

Joe Pantoliano
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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I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado
TBA · Movie · Narrator
The Making of 'Bound'
TBA · Movie · Self

Violent Night 2
2026 · Movie

Higher Love
2026 · Movie
6.6The Isolate Thief
2026 · Movie · "Burial" Perry Parker
7.0Home Delivery
2026 · Movie · Gary Templeton
7.1Wonder Man
2026 · TV · Joe Pantoliano · 2 ep
6.0Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
2025 · Movie · Uncle Tommy Rossi
8.1Dexter: Original Sin
2024 · TV · Anthony Moretti · 1 ep
7.3Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024 · Movie · Captain Howard
8.4The Last of Us
2023 · TV · Eugene Lynden · 1 ep

A Journey to Sundance
2023 · Movie · Self