Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

1990

Joe Pesci 

as

Tommy DeVito

Goodfellas

Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci (/ˈpɛʃi/ pesh-ee; Italian: [ˈpeʃʃi]; born February 9, 1943) is a semi-retired Italian-American actor, comedian and musician, known for playing tough, volatile characters, in a variety of genres. He is best known for a trio of Martin Scorsese films in which he co-starred with Robert De Niro: Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995).

Pesci was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Raging Bull, and later won the same award for his role as psychopathic mobster Tommy DeVito (based on Thomas DeSimone) in Goodfellas.

Pesci has starred in a number of other high-profile films, including Easy Money (1983), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Home Alone (1990), JFK (1991), My Cousin Vinny (1992), Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), A Bronx Tale (1993), and Lethal Weapon 4 (1998). He announced his retirement from acting in 1999, and since then he has appeared only sporadically in films, including a cameo appearance in the 2006 spy thriller The Good Shepherd, directed by De Niro.

In late 2015, Pesci was announced by Martin Scorsese as part of the intended cast for the upcoming crime drama The Irishman.