Joe Pantoliano
Joseph Peter Pantoliano is an American actor who has played over 150 roles across film, television, and theater. He is best known for portraying Ralph "Ralphie" Cifaretto on the HBO crime drama The Sopranos (1999–2007), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and Cypher in the sci-fi action film The Matrix (1999). After early roles in the television series M* A * S * H and the comedy film Risky Business, Pantoliano gained recognition for numerous supporting roles in films and television shows such as Hill Street Blues, The Goonies, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun, Midnight Run, NYPD Blue, Memento, and Bad Boys and its sequels. He also appeared in The Fugitive and its spin-off U.S. Marshals. He began working with the Wachowskis in their directorial debut Bound, and later appeared in their film The Matrix and their sci-fi series Sense8.
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- Born:
- Sep 12, 1951 In Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 160
- First Appeared:
- In the series M*A*S*H 1972-09-17
- Latest Project:
- Movie I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado | Narrator | 2026 |
| Movie | The Isolate Thief | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Higher Love | Unknown | 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 | The Santa Stakeout | Mr. Miller | 2021-10-24 |
| Movie | Hide and Seek | Collin Carmichael | 2021-11-19 |
| 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 |