Joe Pesci Wonderful" (1982), "Easy Money" (1983) and "Eureka" (1983). In 1984, he was cast in "Once Upon a Time in America", again appearing alongside De Niro. The following year he starred as private detective Rocky Nelson in the short-lived television comedy series "Half Nelson". In 1988, Pesci appeared in the Michael Jackson musical anthology film "Moonwalker", in the film's sixth and longest segment, "Smooth Criminal." He played the antagonist, crime boss Frankie "Mr. Big" LiDeo (an anagram for one of the film's producers and longtime Jackson manager Frank DiLeo, with whom Pesci later acted in "Goodfellas"). He appeared as Leo Getz,
Robert De Niro President of the Jury for the 64th Cannes Film Festival. In 2012, he starred in the films "Silver Linings Playbook", "Freelancers", "Red Lights", and "Being Flynn". He received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Silver Linings Playbook". In July 2018 it was announced that De Niro would appear in Todd Phillips' 2019 film ""Joker"" which will be an origin story based on the Batman comic book supervillain The Joker who will be played by Joaquin Phoenix. De Niro's capital ventures have included co-founding the film studio TriBeCa Productions, the Tribeca Film Festival,