Actor

Joe Pantoliano

Born 12 September 1951 · Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2026Higher Love1h 48mBarney Taylor
  2. 2026Home Delivery1h 45mGary Templeton
  3. 2026The Isolate Thief1h 35m"Burial" Perry Parker
  4. 2026Violent Night 21h 50m
  5. 2025Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story1h 24mUncle Tommy Rossi
  6. 2024Bad Boys: Ride or Die1h 56mCaptain Howard
  7. 2021Hide and Seek1h 24mCollin Carmichael
  8. 2021The Santa Stakeout1h 24mMr. Miller
  9. 2020Bad Boys for Life2h 4mCaptain Howard
  10. 2019From the Vine1h 37mMarco Gentile
  11. 2019Feast of the Seven Fishes1h 39mUncle Frankie
  12. 2019The Brawler1h 35mAl Braverman
  13. 2018Happy Anniversary1h 18mAldo
  14. 2018Lake Placid: Legacy1h 33mHenderson
  15. 2017Just Getting Started1h 31mJoey
  16. 2017Random Tropical Paradise1h 41mVincent Gambazzo
  17. 2016The Perfect Match1h 36mMarty
  18. 2014Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano13mSelf
  19. 2014The Identical1h 47mAvi Hirshberg
  20. 2012Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life1h 31mOswald
  21. 2012Loosies1h 29mCarl
  22. 2010New York Street Games1h 16mSelf
  23. 2010Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'24mSelf
  24. 2010Deadly Impact1h 36mDavid Kaplow
  25. 2010The Legend of Secret Pass1h 32mChuckster (voice)
  26. 2010Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore1h 22mPeek (voice)
  27. 2010Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief1h 58mGabe Ugliano
  28. 2009No Kidding, Me Too!1h 12mHimself
  29. 2009The Job1h 39mPerriman
  30. 2009Falling Up1h 38mGeorge
  31. 2008The Dream Is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business30mSelf
  32. 2006Unknown1h 25mBound Man
  33. 2006Wedding Daze1h 30mSmitty
  34. 2006Canvas1h 41mJohn Marino
  35. 2006The Amateurs1h 36mSome Idiot
  36. 2006Deceit1h 31mAnthony
  37. 2006Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector1h 29mMayor M.T. Gunn
  38. 2005The Check Up6mThe Inspector
  39. 2005But Can They Sing?1 season
  40. 2005Racing Stripes1h 42mGoose (voice)
  41. 2004Second Best1h 26mElliot
  42. 2004The Easter Egg Adventure1h 27mTerrible Timothy Takit (voice)
  43. 2004Dr. Vegas1 season
  44. 2004Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix1h 1mCypher
  45. 2004Perfect Opposites1h 30mLouis Carbonelli
  46. 2003The Handler1 seasonJoe Renato
  47. 2003Daredevil1h 43mBen Urich
  48. 2003Bad Boys II2h 26mCaptain Howard
  49. 2002The Adventures of Pluto Nash1h 35mMogan
  50. 2001A Better Way to Die1h 36mFlash
  51. 2001Cats & Dogs1h 27mPeek (voice)
  52. 2000The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer26mSelf
  53. 2000Memento1h 53mTeddy
  54. 2000Silver Man1h 38mNorbert
  55. 2000Ready to Rumble1h 47mTitus Sinclair
  56. 1999Making "The Matrix"26mSelf
  57. 1999Taxman1h 44mAl Benjamin
  58. 1999The Life Before This1h 32mJake Maclean
  59. 1999Olive, the Other Reindeer45mMartini (voice)
  60. 1999New Blood1h 38mHellman
  61. 1999The Matrix2h 16mCypher
  62. 1999Black and White1h 38mBill King
  63. 1998U.S. Marshals2h 11mRenfro
  64. 1998Hoods1h 30mCharlie Flynn
  65. 1997Pitch1h 21mSelf
  66. 1997Tinseltown1h 25mArnie
  67. 1997Top of the World1h 40mVince Castor
  68. 1996Cigars!: The New Rage!58mSelf
  69. 1996EZ Streets1 seasonJimmy Murtha
  70. 1996Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice1h 33mDet. Meyer Meyer
  71. 1996Bound1h 45mCaesar
  72. 1996Bad BusinessBody Man
  73. 1996Natural Enemy1h 28mStuart
  74. 1995The Last Word1h 34mDoc
  75. 1995The Immortals1h 38mPete
  76. 1995Steal Big Steal Little1h 53mEddie Agopian
  77. 1995Bad Boys1h 59mCaptain Howard
  78. 1994Robot in the Family1h 25mJack Shamir
  79. 1994Baby's Day Out1h 39mNorby
  80. 1994Dangerous Heart1h 33mBarclay
  81. 1994The Spy Within1h 27mAttorney Brezner
  82. 1994Beethoven1 seasonSparky (voice)
  83. 1994Teresa's Tattoo1h 28mBruno
  84. 1993Me and the Kid1h 34mRoy
  85. 1993The Fugitive2h 11mCosmo Renfro
  86. 1993Calendar Girl1h 30mHarvey Darpinian
  87. 1993Three of Hearts1h 50mMickey
  88. 1992Through the Eyes of a Killer1h 34mJerry
  89. 1992Used People1h 55mFrank
  90. 1991Zandalee1h 40mGerri
  91. 1991One Special Victory1h 36mDaniel
  92. 1990The Last of the Finest1h 46mWayne Gross
  93. 1990The Fanelli Boys1 seasonDominic Fanelli
  94. 1990Downtown1h 36mWhite
  95. 1990El Diablo1h 55mKid Durango
  96. 1990Short Time1h 37mScalese
  97. 1989Nightbreaker1h 39mSgt. Jack Russell
  98. 1988The In Crowd1h 35mPerry Parker
  99. 1988Rock 'N Roll Mom1h 40mRonnie
  100. 1988Midnight Run2h 6mEddie Moscone, Bail Bonder
  101. 1987The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun49mSelf
  102. 1987Destination: America1h 35mLt. Mike Amico
  103. 1987The Squeeze1h 41mNorman
  104. 1987Scenes from the Goldmine1h 39mManny Ricci
  105. 1987Empire of the Sun2h 33mFrank Demarest
  106. 1987La Bamba1h 48mBob Keane
  107. 1987Amazon Women on the Moon1h 24mSy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")
  108. 1986Roger Rabbit Screen Test1mEddie Valiant (uncredited)
  109. 1986Running Scared1h 47mSnake
  110. 1986L.A. Law: Pilot1h 37mRalph Cavanaugh
  111. 1985Robert Kennedy & His Times1 seasonRoy Cohn
  112. 1985The Mean Season1h 43mAndy Porter
  113. 1985The Goonies1h 54mFrancis
  114. 1984Mister Roberts1h 40mInsigna
  115. 1983Risky Business1h 38mGuido
  116. 1983Eddie and the Cruisers1h 35mDoc Robbins
  117. 1983The Final Terror1h 22mEggar
  118. 1982Monsignor2h 1mPvt. Joe Musso
  119. 1980The Idolmaker1h 57mGino Pilato
  120. 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story1 seasonRay Neal
  121. 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story3h 16mRay Neal
  122. 1979From Here to Eternity1 seasonPvt. Angelo Maggio
  123. 1978Free Country1 season
  124. 1978More Than Friends1h 33mRalphie
  125. The Making of 'Bound'6mSelf
  126. I Took My Avocado to Aspen, ColoradoNarrator
  127. The Doctor in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest