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Joe Pantoliano
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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.
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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
Tacoma FD
Amazing Stories
Hill Street Blues
Beverly Hills Buntz
Sense8
Congo
Amazon Women on the Moon
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
The Goonies
Beyond Hell's Kitchen - Making Daredevil
Cats & Dogs
Bad Boys for Life
Beethoven
Daredevil
Bad Boys II
The Matrix
La Bamba
Midnight Run
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
Bad Boys
Running Scared
Wedding Daze
From Here to Eternity
Risky Business
U.S. Marshals
El Diablo
Happy Anniversary
The Fugitive
Memento
Eddie and the Cruisers
Bound
Robert Kennedy & His Times
The Fanelli Boys
Dr. Vegas
Hide and Seek
EZ Streets
The Handler
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