
Joe Pantoliano
Acting
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.
Born: September 12, 1951 · Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Filmography (118)

Wonder Man
2026

Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
2025

Dexter: Original Sin
2024

Bad Boys: Legacy
2024

Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024

The Last of Us
2023

Hide and Seek
2021

The Santa Stakeout
2021

Chucky
2021

Reunited Apart
2020

Bad Boys for Life
2020

From the Vine
2019

Feast of the Seven Fishes
2019

Tacoma FD
2019

The Brawler
2019

Lake Placid: Legacy
2018

Happy Anniversary
2018

Just Getting Started
2017

Random Tropical Paradise
2017

MacGyver
2016

The Perfect Match
2016

Sense8
2015

The Identical
2014

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012

Loosies
2012

The Legend of Secret Pass
2010

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010

Deadly Impact
2010

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010

Falling Up
2009

The Job
2009

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

Perfect Opposites
2004

The Handler
2003

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

Memento
2000

Ready to Rumble
2000

Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999

New Blood
1999

Roswell
1999

Making "The Matrix"
1999

Black and White
1999

The Matrix
1999

The Sopranos
1999

Godzilla: The Series
1998

U.S. Marshals
1998

Pitch
1997

The View
1997

Top of the World
1997

Natural Enemy
1996

EZ Streets
1996

Bound
1996

Arli$$
1996

The Immortals
1995

Steal Big Steal Little
1995

Congo
1995

Bad Boys
1995

The Outer Limits
1995

Life with Louie
1994

Beethoven
1994

Baby's Day Out
1994

Teresa's Tattoo
1994

Robot in the Family
1994

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Calendar Girl
1993

The Fugitive
1993

Three of Hearts
1993

Used People
1992

Highlander: The Series
1992

Through the Eyes of a Killer
1992

Civil Wars
1991

Zandalee
1991

Backstreet Dreams
1990

El Diablo
1990

Short Time
1990

The Last of the Finest
1990

Downtown
1990

The Simpsons
1989

Tales from the Crypt
1989

Nightbreaker
1989

Midnight Run
1988

The In Crowd
1988

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
1987

Empire of the Sun
1987

Beverly Hills Buntz
1987

Amazon Women on the Moon
1987

Scenes from the Goldmine
1987

La Bamba
1987

The Squeeze
1987

L.A. Law
1986

Running Scared
1986

Amazing Stories
1985

The Goonies
1985

The Mean Season
1985

The Hitchhiker
1983

Eddie and the Cruisers
1983

Hardcastle and McCormick
1983

Risky Business
1983

The Final Terror
1983

Monsignor
1982

Simon & Simon
1981

Hill Street Blues
1981

The Idolmaker
1980

Hart to Hart
1979

M*A*S*H
1972
