Joe Pantoliano
Known for: Acting
Born: September 12, 1951
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
123 movies · 44 TV shows, newest first
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Violent Night 2
2026
6.9
The Isolate Thief
2026
7.1
Wonder Man
2026
6.0
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
2025
8.1
Dexter: Original Sin
2024
7.3
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024
5.0
Home Delivery
2024
8.4
The Last of Us
2023
NR
A Journey to Sundance
2023
4.8
Hide and Seek
2021
6.1
The Santa Stakeout
2021
7.8
Chucky
2021
7.2
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
2021
5.5
Reunited Apart
2020
7.1
Bad Boys for Life
2020
5.6
From the Vine
2019
6.6
Feast of the Seven Fishes
2019
7.7
Tacoma FD
2019
4.1
The Brawler
2019
4.9
Lake Placid: Legacy
2018
5.8
Happy Anniversary
2018
4.9
Just Getting Started
2017
4.2
Random Tropical Paradise
2017
7.3
MacGyver
2016
5.6
The Perfect Match
2016
5.0
Lord of the Freaks
2015
7.7
Sense8
2015
5.1
The Identical
2014NR
Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano
2014
6.9
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
4.3
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
2012
5.7
Loosies
2012
5.7
The Legend of Secret Pass
2010
5.2
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
NR
New York Street Games
2010
8.0
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
2010
4.9
Deadly Impact
2010
6.2
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
5.2
Falling Up
2009
4.0
The Job
2009
NR
No Kidding, Me Too!
2009
5.5
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
2008
6.3
Canvas
2006
6.2
Unknown
2006
3.9
Deceit
2006
6.9
...So Goes the Nation
2006
5.6
Wedding Daze
2006
5.6
The Amateurs
2006
4.0
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
20067.0
But Can They Sing?
20059.0
The Check Up
2005
5.9
Racing Stripes
2005
7.3
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
20045.2
Dr. Vegas
20046.4
The Tony Danza Show
2004
7.0
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
5.6
Perfect Opposites
2004
5.8
Second Best
2004
6.5
The Handler
2003
6.7
Bad Boys II
2003
5.3
Daredevil
2003
4.4
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
6.9
The Matrix Revisited
2001
5.6
A Better Way to Die
20013.8
Good Day Live
2001
5.4
Cats & Dogs
2001
NR
The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer
2000
8.2
Memento
2000
5.2
Ready to Rumble
2000
4.3
Silver Man
2000
6.7
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999
5.5
New Blood
1999
7.7
Roswell
1999
7.4
Making "The Matrix"
1999
4.2
Taxman
1999
5.0
The Life Before This
1999
4.6
Black and White
1999
7.7
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
8.3
The Matrix
1999
8.7
The Sopranos
1999
4.5
The Lionhearts
1998
7.9
Godzilla: The Series
1998
6.8
Hoods
1998
6.5
U.S. Marshals
1998
6.5
Pitch
1997
4.3
The View
1997
5.2
Top of the World
1997
3.7
Tinseltown
1997
4.8
Natural Enemy
1996
6.1
EZ Streets
1996
7.2
Bound
1996
6.9
Arli$$
1996
7.2
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
1996NR
Bad Business
19967.0
Cigars!: The New Rage!
1996
5.6
The Immortals
1995
4.5
Steal Big Steal Little
1995
3.3
The Last Word
1995
5.6
Congo
1995
6.8
Bad Boys
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
6.9
Life with Louie
1994
7.2
Beethoven
1994
6.4
Baby's Day Out
1994
5.5
The Spy Within
1994
4.9
Teresa's Tattoo
1994
2.4
Robot in the Family
1994
6.0
Dangerous Heart
1994
5.8
Me and the Kid
1993
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
5.2
Calendar Girl
1993
7.5
The Fugitive
1993
4.9
Three of Hearts
1993
5.8
Used People
1992
7.4
Highlander: The Series
1992
5.5
Through the Eyes of a Killer
1992
8.0
One Special Victory
1991
4.5
Civil Wars
1991
4.3
Zandalee
1991
5.3
Backstreet Dreams
19907.3
The Fanelli Boys
1990
5.6
El Diablo
1990
6.5
Short Time
1990
5.9
The Last of the Finest
1990
5.7
Downtown
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
6.7
Nightbreaker
1989
7.2
Midnight Run
1988
4.3
Rock 'N Roll Mom
1988
6.1
The In Crowd
1988
6.4
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
1987
7.5
Empire of the Sun
1987
7.0
Beverly Hills Buntz
1987
5.9
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
4.9
Scenes from the Goldmine
1987
7.3
La Bamba
1987
5.0
The Squeeze
1987
NR
Destination: America
1987
7.0
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
1986
NR
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
6.1
Running Scared
1986
7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
7.5
The Goonies
1985
6.2
The Mean Season
1985
7.8
Robert Kennedy & His Times
1985
7.5
Mister Roberts
1984
6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983
6.7
Eddie and the Cruisers
1983
6.5
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
6.6
Risky Business
1983
5.0
The Final Terror
1983
4.5
Monsignor
1982
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
5.6
The Idolmaker
1980
5.5
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
5.0
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
7.3
From Here to Eternity
1979
10.0
More Than Friends
19787.5
Free Country
1978
7.9
M*A*S*H
1972
NR
I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado
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Higher Love
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The Making of 'Bound'
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