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.
Movies (115)
Violent Night 2
2026
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
2025
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024
Home Delivery
2024
A Journey to Sundance
2023
Hide and Seek
2021
The Santa Stakeout
2021
Bad Boys for Life
2020
From the Vine
2019
Feast of the Seven Fishes
2019
The Brawler
2019
Lake Placid: Legacy
2018
Happy Anniversary
2018
Just Getting Started
2017
Random Tropical Paradise
2017
The Perfect Match
2016
The Identical
2014
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
2012
Loosies
2012
The Legend of Secret Pass
2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
New York Street Games
2010
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
2010
Deadly Impact
2010
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
Falling Up
2009
The Job
2009
No Kidding, Me Too!
2009
The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
2008
Canvas
2006
Unknown
2006
Deceit
2006
...So Goes the Nation
2006
Wedding Daze
2006
The Amateurs
2006
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
2006
Racing Stripes
2005
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
2004
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
Perfect Opposites
2004
Second Best
2004
Bad Boys II
2003
Daredevil
2003
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
The Matrix Revisited
2001
A Better Way to Die
2001
Cats & Dogs
2001
The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer
2000
Memento
2000
Ready to Rumble
2000
Silver Man
2000
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999
New Blood
1999
Making "The Matrix"
1999
Taxman
1999
The Life Before This
1999
Black and White
1999
The Matrix
1999
Hoods
1998
U.S. Marshals
1998
Pitch
1997
Top of the World
1997
Tinseltown
1997
Natural Enemy
1996
Bound
1996
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
1996
The Immortals
1995
Steal Big Steal Little
1995
The Last Word
1995
Congo
1995
Bad Boys
1995
Baby's Day Out
1994
The Spy Within
1994
Teresa's Tattoo
1994
Robot in the Family
1994
Dangerous Heart
1994
Me and the Kid
1993
Calendar Girl
1993
The Fugitive
1993
Three of Hearts
1993
Used People
1992
Through the Eyes of a Killer
1992
One Special Victory
1991
Zandalee
1991
Backstreet Dreams
1990
El Diablo
1990
Short Time
1990
The Last of the Finest
1990
Downtown
1990
Nightbreaker
1989
Midnight Run
1988
Rock 'N Roll Mom
1988
The In Crowd
1988
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
1987
Empire of the Sun
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
Scenes from the Goldmine
1987
La Bamba
1987
The Squeeze
1987
Destination: America
1987
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
1986
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986
Running Scared
1986
The Goonies
1985
The Mean Season
1985
Mister Roberts
1984
Eddie and the Cruisers
1983
Risky Business
1983
The Final Terror
1983
Monsignor
1982
The Idolmaker
1980
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
More Than Friends
1978
I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado
TV Shows (40)
Wonder Man
2026
Dexter: Original Sin
2024
The Last of Us
2023
Chucky
2021
Reunited Apart
2020
Tacoma FD
2019
Tacoma FD
2019
MacGyver
2016
Sense8
2015
The Handler
2003
Roswell
1999
The Sopranos
1999
The Lionhearts
1998
Godzilla: The Series
1998
Godzilla: The Series
1998
The View
1997
EZ Streets
1996
Arli$$
1996
The Outer Limits
1995
Life with Louie
1994
Beethoven
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Highlander: The Series
1992
Civil Wars
1991
The Simpsons
1989
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Beverly Hills Buntz
1987
L.A. Law
1986
Amazing Stories
1985
Robert Kennedy & His Times
1985
The Hitchhiker
1983
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Simon & Simon
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
Hart to Hart
1979
From Here to Eternity
1979
M*A*S*H
1972