What is Casino About?Ĭasino is set in the 70s in Las Vegas, telling the story of ‘Ace’ (Robert de Niro), a member of the mafia given orders to run the Tangiers Casino in Las Vegas. He has since recorded three albums titled ‘Little Joe Sure Can Sing!’, ‘Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just For You’, and ‘Pesci…Still Singing’ which was released in 2019. After largely retiring from his acting career, Pesci started pursuing his music career. Now, it looks like Pesci is out of the acting world for good and the reason for his retirement from acting seems to be his music. Pesci officially announced his retirement just four years after starring in Casino but has since starred in The Irishman with co-star Robert De Niro as well as Gone Fishin’ and 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag in 1997, The Good Sheperd in 2006, and Love Ranch in 2010. He also received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and was cited as a big inspiration by Leonardo DiCaprio who presented him with the award. DeMille Award for his contributions to the world of entertainment. Now 79 years old, Robert De Niro resides in his NYC home after recently splitting with his wife Grace Hightower after 20 years of marriage.ĭuring the course of his lengthy acting career, Robert De Niro won two Golden Globe Awards and a Cecil B. Most recently, Robert De Niro also starred in a brand-new 2023 film called Killers of the Flower Moon, a Western crime film directed by Martin Scorsese as well. Before that, De Niro was already famous for his roles in other films directed by Scorsese like Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, and New York New York.Īfter Casino, De Niro went on to star in two more films by the same director, namely The Audition and The Irishman.

Robert De Niro plays the main character of Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein in Casino, which happened to be the eighth film directed by Martin Scorsese that De Niro took part in.

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