Joe Pantoliano
Born: 1951-09-12 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
2025
- Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story as Uncle Tommy Rossi
2024
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die as Captain Howard
- Dexter: Original Sin as Anthony Moretti
- Bad Boys: Legacy as Self
- Home Delivery as Gary Templeton
2023
- The Last of Us as Eugene Lynden
2021
- Chucky as Joe Pantoliano
- Hide and Seek as Collin Carmichael
- A Journey to Sundance as Self
- The Santa Stakeout as Mr. Miller
2020
- Bad Boys for Life as Captain Howard
- Reunited Apart as Self
2019
- Tacoma FD as Eddie Penisi, Sr
- Feast of the Seven Fishes as Uncle Frankie
- From the Vine as Marco Gentile
- The Brawler as Al Braverman
2018
- Happy Anniversary as Aldo
- Lake Placid: Legacy as Henderson
2017
- Just Getting Started as Joey
- Random Tropical Paradise as Vincent Gambazzo
2016
- MacGyver as Eric Andrews
- The Perfect Match as Marty
2015
- Sense8 as Michael Gorski
2014
- The Identical as Avi Hirshberg
- Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano as Self
2012
- Loosies as Carl
- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief as Self
- Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life as Oswald
2010
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Gabe Ugliano
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore as Peek (voice)
- The Legend of Secret Pass as Chuckster (voice)
- New York Street Games as Self
- Deadly Impact as David Kaplow
- Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' as Self
2009
- Falling Up as George
- No Kidding, Me Too! as Himself
- The Job as Perriman
2006
- Wedding Daze as Smitty
- Canvas as John Marino
- Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector as Mayor M.T. Gunn
- The Amateurs as Some Idiot
- Unknown as Bound Man
- Deceit as Anthony
- ...So Goes the Nation as Self
2005
- Racing Stripes as Goose (voice)
- The Check Up as The Inspector
- But Can They Sing?
2004
- The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- Perfect Opposites as Louis Carbonelli
- Second Best as Elliot
- The Easter Egg Adventure as Terrible Timothy Takit (voice)
- Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix as Cypher
- Dr. Vegas
2003
- Bad Boys II as Captain Howard
- Daredevil as Ben Urich
- Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
- The Handler as Joe Renato
2002
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash as Mogan
2001
- Good Day Live as Self
- A Better Way to Die as Flash
- Cats & Dogs as Peek (voice)
2000
- Memento as Teddy
- Silver Man as Norbert
- Ready to Rumble as Titus Sinclair
- The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer as Self
1999
- The Sopranos as Ralph Cifaretto
- The Matrix as Cypher
- Roswell as Kal Langley
- New Blood as Hellman
- Taxman as Al Benjamin
- Black and White as Bill King
- Olive, the Other Reindeer as Martini (voice)
- Making 'The Matrix' as Self
- The Life Before This as Jake Maclean
1998
- U.S. Marshals as Renfro
- Godzilla: The Series as Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice)
- Hoods as Charlie Flynn
- The Lionhearts as (voice)
1997
- The View as Self
- Top of the World as Vince Castor
- Pitch as Self
- Tinseltown as Arnie
1996
- Bound as Caesar
- Arli$$
- Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice as Det. Meyer Meyer
- Natural Enemy as Stuart
- EZ Streets as Jimmy Murtha
1995
- The Outer Limits as Stan Harbinger
- Bad Boys as Captain Howard
- The Immortals as Pete
- Congo as Eddie Ventro (Uncredited)
- The Last Word as Doc
- Steal Big Steal Little as Eddie Agopian
1994
- Baby's Day Out as Norby
- Life with Louie as Jojo Stomopolous (voice)
- The Spy Within as Attorney Brezner
- Beethoven as Sparky (voice)
- Robot in the Family as Jack Shamir
- Teresa's Tattoo as Bruno
- Dangerous Heart as Barclay
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- The Fugitive as Cosmo Renfro
- Three of Hearts as Mickey
- Me and the Kid as Roy
- Calendar Girl as Harvey Darpinian
1992
- Highlander: The Series as Doctor Wilder
- Used People as Frank
- Through the Eyes of a Killer as Jerry
1991
- Zandalee as Gerri
- One Special Victory as Daniel
- Civil Wars as Stan DeMarco
1990
- El Diablo as Kid Durango
- Short Time as Scalese
- Downtown as White
- Backstreet Dreams as Paul (uncredited)
- The Last of the Finest as Wayne Gross
- The Fanelli Boys as Dominic Fanelli
1989
- The Simpsons as Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice)
- Tales from the Crypt as Ulric (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")
- Nightbreaker as Sgt. Jack Russell
1988
- The In Crowd as Perry Parker
- Midnight Run as Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder
- Rock 'N Roll Mom as Ronnie
1987
- La Bamba as Bob Keane
- The Squeeze as Norman
- The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun as Self
- Amazon Women on the Moon as Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")
- Empire of the Sun as Frank Demarest
- Beverly Hills Buntz as Jimmy Montaigne
- Scenes from the Goldmine as Manny Ricci
- Destination: America as Lt. Mike Amico
1986
- L.A. Law as Ralph Cavanaugh
- Running Scared as Snake
- Roger Rabbit Screen Test as Eddie Valiant (uncredited)
- L.A. Law: Pilot as Ralph Cavanaugh
1985
- The Goonies as Francis
- Amazing Stories as Joe
- The Mean Season as Andy Porter
- Robert Kennedy & His Times as Roy Cohn
1984
- Mister Roberts as Insigna
1983
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Teddy Hollins
- The Hitchhiker as Brother Charles
- Eddie and the Cruisers as Doc Robbins
- Risky Business as Guido
- The Final Terror as Eggar
1982
- Monsignor as Pvt. Joe Musso
1980
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Ray Neal
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Ray Neal
- The Idolmaker as Gino Pilato
1979
- Hart to Hart
- From Here to Eternity as Pvt. Angelo Maggio
1978
- More Than Friends as Ralphie
- Free Country
1972
- M*A*S*H as Gerald Mullen