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Joe Pesci plays Tommy DeVito, a violent and impulsive mobster who is killed for his role in the murder of Billy Batts. Learn how Tommy realizes he is in a trap and how the real-life Tommy DeSimone's death is still a mystery.
Sep 21, 1990 · Joe Pesci stars as one of the mob partners of Henry Hill, a small time gangster who rises and falls in the mafia. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic crime drama directed by Martin Scorsese.
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- Martin Scorsese
- 1990-09-21
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 the 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy by Pileggi. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino, the ...
See photos, quotes and trivia of Joe Pesci's role as Tommy DeVito, a violent and unstable mobster in Martin Scorsese's 1990 crime film. Watch him argue, shoot and dig holes with his friends and enemies.
Joe Pesci is an Oscar-winning actor who starred in Goodfellas (1990) as Tommy DeVito, a psychotic mobster. He also appeared in Raging Bull (1980), Casino (1995), Home Alone (1990) and many other films.
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- Newark, New Jersey, USA
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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. He announced his retirement from acting in 1999, but has returned ...
Oct 3, 2020 · Joe Pesci improvised his famous line \"funny how\" in Goodfellas, inspired by a similar situation he experienced as a waiter. Learn how Martin Scorsese used this anecdote to create a suspenseful and revealing scene for his gangster movie.
