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Joe Pantoliano
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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 (198…
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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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Joe Pantoliano's Filmography
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Violent Night 2
Higher Love
as Barney Taylor
The Isolate Thief
as "Burial" Perry Parker
Home Delivery
as Gary Templeton
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
as Uncle Tommy Rossi
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
as Captain Howard
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
Hide and Seek
as Collin Carmichael
The Santa Stakeout
as Mr. Miller
Bad Boys for Life
as Captain Howard
From the Vine
as Marco Gentile
Feast of the Seven Fishes
as Uncle Frankie
The Brawler
as Al Braverman
Lake Placid: Legacy
as Henderson
Happy Anniversary
as Aldo
Just Getting Started
as Joey
Random Tropical Paradise
as Vincent Gambazzo
The Perfect Match
as Marty
Lord of the Freaks
as Self
The Identical
as Avi Hirshberg
No Poster
Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano
as Self
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
as Self
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
as Oswald
Loosies
as Carl
The Legend of Secret Pass
as Chuckster (voice)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
as Peek (voice)
New York Street Games
as Self
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
as Self
Deadly Impact
as David Kaplow
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
as Gabe Ugliano
Falling Up
as George
The Job
as Perriman
No Kidding, Me Too!
as Himself
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
as Self
Canvas
as John Marino
Unknown
as Bound Man
Deceit
as Anthony
...So Goes the Nation
as Self
Wedding Daze
as Smitty
The Amateurs
as Some Idiot
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
as Mayor M.T. Gunn
No Poster
The Check Up
as The Inspector
Racing Stripes
as Goose (voice)
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
as Cypher
The Easter Egg Adventure
as Terrible Timothy Takit (voice)
Perfect Opposites
as Louis Carbonelli
Second Best
as Elliot
Bad Boys II
as Captain Howard
Daredevil
as Urich
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
as Mogan
The Matrix Revisited
as Self - Cypher (archive footage)
A Better Way to Die
as Flash
Cats & Dogs
as Peek (voice)
The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer
as Self
Memento
as Teddy
Ready to Rumble
as Titus Sinclair
Silver Man
as Norbert
Olive, the Other Reindeer
as Martini (voice)
New Blood
as Hellman
Making "The Matrix"
as Self
Taxman
as Al Benjamin
The Life Before This
as Jake Maclean
Black and White
as Bill King
The Matrix
as Cypher
Hoods
as Charlie Flynn
U.S. Marshals
as Renfro
Pitch
as Self
Top of the World
as Vince Castor
Tinseltown
as Arnie
Natural Enemy
as Stuart
Bound
as Caesar
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
as Det. Meyer Meyer
No Poster
Bad Business
as Body Man
No Poster
Cigars!: The New Rage!
as Self
The Immortals
as Pete
Steal Big Steal Little
as Eddie Agopian
The Last Word
as Doc
Congo
as Eddie Ventro (Uncredited)
Bad Boys
as Captain Howard
Baby's Day Out
as Norby
The Spy Within
as Attorney Brezner
Teresa's Tattoo
as Bruno
Robot in the Family
as Jack Shamir
Dangerous Heart
as Barclay
Me and the Kid
as Roy
Calendar Girl
as Harvey Darpinian
The Fugitive
as Cosmo Renfro
Three of Hearts
as Mickey
Used People
as Frank
Through the Eyes of a Killer
as Jerry
One Special Victory
as Daniel
Zandalee
as Gerri
Backstreet Dreams
as Paul (uncredited)
El Diablo
as Kid Durango
Short Time
as Scalese
The Last of the Finest
as Wayne Gross
Downtown
as White
Nightbreaker
as Sgt. Jack Russell
Midnight Run
as Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder
Rock 'N Roll Mom
as Ronnie
The In Crowd
as Perry Parker
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
as Self
Empire of the Sun
as Frank Demarest
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")
Scenes from the Goldmine
as Manny Ricci
La Bamba
as Bob Keane
The Squeeze
as Norman
Destination: America
as Lt. Mike Amico
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
as Eddie Valiant (uncredited)
L.A. Law: Pilot
as Ralph Cavanaugh
Running Scared
as Snake
The Goonies
as Francis
The Mean Season
as Andy Porter
Mister Roberts
as Insigna
Eddie and the Cruisers
as Doc Robbins
Risky Business
as Guido
The Final Terror
as Eggar
Monsignor
as Pvt. Joe Musso
The Idolmaker
as Gino Pilato
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Ray Neal
More Than Friends
as Ralphie
No Poster
The Making of 'Bound'
as Self
I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado
as Narrator