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Joe Pantoliano

Joe Pantoliano

Acting
Born: 1951-09-12
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

151 Works
The Simpsons
8.0

The Simpsons

1989

tv

The Sopranos
8.7

The Sopranos

1999

tv

The Matrix
8.2

The Matrix

1999

movie

The Last of Us
8.4

The Last of Us

2023

tv

M*A*S*H
7.9

M*A*S*H

1972

tv

MacGyver
7.3

MacGyver

2016

tv

L.A. Law
7.1

L.A. Law

1986

tv

The View
4.4

The View

1997

tv

Hill Street Blues
7.6

Hill Street Blues

1981

tv

Hart to Hart
6.9

Hart to Hart

1979

tv

Highlander: The Series
7.4

Highlander: The Series

1992

tv

Chucky
7.8

Chucky

2021

tv