Joe Pesci

Born: 9th February 1943
Where: Newark, New Jersey

Joe spent much of the 1950s and 60s doing stand-up. He sang with Frank Vincent and the Aristocrats, and in 1969 the two formed a comedy duo (Vincent later had notable cameo or supporting roles in half a dozen of Joe's films).

When Joe made his film debut in 1975's low-budget Death Collector, he was spotted by Martin Scorsese and cast as Jake La Motta's edgy and long-suffering brother in Raging Bull.

He achieved huge small screen success playing the evil drug lord, Mr. Big, in Moonwalker, Michael Jackson's lavish and hugely successful music video.

Joe's notable credits include a character turn in Oliver Stone's JFK; the starring role as an amateur lawyer who learns on the job in the comedy My Cousin Vinny; and reprising his characters in two profitable sequels, Lethal Weapon 3 and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.