Acting credits
156
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Joe Pantoliano
Acting
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Movies: 118Series: 38Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 532
IMDb ID: nm0001592
Known for: Acting
Born: September 12, 1951
Age: 75
Place of birth: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1972 - 2026
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 6.34
Wikidata: Q296883
Also known as
Joseph Peter "Joe" Pantoliano • Joey Pants • 喬·潘托利亞諾 • جو پانتولیانو
Other jobs
Producer (2)Associate Producer (1)Director (1)
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Joe Pantoliano.
Dec 2
Violent Night 2
2026 Movie
In 5 days
Higher Love
2026 Movie
The Isolate Thief
as "Burial" Perry Parker
2026 Movie
Home Delivery
as Gary Templeton
2026 Movie
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
as Uncle Tommy Rossi
2025 Movie
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
as Captain Howard
2024 Movie
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
2023 Movie
Hide and Seek
as Collin Carmichael
2021 Movie
The Santa Stakeout
as Mr. Miller
2021 Movie
Bad Boys for Life
as Captain Howard
2020 Movie
From the Vine
as Marco Gentile
2019 Movie
Feast of the Seven Fishes
as Uncle Frankie
2019 Movie
The Brawler
as Al Braverman
2019 Movie
Lake Placid: Legacy
as Henderson
2018 Movie
Happy Anniversary
as Aldo
2018 Movie
Just Getting Started
as Joey
2017 Movie
Random Tropical Paradise
as Vincent Gambazzo
2017 Movie
The Perfect Match
as Marty
2016 Movie
Lord of the Freaks
as Self
2015 Movie
The Identical
as Avi Hirshberg
2014 Movie
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
as Self
2012 Movie
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
as Oswald
2012 Movie
Loosies
as Carl
2012 Movie
The Legend of Secret Pass
as Chuckster (voice)
2010 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Joe Pantoliano.
Wonder Man
as Joe Pantoliano • 2 eps
2026 Series
Dexter: Original Sin
as Anthony Moretti • 1 eps
2024 Series
The Last of Us
as Eugene Lynden • 1 eps
2023 Series
Chucky
as Joe Pantoliano • 1 eps
2021 Series
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
as Sticky Fins Whiting (voice) • 1 eps
2021 Series
Reunited Apart
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
Tacoma FD
as Eddie Penisi, Sr • 1 eps
2019 Series
MacGyver
as Eric Andrews • 2 eps
2016 Series
Sense8
as Michael Gorski • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Handler
as Joe Renato • 16 eps
2003 Series
Roswell
as Kal Langley • 2 eps
1999 Series
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Sticky Fins Whiting (voice) • 1 eps
1999 Series
The Sopranos
as Ralph Cifaretto • 18 eps
1999 Series
The Lionhearts
as (voice) • 5 eps
1998 Series
Godzilla: The Series
as Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice) • 1 eps
1998 Series
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
EZ Streets
as Jimmy Murtha • 13 eps
1996 Series
Arli$$
as Vic Freed • 1 eps
1996 Series
Life with Louie
as Jojo Stomopolous (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
The Outer Limits
as Stan Harbinger • 1 eps
1995 Series
Beethoven
as Sparky (voice) • 26 eps
1994 Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
1993 Series
Highlander: The Series
as Doctor Wilder • 1 eps
1992 Series
Civil Wars
as Stan DeMarco • 1 eps
1991 Series