Joe Pantoliano Biography
Summary
"Joseph Peter 'Joe' Pantoliano" (born September 12 1951 or 1954) is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television actor.
Biography
Personal life
Pantoliano was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to first-generation Italian American parents Mary, a bookie and seamstress, and Dominic Pantoliano, a hearse driver and factory foreman. He attended HB Studio and lives in Wilton, Connecticut with his wife, Nancy Sheppard, and their four children.
Career
Pantoliano played the character Cypher in "The Matrix", the character of Ralph Cifaretto in the HBO show "The Sopranos" for which he won an Emmy, and 'Guido the Killer Pimp' in "Risky Business", for which he first grew to fame. Pantoliano is also known for his role as 'Eddie Moscone', the bail bondsman, in the Robert De Niro comedy "Midnight Run" and a police officer of dubious credentials named John Edward 'Teddy' Gammel in "Memento". He also played 'Deputy Marshal Cosmo Renfro' in "The Fugitive" along with Tommy Lee Jones and reprised the role in the sequel "U.S. Marshals".
In 2003, Pantoliano replaced Stanley Tucci in the Broadway play "Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune". That same year he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for "The Sopranos".
He also played the role of the younger Fratelli brother in "The Goonies".
He is sometimes referred to as Joey Pants.
Filmography
"From Here to Eternity" (1979) (TV)
"The Idolmaker" (1980)
"M*A*S*H" (Identity Crisis (episode)) (TV) (1981)
"Monsignor" (1982)
"The Final Terror" aka "Carnivore" (1983)
"Risky Business" (1983)
"Eddie and the Cruisers" (1983)
"The Goonies" (1985)
"The Mean Season" (1985)
"Running Scared" (1986)
"Amazon Women on the Moon" (1987)
"Empire of the Sun" (1987)
"La Bamba" (1987)
"The In Crowd" (1988)
"Midnight Run" (1988)
"Nightbreaker" aka "Advance to Ground Zero" (1989) (TV)
"Downtown" aka "Blue Heat" (1990)
"The Last of the Finest" (1990)
"El Diablo" (1990)
"Short Time" (1990)
"Backstreet Dreams" (1990)
"Zandalee" (1991)
"One Special Victory" (1991) (TV)
"Through the Eyes of a Killer" (1992) (TV)
"Used People" (1992)
"Three of Hearts" (1993)
"Me and the Kid" (1993)
"The Fugitive" (1993)
"Calendar Girl" (1993)
"Teresa's Tattoo" (1994)
"Dangerous Heart" (1994) (TV)
"Baby's Day Out" (1994)
"The Last Word" (1995)
"Steal Big, Steal Little" (1995)
"Bad Boys" (1995)
"Congo" (1995)
"The Flight of the Dove" aka "The Spy Within" (1994)
"The Immortals" (1995)
"Bound" (1996)
"87th Precinct: Ice" (1996) (TV)
"Natural Enemy" (1997) (TV)
"Top of the World" (1997)
"Tinseltown" (1997)
"U.S. Marshals" (1998)
"Hoods" (1998)
"The Matrix" (1999)
"The Outer Limits": 'Alien Radio' (1999)
"New Blood" (1999)
"The Life Before This" (1999)
"Black and White" (1999)
"Memento" (2000)
"Ready To Rumble" (2000)
"The Sopranos" (2000-01)
"Cats & Dogs" (2001) (voice)
"Grand Theft Auto III" (Video Game) (2001) (voice)
"The Adventures of Pluto Nash" (2002)
"Daredevil" (2003)
"Bad Boys II" (2003)
"Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector" (2006)
"Wedding Daze (2006)
"The Simpsons" - voice of Dante Calabresi in The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer
"Deceit" (2006)
"Canvas" (2006)
"Unknown (2006)
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