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:
- 136
- First Appeared:
- In the movie More Than Friends 1978-10-20
- 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Perfect Match | Marty | 2016-03-11 |
| Series | MacGyver | Eric Andrews | 2016-09-23 |
| Movie | Sense8: A Christmas Special | Michael Gorski | 2016-12-23 |
| 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 | Loosies | Carl | 2012-02-01 |
| Movie | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | Oswald | 2012-03-06 |
| Movie | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Deadly Impact | David Kaplow | 2010-04-20 |
| Movie | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Gabe Ugliano | 2010-02-01 |
| Movie | Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' | Self | 2010-07-13 |
| 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 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 |
| Movie | The Check Up | The Inspector | 2005-01-21 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Bad Boys II | Captain Howard | 2003-07-18 |
| Movie | Daredevil | Ben Urich | 2003-02-14 |
| Movie | Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' | Unknown | 2003-07-29 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Mogan | 2002-08-16 |
| Movie | Cats & Dogs | Peek (voice) | 2001-07-04 |
| Movie | A Better Way to Die | Flash | 2001-09-26 |
| Series | Good Day Live | Self | 2001-09-17 |
| Movie | Silver Man | Norbert | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Memento | Teddy | 2000-10-11 |
| Movie | Ready to Rumble | Titus Sinclair | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | The Life Before This | Jake Maclean | 1999-09-15 |
| Movie | The Matrix | Cypher | 1999-03-31 |
| Series | The Sopranos | Ralph Cifaretto | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | Taxman | Al Benjamin | 1999-09-16 |
| Movie | Black and White | Bill King | 1999-09-04 |
| 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 |
| Series | Godzilla: The Series | Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice) | 1998-09-12 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Bound | Caesar | 1996-09-13 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Stan Harbinger | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Bad Boys | Captain Howard | 1995-04-07 |
| Movie | Congo | Eddie Ventro (Uncredited) | 1995-06-09 |
| Movie | The Immortals | Pete | 1995-10-05 |
| Movie | Steal Big Steal Little | Eddie Agopian | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | The Last Word | Doc | 1995-08-27 |
| Movie | Dangerous Heart | Barclay | 1994-02-02 |
| Movie | Robot in the Family | Jack Shamir | 1994-03-02 |
| Movie | The Flight of the Dove | Attorney Brezner | 1994-06-10 |
| Movie | Baby's Day Out | Norby | 1994-07-01 |
| Movie | Teresa's Tattoo | Bruno | 1994-03-15 |
| Movie | Three of Hearts | Mickey | 1993-04-30 |
| Movie | The Fugitive | Cosmo Renfro | 1993-08-06 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Movie | El Diablo | Kid Durango | 1990-07-22 |
| Series | The Fanelli Boys | Dominic Fanelli | 1990-09-08 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Hitchhiker | Brother Charles | 1983-11-01 |
| Movie | Eddie and the Cruisers | Doc Robbins | 1983-09-23 |
| Movie | Monsignor | Pvt. Joe Musso | 1982-10-22 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| 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 |
| Movie | More Than Friends | Ralphie | 1978-10-20 |