Biography 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.
Filmography Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024
Captain Howard
Details Home Delivery
2024
Gary Templeton
Details Hide and Seek
2021
Collin Carmichael
Details The Santa Stakeout
2021
Mr. Miller
Details Bad Boys for Life
2020
Captain Howard
Details From the Vine
2019
Marco Gentile
Details Feast of the Seven Fishes
2019
Uncle Frankie
Details The Brawler
2019
Al Braverman
Details Lake Placid: Legacy
2018
Henderson
Details Just Getting Started
2017
Joey
Details Random Tropical Paradise
2017
Vincent Gambazzo
Details The Identical
2014
Avi Hirshberg
Details Hail Ceasar with Joe Pantoliano
2014
Self
Details 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
Self
Details Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
2012
Oswald
Details The Legend of Secret Pass
2010
Chuckster (voice)
Details Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
Peek (voice)
Details New York Street Games
2010
Self
Details Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
2010
Self
Details Deadly Impact
2010
David Kaplow
Details Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
Gabe Ugliano
Details No Kidding, Me Too!
2009
Himself
Details The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business
2008
Self
Details ...So Goes the Nation
2006
Self
Details Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
2006
Mayor M.T. Gunn
Details The Check Up
2005
The Inspector
Details Racing Stripes
2005
Goose (voice)
Details The Easter Egg Adventure
2004
Terrible Timothy Takit (voice)
Details Perfect Opposites
2004
Louis Carbonelli
Details Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
2003
Character TBA
Details Bad Boys II
2003
Captain Howard
Details The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
Mogan
Details A Better Way to Die
2001
Flash
Details Cats & Dogs
2001
Peek (voice)
Details The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer
2000
Self
Details Ready to Rumble
2000
Titus Sinclair
Details Olive, The Other Reindeer
1999
Martini (voice)
Details Making 'The Matrix'
1999
Self
Details The Life Before This
1999
Jake Maclean
Details Black and White
1999
Bill King
Details Top of the World
1997
Vince Castor
Details Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
1996
Det. Meyer Meyer
Details Steal Big Steal Little
1995
Eddie Agopian
Details Congo
1995
Eddie Ventro (Uncredited)
Details The Flight of the Dove
1994
Attorney Brezner
Details Robot in the Family
1994
Jack Shamir
Details Calendar Girl
1993
Harvey Darpinian
Details The Fugitive
1993
Cosmo Renfro
Details Through the Eyes of a Killer
1992
Jerry
Details One Special Victory
1991
Daniel
Details Backstreet Dreams
1990
Paul (uncredited)
Details The Last of the Finest
1990
Wayne Gross
Details Nightbreaker
1989
Sgt. Jack Russell
Details Midnight Run
1988
Eddie Moscone, Bail Bonder
Details The In Crowd
1988
Perry Parker
Details The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun
1987
Self
Details Empire of the Sun
1987
Frank Demarest
Details Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
Sy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")
Details Scenes From the Goldmine
1987
Manny Ricci
Details Destination: America
1987
Lt. Mike Amico
Details Roger Rabbit Screen Test
1986
Eddie Valiant (uncredited)
Details L.A. Law: Pilot
1986
Ralph Cavanaugh
Details The Goonies
1985
Francis Fratelli
Details The Mean Season
1985
Andy Porter
Details Eddie and the Cruisers
1983
Doc Robbins
Details Monsignor
1982
Pvt. Joe Musso
Details The Idolmaker
1980
Gino Pilato
Details Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
Ray Neal
Details More Than Friends
1978
Ralphie
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