Highlights
- Joe Pesci's net worth has remained stable due to his wise spending habits and multiple sources of income.
- Pesci earned most of his fortune from his successful acting career, which includes iconic roles in films like Goodfellas and Home Alone.
- In addition to acting, Pesci also pursued a singing career and made money from his albums. He is known to invest his money in real estate and enjoys golf as a hobby.
Joe Pesci is known for his wise-guy roles, most of which don't survive or escape imprisonment. But Pesci has been wise in keeping his net worth safe all these years, unlike some actors his age. Pesci has even ensured he has multiple sources of income.
Pesci is worth a lot of money, but he doesn't spend his money like most celebrities. Instead, while not a lot is known about Pesci's spending, it does appear that he prefers investing rather than frivolous spending.
Here's what we know about Joe Pesci's spending habits.
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What Is Joe Pesci's Net Worth Now?
Joe Pesci has made his fortune from his acting career
Pesci is worth about $50 million in 2024. Most of that income came from his acting career.
Pesci started professionally acting in 1976. After getting a role in Raging Bull in 1980, doors opened for the actor like never before. Then he appeared in Easy Money (1983), Half Nelson (1985), and Lethal Weapon 2 (1989).
However, in 1990, he got one of his most famous characters, gangster Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas. Pesci had had a couple of run-ins with gangsters growing up around New York City. As such, scenes from Goodfellas are based on real life.
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It is tough to pick just one extraordinary performance of Joe Pesci.Pesci's portrayal of those experiences felt real because they were. It was also why Pesci earned an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the film.
That year was a busy one for Pesci because he also appeared in Home Alone alongside Macauley Culkin as a burglar named Harry. The '90s proved to be very successful, not only on the big screen but for Pesci's net worth as well. This is because with each film Pesci was in, his paycheck rose. To the point where he earned $3 million in 1998 for Lethal Weapon 4.
Other well-known projects that Pesci worked on over the years, according to IMDb include:
Bupkis (TV Series) | 2023 | Joe Larocca (lead) |
The Irishman (Movie) | 2019 | Russell Bufalino (lead) |
The Good Shepherd (Movie) | 2006 | Joseph Palmi (supporting) |
Lethal Weapon 4 (Movie) | 1998 | Leo Getz (lead) |
Gone Fishin' (Movie) | 1997 | Joe Waters (lead) |
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (Movie) | 1997 | Tommy (lead) |
Casino (Movie) | 1995 | Nicky Santoro (lead) |
With Honors (Movie) | 1994 | Simon (lead) |
A Bronx Tale (Movie) | 1993 | Carmine (supporting) |
My Cousin Vinny (Movie) | 1992 | Vinny Gambini (lead) |
JFK (Movie) | 1991 | David Ferrie (supporting) |
Home Alone (Movie) | 1990 | Harry (lead) |
Goodfellas (Movie) | 1990 | Tommy DeVito (supporting) |
Raging Bull (Movie) | 1980 | Joey (supporting) |
After Lethal Weapon 4, though, Pesci retired. He had enough of acting, made his fortune and was ready to take a break. But, in 2006, Robert DeNiro got him out of retirement to star in his film The Good Shepherd. After that, Pesci took a couple of hiatuses until he starred in 2019's The Irishman, as real-life mobster Russell Bufalino, alongside his pal DeNiro and Al Pacino.
Joe Pesci Earned Money From A Singing Career
Joe Pesci's first love in the entertainment industry was singing
Acting is not Pesci's only form of income. In his early career, he wanted to be a singer and even released an album.
In the late 1960s, Pesci released his debut album, Little Joe Sure Can Sing!, under the name Joe Ritchie.
Other albums that Pesci has released over the years include:
Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You | 1992 | Joe Pesci |
Falling in Love Again | 2003 | Joe Doggs |
Pesci released Falling in Love Again under an alias because he wanted the music to stand on its own rather than be critiqued as being sung by Pesci.
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There is much more to this Hollywood tough guy than people realize.How much money Pesci made from the albums is unknown. While they never were certified, Pesci's most recent, Falling in Love Again was well-received critically. It is clear that on top of his acting skills, Pesci has some singing chops as well. Whether he will put out more music in the future is unknown.
Joe Pesci Spends His Money On Real Estate
Joe Pesci made $5 million on the sale of his house and is looking to purchase one in California
The biggest thing Pesci spends his money on is real estate. In 1994, he paid $850,000 for an 8-bedroom mansion on the Jersey Shore. The 7200 square foot waterfront home features glass walls, a spiral staircase, an elevator, and a heated swimming pool. In 2019, however, he put it on the market for $6.5 million.
Pesci put his home of almost 30 years on the market because he "plans on settling in sunny California and booking tee times on golf courses." The home was built in 1990 in "the West Point Island neighborhood, protected from Atlantic storms on Barnegat Bay and only a short bike ride to the beach." He had a room full of his movie posters and a Lethal Weapon pinball machine.
The home eventually sold in 2022 for $5 million.
There is no information on whether Pesci has purchased his dream home in California as of 2024.
Joe Pesci Is An Avid Golfer
Since retiring from acting, Joe Pesci has become an avid golfer
Pesci is also a dedicated golfer, which is not a cheap hobby. It is pretty much all he does now when he's not making appearances and acting and making music once in a while.
"I played golf every day to keep my sanity," he told New York (via Turner Classic Movies ).
He's played with other celebrity golf lovers like Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper, as well as professional champion John Daly. Golf Digest says his number is 15.9.
Other Ways Joe Pesci Spends His Money
Joe Pesci may have paid out some of his fortune due to his multiple divorces
Not much is known about how Pesci spends his millions outside of his hobbies and real estate purchases.
What is known is that Pesci has been married and divorced three times. His first marriage was in 1964 and his last ended in 1992. It has not been disclosed what the settlement was to any of Pesci's former wives.
As of this writing, Pesci does not have any more acting projects on the table or any albums in the works. However, that does not mean a famous friend or two will not call Pesci out of his self-imposed retirement to participate in a project. A move that would only add to his net worth, which from the sounds of it, Pesci spends quite wisely.
Source: IMDb, Turner Classic Movies, Golf Digest
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