
Joe Pantoliano
Born: 1951-09-12
Place of Birth: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
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

The Matrix

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Memento

Bad Boys for Life

The Goonies

Bad Boys

The Easter Egg Adventure

The Fugitive

Bad Boys II

Silver Man

Baby's Day Out

Bound

Daredevil

I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado

Racing Stripes

U.S. Marshals

Downtown

Zandalee

Empire of the Sun

Cats & Dogs

Backstreet Dreams

Unknown

Congo

The Immortals

Risky Business

Pitch

Bad Boys: Legacy

New Blood

Short Time

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Wedding Daze

La Bamba

Hoods

Midnight Run

Random Tropical Paradise

The Final Terror

Natural Enemy

Mister Roberts

Taxman

Deceit

Used People

Roger Rabbit Screen Test

Monsignor

Canvas

Violent Night 2

Feast of the Seven Fishes

Loosies

Running Scared

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

Lake Placid: Legacy

Ready to Rumble

Just Getting Started

The Perfect Match

Nightbreaker

The Brawler

Calendar Girl

Top of the World

Hide and Seek

The Last Word

Amazon Women on the Moon

Second Best

Black and White

The Amateurs

Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story

From the Vine

The In Crowd

Eddie and the Cruisers

Falling Up

El Diablo

Olive, the Other Reindeer

The Santa Stakeout

The Mean Season

The Squeeze

Deadly Impact

Happy Anniversary

The Identical

Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector

The Idolmaker

The Legend of Secret Pass

More Than Friends

Perfect Opposites

Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'

The Spy Within

The Last of the Finest

Three of Hearts

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

Steal Big Steal Little

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Through the Eyes of a Killer

The Job

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

New York Street Games

A Better Way to Die

Home Delivery

L.A. Law: Pilot

A Journey to Sundance

...So Goes the Nation

Me and the Kid

One Special Victory

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

Rock 'N Roll Mom

Teresa's Tattoo

Tinseltown

Robot in the Family

The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business

Making 'The Matrix'

Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

Destination: America

Scenes from the Goldmine

Dangerous Heart

Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'

The Life Before This

No Kidding, Me Too!
