Acting credits
155
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Joe Pantoliano
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.1
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Movies: 117Series: 38Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 532
IMDb ID: nm0001592
Known for: Acting
Born: September 12, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1972 - 2026
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 6.33
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
as "Burial" Perry Parker
The Isolate Thief
2026 • Movie
as Uncle Tommy Rossi
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
2025 • Movie
as Captain Howard
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024 • Movie
as Gary Templeton
Home Delivery
2024 • Movie
as Self
A Journey to Sundance
2023 • Movie
as Collin Carmichael
Hide and Seek
2021 • Movie
as Mr. Miller
The Santa Stakeout
2021 • Movie
as Captain Howard
Bad Boys for Life
2020 • Movie
as Marco Gentile
From the Vine
2019 • Movie
as Uncle Frankie
Feast of the Seven Fishes
2019 • Movie
as Al Braverman
The Brawler
2019 • Movie
as Henderson
Lake Placid: Legacy
2018 • Movie
as Aldo
Happy Anniversary
2018 • Movie
as Joey
Just Getting Started
2017 • Movie
as Vincent Gambazzo
Random Tropical Paradise
2017 • Movie
as Marty
The Perfect Match
2016 • Movie
as Self
Lord of the Freaks
2015 • Movie
as Avi Hirshberg
The Identical
2014 • Movie
as Self
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012 • Movie
as Oswald
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
2012 • Movie
as Carl
Loosies
2012 • Movie
as Chuckster (voice)
The Legend of Secret Pass
2010 • Movie
as Peek (voice)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Joe Pantoliano.
as Joe Pantoliano • 2 eps
Wonder Man
2026 • Series
as Anthony Moretti • 1 eps
Dexter: Original Sin
2024 • Series
as Eugene Lynden • 1 eps
The Last of Us
2023 • Series
as Joe Pantoliano • 1 eps
Chucky
2021 • Series
as Sticky Fins Whiting (voice) • 1 eps
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
2021 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Reunited Apart
2020 • Series
as Eddie Penisi, Sr • 1 eps
Tacoma FD
2019 • Series
as Eric Andrews • 2 eps
MacGyver
2016 • Series
as Michael Gorski • 1 eps
Sense8
2015 • Series
as Joe Renato • 16 eps
The Handler
2003 • Series
as Kal Langley • 2 eps
Roswell
1999 • Series
as Sticky Fins Whiting (voice) • 1 eps
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999 • Series
as Ralph Cifaretto • 18 eps
The Sopranos
1999 • Series
as (voice) • 5 eps
The Lionhearts
1998 • Series
as Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice) • 1 eps
Godzilla: The Series
1998 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The View
1997 • Series
as Jimmy Murtha • 13 eps
EZ Streets
1996 • Series
as Vic Freed • 1 eps
Arli$$
1996 • Series
as Stan Harbinger • 1 eps
The Outer Limits
1995 • Series
as Jojo Stomopolous (voice) • 1 eps
Life with Louie
1994 • Series
as Sparky (voice) • 26 eps
Beethoven
1994 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 • Series
as Doctor Wilder • 1 eps
Highlander: The Series
1992 • Series
as Stan DeMarco • 1 eps
Civil Wars
1991 • Series