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 | Home Delivery | Gary Templeton | 2025 |
| Movie | A Journey to Sundance | Self | 2025 |
| Movie | Bad Boys: Legacy | Self | 2024-07-24 |
| Movie | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Captain Howard | 2024-06-05 |
| Series | Chucky | Joe Pantoliano | 2021-10-12 |
| Movie | Hide and Seek | Collin Carmichael | 2021-11-19 |
| Movie | The Santa Stakeout | Mr. Miller | 2021-10-24 |
| 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 |
| Series | Tacoma FD | Eddie Penisi Sr. | 2019-03-28 |
| Movie | From the Vine | Marco Gentile | 2019-12-27 |
| Movie | Feast of the Seven Fishes | Uncle Frankie | 2019-11-15 |
| Movie | Happy Anniversary | Aldo | 2018-03-30 |
| Movie | Lake Placid: Legacy | Henderson | 2018-05-28 |
| Movie | Just Getting Started | Joey | 2017-12-01 |
| Movie | Random Tropical Paradise | Vincent Gambazzo | 2017-06-09 |
| Series | MacGyver | Eric Andrews | 2016-09-23 |
| Movie | The Perfect Match | Marty | 2016-03-11 |
| Series | Sense8 | Michael Gorski | 2015-06-05 |
| Movie | The Identical | Avi Hirshberg | 2014-09-05 |
| Movie | Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano | Self | 2014-08-18 |
| Movie | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Loosies | Carl | 2012-02-01 |
| Movie | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | Oswald | 2012-03-06 |
| Movie | Deadly Impact | David Kaplow | 2010-04-20 |
| Movie | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Gabe Ugliano | 2010-02-01 |
| Movie | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Peek (voice) | 2010-07-29 |
| Movie | The Legend of Secret Pass | Chuckster (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
| Movie | New York Street Games | Self | 2010-07-28 |
| Movie | Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' | Self | 2010-07-13 |
| 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 | The Amateurs | Some Idiot | 2006-04-28 |
| Movie | Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector | Mayor M.T. Gunn | 2006-03-24 |
| Movie | Wedding Daze | Smitty | 2006-09-09 |
| Movie | Canvas | John Marino | 2006-11-12 |
| Movie | Unknown | Bound Man | 2006-11-03 |
| Movie | Deceit | Anthony | 2006-10-22 |
| Movie | ...So Goes the Nation | Self | 2006-10-04 |
| Movie | The Check Up | The Inspector | 2005-01-21 |
| Movie | Racing Stripes | Goose (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| Series | But Can They Sing? | Unknown | 2005-10-30 |
| Movie | Second Best | Elliot | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004-09-13 |
| Series | Dr. Vegas | 2004-09-24 | |
| Movie | The Easter Egg Adventure | Terrible Timothy Takit (voice) | 2004-09-05 |
| Movie | Perfect Opposites | Louis Carbonelli | 2004-02-06 |
| Movie | Daredevil | Ben Urich | 2003-02-14 |
| Series | The Handler | Joe Renato | 2003-09-26 |
| Movie | Bad Boys II | Captain Howard | 2003-07-18 |
| Movie | Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' | 2003-07-29 | |
| 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 | Memento | Teddy | 2000-10-11 |
| Movie | Ready to Rumble | Titus Sinclair | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | Olive, The Other Reindeer | Martini (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
| Series | The Sopranos | Ralph Cifaretto | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | Black and White | Bill King | 1999-09-04 |
| Movie | The Matrix | Cypher | 1999-03-31 |
| Movie | The Life Before This | Jake Maclean | 1999-09-15 |
| Series | Roswell | Kal Langley | 1999-10-06 |
| Movie | New Blood | Hellman | 1999-11-15 |
| Movie | Making 'The Matrix' | Self | 1999-09-21 |
| Movie | Taxman | Al Benjamin | 1999-09-16 |
| Movie | U.S. Marshals | Renfro | 1998-03-06 |
| Series | Godzilla: The Series | Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice) | 1998-09-12 |
| Series | The Lionhearts | (voice) | 1998-09-19 |
| Movie | Hoods | Charlie Flynn | 1998-08-05 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Calendar Girl | Harvey Darpinian | 1993-09-03 |
| Movie | Me and the Kid | Roy | 1993-10-22 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
| Series | Highlander: The Series | Doctor Wilder | 1992-10-03 |
| Movie | Used People | Frank | 1992-12-16 |
| Movie | Through the Eyes of a Killer | Jerry | 1992-09-30 |
| Movie | One Special Victory | Daniel | 1991-12-08 |
| Movie | Zandalee | Gerri | 1991-05-09 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Short Time | Scalese | 1990-05-04 |
| Series | The Fanelli Boys | Dominic Fanelli | 1990-09-08 |
| Movie | El Diablo | Kid Durango | 1990-07-22 |
| Movie | Backstreet Dreams | Paul (uncredited) | 1990-09-29 |
| Movie | Nightbreaker | Sgt. Jack Russell | 1989-03-08 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Casino Dealer (uncredited) | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | The In Crowd | Perry Parker | 1988-02-01 |
| Movie | Rock 'N Roll Mum | Ronnie | 1988-02-07 |
| Movie | Midnight Run | Eddie Moscone | 1988-07-20 |
| Movie | The Squeeze | Norman | 1987-07-10 |
| Movie | Destination: America | Lt. Mike Amico | 1987-04-03 |
| Movie | La Bamba | Bob Keane | 1987-07-24 |
| Movie | Scenes From the Goldmine | Manny Ricci | 1987-08-08 |
| 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 | Roger Rabbit Screen Test | Eddie Valiant (uncredited) | 1986-11-02 |
| Movie | L.A. Law: Pilot | Ralph Cavanaugh | 1986-09-15 |
| 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 | The Mean Season | Andy Porter | 1985-02-15 |
| Movie | Mister Roberts | Insigna | 1984-03-18 |
| Movie | The Final Terror | Eggar | 1983-05-01 |
| Series | Hardcastle and McCormick | Teddy Hollins | 1983-09-18 |
| Movie | Eddie and the Cruisers | Doc Robbins | 1983-09-23 |
| Movie | Risky Business | Guido | 1983-08-05 |
| Series | The Hitchhiker | Brother Charles | 1983-11-01 |
| Movie | Monsignor | Pvt. Joe Musso | 1982-10-22 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| Movie | The Idolmaker | Gino Pilato | 1980-11-14 |
| Series | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Ray Neal | 1980-11-05 |
| Movie | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Ray Neal | 1980-11-05 |
| Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
| Series | From Here to Eternity | Pvt. Angelo Maggio | 1979-02-14 |
| Movie | More Than Friends | Ralphie | 1978-10-20 |
| Series | Free Country | 1978-06-24 | |
| Series | M*A*S*H | Gerald Mullen | 1972-09-17 |