Joe Pantoliano
Date of birth: 1951-09-12
Place of birth: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Joseph Peter "Joe" Pantoliano, Joey Pants, 喬·潘托利亞諾, جو پانتولیانو
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.
Movie Credits
Memento
2000-10-11
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating
The Matrix
1999-03-31
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underg
The Santa Stakeout
2021-10-24
Tanya is a police detective who is reluctantly partnered with fellow detective Ryan to solve a recen
Three of Hearts
1993-04-30
A lesbian hires a male escort to break the heart of the bisexual woman who has just dumped her.
The Fugitive
1993-08-06
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the l
Ready to Rumble
2000-04-07
Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupul
Baby's Day Out
1994-07-01
Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge
Eddie and the Cruisers
1983-09-23
A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader — Eddie Wilson
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002-08-16
The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hotte
Wedding Daze
2006-09-09
After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at t
U.S. Marshals
1998-03-06
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane
Short Time
1990-05-04
As a result of a misdiagnosis, Detective Burt Simpson is told he has just weeks to live. He gains a
Bad Boys II
2003-07-18
Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping
Midnight Run
1988-07-20
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter,
Daredevil
2003-02-14
A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.
Bad Boys
1995-04-07
Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Bot
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010-02-01
Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is ne
Bound
1996-09-13
Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a c
The Goonies
1985-06-07
Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure
Unknown
2006-11-03
Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figur
Olive, the Other Reindeer
1999-12-17
After mis-hearing a radio broadcast about Santa canceling his Christmas trip due to an injured reind
One Special Victory
1991-12-08
A fact-based story, John Larroquette plays a hotshot executive that ends up in court over a certain
Deadly Impact
2010-04-20
Deadly Impact follows hard-nosed cop Thomas Armstrong (Flanery) whose life was shattered when he bec
The Immortals
1995-10-05
An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and ex
The Idolmaker
1980-11-14
Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalo
Falling Up
2009-09-29
A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an
Deceit
2006-10-22
A man returns to his hometown after his father's death and soon enters into an affair with the wife
Downtown
1990-01-12
Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-con
Perfect Opposites
2004-02-06
The story of two college graduates from the Midwest who move to Los Angeles, where their love is tes
Running Scared
1986-06-27
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to
Top of the World
1997-05-01
In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the Wor
La Bamba
1987-07-24
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a
Black and White
1999-09-04
Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including
The Amateurs
2006-04-22
Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable lose
...So Goes the Nation
2006-10-04
A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.
Pitch
1997-09-04
A Canadian documentary featuring two young filmmakers attending the Toronto Film Festival to pitch a
Second Best
2004-01-01
Jealousy overwhelms a group of friends, particularly struggling writer Elliot, as they prepare for t
Canvas
2006-11-12
A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.
The Legend of Secret Pass
2010-10-14
A Native American teenager named Manu spends the summer with his grandfather high in the desert moun
Steal Big Steal Little
1995-09-29
Ruben and Robby are twin brothers, adopted by Mona, one of the wealthiest - and most eccentric - wom
The Easter Egg Adventure
2004-09-05
The idyllic Egg Town is the location for the The Easter Egg Adventure, which sees the beautiful loca
The In Crowd
1988-02-01
A young man of the rock and roll generation is in his senior year of high school. When one day he su
Through the Eyes of a Killer
1992-09-30
A woman has a brief affair with the contractor who is renovating her apartment and he refuses to acc
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
2012-03-06
Jeremy Fink and his best friend Lizzy must search high and low throughout the streets of Manhattan f
The Last of the Finest
1990-03-09
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against
The Squeeze
1987-07-10
Harry Berg is both a con artist and an actual artist -- he constructs large sculptures out of televi
Monsignor
1982-10-22
The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father
Hoods
1998-08-05
A 50-year-old mobster struggles to carry out his father's order to execute a rival's 9-year-old chil
Robot in the Family
1994-03-02
A manic search for a valuable relic pits a father, son and trouble-prone robot against a nasty villa
The Spy Within
1994-06-10
An explosives expert fleeing his past and a beautiful spy trading sex for secrets find themselves in
Calendar Girl
1993-09-03
Three young men go on an end of the summer trip to Hollywood, California. Their quest: to fulfill th
Teresa's Tattoo
1994-03-15
Mathematician Teresa just wanted to study during the College spring break. But her friends, who want
New Blood
1999-11-15
Alan White is a desperate man; his daughter must have a heart transplant to live. He gets an unexpec
Nightbreaker
1989-03-08
Dr. Alexander Brown arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells
Taxman
1999-09-16
After a homocide that the police believe is over gasoline theft, a tax investigator discovers the Ru
Zandalee
1991-05-09
Bored with her marriage to burnt out poet turned corporate executive Thierry, Zandalee falls prey to
Empire of the Sun
1987-12-09
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all
Dangerous Heart
1994-02-02
A cop begins to turn to booze and cocaine during a tough undercover assignment. When a big drug-buy
The Job
2009-09-26
A guy looking to find employment and marry the love of his life, gets in over his head when a fast-t
Mister Roberts
1984-03-18
Set aboard a navy cargo ship during World War II, this comedic drama follows Lt. Doug Roberts (Rober
The Final Terror
1983-05-01
A group of friends head out for what is expected to be a vacation of hiking, camping and a good time
The Identical
2014-09-05
During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a w
The Check Up
2005-01-21
A short film made by Volkswagon
The Life Before This
1999-09-15
Several innocent persons are hurt after two robbers, fleeing from the police, run into a neighborhoo
Me and the Kid
1993-10-22
A lonely and emotionally neglected rich kid forms an attachment to one of the men who kidnap him dur
Destination: America
1987-04-03
A patrician family's estranged, black-sheep son forsakes his blue-collar life to return home and soo
The Last Word
1995-08-27
A journalist with solid mob connections falls for a stripper with a dark past.
Congo
1995-06-09
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa, wher
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980-11-05
Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handfu
Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
2003-07-29
A behind the scenes look at the making of 'Daredevil'!
Racing Stripes
2005-01-06
Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's sp
The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer
2000-12-14
A behind the scenes documentary about the making of "Olive, The Other Reindeer".
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024-06-05
After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up
The Perfect Match
2016-03-11
Charlie is a charming playboy who doesn't believe in serious relationships. His best friends bet him
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
1996-02-18
Once she'd been a dancer. Now she lies on a sidewalk, her blood seeping into the snow. The detective
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012-12-12
“12-12-12” was a fundraising concert to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy, it took place on Decembe
Risky Business
1983-08-05
Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. How
Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano
2014-08-18
Retrospective interview with Joe Pantoliano included with the 2014 Blu-ray by Arrow Video.
Silver Man
2000-01-01
The life of a street performer and human oddity with silver skin changes forever when he must save t
New York Street Games
2010-07-28
Documentary describing various street games played by children in New York.
Used People
1992-12-16
At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an
Home Delivery
2024-02-05
A plus-size supermodel invites her family over to experience the birth of her first child.
Just Getting Started
2017-12-01
Duke Diver is living the high life as the freewheeling manager of a luxurious resort in Palm Springs
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010-07-29
The ongoing war between the canine and feline species is put on hold when they join forces to thwart
Scenes from the Goldmine
1987-08-08
A girl trying to make it in the 1980's New Wave rock and roll scene in L.A.
Roger Rabbit Screen Test
1986-11-02
Live action and animation composite test for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The short clip resulted in Ric
Natural Enemy
1996-12-31
A businessman (Donald Sutherland) has a hotshot young new partner (William McNamara). What he doesn'
Happy Anniversary
2018-03-30
A quirky couple spends their three-year dating anniversary looking back at their relationship and co
Rock 'N Roll Mom
1988-02-07
Dyan Cannon portrays Annie Hackett, an aspiring singer and suburban mother of two, who rocks and rol
Random Tropical Paradise
2017-06-09
At the onset of RANDOM TROPICAL PARADISE, Harry Fluder’s life was working out exactly as planned: gr
The Mean Season
1985-02-15
A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the repo
El Diablo
1990-07-22
When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) vows to bring a student's kidnapper to
The Brawler
2019-01-18
The true story of underdog boxer, Chuck Wepner, who gets a shot to fight the champ, Muhammed Ali.
Lake Placid: Legacy
2018-05-28
A group of young explorers discover a secret area hidden from all maps and GPS devices. When they re
Tinseltown
1997-01-01
In Hollywood it's all about who you know, and the only person two friends know is a serial killer.
No Kidding, Me Too!
2009-01-01
Joe Pantoliano makes his documentary directorial debut with NO KIDDING! ME 2!! as part of his fight
Loosies
2012-02-01
A young pickpocket in the New York subways, living a fast, free, lifestyle is confronted by a woman
A Better Way to Die
2001-09-26
Boomer is a rookie cop based in the urban hellhole that is downtown Chicago. After his involvement i
Bad Boys for Life
2020-01-15
Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join
Cats & Dogs
2001-07-04
When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets t
Feast of the Seven Fishes
2019-11-15
A slice of life story that follows a large Italian family on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the t
From the Vine
2019-12-27
A downtrodden man experiences an ethical crisis and travels back to his hometown in rural Italy to r
The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
2008-09-16
Set against the landscape of 80s teen culture and the dawn of yuppiedom, this documentary relishes '
Making 'The Matrix'
1999-09-21
A promotional making-of documentary for the film Matrix, The (1999) that devotes its time to explain
More Than Friends
1978-10-20
Matty Perlman and Alan Corkus are old friends. He wants them to be more than friends. Sometimes she
Hide and Seek
2021-11-19
Noah is seeking to reconnect with his outcast brother after the death of their father. He hopes to m
The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
1987-12-30
Documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
2006-03-24
A slovenly cable repairman becomes a big-city health inspector and is tasked with uncovering the sou
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986-09-15
Pilot episode for the TV series introduces the lawyers and employees of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney a
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
2010-07-13
A retrospective documentary of the cult classic movie The Goonies. Including interviews with the cas
Backstreet Dreams
1990-09-29
Caught in the web of inner city violence, extortion and drugs, Dean Costello is a small-time gangste
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987-09-18
Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a s
A Journey to Sundance
2021-01-01
'A JOURNEY TO SUNDANCE' is about the spirit, dreams and struggles of independent filmmakers from all
Bad Boys: Legacy
2024-07-24
Take an epic lookback at 30 years of making the Bad Boys franchise with a 22-minute retrospective. G
I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado
A "mobbed up" gopher treats his avocado associate to a lavish weekend of private planes, fancy hotel
Higher Love
When a devoted husband is faced with his wife’s critical health crisis, he must make an impossible c
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
2004-12-07
An hour long discussion on the philosophical concepts that inspired, and are presented in the trilog
The Isolate Thief
A young woman struggles to conceal the gold she stole from a group of violent outlaws who have seize
Violent Night 2
2026-12-03
The sequel to the 2022 film. Plot TBA.
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
2025-11-22
The Quinns and DeLucas have lived next door to each other for decades in the shadow of Highmark Stad