Joe Pesci

To me, Joe Pesci is a great actor. He gave some great performances in most of his films. The majority of his films were highly ignored but there are movies that wouldn’t be the same without him.
I decided to create this thread to talk about Pesci’s #1 performance. In other words, What’s your favorite Pesci film?

Here I have a list of his filmography.

• 2000 The Directors: Martin Scorsese
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  character played: Interviewee

• 1998 Lethal Weapon 4
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  character played: Leo Getz

• 1997 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
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  character played: Tommy Spinelli

• 1997 Gone Fishin’
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  character played: Joe Waters

• 1995 Casino
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  character played: Nicky Santoro

• 1994 With Honors
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  character played: Simon

• 1994 Jimmy Hollywood
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  character played: Jimmy Alto

• 1993 A Bronx Tale
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  character played: Carmine

• 1992 The Public Eye
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  character played: Leonard “The Great Bernzini” Bernstein

• 1992 Lethal Weapon 3
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  character played: Leo Getz

• 1992 My Cousin Vinny
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  character played: Vincent La Guardia Gambino

• 1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
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  character played: Harry

• 1991 The Super
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  character played: Louie Kritski

• 1991 JFK
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  character played: David Ferrie

• 1991 Backtrack
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  character played: Leo Carelli

• 1990 Home Alone
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  character played: Harry

• 1990 Goodfellas
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  character played: Tommy DeVito

• 1989 Lethal Weapon 2
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  character played: Leo Getz

• 1988 Moonwalker
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  character played: Mr. Big

• 1987 Man on Fire
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  character played: David

• 1984 Once Upon A Time in America
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  character played: Frankie Monaldi

• 1984 Tutti Dentro
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  character played: Corrado Emilio Parisi

• 1983 Easy Money
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  character played: Ricky Cerone, Nicky Cerone

• 1982 Dear Mr. Wonderful
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  character played: Ruby Denis Credits: Songwriter

• 1981 Eureka
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  character played: Mayakofsky

• 1980 Raging Bull
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  character played: Joey LaMotta

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Last 5 films I’ve seen

An American In Paris ****/*****
Once Upon A Time In China *****/*****
Father of the Bride ****/*****
Spartacus *****/*****
The Hidden Fortress ****/*****

You can view my review for each of those films at T-850's Reviews

For me it's tied between Goodfellas and Raging Bull.

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To show what he's fully capable of, Raging Bull for sure. For his film-stealing over-the-top brilliance, GoodFellas, no doubt. I thought he mixed both of those aspects well in Casino. And I love his cameo-sized roles in DeNiro's A Bronx Tale and Leone's Once Upon A Time in America.

Basiaclly, if he's in a movie with Bobby DeNiro, check it out.

And his work in The Public Eye is his best performance waiting to be discovered...even though it is DeNiro-less. Not a great movie, but terrific acting by Pesci.

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I've never seen Raging Bull, but Casino and Goodfellas are tied for my favorites.

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I'm afraid I must bid you adieu.
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Raging Bull
Casino

Honorable Mention:
Goodfellas
The Super

I love the Super. "Oh great, a sink that farts!"

P.S. this post is my 666th. Which happens to be the devil's numver.

I love the way he always ends up killing someone in a very over the top way, With the pen in Casino, The guy in tho Boot in Goodfellas ect. ect., I only wish he did it in Home Alone.

Anyway, Fantastic actor, Up there with Peter Lorre, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Steve Buscemi as my Favorite supporting actors of all time,

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It's a god-awful small affair, To the girl with, the mousy hair, But her mummy is yelling "No", and her daddy has told her to go, But her friend is nowhere to be seen, Now she walks through her sunken dream, To the seat with the clearest view, And she's hooked to the silver screen, But the film is a saddening bore, For she's lived it ten times or more...

Goodfellas, Casino, and Raging Bull are all among my favourate films of all time, but I would say Goodfellas is his best just as his performance is so memorable.

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You... love it when he ends up killing someone? I felt like choking Pesci’s character when he shot that teenage boy. I felt sorry for the kid.

I like his performance in the Home Alone movies. He fit perfect as Harry's character. I know we don't get to hear a single cuss word coming from him... but so what? The films are hilarious. Except for Home Alone 3 and Home Alone 4

Home Alone 1 and 2 are excellent. I wasn't really even aware of Home Alone 4.

he is wonderful. the fact he is just a little pussycat in real life is also startling! he holds a wonderful presence in raging bull the way de niro is quizzing him if he has slept with is wife you just don't want no pain to come to Joe! he's an amzing actor, i take my hat off to him