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Joe Pantoliano

Joseph Peter Pantoliano has played many diverse and memorable roles, from Guido in Risky Business (1983) to Eddie Moscone in Midnight Run (1988), Cosmo Renfro in The Fugitive (1993), Cypher in The Matrix (1999) and Teddy in Memento (2000). His television roles include Jimmy Murtha on EZ Streets, Dominic Fanelli on The Fanelli Boys and Ralph Cifaretto on The Sopranos,

Aliases
  • Joe Pantiliano
  • Joe Peter Pantoliano
  • Joseph Pantoliano
English
Filmography

A Better Way to Die

2000

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

1980
as Ray Neal

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987
as Sy Swerdlow

Baby's Day Out

1994
as Norby

Backstreet Dreams

1990
as Paul Antangeli

Bad Boys

1995
as Captain C. Howard

Bad Boys II

2003
as Captain C. Howard

Bad Boys for Life

2020
as Captain Howard

Black and White

1999
as Bill King

Bound

1996
as Caesar

Calendar Girl

1993
as Harvey Darpinian

Canvas

2006
as John Marino

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

2010
as Peek (voice)

Dangerous Heart

1994
as Barclay

Daredevil

2003
as Ben Urich

Deadly Impact

2010
as David Kaplow

Downtown

1990
as White

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

1996
as Det. Meyer Meyer

Eddie and the Cruisers

1983
as Doc Robbins

El Diablo

1990
as Kid Durango

Empire of the Sun

1987
as Frank Demarest

Falling Up

2009
as George

Feast of the Seven Fishes

2019
as Uncle Frankie

From the Vine

2019
as Marco Gentile

Happy Anniversary

2018
as Aldo

Hoods

1998
as Charlie Flynn

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

2012
as Oswald

Just Getting Started

2017
as Joey

La Bamba

1987
as Bob Keane

Lake Placid: Legacy

2018

Loosies

2012
as Carl

Making 'The Matrix'

1999
as Self

Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'

2010
as Joe Pantoliano

Me and the Kid

1993
as Roy

Memento

2000
as John Edward "Teddy" Gammell

Midnight Run

1988
as Eddie Moscone

Monsignor

1982
as Pvt. Joe Musso

Natural Enemy

1997
as Stuart

New Blood

2000

New York Street Games

2010
as Joe Pantoliano

Nightbreaker

1989
as Sgt. Jack Russell

No Kidding, Me Too!

2009
as Joe Pantoliano

Olive, the Other Reindeer

1999
as Martini (voice)

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

2010
as Gabe Ugliano

Perfect Opposites

2004
as Louis Carbonelli

Pitch

1997
as Himself

Racing Stripes

2005
as Goose (voice)

Random Tropical Paradise

2017
as Vincent Gambazzo

Ready to Rumble

2000
as Titus Sinclair

Risky Business

1983
as Guido

Robot in the Family

1994
as The Father

Rock 'N Roll Mum

1988
as Ronnie

Running Scared

1986
as Snake

Scenes From the Goldmine

1987
as Manny Ricci

Second Best

2004

Short Time

1990
as Scalese

Silver Man

2003
as Norbert

Steal Big Steal Little

1995
as Eddie Agopian

Taxman

1999
as Al Benjamin

Teresa's Tattoo

1994
as Bruno

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

2002
as Mogan

The Amateurs

2005
as Some Idiot

The Brawler

2019
as Al Braverman

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

1987
as Joe Pantoliano

The Dream is Always the Same: The Story of Risky Business

2008
as Joe Pantoliano

The Easter Egg Adventure

2004
as Terrible Timothy Takit (voice)

The Final Terror

1983
as Eggar

The Flight of the Dove

1996
as Attorney Brezner

The Fugitive

1993
as Cosmo Renfro

The Goonies

1985
as Francis Fratelli

The Identical

2014
as Avi Hirshberg

The Idolmaker

1980
as Gino Pilato

The Immortals

1995
as Pete

The In Crowd

1988
as Perry Parker

The Job

2009
as Perriman

The Last Word

1995
as Doc

The Last of the Finest

1990
as Wayne Gross

The Legend of Secret Pass

2019
as Chuckster (voice)

The Life Before This

1999
as Jake Maclean

The Matrix

1999
as Cypher

The Mean Season

1985
as Andy Porter

The Perfect Match

2016
as Marty

The Santa Stakeout

2021
as Mr. Miller

The Squeeze

1987
as Norman

Three of Hearts

1993
as Mickey

Through the Eyes of a Killer

1992
as Jerry

Tinseltown

1997

Top of the World

1998
as Vince Castor

U.S. Marshals

1998
as Marshal Cosmo Renfro

Unknown

2006
as Bound Man

Wedding Daze

2006
as Smitty

Zandalee

1991
as Gerri

Director

Movie No Kidding, Me Too! 2009

Writer

Movie No Kidding, Me Too! 2009

Producer

Movie Second Best 2004