Joe Pantoliano
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.
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- Born:
- Sep 12, 1951 In Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 153
- First Appeared:
- In the movie A Journey to Sundance
- Latest Project:
- Movie Bad Boys: Legacy 2024-07-24
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | A Journey to Sundance | Self | 2026 |
| Movie | Bad Boys: Legacy | Self | 2024-07-24 |
| Movie | Home Delivery | Gary Templeton | 2024-02-05 |
| Movie | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Captain Howard | 2024-06-05 |
| Series | Chucky | Joe Pantoliano | 2021-10-12 |
| Movie | The Santa Stakeout | Mr. Miller | 2021-10-24 |
| Movie | Hide and Seek | Collin Carmichael | 2021-11-19 |
| Movie | Bad Boys for Life | Captain Howard | 2020-01-15 |
| Series | Reunited Apart | Self | 2020-04-27 |
| Movie | The Brawler | Al Braverman | 2019-01-18 |
| Movie | Feast of the Seven Fishes | Uncle Frankie | 2019-11-15 |
| Movie | From the Vine | Marco Gentile | 2019-12-27 |
| Series | Tacoma FD | Eddie Penisi Sr. | 2019-03-25 |
| Movie | Lake Placid: Legacy | Henderson | 2018-05-28 |
| Movie | Happy Anniversary | Aldo | 2018-03-30 |
| Movie | Just Getting Started | Joey | 2017-12-01 |
| Movie | Random Tropical Paradise | Vincent Gambazzo | 2017-06-09 |
| Movie | The Perfect Match | Marty | 2016-03-11 |
| Series | MacGyver | Eric Andrews | 2016-09-23 |
| Series | Sense8 | Michael Gorski | 2015-06-05 |
| Movie | Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano | Self | 2014-08-18 |
| Movie | The Identical | Avi Hirshberg | 2014-09-05 |
| Movie | Loosies | Carl | 2012-02-01 |
| Movie | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | Oswald | 2012-03-06 |
| Movie | Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' | Self | 2010-07-13 |
| Movie | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Gabe Ugliano | 2010-02-01 |
| Movie | Deadly Impact | David Kaplow | 2010-04-20 |
| Movie | The Legend of Secret Pass | Chuckster (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
| Movie | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Peek (voice) | 2010-07-29 |
| Movie | New York Street Games | Self | 2010-07-28 |
| Movie | No Kidding, Me Too! | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | The Job | Perriman | 2009-09-26 |
| Movie | Falling Up | George | 2009-09-29 |
| Movie | The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business | Self | 2008-09-16 |
| Movie | Wedding Daze | Smitty | 2006-09-09 |
| Movie | Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector | Mayor M.T. Gunn | 2006-03-24 |
| Movie | The Amateurs | Some Idiot | 2006-04-28 |
| Movie | ...So Goes the Nation | Self | 2006-10-04 |
| Movie | Canvas | John Marino | 2006-11-12 |
| Movie | Deceit | Anthony | 2006-10-22 |
| Movie | Unknown | Bound Man | 2006-11-03 |
| Movie | Racing Stripes | Goose (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| Movie | The Check Up | The Inspector | 2005-01-21 |
| Series | But Can They Sing? | 2005-10-30 | |
| Movie | Perfect Opposites | Louis Carbonelli | 2004-02-06 |
| Movie | Second Best | Elliot | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | The Easter Egg Adventure | Terrible Timothy Takit (voice) | 2004-09-05 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004-09-13 |
| Series | Dr. Vegas | 2004-09-24 | |
| Movie | Bad Boys II | Captain Howard | 2003-07-18 |
| Movie | Daredevil | Ben Urich | 2003-02-14 |
| Movie | Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' | 2003-07-29 | |
| Series | The Handler | Joe Renato | 2003-09-26 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Mogan | 2002-08-16 |
| Movie | Cats & Dogs | Peek (voice) | 2001-07-04 |
| Series | Good Day Live | Self | 2001-09-17 |
| Movie | A Better Way to Die | Flash | 2001-09-26 |
| Movie | Silver Man | Norbert | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer | Self | 2000-12-14 |
| Movie | Ready to Rumble | Titus Sinclair | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | Memento | Teddy | 2000-10-11 |
| Movie | The Matrix | Cypher | 1999-03-31 |
| Series | The Sopranos | Ralph Cifaretto | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | The Life Before This | Jake Maclean | 1999-09-15 |
| Movie | Black and White | Bill King | 1999-09-04 |
| Movie | Taxman | Al Benjamin | 1999-09-16 |
| Movie | Olive, The Other Reindeer | Martini (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | New Blood | Hellman | 1999-11-15 |
| Series | Roswell | Kal Langley | 1999-10-06 |
| Movie | Making 'The Matrix' | Self | 1999-09-21 |
| Movie | U.S. Marshals | Renfro | 1998-03-06 |
| Series | The Lionhearts | (voice) | 1998-09-19 |
| Movie | Hoods | Charlie Flynn | 1998-08-05 |
| Series | Godzilla: The Series | Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice) | 1998-09-12 |
| Movie | Tinseltown | Arnie | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Top of the World | Vince Castor | 1997-05-01 |
| Movie | Pitch | Self | 1997-09-04 |
| Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice | Det. Meyer Meyer | 1996-02-18 |
| Series | Arliss | Unknown | 1996-08-10 |
| Movie | Natural Enemy | Stuart | 1996-12-31 |
| Series | EZ Streets | Jimmy Murtha | 1996-10-27 |
| Movie | Bound | Caesar | 1996-09-13 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Stan Harbinger | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Bad Boys | Captain Howard | 1995-04-07 |
| Movie | Steal Big Steal Little | Eddie Agopian | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | The Immortals | Pete | 1995-10-05 |
| Movie | Congo | Eddie Ventro (Uncredited) | 1995-06-09 |
| Movie | The Last Word | Doc | 1995-08-27 |
| Movie | Robot in the Family | Jack Shamir | 1994-03-02 |
| Movie | Teresa's Tattoo | Bruno | 1994-03-15 |
| Movie | Dangerous Heart | Barclay | 1994-02-02 |
| Movie | The Flight of the Dove | Attorney Brezner | 1994-06-10 |
| Series | Beethoven | Sparky (voice) | 1994-09-10 |
| Series | Life with Louie | Jojo Stomopolous (voice) | 1994-12-24 |
| Movie | Baby's Day Out | Norby | 1994-07-01 |
| Movie | Three of Hearts | Mickey | 1993-04-30 |
| Movie | The Fugitive | Cosmo Renfro | 1993-08-06 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Me and the Kid | Roy | 1993-10-22 |
| Movie | Calendar Girl | Harvey Darpinian | 1993-09-03 |
| Movie | Through the Eyes of a Killer | Jerry | 1992-09-30 |
| Series | Highlander: The Series | Doctor Wilder | 1992-10-03 |
| Movie | Used People | Frank | 1992-12-16 |
| Movie | Zandalee | Gerri | 1991-05-09 |
| Movie | One Special Victory | Daniel | 1991-12-08 |
| Series | Civil Wars | Stan DeMarco | 1991-11-20 |
| Movie | Downtown | White | 1990-01-12 |
| Movie | The Last of the Finest | Wayne Gross | 1990-03-09 |
| Series | The Fanelli Boys | Dominic Fanelli | 1990-09-08 |
| Movie | Backstreet Dreams | Paul (uncredited) | 1990-09-29 |
| Movie | El Diablo | Kid Durango | 1990-07-22 |
| Movie | Short Time | Scalese | 1990-05-04 |
| Movie | Nightbreaker | Sgt. Jack Russell | 1989-03-08 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Casino Dealer (uncredited) | 1989-06-10 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | The In Crowd | Perry Parker | 1988-02-01 |
| Movie | Midnight Run | Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder | 1988-07-20 |
| Movie | Rock 'N Roll Mum | Ronnie | 1988-02-07 |
| Movie | The Squeeze | Norman | 1987-07-10 |
| Movie | Destination: America | Lt. Mike Amico | 1987-04-03 |
| Movie | Scenes From the Goldmine | Manny Ricci | 1987-08-08 |
| Movie | La Bamba | Bob Keane | 1987-07-24 |
| Movie | Empire of the Sun | Frank Demarest | 1987-12-09 |
| Movie | The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun | Self | 1987-12-30 |
| Series | Beverly Hills Buntz | Jimmy Montaigne | 1987-11-05 |
| Movie | Amazon Women on the Moon | Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming") | 1987-09-18 |
| Movie | Running Scared | Snake | 1986-06-27 |
| Series | L.A. Law | Ralph Cavanaugh | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | L.A. Law: Pilot | Ralph Cavanaugh | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Roger Rabbit Screen Test | Eddie Valiant (uncredited) | 1986-11-02 |
| Movie | The Mean Season | Andy Porter | 1985-02-15 |
| Series | Robert Kennedy & His Times | Roy Cohn | 1985-01-27 |
| Movie | The Goonies | Francis Fratelli | 1985-06-07 |
| Series | Amazing Stories | Joe | 1985-09-29 |
| Movie | Mister Roberts | Insigna | 1984-03-18 |
| Movie | The Final Terror | Eggar | 1983-05-01 |
| Movie | Risky Business | Guido | 1983-08-05 |
| Series | Hardcastle and McCormick | Teddy Hollins | 1983-09-18 |
| Movie | Eddie and the Cruisers | Doc Robbins | 1983-09-23 |
| Series | The Hitchhiker | Brother Charles | 1983-11-01 |
| Movie | Monsignor | Pvt. Joe Musso | 1982-10-22 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Sonny Orsini | 1981-01-15 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| Series | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Ray Neal | 1980-11-05 |
| Movie | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Ray Neal | 1980-11-05 |
| Movie | The Idolmaker | Gino Pilato | 1980-11-14 |
| Series | From Here to Eternity | Pvt. Angelo Maggio | 1979-02-14 |
| Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
| Series | Free Country | 1978-06-24 | |
| Movie | More Than Friends | Ralphie | 1978-10-20 |
| Series | M*A*S*H | Gerald Mullen | 1972-09-17 |