He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for portraying psychopathic gangster Tommy DeVito (based on Thomas DeSimone) in Goodfellas, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Pesci won the BAFTA Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer to Lead Film Roles and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Joey LaMotta in Raging Bull. The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Joe Pesci.
