Joe Pantoliano
Acting
Born September 12, 1951, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
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.
Filmography
- 2026Higher Love
- 2026Home Delivery — Gary Templeton
- 2026The Isolate Thief — "Burial" Perry Parker
- 2026Violent Night 2
- Wonder Man — Joe Pantoliano
- 2025Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story — Uncle Tommy Rossi
- 2024Bad Boys: Ride or Die — Captain Howard
- Dexter: Original Sin — Anthony Moretti
- The Last of Us — Eugene Lynden
- Chucky — Joe Pantoliano
- 2021Hide and Seek — Collin Carmichael
- Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years — Sticky Fins Whiting (voice)
- 2021The Santa Stakeout — Mr. Miller
- 2020Bad Boys for Life — Captain Howard
- 2019Feast of the Seven Fishes — Uncle Frankie
- 2019From the Vine — Marco Gentile
- Tacoma FD — Eddie Penisi, Sr, Eddie Penisi Sr.
- 2019The Brawler — Al Braverman
- 2018Happy Anniversary — Aldo
- 2018Lake Placid: Legacy — Henderson
- 2017Just Getting Started — Joey
- 2017Random Tropical Paradise — Vincent Gambazzo
- MacGyver — Eric Andrews
- 2016The Perfect Match — Marty
- Sense8 — Michael Gorski
- 2014Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano — Self, Thanks
- 2014The Identical — Avi Hirshberg
- 2012Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life — Oswald
- 2012Loosies — Carl
- 2010Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore — Peek (voice)
- 2010Deadly Impact — David Kaplow
- 2010Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief — Gabe Ugliano
- 2010The Legend of Secret Pass — Chuckster (voice)
- 2009Falling Up — George
- 2009No Kidding, Me Too! — Himself, Director, Writer
- 2009The Job — Perriman
- 2006Canvas — John Marino, Producer
- 2006Deceit — Anthony
- 2006Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector — Mayor M.T. Gunn
- 2006The Amateurs — Some Idiot
- 2006Unknown — Bound Man
- 2006Wedding Daze — Smitty
- But Can They Sing?
- 2005Racing Stripes — Goose (voice)
- 2005The Check Up — The Inspector
- Dr. Vegas
- 2004Perfect Opposites — Louis Carbonelli
- 2004Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix — Cypher
- 2004Second Best — Elliot, Producer
- 2004The Easter Egg Adventure — Terrible Timothy Takit (voice)
- 2003Bad Boys II — Captain Howard
- 2003Daredevil — Urich
- The Handler — Joe Renato
- 2002The Adventures of Pluto Nash — Mogan
- 2001A Better Way to Die — Flash
- 2001Cats & Dogs — Peek (voice)
- 2000Memento — Teddy
- 2000Ready to Rumble — Titus Sinclair
- 2000Silver Man — Norbert
- 1999Black and White — Bill King
- 1999New Blood — Hellman
- 1999Olive, the Other Reindeer — Martini (voice)
- Roswell — Kal Langley
- SpongeBob SquarePants — Sticky Fins Whiting (voice)
- 1999Taxman — Al Benjamin
- 1999The Life Before This — Jake Maclean
- 1999The Matrix — Cypher
- The Sopranos — Ralph Cifaretto
- Godzilla: The Series — Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice)
- 1998Hoods — Charlie Flynn
- The Lionhearts — (voice)
- 1998U.S. Marshals — Renfro
- 1997Tinseltown — Arnie
- 1997Top of the World — Vince Castor
- Arli$$ — Vic Freed
- 1996Bad Business — Body Man
- 1996Bound — Caesar
- 1996Cigars!: The New Rage! — Self, Thanks
- EZ Streets — Jimmy Murtha
- 1996Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice — Det. Meyer Meyer
- 1996Natural Enemy — Stuart
- 1995Bad Boys — Captain Howard
- 1995Congo — Eddie Ventro (Uncredited)
- Life with Louie — Jojo Stomopolous (voice)
- 1995Steal Big Steal Little — Eddie Agopian
- 1995The Immortals — Pete
- 1995The Last Word — Doc
- The Outer Limits — Stan Harbinger
- 1994Baby's Day Out — Norby
- Beethoven — Sparky (voice)
- 1994Dangerous Heart — Barclay
- 1994Robot in the Family — Jack Shamir, Associate Producer
- 1994Teresa's Tattoo — Bruno
- 1994The Spy Within — Attorney Brezner
- 1993Calendar Girl — Harvey Darpinian
- 1993Me and the Kid — Roy
- 1993The Fugitive — Cosmo Renfro
- 1993Three of Hearts — Mickey
- Highlander: The Series — Doctor Wilder
- 1992Through the Eyes of a Killer — Jerry
- 1992Used People — Frank
- Civil Wars — Stan DeMarco
- 1991One Special Victory — Daniel
- 1991Zandalee — Gerri
- 1990Backstreet Dreams — Paul (uncredited)
- 1990Downtown — White
- 1990El Diablo — Kid Durango
- 1990Short Time — Scalese
- The Fanelli Boys — Dominic Fanelli
- 1990The Last of the Finest — Wayne Gross
- 1989Nightbreaker — Sgt. Jack Russell
- Tales from the Crypt — Ulric (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone"), Casino Dealer (uncredited)
- The Simpsons — Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice)
- 1988Midnight Run — Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder
- 1988Rock 'N Roll Mom — Ronnie
- 1988The In Crowd — Perry Parker
- 1987Amazon Women on the Moon — Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")
- Beverly Hills Buntz — Jimmy Montaigne
- 1987Destination: America — Lt. Mike Amico
- 1987Empire of the Sun — Frank Demarest
- 1987La Bamba — Bob Keane
- 1987Scenes from the Goldmine — Manny Ricci
- 1987The Squeeze — Norman
- L.A. Law — Ralph Cavanaugh
- 1986L.A. Law: Pilot — Ralph Cavanaugh
- 1986Roger Rabbit Screen Test — Eddie Valiant (uncredited)
- 1986Running Scared — Snake
- Amazing Stories — Joe
- Robert Kennedy & His Times — Roy Cohn
- 1985The Goonies — Francis
- 1985The Mean Season — Andy Porter
- 1984Mister Roberts — Insigna
- 1983Eddie and the Cruisers — Doc Robbins
- Hardcastle and McCormick — Teddy Hollins
- 1983Risky Business — Guido
- 1983The Final Terror — Eggar
- The Hitchhiker — Brother Charles
- 1982Monsignor — Pvt. Joe Musso
- Hill Street Blues — Sonny Orsini
- Simon & Simon
- 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story — Ray Neal
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story — Ray Neal
- 1980The Idolmaker — Gino Pilato
- From Here to Eternity — Pvt. Angelo Maggio
- Hart to Hart
- Free Country
- 1978More Than Friends — Ralphie
- M*A*S*H — Gerald Mullen
- I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado — Narrator
Appearances as themselves (18)
- 2023A Journey to Sundance — Self
- Reunited Apart — Self
- 2015Lord of the Freaks — Self
- 201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief — Self
- 2010Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' — Self
- 2010New York Street Games — Self
- 2008The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business — Self
- 2006...So Goes the Nation — Self
- The Tony Danza Show — Self - Guest
- Good Day Live — Self
- 2001The Matrix Revisited — Self - Cypher (archive footage)
- 2000The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer — Self
- 1999Making "The Matrix" — Self
- 1997Pitch — Self
- The View — Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
- 1987The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun — Self
- The Making of 'Bound' — Self