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.
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Acting
Movie
The Matrix
as Cypher
1999
Movie
Memento
as Teddy
2000
TV
The Simpsons
as Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice)
1989
Movie
Bad Boys for Life
as Captain Howard
2020
Movie
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
as Gabe Ugliano
2010
TV
The Last of Us
as Eugene Lynden
2023
Movie
Bad Boys
as Captain Howard
1995
Movie
The Goonies
as Francis
1985
Movie
Bad Boys II
as Captain Howard
2003
Movie
Daredevil
as Ben Urich
2003
Movie
The Fugitive
as Cosmo Renfro
1993
TV
Chucky
as Joe Pantoliano
2021
TV
The Sopranos
as Ralph Cifaretto
1999
Movie
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
as Captain Howard
2024
TV
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Sticky Fins Whiting (voice)
1999
Movie
Empire of the Sun
as Frank Demarest
1987
TV
Sense8
as Michael Gorski
2015
Movie
U.S. Marshals
as Renfro
1998
Movie
Cats & Dogs
as Peek (voice)
2001
Movie
Risky Business
as Guido
1983
Movie
Baby's Day Out
as Norby
1994
Movie
Midnight Run
as Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder
1988
Movie
Bound
as Caesar
1996
Movie
Congo
as Eddie Ventro (Uncredited)
1995
