Ray Liotta's Henry Hill might be the protagonist in Goodfellas, but Joe Pesci's Tommy DeVito is the best character in the film and we explain why.

Considered Ray Liotta's best role to date, Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas has some of the best scenes in all of cinema.

In Martin Scorsese’s classic gangster film Goodfellas, Tommy DeVito, played by Joe Pesci, gets whacked by John Gotti’s family in retribution for killing made man Billy Batts, played by Frank ...

While viewers encounter some scary characters in Goodfellas, no one in the Martin Scorsese classic compares with Tommy DeVito, played so memorably by Joe Pesci. Tommy’s the kind of guy who can ...

It’s probably not too controversial to choose the shine box, the dinner at Tommy’s, and the dog painting as the best scene of Goodfellas. It was, after all, the scene Scorsese chose to tease ...

"Goodfellas" was nominated for six Academy Awards. Joe Pesci was the only won who walked away with an Oscar for his role as tough guy Tommy DeVito. For some, it may be a hard movie to watch ...

But it’s safe to say that Goodfellas changed the gangster film forever. Gone were the Cagney days of dirty rats and Tommy Guns and Copolla’s family-oriented mafia scratching out a life in ...

At its core, “GoodFellas” is a story of ball-busting etiquette, which we first learn about in the improvised early scene based on a real experience of Pesci. Tommy turns his attention to a ...

Months after his agent wore what looked like a “Goodfellas” costume on the sidelines, Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito did his best impersonation of the Martin Scorsese picture. At the NFL ...

and then leaned into the famous "Goodfellas" character that shares his name played by Joe Pesci as part of a skit with host Keegan-Michael Key. Too many lost theirs: Putting the Tommy DeVito ...