joe pesci

Actor Joe Pesci is 69 years old today (February 9th, 2012).  Pesci has had a great career, playing in 'Goodfellas' for which he won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor, to all of the 'Lethal Weapon' movies with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.

Joe Pesci believed he was going to paid $3 million to play real-life John Gotti enforcer Angelo Ruggiero in the upcoming movie ‘Gotti: In The Shadow of My Father.’ In fact, Pesci was so sure he had the role he gained 30 pounds to play the heavy-set Ruggiero.