Joe Pantoliano

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-09-12 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

Joe Pantoliano

Biography

Joseph Peter Pantoliano is an American actor who has played over 150 roles across film, television, and theater. He is best known for portraying Ralph "Ralphie" Cifaretto on the HBO crime drama The Sopranos (1999–2007), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and Cypher in the sci-fi action film The Matrix (1999). After early roles in the television series M* A * S * H and the comedy film Risky Business, Pantoliano gained recognition for numerous supporting roles in films and television shows such as Hill Street Blues, The Goonies, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun, Midnight Run, NYPD Blue, Memen...

Acting

2000

Memento

as Teddy

1999

The Matrix

as Cypher

2021

The Santa Stakeout

as Mr. Miller

1993

1993

The Fugitive

as Cosmo Renfro

2000

Ready to Rumble

as Titus Sinclair

1994

1983

2006

Wedding Daze

as Smitty

1998

U.S. Marshals

as Renfro

1990

Short Time

as Scalese

2003

Bad Boys II

as Captain Howard

1988

Midnight Run

as Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder

2003

Daredevil

as Ben Urich

1995

Bad Boys

as Captain Howard

1996

Bound

as Caesar

1985

The Goonies

as Francis

2006

Unknown

as Bound Man

1999

Olive, The Other Reindeer

as Martini (voice)

1991

2010

Deadly Impact

as David Kaplow

1995

1980

The Idolmaker

as Gino Pilato

2009

Falling Up

as George

2006

Deceit

as Anthony

1990

Downtown

as White

2004

Perfect Opposites

as Louis Carbonelli

1986

1997

Top of the World

as Vince Castor

1987

La Bamba

as Bob Keane

1999

Black and White

as Bill King

2006

The Amateurs

as Some Idiot

1997

Pitch

as Self

2004

Second Best

as Elliot

2006

Canvas

as John Marino

2010

The Legend of Secret Pass

as Chuckster (voice)

1995

Steal Big Steal Little

as Eddie Agopian

2004

The Easter Egg Adventure

as Terrible Timothy Takit (voice)

1988

The In Crowd

as Perry Parker

1990

1987

The Squeeze

as Norman

1982

Monsignor

as Pvt. Joe Musso

1998

Hoods

as Charlie Flynn

1994

Robot in the Family

as Jack Shamir

1994

The Flight of the Dove

as Attorney Brezner

1993

Calendar Girl

as Harvey Darpinian

1994

1999

New Blood

as Hellman

1989

Nightbreaker

as Sgt. Jack Russell

1999

Taxman

as Al Benjamin

1991

Zandalee

as Gerri

1987

Empire of the Sun

as Frank Demarest

1994

Dangerous Heart

as Barclay

2009

The Job

as Perriman

1984

Mister Roberts

as Insigna

1983

2014

The Identical

as Avi Hirshberg

2005

The Check Up

as The Inspector

1999

The Life Before This

as Jake Maclean

1993

1987

Destination: America

as Lt. Mike Amico

1995

1995

Congo

as Eddie Ventro (Uncredited)

2005

Racing Stripes

as Goose (voice)

2024

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

as Captain Howard

2016

1996

1983

2000

Silver Man

as Norbert

1992

Used People

as Frank

2024

Home Delivery

as Gary Templeton

1987

1986

Roger Rabbit Screen Test

as Eddie Valiant (uncredited)

1996

Natural Enemy

as Stuart

1988

2017

Random Tropical Paradise

as Vincent Gambazzo

1985

The Mean Season

as Andy Porter

1990

El Diablo

as Kid Durango

2019

The Brawler

as Al Braverman

2018

1997

Tinseltown

as Arnie

2009

2012

Loosies

as Carl

2020

Bad Boys for Life

as Captain Howard

2001

Cats & Dogs

as Peek (voice)

2019

2019

From the Vine

as Marco Gentile

1978

2021

Hide and Seek

as Collin Carmichael

1986

L.A. Law: Pilot

as Ralph Cavanaugh

1990

Backstreet Dreams

as Paul (uncredited)

1987

Amazon Women on the Moon

as Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")

2024

Production

2004

Second Best

as Producer

2009

2009

2006

Canvas

as Producer

1994

Robot in the Family

as Associate Producer

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