
Joe Pantoliano
Acting
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.
Known For

The Simpsons

The Sopranos

The View

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

M*A*S*H

L.A. Law

The Last of Us

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues

MacGyver

Chucky

Highlander: The Series

The Outer Limits

Simon & Simon

Amazing Stories

Hart to Hart

Roswell

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

The Matrix

Wonder Man

Dexter: Original Sin

Sense8

Tacoma FD

Tacoma FD

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Memento

Bad Boys II

Empire of the Sun

Bad Boys for Life
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