Joe Pantoliano
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.
Known For
Acting

2000
asTeddy

1999
asCypher

2021
asMr. Miller

1993
asMickey

1993
asCosmo Renfro

2000
asTitus Sinclair

1994
asNorby

1983
asDoc Robbins

2002
asMogan

2006
asSmitty

1998
asRenfro

1990
asScalese

2003
asCaptain Howard

1988
asEddie Moscone, Bail Bonder

2003
asBen Urich

1995
asCaptain Howard

2010
asGabe Ugliano

1996
asCaesar

1985
asFrancis

2006
asBound Man

1999
asMartini (voice)

1991
asDaniel

2010
asDavid Kaplow

1995
asPete

1980
asGino Pilato

2009
asGeorge

2006
asAnthony

1990
asWhite

2004
asLouis Carbonelli

1986
asSnake

1997
asVince Castor

1987
asBob Keane

1999
asBill King

2006
asSome Idiot

2006
asSelf

1997
asSelf

2004
asElliot

2006
asJohn Marino

2010
asChuckster (voice)

1995
asEddie Agopian

2004
asTerrible Timothy Takit (voice)

1988
asPerry Parker

1992
asJerry

2012
asOswald

1990
asWayne Gross

1987
asNorman

1982
asPvt. Joe Musso

1998
asCharlie Flynn

1994
asJack Shamir

1994
asAttorney Brezner

1993
asHarvey Darpinian

1994
asBruno

1999
asHellman

1989
asSgt. Jack Russell

1999
asAl Benjamin

1991
asGerri

1987
asFrank Demarest

1994
asBarclay

2009
asPerriman

1984
asInsigna

1983
asEggar

2014
asAvi Hirshberg

2005
asThe Inspector

1999
asJake Maclean

1993
asRoy

1987
asLt. Mike Amico

1995
asDoc

1995
asEddie Ventro (Uncredited)

1980
asRay Neal

2003
as
2005
asGoose (voice)

2000
asSelf

2024
asCaptain Howard

2016
asMarty

1996
asDet. Meyer Meyer

2012
asSelf

1983
asGuido

2014
asSelf

2000
asNorbert

2010
asSelf

1992
asFrank

2024
asGary Templeton

2017
asJoey

2010
asPeek (voice)

1987
asManny Ricci

1986
asEddie Valiant (uncredited)

1996
asStuart

2018
asAldo

1988
asRonnie

2017
asVincent Gambazzo

1985
asAndy Porter

1990
asKid Durango

2019
asAl Braverman

2018
asHenderson

1997
asArnie

2009
asHimself

2012
asCarl

2001
asFlash

2020
asCaptain Howard

2001
asPeek (voice)

2019
asUncle Frankie

2019
asMarco Gentile

2008
asSelf

1999
asSelf

1978
asRalphie

2021
asCollin Carmichael

1987
asSelf

2006
asMayor M.T. Gunn

1986
asRalph Cavanaugh

2010
asSelf

1990
asPaul (uncredited)

1987
asSy Swerdlow (segment "Hairlooming")

2021
asSelf

2024
asSelf
asNarrator
as
asDante Calabresi Sr. (voice)
asGerald Mullen
asSelf - Guest
asJoe
asRalph Cavanaugh
as
asUlric (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")
asSelf
as
as
asSparky (voice)
asKal Langley
asSelf - Guest
as
asJoe Renato
asJimmy Montaigne
asJimmy Murtha
asBrother Charles
as
as
asStan Harbinger
asSelf
asMichael Gorski
asRalph Cifaretto
asCasino Dealer (uncredited)
asDominic Fanelli
asPvt. Angelo Maggio
asTeddy Hollins
asJojo Stomopolous (voice)
asRoy Cohn
asEddie Penisi, Sr
asDoctor Wilder
asJoe Pantoliano
asStan DeMarco
as(voice)
asRay Neal
asSelf
asEddie Penisi Sr.
asVictor "Animal" Palotti (voice)
asEric Andrews
asSonny Orsini
asEugene Lynden
asAnthony Moretti
Production
Crew

2014
asDirecting

2009
as