Joe Pantoliano

Acting · 2.7 popularity

Age

Movies

122

Born: September 12, 1951
From: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

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.

Works

122 films

The Matrix

19998.3

The Isolate Thief

20267.4

Memento

20008.2

Daredevil

20035.3

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

20247.3

The Goonies

19857.5

Bad Boys II

20036.7

Bad Boys

19956.8

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

20106.2

The Fugitive

19937.5

Bad Boys for Life

20207.1

Cats & Dogs

20015.4

Baby's Day Out

19946.4

Risky Business

19836.6

Violent Night 2

2026

U.S. Marshals

19986.5

Midnight Run

19887.2

Bound

19967.2

Empire of the Sun

19877.5

Congo

19955.6

Racing Stripes

20055.9

La Bamba

19877.3

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

20105.2

Wedding Daze

20065.6

Unknown

20066.2

Zandalee

19914.4

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

20024.4

Amazon Women on the Moon

19875.9

The Perfect Match

20165.6

Running Scared

19866.1

Ready to Rumble

20005.2

Just Getting Started

20174.9

Second Best

20045.8

Lake Placid: Legacy

20184.9

The Amateurs

20065.6

The Mean Season

19856.2

Eddie and the Cruisers

19836.6

Black and White

19994.6

Short Time

19906.5

Hide and Seek

20214.8

Nightbreaker

19896.7

The Matrix Revisited

20016.9

El Diablo

19905.6

Mister Roberts

19847.5

Feast of the Seven Fishes

20196.6

Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector

20064.0

Olive, the Other Reindeer

19996.7

The Identical

20145.1

The Legend of Secret Pass

20105.7

The Immortals

19955.6

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

20126.8

Used People

19925.8

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

19805.5

The Brawler

20194.3

Deadly Impact

20104.9

The Idolmaker

19805.6

A Journey to Sundance

2023

The Squeeze

19875.0

Monsignor

19824.6

Loosies

20125.7

Happy Anniversary

20185.8

Calendar Girl

19935.2

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

19967.0

Falling Up

20095.3

Three of Hearts

19934.9

Steal Big Steal Little

19954.5

Natural Enemy

19964.8

Downtown

19905.7

New York Street Games

2010

Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano

2014

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

19876.4

Perfect Opposites

20045.6

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

20124.3

Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story

20256.4

The Santa Stakeout

20216.1

The Final Terror

19835.1

Rock 'N Roll Mom

19884.3

Through the Eyes of a Killer

19925.5

From the Vine

20195.6

The Last of the Finest

19905.9

Cigars!: The New Rage!

19967.0

...So Goes the Nation

20066.9

Backstreet Dreams

19905.3

The Job

20094.0

Deceit

20063.9

One Special Victory

19918.0

New Blood

19995.5

The Spy Within

19945.5

Random Tropical Paradise

20174.2

Teresa's Tattoo

19944.9

Silver Man

20004.3

The Easter Egg Adventure

20047.0

Scenes from the Goldmine

19874.9

The In Crowd

19886.1

Top of the World

19975.2

L.A. Law: Pilot

1986

More Than Friends

197810.0

Canvas

20066.3

Lord of the Freaks

20155.0

Hoods

19987.1

A Better Way to Die

20015.6

The Life Before This

19995.0

Dangerous Heart

19946.0

Home Delivery

20245.0

Robot in the Family

19942.6

The Last Word

19953.3

Taxman

19994.2

Destination: America

1987

Me and the Kid

19935.8

The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business

20085.5

The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer

2000

Tinseltown

19973.7

Roger Rabbit Screen Test

19867.0

Making "The Matrix"

19997.3

Pitch

19976.5

No Kidding, Me Too!

2009

Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'

20108.0

Bad Business

1996

The Check Up

20059.0

Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix

20047.3

I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado

2026

Higher Love

2026