Can Sing
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Released album “Little Joe Sure Can Sing!”.
Which led to the formation of the band The Four Seasons
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Born 1943-02-09.
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