Joe Pantoliano
Known For
Acting
Born
1951-09-12 in 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.
Most Known For
The Simpsons
as Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice)
The Sopranos
as Ralph Cifaretto
The Last of Us
as Eugene Lynden
M*A*S*H
as Gerald Mullen
The View
as Self
MacGyver
as Eric Andrews
Wonder Man
as Joe Pantoliano
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
The Outer Limits
as Stan Harbinger
Highlander: The Series
as Doctor Wilder
The Matrix
as Cypher
Chucky
as Joe Pantoliano
Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues
as Sonny Orsini
Tales from the Crypt
as Ulric (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")
Tales from the Crypt
as Casino Dealer (uncredited)
L.A. Law
as Ralph Cavanaugh
Amazing Stories
as Joe
Hart to Hart
Dexter: Original Sin
as Anthony Moretti