Joe Pantoliano

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 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.

Filmography

Teddy
Cosmo Renfro
Titus Sinclair
Scalese
Captain Howard
Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder
Ben Urich
Captain Howard
Caesar
Bound Man
David Kaplow
Gino Pilato
Anthony
Louis Carbonelli
Vince Castor
Bob Keane
Some Idiot
Self
John Marino
Chuckster (voice)
Terrible Timothy Takit (voice)
Perry Parker
Pvt. Joe Musso
Charlie Flynn
Attorney Brezner
Harvey Darpinian
Hellman
Sgt. Jack Russell
Al Benjamin
Frank Demarest
Perriman
Avi Hirshberg
The Inspector
Lt. Mike Amico
Eddie Ventro (Uncredited)
Goose (voice)
Captain Howard
Norbert
Gary Templeton
Eddie Valiant (uncredited)
Vincent Gambazzo
Andy Porter
Kid Durango
Al Braverman
Captain Howard
Peek (voice)
Marco Gentile
Collin Carmichael
Ralph Cavanaugh
Paul (uncredited)
Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")