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Joseph Pesci (born February 9, 1943), better known
as Joe Pesci, is an Italian-American actor who
often plays the role of a mobster.

Joe Pesci was born in Newark, New Jersey and
worked as a singer in the 1960s, releasing an
album entitled Little Joe Sure Can Sing under the
name Joe Ritchie. As an actor his breakthrough
came in 1980 opposite Robert De Niro in Martin
Scorsese|Martin Scorsese's boxing film Raging
Bull. Some of his other notable films include
Goodfellas (for which he received the Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actor),
Casino_(movie)|Casino, Home Alone, JFK, and My
Cousin Vinny. He also appears in three of the
Lethal Weapon films.

His close friend George Carlin mentions Joe in his
bit "There is No God". Carlin says that he prays
to Joe Pesci because, unlike God, Pesci can get
things done... especially with a baseball bat.

Pesci has a house in a small town called
Lavalette, New Jersey. In the 1980s, he
established a reputation as a community Little
League Baseball Coach.

==Filmography==
*Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
*8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
*Gone Fishin (1997)
*Casino (movie)|Casino (1995)
*Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
*With Honors (1994)
*A Bronx Tale (1993)
*Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
*The Public Eye (1992)
*Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
*My Cousin Vinny (1992)
*JFK (movie)|JFK (1991)
*The Super (1990)
*Home Alone (1990)
*Goodfellas (1990)
*Betsy's Wedding (1990)
*Catchfire (1990)
*Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
*Moonwalker (1988)
*The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1988)
*Man on Fire (1987)
*Easy Money (1983)
*Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
*Dear Mr. Wonderful (1982)
*I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
*Raging Bull (1980)
*The Death Collector (1976)
*Hey, Let's Twist (1961)

==External link==
*http://www.imdb.com/Name?Pesci,+Joe IMDb Entry
*http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=9
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