ACTOR

Joe Pesci

1943 - Today

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Joseph Frank Pesci ( PESH-ee, Italian: [ˈpeʃʃi]; born February 9, 1943) is an American actor and musician. He is known for portraying tough, volatile characters in a variety of genres and for his collaborations with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese in the films Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), and The Irishman (2019). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Pesci has received more than 20,998,462 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Joe Pesci is the 128th most popular actor (up from 149th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from United States (up from 276th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Actor.

Joe Pesci is most famous for his role as the psychopathic Tommy DeVito in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film, Goodfellas.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joe Pesci ranks 128 out of 13,578. Before him are Diane Keaton, Audie Murphy, Charlton Heston, Simone Signoret, Klaus Kinski, and Robert Forster. After him are Lee Van Cleef, Judi Dench, Dianne Wiest, Salman Khan, Bruno Ganz, and Donald Sutherland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Joe Pesci ranks 18. Before him are Queen Silvia of Sweden, Vangelis, Sharon Tate, Roger Waters, Griselda Blanco, and Albano Carrisi. After him are Keith Richards, Sadako Sasaki, Ben Kingsley, Louise Glück, Christopher Walken, and Elena Ferrante.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Pesci ranks 253 out of 20,380. Before him are David Lynch (1946), Emily Greene Balch (1867), Jay Leno (1950), Barbra Streisand (1942), Emily Dickinson (1830), and Robert Forster (1941). After him are Pearl S. Buck (1892), George Gershwin (1898), Lee Van Cleef (1925), John Howard Northrop (1891), Dianne Wiest (1946), and Ernest Lawrence (1901).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joe Pesci ranks 63. Before him are Peter Falk (1927), Kevin Costner (1955), Diane Keaton (1946), Audie Murphy (1925), Charlton Heston (1923), and Robert Forster (1941). After him are Lee Van Cleef (1925), Dianne Wiest (1946), Gary Cooper (1901), Gene Hackman (1930), Robert Duvall (1931), and Susan Sarandon (1946).

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Television and Movie Roles

Home Alone
Harry
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before Christmas Day.
Nov 16th 19907.438 / 10
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Harry
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.
Nov 15th 19926.8 / 10
GoodFellas
Tommy DeVito
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Sep 12th 19908.457 / 10