Joe Pantoliano
- Acting
- September 12, 1951 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Violent Night 2
- Higher Love · Barney Taylor
- The Isolate Thief · "Burial" Perry Parker
- Home Delivery · Gary Templeton
- Wonder Man · Joe Pantoliano
- Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story · Uncle Tommy Rossi
- Dexter: Original Sin · Anthony Moretti
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die · Captain Howard
- The Last of Us · Eugene Lynden
- A Journey to Sundance · Self
- Hide and Seek · Collin Carmichael
- The Santa Stakeout · Mr. Miller
- Chucky · Joe Pantoliano
- Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years · Sticky Fins Whiting (Voice)
- Reunited Apart · Self
- Bad Boys for Life · Captain Howard
- From the Vine · Marco Gentile
- Feast of the Seven Fishes · Uncle Frankie
- Tacoma FD · Eddie Penisi, Sr, Eddie Penisi Sr.
- The Brawler · Al Braverman
- Lake Placid: Legacy · Henderson
- Happy Anniversary · Aldo
- Just Getting Started · Joey
- Random Tropical Paradise · Vincent Gambazzo
- MacGyver · Eric Andrews
- The Perfect Match · Marty
- Lord of the Freaks · Self
- Sense8 · Michael Gorski
- The Identical · Avi Hirshberg
- Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano · Self, Thanks
- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief · Self
- Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life · Oswald
- Loosies · Carl
- The Legend of Secret Pass · Chuckster (Voice)
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore · Peek (Voice)
- New York Street Games · Self
- Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' · Self
- Deadly Impact · David Kaplow
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief · Gabe Ugliano
- Falling Up · George
- The Job · Perriman
- No Kidding, Me Too! · Self, Director
- The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business · Self
- Canvas · John Marino, Producer
- Unknown · Bound Man
- Deceit · Anthony
- ...So Goes the Nation · Self
- Wedding Daze · Smitty
- The Amateurs · Some Idiot
- Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector · Mayor M.T. Gunn
- But Can They Sing?
- The Check Up · The Inspector
- Racing Stripes · Goose (Voice)
- Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix · Cypher
- Dr. Vegas
- The Tony Danza Show · Self
- The Easter Egg Adventure · Terrible Timothy Takit (Voice)
- Perfect Opposites · Louis Carbonelli
- Second Best · Elliot, Producer
- The Handler · Joe Renato
- Bad Boys II · Captain Howard
- Daredevil · Urich
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash · Mogan
- The Matrix Revisited · Self
- A Better Way to Die · Flash
- Good Day Live · Self
- Cats & Dogs · Peek (Voice)
- The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer · Self
- Memento · Teddy
- Ready to Rumble · Titus Sinclair
- Silver Man · Norbert
- Olive, the Other Reindeer · Martini (Voice)
- New Blood · Hellman
- Roswell · Kal Langley
- Making "The Matrix" · Self
- Taxman · Al Benjamin
- The Life Before This · Jake Maclean
- Black and White · Bill King
- SpongeBob SquarePants · Sticky Fins Whiting (Voice)
- The Matrix · Cypher