Background:

Oscar-winning actor, comedian and singer Joe Pesci, who is frequently typecast as a violent hoodlum or crabby funnyman, acquired worldwide recognition and acclaim for his spectacular, scene-stealing turn as sadistic thug Tommy DeVito in the highly successful biopic film by renowned director Martin Scorsese titled Goodfellas (1990), starring Robert De Niro, wherein he was handed an Academy Award, a Chicago Film Critics Association award and a Boston Society of Film Critics Award. Before the success, the ex-child performer and nightclub entertainer made a name for himself in the cinematic industry with his Academy Award-nominated, supporting performance as Joey LaMotta in Scorsese’s Raging Bull (1980), which also starred ..[Full version]