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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-09-12 (73 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, Memento, and Bad Boys and its sequels. He also appeared in The Fugitive and its spin-off U.S. Marshals. He began working with the Wachowskis in their directorial debut Bound, and later appeared in their film The Matrix and their sci-fi series Sense8.

Known For

Acting

2024

Bad Boys: Ride or Die as Captain Howard
Home Delivery as Gary Templeton

2021

The Santa Stakeout as Mr. Miller
Hide and Seek as Collin Carmichael
Chucky as Joe Pantoliano

2020

Bad Boys for Life as Captain Howard

2019

The Brawler as Al Braverman
Feast of the Seven Fishes as Uncle Frankie
From the Vine as Marco Gentile
Tacoma FD as Eddie Penisi, Sr
Tacoma FD as Eddie Penisi Sr.

2018

Lake Placid: Legacy as Henderson

2017

Random Tropical Paradise as Vincent Gambazzo

2016

MacGyver as Eric Andrews

2015

Sense8 as Michael Gorski

2014

The Identical as Avi Hirshberg

2012

Loosies as Carl

2010

Deadly Impact as David Kaplow
The Legend of Secret Pass as Chuckster (voice)

2009

Falling Up as George
The Job as Perriman

2008

2006

Wedding Daze as Smitty
Unknown as Bound Man
Deceit as Anthony
The Amateurs as Some Idiot
Canvas as John Marino

2005

The Check Up as The Inspector
Racing Stripes as Goose (voice)

2004

Perfect Opposites as Louis Carbonelli
Second Best as Elliot
The Easter Egg Adventure as Terrible Timothy Takit (voice)
The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest

2003

Bad Boys II as Captain Howard
Daredevil as Ben Urich
The Handler as Joe Renato

2002

2001

Cats & Dogs as Peek (voice)

2000

Memento as Teddy
Ready to Rumble as Titus Sinclair
Silver Man as Norbert

1999

The Matrix as Cypher
Olive, The Other Reindeer as Martini (voice)
Black and White as Bill King
New Blood as Hellman
Taxman as Al Benjamin
The Life Before This as Jake Maclean
Roswell as Kal Langley
The Sopranos as Ralph Cifaretto

1998

U.S. Marshals as Renfro
Hoods as Charlie Flynn
The Lionhearts as (voice)
Godzilla: The Series as Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice)

1997

Top of the World as Vince Castor
Pitch as Self
Tinseltown as Arnie
The View as Self

1996

Bound as Caesar
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice as Det. Meyer Meyer
Natural Enemy as Stuart
EZ Streets as Jimmy Murtha

1995

Bad Boys as Captain Howard
Steal Big Steal Little as Eddie Agopian
Congo as Eddie Ventro (Uncredited)
The Outer Limits as Stan Harbinger

1994

Robot in the Family as Jack Shamir
The Flight of the Dove as Attorney Brezner
Dangerous Heart as Barclay
Beethoven as Sparky (voice)
Life with Louie as Jojo Stomopolous (voice)

1993

Three of Hearts as Mickey
The Fugitive as Cosmo Renfro
Calendar Girl as Harvey Darpinian

1992

Used People as Frank
Highlander: The Series as Doctor Wilder

1991

Zandalee as Gerri
Civil Wars as Stan DeMarco

1990

Short Time as Scalese
Downtown as White
The Last of the Finest as Wayne Gross
El Diablo as Kid Durango
Backstreet Dreams as Paul (uncredited)
The Fanelli Boys as Dominic Fanelli

1989

Nightbreaker as Sgt. Jack Russell
The Simpsons as Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice)
Tales from the Crypt as Ulric (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")
Tales from the Crypt as Casino Dealer (uncredited)

1988

Midnight Run as Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder
The In Crowd as Perry Parker

1987

La Bamba as Bob Keane
The Squeeze as Norman
Empire of the Sun as Frank Demarest
Destination: America as Lt. Mike Amico
Amazon Women on the Moon as Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")
Beverly Hills Buntz as Jimmy Montaigne

1986

Roger Rabbit Screen Test as Eddie Valiant (uncredited)
L.A. Law: Pilot as Ralph Cavanaugh
L.A. Law as Ralph Cavanaugh

1985

The Goonies as Francis Fratelli
The Mean Season as Andy Porter

1984

Mister Roberts as Insigna

1983

Eddie and the Cruisers as Doc Robbins
The Hitchhiker as Brother Charles
Hardcastle and McCormick as Teddy Hollins

1982

Monsignor as Pvt. Joe Musso

1981

Hill Street Blues as Sonny Orsini

1980

The Idolmaker as Gino Pilato

1979

From Here to Eternity as Pvt. Angelo Maggio

1978

1972

M*A*S*H as Gerald Mullen

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Production

2006

Canvas as Producer

2004

Second Best as Producer

1994

Robot in the Family as Associate Producer

Crew

Directing

2009

Writing

2009