Mafia film 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 with the film "Casino", based on Frank Rosenthal, an associate of the Chicago Outfit who ran multiple casinos in Las Vegas during the 1970s and 1980s. The film was De Niro's third mob film of the decade, following "Goodfellas" (1990) and
Joe Pesci the film's climactic scene, Pesci accidentally bit one of Culkin's fingers, giving him a scar. Two years later, Pesci reprised his role in the sequel "". Pesci played David Ferrie in 1991's "JFK". In 1992 he appeared as the title character in the comedy "My Cousin Vinny" with Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei and Fred Gwynne. The same year, Pesci spearheaded the cast of "The Public Eye" as Leon "Bernzy" Bernstein, a photographer. His performance in the film, a departure from his usual characters, was critically acclaimed. Pesci hosted sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" on October 10, 1992, while doing