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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.

Filmography

2025
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story

as Uncle Tommy Rossi

Movie
2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die

as Captain Howard

Movie
2020
Bad Boys for Life

as Captain Howard

Movie
2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

as Peek (voice)

Movie
2010
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

as Gabe Ugliano

Movie
2003
Bad Boys II

as Captain Howard

Movie
2003
Daredevil

as Ben Urich

Movie
2000
Memento

as Teddy

Movie
1999
The Matrix

as Cypher

Movie
1995
Bad Boys

as Captain Howard

Movie
1987
Empire of the Sun

as Frank Demarest

Movie
1985
The Goonies

as Francis

Movie