
Joe Pantoliano
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.
115
Films
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TV Shows
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Crew Credits
Known For
155 Credits
The Simpsons
as Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice)
1989

The Sopranos
as Ralph Cifaretto
1999

The View
as Self
1997

The Idolmaker
as Gino Pilato
1980

M*A*S*H
as Gerald Mullen
1972

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993

The Last of Us
as Eugene Lynden
2023

Hill Street Blues
1981

Hill Street Blues
as Sonny Orsini
1981

Highlander: The Series
as Doctor Wilder
1992

The Outer Limits
as Stan Harbinger
1995

MacGyver
as Eric Andrews
2016


