Joe Pantoliano
Acting
- Born:
- 1951-09-12
- Place of birth:
- 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
The Isolate Thief
Home Delivery
Wonder Man
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
Dexter: Original Sin
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
The Last of Us
A Journey to Sundance
Hide and Seek
The Santa Stakeout
Chucky
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
Reunited Apart
Bad Boys for Life
From the Vine
Feast of the Seven Fishes
Tacoma FD
The Brawler
Lake Placid: Legacy
Happy Anniversary
Just Getting Started
Random Tropical Paradise
MacGyver
The Perfect Match
Lord of the Freaks
Sense8
The Identical
Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano
The Doctor in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Loosies
The Legend of Secret Pass
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
New York Street Games
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
Deadly Impact
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Falling Up
The Job
No Kidding, Me Too!
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
Canvas
Unknown
Deceit
...So Goes the Nation
Wedding Daze
The Amateurs
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
But Can They Sing?
The Check Up
Racing Stripes
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Dr. Vegas
The Tony Danza Show
The Easter Egg Adventure
Perfect Opposites
Second Best
The Handler
Bad Boys II
Daredevil
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
The Matrix Revisited
A Better Way to Die
Good Day Live
Cats & Dogs
The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer
Memento
Ready to Rumble
Silver Man
Olive, the Other Reindeer
New Blood
Roswell
Making "The Matrix"
Taxman
The Life Before This
Black and White
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Matrix
The Sopranos
The Lionhearts
Godzilla: The Series
Hoods
U.S. Marshals
Pitch
The View
Top of the World
Tinseltown
Natural Enemy
EZ Streets
Bound
Arli$$
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
Bad Business
Cigars!: The New Rage!
The Immortals
Steal Big Steal Little
The Last Word
Life with Louie
Congo
Bad Boys
The Outer Limits
Beethoven
Baby's Day Out
The Spy Within
Teresa's Tattoo
Robot in the Family
Dangerous Heart
Me and the Kid
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Calendar Girl
The Fugitive
Three of Hearts
Used People
Highlander: The Series
Through the Eyes of a Killer
One Special Victory
Civil Wars
Zandalee
Backstreet Dreams
The Fanelli Boys
El Diablo
Short Time
The Last of the Finest
Downtown
The Simpsons
Tales from the Crypt
Nightbreaker
Midnight Run
Rock 'N Roll Mom
The In Crowd
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun
Beverly Hills Buntz
Amazon Women on the Moon
Scenes from the Goldmine
La Bamba
The Squeeze
Destination: America
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
L.A. Law: Pilot
L.A. Law
Running Scared
Amazing Stories
The Goonies
The Mean Season
Robert Kennedy & His Times
Mister Roberts
The Hitchhiker
Eddie and the Cruisers
Hardcastle and McCormick
Risky Business
The Final Terror
Monsignor
Simon & Simon
Hill Street Blues
The Idolmaker
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Hart to Hart
From Here to Eternity
More Than Friends
Free Country
M*A*S*H
I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado
The Making of 'Bound'