
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2026
Violent Night 2
2025Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story as Uncle Tommy Rossi
2024Dexter: Original Sin as Anthony Moretti
2024Bad Boys: Legacy as Self
2024Bad Boys: Ride or Die as Captain Howard
2024Home Delivery as Gary Templeton
2023The Last of Us as Eugene Lynden
2023A Journey to Sundance as Self
2021Hide and Seek as Collin Carmichael
2021The Santa Stakeout as Mr. Miller
2021Chucky as Joe Pantoliano
2020Reunited Apart as Self
2020Bad Boys for Life as Captain Howard
2019From the Vine as Marco Gentile
2019Feast of the Seven Fishes as Uncle Frankie
2019Tacoma FD as Eddie Penisi, Sr
2019Tacoma FD as Eddie Penisi Sr.
2019The Brawler as Al Braverman
2018Lake Placid: Legacy as Henderson
2018Happy Anniversary as Aldo
2017Just Getting Started as Joey
2017Random Tropical Paradise as Vincent Gambazzo
2016MacGyver as Eric Andrews
2016The Perfect Match as Marty
2015Sense8 as Michael Gorski
2014The Identical as Avi Hirshberg
2014Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano as Self
201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief as Self
2012Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life as Oswald
2012Loosies as Carl
2010The Legend of Secret Pass as Chuckster (voice)
2010Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore as Peek (voice)
2010New York Street Games as Self
2010Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' as Self
2010Deadly Impact as David Kaplow
2010Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Gabe Ugliano
2009Falling Up as George
2009The Job as Perriman
2009No Kidding, Me Too! as Himself
2008The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business as Self
2006Canvas as John Marino
2006Unknown as Bound Man
2006Deceit as Anthony
2006...So Goes the Nation as Self
2006Wedding Daze as Smitty
2006The Amateurs as Some Idiot
2006Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector as Mayor M.T. Gunn
2005But Can They Sing?
2005The Check Up as The Inspector
2005Racing Stripes as Goose (voice)
2004Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix as Cypher
2004Dr. Vegas
2004The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
2004The Easter Egg Adventure as Terrible Timothy Takit (voice)
2004Perfect Opposites as Louis Carbonelli
2004Second Best as Elliot
2003The Handler as Joe Renato
2003Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
2003Bad Boys II as Captain Howard
2003Daredevil as Ben Urich
2002The Adventures of Pluto Nash as Mogan
2001A Better Way to Die as Flash
2001Good Day Live as Self
2001Cats & Dogs as Peek (voice)
2000The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer as Self
2000Memento as Teddy
2000Ready to Rumble as Titus Sinclair
2000Silver Man as Norbert
1999Olive, the Other Reindeer as Martini (voice)
1999New Blood as Hellman
1999Roswell as Kal Langley
1999Making 'The Matrix' as Self
1999Taxman as Al Benjamin
1999The Life Before This as Jake Maclean
1999Black and White as Bill King
1999The Matrix as Cypher
1999The Sopranos as Ralph Cifaretto
1998The Lionhearts as (voice)
1998Godzilla: The Series as Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice)
1998Godzilla: The Series as Victor "Animal" Palotti
1998Hoods as Charlie Flynn
1998U.S. Marshals as Renfro
1997Pitch as Self
1997The View as Self
1997Top of the World as Vince Castor
1997Tinseltown as Arnie
1996Natural Enemy as Stuart
1996EZ Streets as Jimmy Murtha
1996Bound as Caesar
1996Arli$$
1996Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice as Det. Meyer Meyer
1995The Immortals as Pete
1995Steal Big Steal Little as Eddie Agopian
1995The Last Word as Doc
1995Congo as Eddie Ventro (Uncredited)
1995Bad Boys as Captain Howard
1995The Outer Limits as Stan Harbinger
1994Life with Louie as Jojo Stomopolous (voice)
1994Beethoven as Sparky (voice)
1994Baby's Day Out as Norby
1994The Spy Within as Attorney Brezner
1994Teresa's Tattoo as Bruno
1994Robot in the Family as Jack Shamir
1994Dangerous Heart as Barclay
1993Me and the Kid as Roy
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993Calendar Girl as Harvey Darpinian
1993The Fugitive as Cosmo Renfro
1993Three of Hearts as Mickey
1992Used People as Frank
1992Highlander: The Series as Doctor Wilder
1992Through the Eyes of a Killer as Jerry
1991One Special Victory as Daniel
1991Civil Wars as Stan DeMarco
1991Zandalee as Gerri
1990Backstreet Dreams as Paul (uncredited)
1990The Fanelli Boys as Dominic Fanelli
1990El Diablo as Kid Durango
1990Short Time as Scalese
1990The Last of the Finest as Wayne Gross
1990Downtown as White
1989The Simpsons as Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice)
1989Tales from the Crypt as Ulric (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")
1989Tales from the Crypt as Casino Dealer (uncredited)
1989Nightbreaker as Sgt. Jack Russell
1988Midnight Run as Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder
1988Rock 'N Roll Mom as Ronnie
1988The In Crowd as Perry Parker
1987The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun as Self
1987Empire of the Sun as Frank Demarest
1987Beverly Hills Buntz as Jimmy Montaigne
1987Amazon Women on the Moon as Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")
1987Scenes from the Goldmine as Manny Ricci
1987La Bamba as Bob Keane
1987The Squeeze as Norman
1987Destination: America as Lt. Mike Amico
1986Roger Rabbit Screen Test as Eddie Valiant (uncredited)
1986L.A. Law as Ralph Cavanaugh
1986L.A. Law: Pilot as Ralph Cavanaugh
1986Running Scared as Snake
1985Amazing Stories as Joe
1985The Goonies as Francis
1985The Mean Season as Andy Porter
1985Robert Kennedy & His Times as Roy Cohn
1984Mister Roberts as Insigna
1983The Hitchhiker as Brother Charles
1983Eddie and the Cruisers as Doc Robbins
1983Hardcastle and McCormick as Teddy Hollins
1983Risky Business as Guido
1983The Final Terror as Eggar
1982Monsignor as Pvt. Joe Musso
1981Simon & Simon
1981Hill Street Blues
1981Hill Street Blues as Sonny Orsini
1980The Idolmaker as Gino Pilato
1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Ray Neal
1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Ray Neal
1979Hart to Hart
1979From Here to Eternity as Pvt. Angelo Maggio
1978More Than Friends as Ralphie
1978Free Country
1972M*A*S*H as Gerald Mullen
—Higher Love
—The Isolate Thief
—I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado as Narrator









