Joe Pantoliano

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1951-09-12 (73 years old)

Place of Birth Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As Joseph Peter "Joe" Pantoliano, Joey Pants, 喬·潘托利亞諾

Joe Pantoliano

Biography

Joseph Peter Pantoliano is an American actor who has played over 150 roles across film, television, and theater. He is best known for portraying Ralph "Ralphie" Cifaretto on the HBO crime drama The Sopranos (1999–2007), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and Cypher in the sci-fi action film The Matrix (1999). After early roles in the television series M* A * S * H and the comedy film Risky Business, Pantoliano gained recognition for numerous supporting roles in films and television shows such as Hill Street Blues, The Goonies, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun, Midnight Run, NYPD Blue, Memento, and Bad Boys and its sequels. He also appeared in The Fugitive and its spin-off U.S. Marshals. He began working with the Wachowskis in their directorial debut Bound, and later appeared in their film The Matrix and their sci-fi series Sense8.

Known For

Actor

Home Delivery

as Gary Templeton

2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die

as Captain Howard

2021
Hide and Seek

as Collin Carmichael

2021
The Santa Stakeout

as Mr. Miller

2021
Chucky

as Joe Pantoliano

2020
Bad Boys for Life

as Captain Howard

2020
2019
From the Vine

as Marco Gentile

2019
Feast of the Seven Fishes

as Uncle Frankie

2019
The Brawler

as Al Braverman

2019
Tacoma FD

as Eddie Penisi, Sr

2019
Tacoma FD

as Eddie Penisi Sr.

2018
Lake Placid: Legacy

as Henderson

2018
2017
Random Tropical Paradise

as Vincent Gambazzo

2016
2016
MacGyver

as Eric Andrews

2015
Sense8

as Michael Gorski

2014
The Identical

as Avi Hirshberg

2012
Loosies

as Carl

2010
The Legend of Secret Pass

as Chuckster (voice)

2010
Deadly Impact

as David Kaplow

2009
Falling Up

as George

2009
The Job

as Perriman

2009
2006
Canvas

as John Marino

2006
Unknown

as Bound Man

2006
Deceit

as Anthony

2006
Wedding Daze

as Smitty

2006
The Amateurs

as Some Idiot

2005
The Check Up

as The Inspector

2005
Racing Stripes

as Goose (voice)

2004
The Easter Egg Adventure

as Terrible Timothy Takit (voice)

2004
Perfect Opposites

as Louis Carbonelli

2004
Second Best

as Elliot

2004
The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

2003
Bad Boys II

as Captain Howard

2003
Daredevil

as Ben Urich

2003
The Handler

as Joe Renato

2001
2001
Cats & Dogs

as Peek (voice)

2001
2000
Memento

as Teddy

2000
Ready to Rumble

as Titus Sinclair

2000
Silver Man

as Norbert

1999
Olive, The Other Reindeer

as Martini (voice)

1999
New Blood

as Hellman

1999
Taxman

as Al Benjamin

1999
The Life Before This

as Jake Maclean

1999
Black and White

as Bill King

1999
The Matrix

as Cypher

1999
Roswell

as Kal Langley

1999
The Sopranos

as Ralph Cifaretto

1998
Hoods

as Charlie Flynn

1998
U.S. Marshals

as Cosmo Renfro

1998
The Lionhearts

as (voice)

1998
Godzilla: The Series

as Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice)

1997
Pitch

as Himself

1997
Top of the World

as Vince Castor

1997
Tinseltown

as Arnie

1997
The View

as Self

1996
Natural Enemy

as Stuart

1996
Bound

as Caesar

1996
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

as Det. Meyer Meyer

1996
EZ Streets

as Jimmy Murtha

1996
1995
1995
Steal Big Steal Little

as Eddie Agopian

1995
1995
Congo

as Eddie Ventro

1995
Bad Boys

as Captain Howard

1995
The Outer Limits

as Stan Harbinger

1994
1994
The Flight of the Dove

as Attorney Brezner

1994
1994
Robot in the Family

as Jack Shamir

1994
Dangerous Heart

as Barclay

1994
Life with Louie

as Jojo Stomopolous (voice)

1994
Beethoven

as Sparky (voice)

1993
1993
Calendar Girl

as Harvey Darpinian

1993
The Fugitive

as Cosmo Renfro

1993
Three of Hearts

as Mickey

1993
1992
Used People

as Frank

1992
Highlander: The Series

as Doctor Wilder

1991
1991
Zandalee

as Gerri

1991
Civil Wars

as Stan DeMarco

1990
Backstreet Dreams

as Paul (uncredited)

1990
El Diablo

as Kid Durango

1990
Short Time

as Scalese

1990
The Last of the Finest

as Wayne Gross

1990
Downtown

as White

1990
The Fanelli Boys

as Dominic Fanelli

1989
Nightbreaker

as Sgt. Jack Russell

1989
The Simpsons

as Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice)

1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Casino Dealer (uncredited)

1988
Midnight Run

as Eddie Moscone

1988
1988
The In Crowd

as Perry Parker

1987
Empire of the Sun

as Frank Demarest

1987
1987
1987
La Bamba

as Bob Keane

1987
The Squeeze

as Norman

1987
Destination: America

as Lt. Mike Amico

1987
Beverly Hills Buntz

as Jimmy Montaigne

1986
Roger Rabbit Screen Test

as Eddie Valiant (uncredited)

1986
L.A. Law: Pilot

as Ralph Cavanaugh

1986
1986
L.A. Law

as Ralph Cavanaugh

1985
The Goonies

as Francis Fratelli

1985
The Mean Season

as Andy Porter

1985
1984
Mister Roberts

as Insigna

1983
Eddie and the Cruisers

as Doc Robbins

1983
1983
1983
The Hitchhiker

as Brother Charles

1983
Hardcastle and McCormick

as Teddy Hollins

1982
Monsignor

as Pvt. Joe Musso

1980
The Idolmaker

as Gino Pilato

1979
From Here to Eternity

as Pvt. Angelo Maggio

1978
1972
M*A*S*H

as Gerald Mullen

Producer

2006
Canvas

as Producer

2004
Second Best

as Producer

1994
Robot in the Family

as Associate Producer

Director

2009

Writer

2009