Joe Pantoliano
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.
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- Born:
- Sep 12, 1951 In Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 161
- First Appeared:
- In the series M*A*S*H 1972-09-17
- Latest Project:
- Movie Violent Night 2 2026-12-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Violent Night 2 | Unknown | 2026-12-03 |
| Movie | The Isolate Thief | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Higher Love | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado | Narrator | 2026 |
| Movie | Home Delivery | Gary Templeton | 2024-02-05 |
| Movie | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Captain Howard | 2024-06-05 |
| Movie | Bad Boys: Legacy | Self | 2024-07-24 |
| Series | Dexter: Original Sin | Anthony Moretti | 2024-12-15 |
| Series | The Last of Us | Eugene Lynden | 2023-01-15 |
| Movie | A Journey to Sundance | Self | 2021-01-01 |
| Series | Chucky | Joe Pantoliano | 2021-10-12 |
| Movie | Hide and Seek | Collin Carmichael | 2021-11-19 |
| Movie | The Santa Stakeout | Mr. Miller | 2021-10-24 |
| Movie | Bad Boys for Life | Captain Howard | 2020-01-15 |
| Series | Reunited Apart | Self | 2020-04-27 |
| Movie | The Brawler | Al Braverman | 2019-01-18 |
| Series | Tacoma FD | Eddie Penisi Sr. | 2019-03-25 |
| Movie | From the Vine | Marco Gentile | 2019-12-27 |
| Movie | Feast of the Seven Fishes | Uncle Frankie | 2019-11-15 |
| Movie | Happy Anniversary | Aldo | 2018-03-30 |
| Movie | Lake Placid: Legacy | Henderson | 2018-05-28 |
| Movie | Just Getting Started | Joey | 2017-12-01 |
| Movie | Random Tropical Paradise | Vincent Gambazzo | 2017-06-09 |
| Series | MacGyver | Eric Andrews | 2016-09-23 |
| Movie | The Perfect Match | Marty | 2016-03-11 |
| Movie | Sense8: A Christmas Special | Michael Gorski | 2016-12-23 |
| Series | Sense8 | Michael Gorski | 2015-06-05 |
| Movie | Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano | Self | 2014-08-18 |
| Movie | The Identical | Avi Hirshberg | 2014-09-05 |
| Movie | Loosies | Carl | 2012-02-01 |
| Movie | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | Oswald | 2012-03-06 |
| Movie | Deadly Impact | David Kaplow | 2010-04-20 |
| Movie | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Gabe Ugliano | 2010-02-01 |
| Movie | Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' | Self | 2010-07-13 |
| Movie | New York Street Games | Self | 2010-07-28 |
| Movie | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Peek (voice) | 2010-07-29 |
| Movie | The Legend of Secret Pass | Chuckster (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
| Movie | The Job | Perriman | 2009-09-26 |
| Movie | No Kidding, Me Too! | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Falling Up | George | 2009-09-29 |
| Movie | The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business | Self | 2008-09-16 |
| Movie | The Amateurs | Some Idiot | 2006-04-28 |
| Movie | Wedding Daze | Smitty | 2006-09-09 |
| Movie | Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector | Mayor M.T. Gunn | 2006-03-24 |
| Movie | Deceit | Anthony | 2006-10-22 |
| Movie | Unknown | Bound Man | 2006-11-03 |
| Movie | ...So Goes the Nation | Self | 2006-10-04 |
| Movie | Canvas | John Marino | 2006-11-12 |
| Movie | Racing Stripes | Goose (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| Series | But Can They Sing? | Unknown | 2005-10-30 |
| Movie | The Check Up | The Inspector | 2005-01-21 |
| Movie | Perfect Opposites | Louis Carbonelli | 2004-02-06 |
| Movie | Second Best | Elliot | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | The Easter Egg Adventure | Terrible Timothy Takit (voice) | 2004-09-05 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004-09-13 |
| Series | Dr. Vegas | Unknown | 2004-09-24 |
| Movie | Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix | Cypher | 2004-12-07 |
| Movie | Daredevil | Ben Urich | 2003-02-14 |
| Movie | Bad Boys II | Captain Howard | 2003-07-18 |
| Series | The Handler | Joe Renato | 2003-09-26 |
| Movie | Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' | Unknown | 2003-07-29 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Mogan | 2002-08-16 |
| Movie | Cats & Dogs | Peek (voice) | 2001-07-04 |
| Movie | A Better Way to Die | Flash | 2001-09-26 |
| Series | Good Day Live | Self | 2001-09-17 |
| Movie | Silver Man | Norbert | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Ready to Rumble | Titus Sinclair | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer | Self | 2000-12-14 |
| Movie | Memento | Teddy | 2000-10-11 |
| Movie | Black and White | Bill King | 1999-09-04 |
| Movie | The Matrix | Cypher | 1999-03-31 |
| Series | The Sopranos | Ralph Cifaretto | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | The Life Before This | Jake Maclean | 1999-09-15 |
| Movie | Olive, the Other Reindeer | Martini (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | New Blood | Hellman | 1999-11-15 |
| Movie | Taxman | Al Benjamin | 1999-09-16 |
| Series | Roswell | Kal Langley | 1999-10-06 |
| Movie | Making 'The Matrix' | Self | 1999-09-21 |
| Movie | Hoods | Charlie Flynn | 1998-08-05 |
| Movie | U.S. Marshals | Renfro | 1998-03-06 |
| Series | Godzilla: The Series | Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice) | 1998-09-12 |
| Series | The Lionhearts | (voice) | 1998-09-19 |
| Movie | Tinseltown | Arnie | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Top of the World | Vince Castor | 1997-05-01 |
| Movie | Pitch | Self | 1997-09-04 |
| Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
| Series | Arli$$ | Unknown | 1996-08-10 |
| Movie | Bound | Caesar | 1996-09-13 |
| Movie | Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice | Det. Meyer Meyer | 1996-02-18 |
| Series | EZ Streets | Jimmy Murtha | 1996-10-27 |
| Movie | Natural Enemy | Stuart | 1996-12-31 |
| Movie | Bad Boys | Captain Howard | 1995-04-07 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Stan Harbinger | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Congo | Eddie Ventro (Uncredited) | 1995-06-09 |
| Movie | The Last Word | Doc | 1995-08-27 |
| Movie | The Immortals | Pete | 1995-10-05 |
| Movie | Steal Big Steal Little | Eddie Agopian | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | Robot in the Family | Jack Shamir | 1994-03-02 |
| Movie | Teresa's Tattoo | Bruno | 1994-03-15 |
| Movie | Dangerous Heart | Barclay | 1994-02-02 |
| Series | Beethoven | Sparky (voice) | 1994-09-10 |
| Movie | The Flight of the Dove | Attorney Brezner | 1994-06-10 |
| Series | Life with Louie | Jojo Stomopolous (voice) | 1994-12-24 |
| Movie | Baby's Day Out | Norby | 1994-07-01 |
| Movie | The Fugitive | Cosmo Renfro | 1993-08-06 |
| Movie | Calendar Girl | Harvey Darpinian | 1993-09-03 |
| Movie | Three of Hearts | Mickey | 1993-04-30 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Me and the Kid | Roy | 1993-10-22 |
| Series | Highlander: The Series | Doctor Wilder | 1992-10-03 |
| Movie | Through the Eyes of a Killer | Jerry | 1992-09-30 |
| Movie | Used People | Frank | 1992-12-16 |
| Movie | Zandalee | Gerri | 1991-05-09 |
| Series | Civil Wars | Stan DeMarco | 1991-11-20 |
| Movie | One Special Victory | Daniel | 1991-12-08 |
| Movie | The Last of the Finest | Wayne Gross | 1990-03-09 |
| Movie | Short Time | Scalese | 1990-05-04 |
| Movie | Downtown | White | 1990-01-12 |
| Movie | El Diablo | Kid Durango | 1990-07-22 |
| Movie | Backstreet Dreams | Paul (uncredited) | 1990-09-29 |
| Series | The Fanelli Boys | Dominic Fanelli | 1990-09-08 |
| Movie | Nightbreaker | Sgt. Jack Russell | 1989-03-08 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Casino Dealer (uncredited) | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Rock 'N Roll Mom | Ronnie | 1988-02-07 |
| Movie | The In Crowd | Perry Parker | 1988-02-01 |
| Movie | Midnight Run | Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder | 1988-07-20 |
| Movie | La Bamba | Bob Keane | 1987-07-24 |
| Movie | The Squeeze | Norman | 1987-07-10 |
| Movie | Destination: America | Lt. Mike Amico | 1987-04-03 |
| Movie | Scenes from the Goldmine | Manny Ricci | 1987-08-08 |
| Movie | Amazon Women on the Moon | Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming") | 1987-09-18 |
| Movie | The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun | Self | 1987-12-30 |
| Movie | Empire of the Sun | Frank Demarest | 1987-12-09 |
| Series | Beverly Hills Buntz | Jimmy Montaigne | 1987-11-05 |
| Movie | L.A. Law: Pilot | Ralph Cavanaugh | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Running Scared | Snake | 1986-06-27 |
| Series | L.A. Law | Ralph Cavanaugh | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Roger Rabbit Screen Test | Eddie Valiant (uncredited) | 1986-11-02 |
| Series | Robert Kennedy & His Times | Roy Cohn | 1985-01-27 |
| Movie | The Mean Season | Andy Porter | 1985-02-15 |
| Movie | The Goonies | Francis | 1985-06-07 |
| Series | Amazing Stories | Joe | 1985-09-29 |
| Movie | Mister Roberts | Insigna | 1984-03-18 |
| Movie | Risky Business | Guido | 1983-08-05 |
| Series | Hardcastle and McCormick | Teddy Hollins | 1983-09-18 |
| Movie | The Final Terror | Eggar | 1983-05-01 |
| Series | The Hitchhiker | Brother Charles | 1983-11-01 |
| Movie | Eddie and the Cruisers | Doc Robbins | 1983-09-23 |
| Movie | Monsignor | Pvt. Joe Musso | 1982-10-22 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Sonny Orsini | 1981-01-15 |
| Series | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Ray Neal | 1980-11-05 |
| Movie | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Ray Neal | 1980-11-05 |
| Movie | The Idolmaker | Gino Pilato | 1980-11-14 |
| Series | From Here to Eternity | Pvt. Angelo Maggio | 1979-02-14 |
| Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
| Series | Free Country | Unknown | 1978-06-24 |
| Movie | More Than Friends | Ralphie | 1978-10-20 |
| Series | M*A*S*H | Gerald Mullen | 1972-09-17 |