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Joe Pantoliano
Joe Pantoliano

Joe Pantoliano

ActingBorn September 12, 1951 (age 74)Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

Biography

Joseph Peter Pantoliano (born September 12, 1951) is an American actor who has played over 150 roles across film, television, and theater. He is best known for portraying Francis Fratelli in The Goonies (1985), Captain Conrad Howard in the Bad Boys film series (1995–2024),  Cypher in the Wachowskis' sci-fi action film The Matrix (1999), Teddy in Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller film Memento (2000), and Ralph "Ralphie" Cifaretto on the HBO crime drama The Sopranos (2001–2004), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Other notable film credits include Risky Business (1983), Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987), La Bamba (1987), Midnight Run (1988), The Fugitive (1993), Baby's Day Out (1994), the Wachowskis' directorial debut Bound (1996), and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010). In 2025, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in The Last of Us. Pantoliano has published two memoirs and is active in the field of mental health, having documented his mother's issues and his own. He founded the nonprofit No Kidding, Me Too!, which is dedicated to removing the stigma from mental illness. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Pantoliano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026
Wonder Man

as Joe Pantoliano

TV
2025Movie
2024
Dexter: Original Sin

as Anthony Moretti

TV
2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die

as Captain Howard

Movie
2024
Home Delivery

as Gary Templeton

Movie
2023
The Last of Us

as Eugene Lynden

TV
2023Movie
2021
Hide and Seek

as Collin Carmichael

Movie
2021
The Santa Stakeout

as Mr. Miller

Movie
2021
Chucky

as Joe Pantoliano

TV
2021
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years

as Sticky Fins Whiting (voice)

TV
2020TV
2020
Bad Boys for Life

as Captain Howard

Movie
2019
From the Vine

as Marco Gentile

Movie
2019Movie
2019
Tacoma FD

as Eddie Penisi, Sr

TV
2019
Tacoma FD

as Eddie Penisi Sr.

TV
2019
The Brawler

as Al Braverman

Movie
2018Movie
2018Movie
2017Movie
2017
Random Tropical Paradise

as Vincent Gambazzo

Movie
2016
MacGyver

as Eric Andrews

TV
2016Movie
2015
Sense8

as Michael Gorski

TV
2014
The Identical

as Avi Hirshberg

Movie
2012
Loosies

as Carl

Movie
2010
The Legend of Secret Pass

as Chuckster (voice)

Movie
2010Movie
2010
Deadly Impact

as David Kaplow

Movie
2009
Falling Up

as George

Movie
2009
The Job

as Perriman

Movie
2009Movie
2006
Canvas

as John Marino

Movie
2006
Unknown

as Bound Man

Movie
2006
Deceit

as Anthony

Movie
2006Movie
2006
Wedding Daze

as Smitty

Movie
2006
The Amateurs

as Some Idiot

Movie
2006Movie
2005
The Check Up

as The Inspector

Movie
2005
Racing Stripes

as Goose (voice)

Movie
2004TV
2004
The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

TV
2004
The Easter Egg Adventure

as Terrible Timothy Takit (voice)

Movie
2004
Perfect Opposites

as Louis Carbonelli

Movie
2004
Second Best

as Elliot

Movie
2003
The Handler

as Joe Renato

TV
2003
Bad Boys II

as Captain Howard

Movie
2003
Daredevil

as Ben Urich

Movie
2001
The Matrix Revisited

as Self - Cypher (archive footage)

Movie
2001Movie
2001TV
2001
Cats & Dogs

as Peek (voice)

Movie
2000
Memento

as Teddy

Movie
2000
Ready to Rumble

as Titus Sinclair

Movie
2000
Silver Man

as Norbert

Movie
1999
Olive, the Other Reindeer

as Martini (voice)

Movie
1999
New Blood

as Hellman

Movie
1999
Roswell

as Kal Langley

TV
1999Movie
1999
Taxman

as Al Benjamin

Movie
1999
The Life Before This

as Jake Maclean

Movie
1999
Black and White

as Bill King

Movie
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants

as Sticky Fins Whiting (voice)

TV
1999
The Matrix

as Cypher

Movie
1999
The Sopranos

as Ralph Cifaretto

TV
1998
The Lionhearts

as (voice)

TV
1998
Godzilla: The Series

as Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice)

TV
1998
Godzilla: The Series

as Victor "Animal" Palotti

TV
1998
Hoods

as Charlie Flynn

Movie
1998
U.S. Marshals

as Renfro

Movie
1997
Pitch

as Self

Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997
Top of the World

as Vince Castor

Movie
1997
Tinseltown

as Arnie

Movie
1996
Natural Enemy

as Stuart

Movie
1996
EZ Streets

as Jimmy Murtha

TV
1996
Bound

as Caesar

Movie
1996
Arli$$

as Vic Freed

TV
1996Movie
1996Movie
1995Movie
1995
Steal Big Steal Little

as Eddie Agopian

Movie
1995Movie
1995
Congo

as Eddie Ventro (Uncredited)

Movie
1995
Bad Boys

as Captain Howard

Movie
1995
The Outer Limits

as Stan Harbinger

TV
1994
Life with Louie

as Jojo Stomopolous (voice)

TV
1994
Beethoven

as Sparky (voice)

TV
1994Movie
1994
The Spy Within

as Attorney Brezner

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Robot in the Family

as Jack Shamir

Movie
1994
Dangerous Heart

as Barclay

Movie
1993Movie
1993TV
1993
Calendar Girl

as Harvey Darpinian

Movie
1993
The Fugitive

as Cosmo Renfro

Movie
1993Movie
1992
Used People

as Frank

Movie
1992
Highlander: The Series

as Doctor Wilder

TV
1991Movie
1991
Civil Wars

as Stan DeMarco

TV
1991
Zandalee

as Gerri

Movie
1990
Backstreet Dreams

as Paul (uncredited)

Movie
1990
The Fanelli Boys

as Dominic Fanelli

TV
1990
El Diablo

as Kid Durango

Movie
1990
Short Time

as Scalese

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Downtown

as White

Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice)

TV
1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Ulric (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")

TV
1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Casino Dealer (uncredited)

TV
1989
Nightbreaker

as Sgt. Jack Russell

Movie
1988
Midnight Run

as Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder

Movie
1988Movie
1988
The In Crowd

as Perry Parker

Movie
1987
Empire of the Sun

as Frank Demarest

Movie
1987
Beverly Hills Buntz

as Jimmy Montaigne

TV
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon

as Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")

Movie
1987Movie
1987
La Bamba

as Bob Keane

Movie
1987
The Squeeze

as Norman

Movie
1987
Destination: America

as Lt. Mike Amico

Movie
1986
Roger Rabbit Screen Test

as Eddie Valiant (uncredited)

Movie
1986
L.A. Law: Pilot

as Ralph Cavanaugh

Movie
1986
L.A. Law

as Ralph Cavanaugh

TV
1986Movie
1985TV
1985
The Goonies

as Francis

Movie
1985
The Mean Season

as Andy Porter

Movie
1984
Mister Roberts

as Insigna

Movie
1983
The Hitchhiker

as Brother Charles

TV
1983Movie
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick

as Teddy Hollins

TV
1983Movie
1983Movie
1982
Monsignor

as Pvt. Joe Musso

Movie
1981
Hill Street Blues

as Sonny Orsini

TV
1980
The Idolmaker

as Gino Pilato

Movie
1979
From Here to Eternity

as Pvt. Angelo Maggio

TV
1978Movie
1972
M*A*S*H

as Gerald Mullen

TV
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 12, 1951
Place of BirthHoboken, New Jersey, USA
Popularity2.4