Joe Pantoliano
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.
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Full filmography
- The Simpsons (1989) as Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice)
- The Sopranos (1999) as Ralph Cifaretto
- The Matrix (1999) as Cypher
- Hill Street Blues (1981)
- Hill Street Blues (1981) as Sonny Orsini
- The View (1997) as Self
- The Last of Us (2023) as Eugene Lynden
- M*A*S*H (1972) as Gerald Mullen
- Simon & Simon (1981)
- MacGyver (2016) as Eric Andrews
- Highlander: The Series (1992) as Doctor Wilder
- L.A. Law (1986) as Ralph Cavanaugh
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Hart to Hart (1979)
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Ulric (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Casino Dealer (uncredited)
- Chucky (2021) as Joe Pantoliano
- The Outer Limits (1995) as Stan Harbinger
- Roswell (1999) as Kal Langley
- Amazing Stories (1985) as Joe
- Good Day Live (2001) as Self
- Sense8 (2015) as Michael Gorski
- Memento (2000) as Teddy
- SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) as Sticky Fins Whiting (voice)