Gangster film It was one of the most notable gangster films of the decade. Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci also starred in the film with Pesci earning an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards in all, including Best Picture and Best Director, making "Goodfellas" one of the most critically acclaimed crime films of all time. Following their collaboration in "Goodfellas", Scorsese, De Niro and Pesci would team up again in 1995's "Casino", based on Frank Rosenthal, an associate of the Chicago Outfit, that ran multiple casinos in Las Vegas during
Ray Liotta win in "Bee Movie"). Liotta starred in the 2006 CBS television series "Smith", which was pulled from the schedule after three episodes, and in 2012, Liotta appeared as himself in a purely vocal role for the "What a Croc!" episode of the Disney Channel comedy series "Phineas & Ferb". Liotta played the father of drug dealer George Jung in the 2001 Johnny Depp film "Blow" and, in the following year, appeared as Detective Lieutenant Henry Oak in the Joe Carnahan-directed film "Narc", a role that led to an Independent Spirit Award nomination and a Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards nomination