
Joe Pantoliano
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Pantoliano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography

Violent Night 2

Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story

Bad Boys: Legacy

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Home Delivery

Hide and Seek

The Santa Stakeout

A Journey to Sundance

Bad Boys for Life

From the Vine

Feast of the Seven Fishes

The Brawler

Lake Placid: Legacy

Happy Anniversary

Just Getting Started

Random Tropical Paradise

The Perfect Match

The Identical

Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano

12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Loosies

The Legend of Secret Pass

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

New York Street Games

Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'

Deadly Impact

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Falling Up

The Job

No Kidding, Me Too!

The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business

Canvas

Unknown

Deceit

...So Goes the Nation

Wedding Daze

The Amateurs

Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector

The Check Up

Racing Stripes

Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix

The Easter Egg Adventure

Perfect Opposites

Second Best

Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'

Bad Boys II

Daredevil

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

A Better Way to Die

Cats & Dogs

The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer

Memento

Ready to Rumble

Silver Man

Olive, the Other Reindeer

New Blood

Making 'The Matrix'

Taxman

The Life Before This

Black and White

The Matrix

Hoods

U.S. Marshals

Pitch

Top of the World

Tinseltown

Natural Enemy

Bound

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

The Immortals

Steal Big Steal Little

The Last Word

Congo

Bad Boys

Baby's Day Out

The Spy Within

Teresa's Tattoo

Robot in the Family

Dangerous Heart

Me and the Kid

Calendar Girl

The Fugitive

Three of Hearts

Used People

Through the Eyes of a Killer

One Special Victory

Zandalee

Backstreet Dreams

El Diablo

Short Time

The Last of the Finest

Downtown

Nightbreaker

Midnight Run

Rock 'N Roll Mom

The In Crowd

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

Amazon Women on the Moon

Scenes from the Goldmine

La Bamba

The Squeeze

Destination: America

Roger Rabbit Screen Test

L.A. Law: Pilot

Running Scared

The Goonies

The Mean Season

Mister Roberts

Eddie and the Cruisers

Risky Business

The Final Terror

Monsignor

The Idolmaker

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

More Than Friends

I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado

Higher Love
