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Sep 21, 1990 · Goodfellas: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco. The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
Dec 7, 2023 · Joe Pesci's portrayal of Tommy remains a career-defining role, as his performance is both intimidating and sympathetic. The Tommy Goodfellas scene when the character gets whacked is still one of the most iconic moments in the movie.
Goodfellas (stylized as GoodFellas) is a 1990 American biographical crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, and Paul Sorvino, the film ...
Pesci won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the gangster character Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas and received two other nominations in the same category for his portrayals of Joey LaMotta and Russell Bufalino in Raging Bull and The Irishman, respectively.
Oct 3, 2020 · Goodfellas has various unforgettable scenes, among those the one where Tommy DeVito asks Henry Hill “how am I funny?”, which was based on a real situation that happened to Joe Pesci.
Billy Batts : Hey, Tommy, if I was gonna break your balls, I'd tell you to go home and get your shine box. [to his friends] Billy Batts : Now this kid, this kid was great. They, they used to call him Spitshine Tommy. Tommy DeVito : [Henry, Jimmy and Tommy are digging up Billy Batts' decomposed corpse.
Joe Pesci. Actor: Goodfellas. Compact Italian-American actor Joe Pesci was born February 9, 1943 in Newark, New Jersey, to Mary (Mesce), a part-time barber, and Angelo Pesci, a bartender and forklift driver.
