Joseph Peter Pantoliano (born September 12, 1951) is an American character actor who has appeared in over 150 films, television and stage productions.
After his early roles in the television series M*A*S*H and the 1983 comedy Risky Business, he gained recognition for his numerous supporting roles in high-profile films and television series; including Hill Street Blues, The Goonies, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun, NYPD Blue, Memento, and Bad Boys and its sequels. He starred as Cosmo Renfro in the thriller film The Fugitive and five years later in its spin-off thriller film U.S. Marshals with 3 co-stars Tommy Lee Jones, Daniel Roebuck, and LaTanya Richardson, and Caesar in the Wachowskis' directorial debut Bound and played Cypher in their second film The Matrix (1999) with 3 co-stars Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Laurence Fishburne, as well as Michael Gorski in their Netflix series, Sense8 (2015–2018). His role as Ralph Cifaretto on the HBO crime drama The Sopranos won him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Pantoliano is a published author and is active in the field of mental health, having documented his mother's issues and his own. He founded the nonprofit No Kidding, Me Too! dedicated to removing the stigma from...More about Joe Pantoliano...
