Joe Pantoliano
Birthday: 1951-09-12
Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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Home Delivery | Gary Templeton | |
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2024-06-05 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Captain Howard |
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2021-11-19 | Hide and Seek | Collin Carmichael |
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2021-10-24 | The Santa Stakeout | Mr. Miller |
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2020-01-15 | Bad Boys for Life | Captain Howard |
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2019-12-27 | From the Vine | Marco Gentile |
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2019-11-15 | Feast of the Seven Fishes | Uncle Frankie |
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2019-01-18 | The Brawler | Al Braverman |
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2018-05-28 | Lake Placid: Legacy | Henderson |
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2018-03-30 | Happy Anniversary | Aldo |
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2017-12-01 | Just Getting Started | Joey |
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2017-06-09 | Random Tropical Paradise | Vincent Gambazzo |
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2016-03-11 | The Perfect Match | Marty |
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2014-09-05 | The Identical | Avi Hirshberg |
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2012-03-06 | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | Oswald |
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2012-02-01 | Loosies | Carl |
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2010-10-14 | The Legend of Secret Pass | Chuckster (voice) |
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2010-07-29 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Peek (voice) |
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2010-04-20 | Deadly Impact | David Kaplow |
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2010-02-01 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Gabe Ugliano |
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2009-09-29 | Falling Up | George |
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2009-09-26 | The Job | Perriman |
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2006-11-12 | Canvas | John Marino |
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2006-11-03 | Unknown | Bound Man |
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2006-10-22 | Deceit | Anthony |
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2006-09-09 | Wedding Daze | Smitty |
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2006-04-28 | The Amateurs | Some Idiot |
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2006-03-24 | Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector | Mayor M.T. Gunn |
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2005-01-21 | The Check Up | The Inspector |
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2005-01-06 | Racing Stripes | Goose (voice) |
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2004-09-05 | The Easter Egg Adventure | Terrible Timothy Takit (voice) |
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2004-02-06 | Perfect Opposites | Louis Carbonelli |
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2004-01-01 | Second Best | Elliot |
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2003-07-29 | Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' | |
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2003-07-18 | Bad Boys II | Captain Howard |
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2003-02-14 | Daredevil | Ben Urich |
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2002-08-16 | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Mogan |
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2001-09-26 | A Better Way to Die | Flash |
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2001-07-04 | Cats & Dogs | Peek (voice) |
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2000-10-11 | Memento | Teddy |
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2000-04-07 | Ready to Rumble | Titus Sinclair |
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2000-01-01 | Silver Man | Norbert |
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1999-12-17 | Olive, The Other Reindeer | Martini (voice) |
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1999-11-15 | New Blood | Hellman |
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1999-09-16 | Taxman | Al Benjamin |
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1999-09-15 | The Life Before This | Jake Maclean |
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1999-09-04 | Black and White | Bill King |
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1999-03-31 | The Matrix | Cypher |
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1998-08-05 | Hoods | Charlie Flynn |
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1998-03-06 | U.S. Marshals | Renfro |
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1997-05-01 | Top of the World | Vince Castor |
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1997-01-01 | Tinseltown | Arnie |
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1996-12-31 | Natural Enemy | Stuart |
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1996-09-13 | Bound | Caesar |
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1996-02-18 | Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice | Det. Meyer Meyer |
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1995-10-05 | The Immortals | Pete |
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1995-09-29 | Steal Big Steal Little | Eddie Agopian |
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1995-08-27 | The Last Word | Doc |
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1995-06-09 | Congo | Eddie Ventro (Uncredited) |
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1995-04-07 | Bad Boys | Captain Howard |
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1994-07-01 | Baby's Day Out | Norby |
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1994-06-10 | The Flight of the Dove | Attorney Brezner |
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1994-03-15 | Teresa's Tattoo | Bruno |
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1994-03-02 | Robot in the Family | Jack Shamir |
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1994-02-02 | Dangerous Heart | Barclay |
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1993-10-22 | Me and the Kid | Roy |
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1993-09-03 | Calendar Girl | Harvey Darpinian |
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1993-08-06 | The Fugitive | Cosmo Renfro |
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1993-04-30 | Three of Hearts | Mickey |
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1992-12-16 | Used People | Frank |
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1992-09-30 | Through the Eyes of a Killer | Jerry |
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1991-12-08 | One Special Victory | Daniel |
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1991-05-09 | Zandalee | Gerri |
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1990-09-29 | Backstreet Dreams | Paul (uncredited) |
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1990-07-22 | El Diablo | Kid Durango |
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1990-05-04 | Short Time | Scalese |
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1990-03-09 | The Last of the Finest | Wayne Gross |
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1990-01-12 | Downtown | White |
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1989-03-08 | Nightbreaker | Sgt. Jack Russell |
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1988-07-20 | Midnight Run | Eddie Moscone |
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1988-02-07 | Rock 'N Roll Mum | Ronnie |
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1988-02-01 | The In Crowd | Perry Parker |
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1987-12-09 | Empire of the Sun | Frank Demarest |
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1987-09-18 | Amazon Women on the Moon | Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming") |
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1987-08-08 | Scenes From the Goldmine | Manny Ricci |
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1987-07-24 | La Bamba | Bob Keane |
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1987-07-10 | The Squeeze | Norman |
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1987-04-03 | Destination: America | Lt. Mike Amico |
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1986-11-02 | Roger Rabbit Screen Test | Eddie Valiant (uncredited) |
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1986-09-15 | L.A. Law: Pilot | Ralph Cavanaugh |
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1986-06-27 | Running Scared | Snake |
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1985-06-07 | The Goonies | Francis Fratelli |
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1985-02-15 | The Mean Season | Andy Porter |
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1984-03-18 | Mister Roberts | Insigna |
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1983-09-23 | Eddie and the Cruisers | Doc Robbins |
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1983-08-05 | Risky Business | Guido |
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1983-05-01 | The Final Terror | Eggar |
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1982-10-22 | Monsignor | Pvt. Joe Musso |
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1980-11-14 | The Idolmaker | Gino Pilato |
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1980-11-05 | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Ray Neal |
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1978-10-20 | More Than Friends | Ralphie |