Joe Pesci Joe Pesci Joseph Frank Pesci ( , ; born February 9, 1943) is an American actor, comedian and singer. Known for portraying tough, volatile characters, in a variety of genres, he is best known for his role as Vincent Gambini in "My Cousin Vinny" (1992), Harry Lime in "Home Alone" and "", as Leo Getz in the "Lethal Weapon" franchise, and for co-starring with Robert De Niro in the Martin Scorsese films "Raging Bull" (1980), "Goodfellas" (1990), and "Casino" (1995). Pesci won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychopathic gangster Tommy DeVito (based on
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro wife. In 1977, De Niro starred in Scorsese's "New York, New York", a musical-drama film. It was a musical tribute, featuring new songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb as well as standards, to Scorsese's home town of New York City, and starred De Niro and Liza Minnelli as a pair of musicians and lovers. During filming, the married Scorsese became romantically involved with Minnelli and began heavily using cocaine and other hard narcotics. At the time Andy Warhol wrote in his diary that Minnelli and Scorsese showed up at the door of a famous fashion designer demanding: "Give me