Joseph Peter Pantoliano (born September 12, 1951) is an American actor. He portrayed Cypher in The Matrix.
Career
Pre-Matrix his first major role was as the evil Francis Fratelli in The Goonies, followed by a role in Bad Boys. He also starred in the Wachowski movie Bound.
Post-Matrix, Joe played Ralph Cifaretto in The Sopranos as well as Goose the pelican in Racing Stripes.
Filmography
- 1979 From Here To Eternity
- 1980 The Idolmaker as Gino "GG" Pilato
- 1981 M*A*S*H*
- 1982 Monsignor
- 1983 The Final Terror (A.K.A. Carnivore) as Eggar
- 1983 Risky Business as Guido
- 1983 Eddie & The Cruisers as Doc Robbins
- 1985 The Goonies' as Francis Fratelli
- 1985 Mean Season as Andy Porter
- 1986 Running Scared as Snake
- 1987 Amazon Women On The Moon
- 1987 Empire Of The Sun as Masato Ibu
- 1987 La Bamba as Bob Keane
- 1988 The Inn Crowd
- 1988 Midnight Run as Eddie Moscone
- 1989 Nightbreaker (A.K.A. Advance To Ground Zero)
- 1990 The Fanelli Boys as Dom
- 1990 Downtown
- 1990 The Last Of The Finest
- 1990 El Diablo
- 1990 Short Time
- 1990 Backstreet Dreams
- 1991 Zandalee
- 1991 One Special Victory
- 1992 Highlander The Series
- 1992 Through The Eyes Of A Killer as Jerry
- 1992 Used People as Frank
- 1993 Three Of Hearts
- 1993 Me & The Kid
- 1993 The Fugitive as Deputy Marshal Cosmo Renfro
- 1993 Calendar Girl
- 1994 Teresa's Tatoo
- 1994 Dangerous Heart
- 1994 Baby's Day Out as Norbert "Norby" LeBlaw
- 1994 NYPD Blue
- 1994 The Flight Of The Dove (A.K.A. The Spy Within)
- 1995 The Last Word
- 1995 Steal Big Steal Little
- 1995 Bad Boys as Captain Conrad Howard
- 1995 Congo
- 1995 The Immortals
- 1996 Bound as Caesar
- 1996 87th Precinct: Ice
- 1997 Natural Enemy
- 1997 Top Of The World
- 1997 Tinseltown
- 1998 U.S. Marshals as Deputy Marshal Cosmo Renfro
- 1998 Hoods
- 1999 The Matrix as Cypher
- 1999 The Outer Limits: Alien Radio
- 1999 New Blood
- 1999 The Life Before This
- 1999 Black & White as Bill King
- 2000 Memento as Officer Teddy
- 2000 Ready To Rumble as Titus Sinclair
- 2001 Cats & Dogs
- 2001 Grand Theft Auto 3
- 2002 The Sopranos as Ralph Cifaretto
- 2002 The Adventures Of Pluto Nash
- 2003 Daredevil as Ben Urich
- 2003 Bad Boys II as Captain Conrad Howard
- 2003 The Handler as Joe Renato
- 2005 Racing Stripes as Goose
- 2005 The Amateurs as Some Idiot
- 2006 Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector
- 2006 Wedding Daze as Smitty
- 2006 The Simpsons as Dante
- 2006 Deceit
- 2006 Canvas as John Marino
- 2006 Unknown
- 2008 Falling Up
- 2008 The Legend Of Secret Pass
- 2008 Spring Break '83 as Sergeant Coltrane
- 2008 To Live & Die
- 2009 The Job as The Slick Employment Agent
- 2020 Bad Boys for Life as Captain Conrad Howard
- 2022 Chucky as Joe Pantoliano