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
Cast Credits
Violent Night 2
Character:
MOVIE • 2026
Dexter: Original Sin
Character: Anthony Moretti
TV • 2024
Bad Boys: Legacy
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Character: Captain Howard
MOVIE • 2024
Home Delivery
Character: Gary Templeton
MOVIE • 2024
The Last of Us
Character: Eugene Lynden
TV • 2023
Hide and Seek
Character: Collin Carmichael
MOVIE • 2021
The Santa Stakeout
Character: Mr. Miller
MOVIE • 2021
Chucky
Character: Joe Pantoliano
TV • 2021
A Journey to Sundance
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2021
Reunited Apart
Character: Self
TV • 2020
Bad Boys for Life
Character: Captain Howard
MOVIE • 2020
From the Vine
Character: Marco Gentile
MOVIE • 2019
Feast of the Seven Fishes
Character: Uncle Frankie
MOVIE • 2019
Tacoma FD
Character: Eddie Penisi, Sr
TV • 2019
Tacoma FD
Character: Eddie Penisi Sr.
TV • 2019
The Brawler
Character: Al Braverman
MOVIE • 2019
Lake Placid: Legacy
Character: Henderson
MOVIE • 2018
Happy Anniversary
Character: Aldo
MOVIE • 2018
Just Getting Started
Character: Joey
MOVIE • 2017
Crew
