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Joe Pantoliano
Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
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…
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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.
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2026
Violent Night 2
Movie
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2026
Higher Love
Movie
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2026
The Isolate Thief
Movie "Burial" Perry Parker
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2026
Home Delivery
Movie Gary Templeton
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2026
Wonder Man
TV show Joe Pantoliano
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2025
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
Movie Uncle Tommy Rossi
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2024
Dexter: Original Sin
TV show Anthony Moretti
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2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Movie Captain Howard
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2023
The Last of Us
TV show Eugene Lynden
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2023
A Journey to Sundance
Movie Self
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2021
Hide and Seek
Movie Collin Carmichael
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2021
The Santa Stakeout
Movie Mr. Miller
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2021
Chucky
TV show Joe Pantoliano
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2021
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
TV show Sticky Fins Whiting (voice)
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2020
Reunited Apart
TV show Self
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2020
Bad Boys for Life
Movie Captain Howard
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2019
From the Vine
Movie Marco Gentile
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2019
Feast of the Seven Fishes
Movie Uncle Frankie
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2019
Tacoma FD
TV show Eddie Penisi, Sr
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2019
The Brawler
Movie Al Braverman
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2018
Lake Placid: Legacy
Movie Henderson
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2018
Happy Anniversary
Movie Aldo
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2017
Just Getting Started
Movie Joey
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2017
Random Tropical Paradise
Movie Vincent Gambazzo
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2016
MacGyver
TV show Eric Andrews
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2016
The Perfect Match
Movie Marty
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2015
Lord of the Freaks
Movie Self
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2015
Sense8
TV show Michael Gorski
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2014
The Identical
Movie Avi Hirshberg
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2014
Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano
Movie Self
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2012
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Movie Self
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2012
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Movie Oswald
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2012
Loosies
Movie Carl
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2010
The Legend of Secret Pass
Movie Chuckster (voice)
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2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Movie Peek (voice)
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2010
New York Street Games
Movie Self
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2010
Deadly Impact
Movie David Kaplow
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2010
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Movie Gabe Ugliano
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2009
Falling Up
Movie George
