Joe Pantoliano

About

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...

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The SimpsonsSeries • 1989The SopranosSeries • 1999M*A*S*HSeries • 1972L.A. LawSeries • 1986Hill Street BluesSeries • 1981The Last of UsSeries • 2023MacGyverSeries • 2016Highlander: The SeriesSeries • 1992Simon & SimonSeries • 1981The MatrixMovie • 1999The Outer LimitsSeries • 1995ChuckySeries • 2021Arli$$Series • 1996Hart to HartSeries • 1979SpongeBob SquarePantsSeries • 1999Tales from the CryptSeries • 1989RoswellSeries • 1999Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under YearsSeries • 2021Amazing StoriesSeries • 1985The HitchhikerSeries • 1983Tacoma FDSeries • 2019Sense8Series • 2015Bad Boys IIMovie • 2003MementoMovie • 2000