Joe Pantoliano
Acting
1951-09-12 · 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.
Filmography
TheatersViolent Night 2
2026 · Movie
TheatersHigher Love
2026 · Movie
The Isolate Thief
2026 · Movie
Home Delivery
2026 · Movie
Wonder Man
2026 · Series
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
2025 · Movie
Dexter: Original Sin
2024 · Series
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024 · Movie
The Last of Us
2023 · Series
A Journey to Sundance
2023 · Movie
Hide and Seek
2021 · Movie
The Santa Stakeout
2021 · Movie
Chucky
2021 · Series
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
2021 · Series
Reunited Apart
2020 · Series
Bad Boys for Life
2020 · Movie
From the Vine
2019 · Movie
Feast of the Seven Fishes
2019 · Movie
Tacoma FD
2019 · Series
The Brawler
2019 · Movie
Lake Placid: Legacy
2018 · Movie
Happy Anniversary
2018 · Movie
Just Getting Started
2017 · Movie
Random Tropical Paradise
2017 · Movie
MacGyver
2016 · Series
The Perfect Match
2016 · Movie
Lord of the Freaks
2015 · Movie
Sense8
2015 · Series
The Identical
2014 · Movie
Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano
2014 · Movie
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012 · Movie
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
2012 · Movie
Loosies
2012 · Movie
The Legend of Secret Pass
2010 · Movie
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010 · Movie
New York Street Games
2010 · Movie
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
2010 · Movie
Deadly Impact
2010 · Movie
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010 · Movie
Falling Up
2009 · Movie
The Job
2009 · Movie
No Kidding, Me Too!
2009 · Movie
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
2008 · Movie
Canvas
2006 · Movie
Unknown
2006 · Movie
Deceit
2006 · Movie
...So Goes the Nation
2006 · Movie
Wedding Daze
2006 · Movie
The Amateurs
2006 · Movie
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
2006 · Movie
But Can They Sing?
2005 · Series
The Check Up
2005 · Movie
Racing Stripes
2005 · Movie
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
2004 · Movie
Dr. Vegas
2004 · Series
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Series
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004 · Movie
Perfect Opposites
2004 · Movie
Second Best
2004 · Movie
The Handler
2003 · Series
Bad Boys II
2003 · Movie
Daredevil
2003 · Movie
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002 · Movie
The Matrix Revisited
2001 · Movie
A Better Way to Die
2001 · Movie
Good Day Live
2001 · Series
Cats & Dogs
2001 · Movie
The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer
2000 · Movie
Memento
2000 · Movie
Ready to Rumble
2000 · Movie
Silver Man
2000 · Movie
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999 · Movie
New Blood
1999 · Movie
Roswell
1999 · Series
Making "The Matrix"
1999 · Movie
Taxman
1999 · Movie
The Life Before This
1999 · Movie
Black and White
1999 · Movie
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999 · Series
The Matrix
1999 · Movie
The Sopranos
1999 · Series
The Lionhearts
1998 · Series
Godzilla: The Series
1998 · Series
Hoods
1998 · Movie
U.S. Marshals
1998 · Movie
Pitch
1997 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
Top of the World
1997 · Movie
Tinseltown
1997 · Movie
Natural Enemy
1996 · Movie
EZ Streets
1996 · Series
Bound
1996 · Movie
Arli$$
1996 · Series
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1996 · Series
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
1996 · Movie
Bad Business
1996 · Movie
Cigars!: The New Rage!
1996 · Movie
The Immortals
1995 · Movie
Steal Big Steal Little
1995 · Movie
The Last Word
1995 · Movie
Life with Louie
1995 · Series
Congo
1995 · Movie
Bad Boys
1995 · Movie
The Outer Limits
1995 · Series
Beethoven
1994 · Series
Baby's Day Out
1994 · Movie
The Spy Within
1994 · Movie
Teresa's Tattoo
1994 · Movie
Robot in the Family
1994 · Movie
Dangerous Heart
1994 · Movie
Me and the Kid
1993 · Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
Calendar Girl
1993 · Movie
The Fugitive
1993 · Movie
Three of Hearts
1993 · Movie
Used People
1992 · Movie
Highlander: The Series
1992 · Series
Through the Eyes of a Killer
1992 · Movie
One Special Victory
1991 · Movie
Civil Wars
1991 · Series
Zandalee
1991 · Movie
Backstreet Dreams
1990 · Movie
The Fanelli Boys
1990 · Series
El Diablo
1990 · Movie
Short Time
1990 · Movie
The Last of the Finest
1990 · Movie
Downtown
1990 · Movie
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
Nightbreaker
1989 · Movie
Midnight Run
1988 · Movie
Rock 'N Roll Mom
1988 · Movie
The In Crowd
1988 · Movie
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
1987 · Movie
Empire of the Sun
1987 · Movie
Beverly Hills Buntz
1987 · Series
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987 · Movie
Scenes from the Goldmine
1987 · Movie
La Bamba
1987 · Movie
The Squeeze
1987 · Movie
Destination: America
1987 · Movie
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
1986 · Movie
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986 · Movie
Running Scared
1986 · Movie
Amazing Stories
1985 · Series
The Goonies
1985 · Movie
The Mean Season
1985 · Movie
Robert Kennedy & His Times
1985 · Series
Mister Roberts
1984 · Movie
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Series
Eddie and the Cruisers
1983 · Movie
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 · Series
Risky Business
1983 · Movie
The Final Terror
1983 · Movie
Monsignor
1982 · Movie
Simon & Simon
1981 · Series
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
The Idolmaker
1980 · Movie
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980 · Series
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980 · Movie
Hart to Hart
1979 · Series
From Here to Eternity
1979 · Series
More Than Friends
1978 · Movie
Free Country
1978 · Series
M*A*S*H
1972 · Series
The Making of 'Bound'
Movie
I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado
Movie