American actor known for collaborations with Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, Academy Award winner for Goodfellas.
Background
Born Joseph Frank Pesci in Newark, New Jersey, he sang in lounge acts and worked as a child performer on the local Italian-American TV variety scene.
Career
Robert De Niro recommended him to Martin Scorsese for “Raging Bull,” earning him a first Oscar nomination. He went on to win Best Supporting Actor for “Goodfellas” and led “My Cousin Vinny” and the “Home Alone” pair as burglar Harry. He returned from a long retirement for Scorsese’s “The Irishman.”
Style
Pesci specializes in volatile small-stature characters whose menace builds from rapid speech and sudden shifts of tone, and remains one of the defining character leads of New York crime cinema.
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