Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 12, 1951
Place of Birth
Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Credits
166 titles
Joe Pantoliano
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.
Known For
Filmography
Violent Night 2
The Isolate Thief
Wonder Man
Joe Pantoliano
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
Uncle Tommy Rossi
Dexter: Original Sin
Anthony Moretti
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Captain Howard
Home Delivery
Gary Templeton
The Last of Us
Eugene Lynden
A Journey to Sundance
Self
Hide and Seek
Collin Carmichael
The Santa Stakeout
Mr. Miller
Chucky
Joe Pantoliano
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
Sticky Fins Whiting (voice)
Reunited Apart
Self
Bad Boys for Life
Captain Howard
From the Vine
Marco Gentile
Feast of the Seven Fishes
Uncle Frankie
Tacoma FD
Eddie Penisi, Sr
The Brawler
Al Braverman
Lake Placid: Legacy
Henderson
Happy Anniversary
Aldo
Just Getting Started
Joey
Random Tropical Paradise
Vincent Gambazzo
MacGyver
Eric Andrews
The Perfect Match
Marty
Lord of the Freaks
Self
Sense8
Michael Gorski
The Identical
Avi Hirshberg
Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano
Self
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Self
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Oswald
Loosies
Carl
The Legend of Secret Pass
Chuckster (voice)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Peek (voice)
New York Street Games
Self
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
Self
Deadly Impact
David Kaplow
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Gabe Ugliano
Falling Up
George
The Job
Perriman
No Kidding, Me Too!
Himself
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
Self
Canvas
John Marino
Unknown
Bound Man
Deceit
Anthony
...So Goes the Nation
Self
Wedding Daze
Smitty
The Amateurs
Some Idiot
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Mayor M.T. Gunn
But Can They Sing?