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
- The Isolate Thief as "Burial" Perry Parker
- Wonder Man as Joe Pantoliano
- Violent Night 2
2025
- Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story as Uncle Tommy Rossi
2024
- Dexter: Original Sin as Anthony Moretti
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die as Captain Howard
- Home Delivery as Gary Templeton
2023
- The Last of Us as Eugene Lynden
- A Journey to Sundance as Self
2021
- Chucky as Joe Pantoliano
- Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years as Sticky Fins Whiting (voice)
- Hide and Seek as Collin Carmichael
- 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
- The Brawler as Al Braverman
- From the Vine as Marco Gentile
- Feast of the Seven Fishes as Uncle Frankie
2018
- Lake Placid: Legacy as Henderson
- Happy Anniversary as Aldo
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
- Lord of the Freaks as Self
2014
- The Identical as Avi Hirshberg
- Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano as Self
2012
- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief as Self
- Loosies as Carl
- 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)
- Deadly Impact as David Kaplow
- The Legend of Secret Pass as Chuckster (voice)
- New York Street Games as Self
- Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' as Self
2009
- Falling Up as George
- The Job as Perriman
- No Kidding, Me Too! as Himself
2006
- Unknown as Bound Man
- Wedding Daze as Smitty
- The Amateurs as Some Idiot
- Deceit as Anthony
- Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector as Mayor M.T. Gunn
- ...So Goes the Nation as Self
- Canvas as John Marino
2005
- Racing Stripes as Goose (voice)
- But Can They Sing?
- The Check Up as The Inspector
2004
- The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- Dr. Vegas
- Second Best as Elliot
- Perfect Opposites as Louis Carbonelli
- The Easter Egg Adventure as Terrible Timothy Takit (voice)
- Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix as Cypher
2003
- Daredevil as Ben Urich
- Bad Boys II as Captain Howard
- The Handler as Joe Renato
2002
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash as Mogan
2001
- Good Day Live as Self
- Cats & Dogs as Peek (voice)
- The Matrix Revisited as Self - Cypher (archive footage)
- A Better Way to Die as Flash
2000
- Memento as Teddy
- Ready to Rumble as Titus Sinclair
- The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer as Self
- Silver Man as Norbert
1999
- The Sopranos as Ralph Cifaretto
- The Matrix as Cypher
- SpongeBob SquarePants as Sticky Fins Whiting (voice)
- Roswell as Kal Langley
- Black and White as Bill King
- Olive, the Other Reindeer as Martini (voice)
- Making "The Matrix" as Self
- New Blood as Hellman
- Taxman as Al Benjamin
- The Life Before This as Jake Maclean
1998
- Godzilla: The Series as Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice)
- U.S. Marshals as Renfro
- The Lionhearts as (voice)
- Hoods as Charlie Flynn
1997
- The View as Self
- Top of the World as Vince Castor
- Pitch as Self
- Tinseltown as Arnie
1996
- Arli$$ as Vic Freed
- Bound as Caesar
- EZ Streets as Jimmy Murtha
- Natural Enemy as Stuart
- Cigars!: The New Rage! as Self
- Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice as Det. Meyer Meyer
- Bad Business as Body Man
1995
- The Outer Limits as Stan Harbinger
- Bad Boys as Captain Howard
- Congo as Eddie Ventro (Uncredited)
- The Immortals as Pete
- Steal Big Steal Little as Eddie Agopian
- The Last Word as Doc
1994
- Baby's Day Out as Norby
- Life with Louie as Jojo Stomopolous (voice)
- Beethoven as Sparky (voice)
- Teresa's Tattoo as Bruno
- The Spy Within as Attorney Brezner
- Dangerous Heart as Barclay
- Robot in the Family as Jack Shamir
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- The Fugitive as Cosmo Renfro
- Calendar Girl as Harvey Darpinian
- Three of Hearts as Mickey
- Me and the Kid as Roy
1992
- Highlander: The Series as Doctor Wilder
- Used People as Frank
- Through the Eyes of a Killer as Jerry
1991
- Civil Wars as Stan DeMarco
- Zandalee as Gerri
- One Special Victory as Daniel
1990
- Short Time as Scalese
- The Fanelli Boys as Dominic Fanelli
- El Diablo as Kid Durango
- The Last of the Finest as Wayne Gross
- Downtown as White
- Backstreet Dreams as Paul (uncredited)
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
- Midnight Run as Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder
- The In Crowd as Perry Parker
- Rock 'N Roll Mom as Ronnie
1987
- Empire of the Sun as Frank Demarest
- La Bamba as Bob Keane
- Beverly Hills Buntz as Jimmy Montaigne
- Amazon Women on the Moon as Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")
- The Squeeze as Norman
- The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun as Self
- Scenes from the Goldmine as Manny Ricci
- Destination: America as Lt. Mike Amico
1986
- L.A. Law as Ralph Cavanaugh
- Running Scared as Snake
- L.A. Law: Pilot as Ralph Cavanaugh
- Roger Rabbit Screen Test as Eddie Valiant (uncredited)
1985
- Amazing Stories as Joe
- The Goonies as Francis
- The Mean Season as Andy Porter
- Robert Kennedy & His Times as Roy Cohn
1984
- Mister Roberts as Insigna
1983
- The Hitchhiker as Brother Charles
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Teddy Hollins
- Risky Business as Guido
- The Final Terror as Eggar
- Eddie and the Cruisers as Doc Robbins
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
- Free Country
- More Than Friends as Ralphie
1972
- M*A*S*H as Gerald Mullen