Film icon Joe Pesci will return to screens after a lengthy absence of nearly 20 years – broken only by a few small roles.
The legendary actor rose to fame under the wing of director Martin Scorsese in classics such as Raging Bull and Goodfellas.
He is also well known to children of the 1980s and 1990s as one of the baddies in the first two Home Alone movies.
And Pesci will return to screens for Scorsese’s next project, mob drama The Irishman, where he will star alongside his former co-star Robert De Niro.
The pair played the LaMotta brothers in Raging Bull and also starred alongside each other in Goodfellas, Casino and Sergio Leone classic Once Upon A Time In America.
Pesci, known for his broad New Jersey accent and hardman roles, has taken a lengthy break from the screen.
For his role as psychopath Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas he won the Academy Award for best supporting actor.
He also starred in My Cousin Vinny, the Lethal Weapon series and JFK.
Aside from a brief cameo in De Niro’s second film as a director, The Good Shepherd, and a role in 2010’s The Love Ranch, Pesci has barely acted since 1998.
Pesci, now 74, stepped away from the big screen to focus on his music career and horse racing.
According to The Independent, he was reportedly asked 50 times to take on the role in The Irishman.
Al Pacino is also starring in the film.
