Joe Pantoliano

Acting · Born 1951-09-12 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Memento as Teddy
• The Matrix as Cypher
• The Fugitive as Cosmo Renfro
• Midnight Run as Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder
• Bound as Caesar
• The Goonies as Francis
• La Bamba as Bob Keane
• Empire of the Sun as Frank Demarest
• Bad Boys: Ride or Die as Captain Howard
• Bad Boys for Life as Captain Howard

TV

• The Simpsons as Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice)
• M*A*S*H as Gerald Mullen
• Tales from the Crypt as Ulric (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")
• Hill Street Blues
• Roswell as Kal Langley
• The Outer Limits as Stan Harbinger
• Sense8 as Michael Gorski
• The Sopranos as Ralph Cifaretto
• Tales from the Crypt as Casino Dealer (uncredited)
• Chucky as Joe Pantoliano