Joe Pantoliano

Known for ActingBorn 1951-09-12 (age 74)Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

More Than Friends

The Check Up

The Sopranos

The Last of Us

Dexter: Original Sin

The Matrix

Memento

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

Chucky

Godzilla: The Series

One Special Victory

The Simpsons

Tacoma FD

Sense8

Tales from the Crypt

Roswell

SpongeBob SquarePants

M*A*S*H

The Outer Limits

Robert Kennedy & His Times

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

MacGyver

Hill Street Blues

The Fugitive

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years

Empire of the Sun

The Goonies

Mister Roberts

Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix

Amazing Stories

Bad Boys for Life

Making "The Matrix"

Highlander: The Series

Free Country

Wonder Man

The Fanelli Boys

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Bound

Beethoven

La Bamba

Midnight Run

From Here to Eternity

Hoods

But Can They Sing?

The Easter Egg Adventure

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

Cigars!: The New Rage!

L.A. Law

MAS*H