
Joe Pantoliano
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.
Known for

The Simpsons
1989

The Sopranos
1999

The View
1997

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

M*A*S*H
1972

The Last of Us
2023

Hill Street Blues
1981

Hill Street Blues
1981

The Matrix
1999

Simon & Simon
1981

L.A. Law
1986

Highlander: The Series
1992

Hart to Hart
1979

Tales from the Crypt
1989

Tales from the Crypt
1989

MacGyver
2016

The Outer Limits
1995

The Isolate Thief
2026

The Hitchhiker
1983

SpongeBob SquarePants
1999

Chucky
2021

Memento
2000

Dexter: Original Sin
2024

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
2021