
Joe Pantoliano
1 FOLLOWER • 55 CREDITS • SEP 12, 1951 • 73
Biography
Joseph Peter Pantoliano is an American actor who has played over 150 roles across film, television, and theater. He is best known for portraying Ralph "Ralphie" Cifaretto on the HBO crime drama The Sopranos (1999–2007), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and Cypher in the sci-fi action film The Matrix (1999).
After early roles in the television series M* A * S * H and the comedy film Risky Business, Pantoliano gained recognition for numerous supporting roles in films and television shows such as Hill Street Blues, The Goonies, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun, Midnight Run, NYPD Blue, Memento, and Bad Boys and its sequels. He also appeared in The Fugitive and its spin-off U.S. Marshals. He began working with the Wachowskis in their directorial debut Bound, and later appeared in their film The Matrix and their sci-fi series Sense8.
Known For

MacGyver

The Sopranos

Tales from the Crypt

The Simpsons

The Outer Limits

L.A. Law

M*A*S*H

The Hitchhiker

Simon & Simon

Chucky

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Arliss

Roswell

Tacoma FD

Amazing Stories

Hill Street Blues

Beverly Hills Buntz

Sense8

Congo

Amazon Women on the Moon

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'

The Goonies

Cats & Dogs

Bad Boys for Life

Beethoven

Daredevil

Bad Boys: Legacy

Bad Boys II

The Matrix

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

La Bamba

Midnight Run

From Here to Eternity

Running Scared

Wedding Daze

Bad Boys

U.S. Marshals

El Diablo

The Fugitive

Risky Business

Happy Anniversary

Robert Kennedy & His Times

Memento

Bound

Eddie and the Cruisers

Hide and Seek

Dr. Vegas

The Fanelli Boys

EZ Streets

The Handler
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