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:
- 154
- First Appeared:
- In the series M*A*S*H 1972-09-17
- Latest Project:
- Movie Home Delivery 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | A Journey to Sundance | Self | 2025 |
| Movie | Home Delivery | Gary Templeton | 2025 |
| Movie | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Captain Howard | 2024-06-05 |
| Movie | Bad Boys: Legacy | Self | 2024-07-24 |
| 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 |
| Series | Tacoma FD | Eddie Penisi Sr. | 2019-03-28 |
| Movie | The Brawler | Al Braverman | 2019-01-18 |
| 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 | Random Tropical Paradise | Vincent Gambazzo | 2017-06-09 |
| Movie | Just Getting Started | Joey | 2017-12-01 |
| Series | MacGyver | Eric Andrews | 2016-09-23 |
| Movie | The Perfect Match | Marty | 2016-03-11 |
| Movie | Sense8: A Christmas Special | Michael Gorski | 2016-12-23 |
| 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 | Deadly Impact | David Kaplow | 2010-04-20 |
| 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 | New York Street Games | Self | 2010-07-28 |
| 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 | The Job | Perriman | 2009-09-26 |
| Movie | No Kidding, Me Too! | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
| 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 | Wedding Daze | Smitty | 2006-09-09 |
| Movie | Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector | Mayor M.T. Gunn | 2006-03-24 |
| Movie | Deceit | Anthony | 2006-10-22 |
| Movie | ...So Goes the Nation | Self | 2006-10-04 |
| Movie | Unknown | Bound Man | 2006-11-03 |
| Movie | Canvas | John Marino | 2006-11-12 |
| Movie | Racing Stripes | Goose (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| Series | But Can They Sing? | Unknown | 2005-10-30 |
| Movie | The Check Up | The Inspector | 2005-01-21 |
| Movie | Second Best | Elliot | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Perfect Opposites | Louis Carbonelli | 2004-02-06 |
| Movie | The Easter Egg Adventure | Terrible Timothy Takit (voice) | 2004-09-05 |
| Series | Dr. Vegas | Unknown | 2004-09-24 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | Daredevil | Ben Urich | 2003-02-14 |
| Movie | Bad Boys II | Captain Howard | 2003-07-18 |
| Movie | Beyond Hell's Kitchen - Making Daredevil | Unknown | 2003-07-29 |
| Series | The Handler | Joe Renato | 2003-09-26 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Mogan | 2002-08-16 |
| Series | Good Day Live | Self | 2001-09-17 |
| Movie | Cats & Dogs | Peek (voice) | 2001-07-04 |
| Movie | A Better Way to Die | Flash | 2001-09-26 |
| Movie | Ready to Rumble | Titus Sinclair | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | Silver Man | Norbert | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Memento | Teddy | 2000-10-11 |
| Movie | The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer | Self | 2000-12-14 |
| Movie | The Life Before This | Jake Maclean | 1999-09-15 |
| Movie | Black and White | Bill King | 1999-09-04 |
| Series | The Sopranos | Ralph Cifaretto | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | The Matrix | Cypher | 1999-03-31 |
| Movie | Taxman | Al Benjamin | 1999-09-16 |
| Movie | Making 'The Matrix' | Self | 1999-09-21 |
| 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 | U.S. Marshals | Renfro | 1998-03-06 |
| Movie | Hoods | Charlie Flynn | 1998-08-05 |
| Series | The Lionhearts | (voice) | 1998-09-19 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Bound | Caesar | 1996-09-13 |
| Series | Arliss | Unknown | 1996-08-10 |
| Series | EZ Streets | Jimmy Murtha | 1996-10-27 |
| Movie | Natural Enemy | Stuart | 1996-12-31 |
| Movie | Bad Boys | Captain Howard | 1995-04-07 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Stan Harbinger | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Congo | Eddie Ventro (Uncredited) | 1995-06-09 |
| Movie | Steal Big Steal Little | Eddie Agopian | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | The Last Word | Doc | 1995-08-27 |
| Movie | The Immortals | Pete | 1995-10-05 |
| Movie | Teresa's Tattoo | Bruno | 1994-03-15 |
| Movie | Robot in the Family | Jack Shamir | 1994-03-02 |
| Movie | The Flight of the Dove | Attorney Brezner | 1994-06-10 |
| Movie | Dangerous Heart | Barclay | 1994-02-02 |
| Movie | Baby's Day Out | Norby | 1994-07-01 |
| Series | Life with Louie | Jojo Stomopolous (voice) | 1994-12-24 |
| Series | Beethoven | Sparky (voice) | 1994-09-10 |
| 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 | Calendar Girl | Harvey Darpinian | 1993-09-03 |
| Movie | Me and the Kid | Roy | 1993-10-22 |
| Series | Highlander: The Series | Doctor Wilder | 1992-10-03 |
| Movie | Through the Eyes of a Killer | Jerry | 1992-09-30 |
| Movie | Used People | Frank | 1992-12-16 |
| Series | Civil Wars | Stan DeMarco | 1991-11-20 |
| Movie | Zandalee | Gerri | 1991-05-09 |
| Movie | One Special Victory | Daniel | 1991-12-08 |
| Movie | The Last of the Finest | Wayne Gross | 1990-03-09 |
| Movie | Downtown | White | 1990-01-12 |
| 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 | Tales from the Crypt | Casino Dealer (uncredited) | 1989-06-10 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | Rock 'N Roll Mum | Ronnie | 1988-02-07 |
| Movie | The In Crowd | Perry Parker | 1988-02-01 |
| Movie | Midnight Run | Eddie Moscone | 1988-07-20 |
| Movie | La Bamba | Bob Keane | 1987-07-24 |
| Movie | Destination: America | Lt. Mike Amico | 1987-04-03 |
| Movie | The Squeeze | Norman | 1987-07-10 |
| Movie | Scenes From the Goldmine | Manny Ricci | 1987-08-08 |
| Movie | Amazon Women on the Moon | Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming") | 1987-09-18 |
| Movie | The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun | Self | 1987-12-30 |
| Movie | Empire of the Sun | Frank Demarest | 1987-12-09 |
| Series | Beverly Hills Buntz | Jimmy Montaigne | 1987-11-05 |
| Movie | Running Scared | Snake | 1986-06-27 |
| Movie | L.A. Law: Pilot | Ralph Cavanaugh | 1986-09-15 |
| Movie | Roger Rabbit Screen Test | Eddie Valiant (uncredited) | 1986-11-02 |
| Series | L.A. Law | Ralph Cavanaugh | 1986-09-15 |
| Series | Robert Kennedy & His Times | Roy Cohn | 1985-01-27 |
| Movie | The Mean Season | Andy Porter | 1985-02-15 |
| Series | Amazing Stories | Joe | 1985-09-29 |
| Movie | The Goonies | Francis Fratelli | 1985-06-07 |
| Movie | Mister Roberts | Insigna | 1984-03-18 |
| Movie | The Final Terror | Eggar | 1983-05-01 |
| Movie | Risky Business | Guido | 1983-08-05 |
| Movie | Eddie and the Cruisers | Doc Robbins | 1983-09-23 |
| Series | The Hitchhiker | Brother Charles | 1983-11-01 |
| Series | Hardcastle and McCormick | Teddy Hollins | 1983-09-18 |
| 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 | From Here to Eternity | Pvt. Angelo Maggio | 1979-02-14 |
| Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
| Movie | More Than Friends | Ralphie | 1978-10-20 |
| Series | Free Country | Unknown | 1978-06-24 |
| Series | M*A*S*H | Gerald Mullen | 1972-09-17 |