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Acting

Joe Pesci

Career: Active from 1976 to 2024, busiest in 1992 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 27
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: GoodFellas
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Joe Pesci Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.9, average 1.7
Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5
Spiritual
1.3, average 2.0
Wonder
2.7, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Gritty Realism 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Epic Crime Saga 3
Slapstick Humor 3
Tragic Character Study 3
Nostalgic 2
Historical Authenticity 2
New York City 2
Intriguing Plot 2
Crime Thriller 2
Non-Linear Narrative 2
Slow-Burn Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

45

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 66

Day of the Fight

62

as Mike's Father

Bupkis

69

TV show · as Joe Larocca

Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club

67

as Joey LaMotta (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010s

3 titles · average score 67

The Irishman

86

as Russell Bufalino

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

78

as (archive footage)

Love Ranch

37

as Charlie Bontempo

2000s

1 title · average score 63

The Good Shepherd

63

as Joseph Palmi

1990s

21 titles · average score 57

Lethal Weapon 4

55

as Leo Getz

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

30

as Tommy

Gone Fishin'

24

as Joe Waters

Casino

79

as Nicky Santoro

With Honors

45

as Simon Wilder

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

54

as Harry

Lethal Weapon 3

58

as Leo Getz

My Cousin Vinny

77

as Vinny Gambini

The Public Eye

60

as Leon Bernstein

The Super

26

as Louie Kritski

GoodFellas

91

as Tommy DeVito

Home Alone

71

as Harry

1980s

14 titles · average score 61

Lethal Weapon 2

75

as Leo Getz

Moonwalker

58

as Mr. Big

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

as John Dos Passos

Man on Fire

61

as David

Half Nelson

TV show · as Rocky Nelson

Half Nelson

as Rocky Nelson

Once Upon a Time in America

83

as Frankie

All for the Moral Majority!

57

as Corrado Parisi

Easy Money

48

as Nicky Cerone

Eureka

44

as Mayakofsky

Dear Mr. Wonderful

37

as Ruby Dennis

Raging Bull

87

as Joey LaMotta

1970s

2 titles · average score 57

Short Eyes

63

as Other Inmate (uncredited)

Family Enforcer

51

as Joe

1960s

1 title

Hey, Let's Twist!

as Peppermint Club Dancer (uncredited)