Joe Pantoliano
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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- Born:
- Sep 12, 1951 In Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 139
- First Appeared:
- In the movie More Than Friends 1978-10-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado | Narrator | 2026 |
| Movie | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Captain Howard | 2024-06-05 |
| Movie | Home Delivery | Gary Templeton | 2024-02-05 |
| Movie | Bad Boys: Legacy | Self | 2024-07-24 |
| Movie | A Journey to Sundance | Self | 2021-01-01 |
| Movie | Hide and Seek | Collin Carmichael | 2021-11-19 |
| Movie | The Santa Stakeout | Mr. Miller | 2021-10-24 |
| Movie | Bad Boys for Life | Captain Howard | 2020-01-15 |
| Movie | From the Vine | Marco Gentile | 2019-12-27 |
| Movie | The Brawler | Al Braverman | 2019-01-18 |
| Movie | Feast of the Seven Fishes | Uncle Frankie | 2019-11-15 |
| Movie | Happy Anniversary | Aldo | 2018-03-30 |
| Movie | Lake Placid: Legacy | Henderson | 2018-05-28 |
| Movie | Just Getting Started | Joey | 2017-12-01 |
| Movie | Random Tropical Paradise | Vincent Gambazzo | 2017-06-09 |
| Movie | The Perfect Match | Marty | 2016-03-11 |
| Series | MacGyver | Eric Andrews | 2016-09-23 |
| Movie | Sense8: A Christmas Special | Michael Gorski | 2016-12-23 |
| Series | Sense8 | Michael Gorski | 2015-06-05 |
| Movie | Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano | Self | 2014-08-18 |
| Movie | The Identical | Avi Hirshberg | 2014-09-05 |
| Movie | Loosies | Carl | 2012-02-01 |
| Movie | 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | Oswald | 2012-03-06 |
| Movie | Deadly Impact | David Kaplow | 2010-04-20 |
| Movie | Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' | Self | 2010-07-13 |
| Movie | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Gabe Ugliano | 2010-02-01 |
| Movie | The Legend of Secret Pass | Chuckster (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
| Movie | New York Street Games | Self | 2010-07-28 |
| Movie | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Peek (voice) | 2010-07-29 |
| Movie | No Kidding, Me Too! | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Falling Up | George | 2009-09-29 |
| Movie | The Job | Perriman | 2009-09-26 |
| Movie | The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business | Self | 2008-09-16 |
| Movie | The Amateurs | Some Idiot | 2006-04-28 |
| Movie | Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector | Mayor M.T. Gunn | 2006-03-24 |
| Movie | Canvas | John Marino | 2006-11-12 |
| Movie | Wedding Daze | Smitty | 2006-09-09 |
| Movie | ...So Goes the Nation | Self | 2006-10-04 |
| Movie | Unknown | Bound Man | 2006-11-03 |
| Movie | Deceit | Anthony | 2006-10-22 |
| Movie | Racing Stripes | Goose (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
| Movie | The Check Up | The Inspector | 2005-01-21 |
| Movie | Second Best | Elliot | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Perfect Opposites | Louis Carbonelli | 2004-02-06 |
| Movie | The Easter Egg Adventure | Terrible Timothy Takit (voice) | 2004-09-05 |
| Movie | Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix | Cypher | 2004-12-07 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | Bad Boys II | Captain Howard | 2003-07-18 |
| Movie | Daredevil | Ben Urich | 2003-02-14 |
| Movie | Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' | 2003-07-29 | |
| Movie | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Mogan | 2002-08-16 |
| Movie | Cats & Dogs | Peek (voice) | 2001-07-04 |
| Movie | A Better Way to Die | Flash | 2001-09-26 |
| Series | Good Day Live | Self | 2001-09-17 |
| Movie | Silver Man | Norbert | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Memento | Teddy | 2000-10-11 |
| Movie | Ready to Rumble | Titus Sinclair | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | Black and White | Bill King | 1999-09-04 |
| Movie | The Matrix | Cypher | 1999-03-31 |
| Series | The Sopranos | Ralph Cifaretto | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | The Life Before This | Jake Maclean | 1999-09-15 |
| Movie | Olive, The Other Reindeer | Martini (voice) | 1999-12-17 |
| Movie | New Blood | Hellman | 1999-11-15 |
| Movie | Taxman | Al Benjamin | 1999-09-16 |
| Series | Roswell | Kal Langley | 1999-10-06 |
| Movie | Making 'The Matrix' | Self | 1999-09-21 |
| Movie | Hoods | Charlie Flynn | 1998-08-05 |
| Movie | U.S. Marshals | Renfro | 1998-03-06 |
| Series | Godzilla: The Series | Victor "Animal" Palotti (voice) | 1998-09-12 |
| Movie | Tinseltown | Arnie | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Top of the World | Vince Castor | 1997-05-01 |
| Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Pitch | Self | 1997-09-04 |
| Series | Arli$$ | Unknown | 1996-08-10 |
| Movie | Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice | Det. Meyer Meyer | 1996-02-18 |
| Movie | Bound | Caesar | 1996-09-13 |
| Movie | Natural Enemy | Stuart | 1996-12-31 |
| Movie | Bad Boys | Captain Howard | 1995-04-07 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Stan Harbinger | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Congo | Eddie Ventro (Uncredited) | 1995-06-09 |
| Movie | The Last Word | Doc | 1995-08-27 |
| Movie | Steal Big Steal Little | Eddie Agopian | 1995-09-29 |
| Movie | The Immortals | Pete | 1995-10-05 |
| Movie | Dangerous Heart | Barclay | 1994-02-02 |
| Movie | Robot in the Family | Jack Shamir | 1994-03-02 |
| Movie | Baby's Day Out | Norby | 1994-07-01 |
| Movie | Teresa's Tattoo | Bruno | 1994-03-15 |
| Movie | The Flight of the Dove | Attorney Brezner | 1994-06-10 |
| Movie | Three of Hearts | Mickey | 1993-04-30 |
| Movie | The Fugitive | Cosmo Renfro | 1993-08-06 |
| Movie | Calendar Girl | Harvey Darpinian | 1993-09-03 |
| Movie | Me and the Kid | Roy | 1993-10-22 |
| Movie | Through the Eyes of a Killer | Jerry | 1992-09-30 |
| Movie | Used People | Frank | 1992-12-16 |
| Series | Highlander: The Series | Doctor Wilder | 1992-10-03 |
| Movie | Zandalee | Gerri | 1991-05-09 |
| Series | Civil Wars | Stan DeMarco | 1991-11-20 |
| Movie | One Special Victory | Daniel | 1991-12-08 |
| Movie | Short Time | Scalese | 1990-05-04 |
| Movie | Downtown | White | 1990-01-12 |
| Movie | The Last of the Finest | Wayne Gross | 1990-03-09 |
| Movie | El Diablo | Kid Durango | 1990-07-22 |
| Movie | Backstreet Dreams | Paul (uncredited) | 1990-09-29 |
| Series | The Fanelli Boys | Dominic Fanelli | 1990-09-08 |
| Movie | Nightbreaker | Sgt. Jack Russell | 1989-03-08 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Dante Calabresi Sr. (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Casino Dealer (uncredited) | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Rock 'N Roll Mom | Ronnie | 1988-02-07 |
| Movie | The In Crowd | Perry Parker | 1988-02-01 |
| Movie | Midnight Run | Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder | 1988-07-20 |
| Movie | La Bamba | Bob Keane | 1987-07-24 |
| Movie | The Squeeze | Norman | 1987-07-10 |
| Movie | Destination: America | Lt. Mike Amico | 1987-04-03 |
| Movie | Scenes from the Goldmine | Manny Ricci | 1987-08-08 |
| Movie | Amazon Women on the Moon | Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming") | 1987-09-18 |
| Movie | The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun | Self | 1987-12-30 |
| Movie | Empire of the Sun | Frank Demarest | 1987-12-09 |
| Series | Beverly Hills Buntz | Jimmy Montaigne | 1987-11-05 |
| Movie | Running Scared | Snake | 1986-06-27 |
| Movie | L.A. Law: Pilot | Ralph Cavanaugh | 1986-09-15 |
| Series | L.A. Law | Ralph Cavanaugh | 1986-09-15 |
| Series | Robert Kennedy & His Times | Roy Cohn | 1985-01-27 |
| Movie | The Mean Season | Andy Porter | 1985-02-15 |
| Movie | The Goonies | Francis | 1985-06-07 |
| Series | Amazing Stories | Joe | 1985-09-29 |
| Movie | Mister Roberts | Insigna | 1984-03-18 |
| Movie | The Final Terror | Eggar | 1983-05-01 |
| Movie | Risky Business | Guido | 1983-08-05 |
| Movie | Eddie and the Cruisers | Doc Robbins | 1983-09-23 |
| Series | The Hitchhiker | Brother Charles | 1983-11-01 |
| Movie | Monsignor | Pvt. Joe Musso | 1982-10-22 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Sonny Orsini | 1981-01-15 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| Movie | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Ray Neal | 1980-11-05 |
| Movie | The Idolmaker | Gino Pilato | 1980-11-14 |
| Series | From Here to Eternity | Pvt. Angelo Maggio | 1979-02-14 |
| Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
| Movie | More Than Friends | Ralphie | 1978-10-20 |