Joe Pantoliano
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| Joe Pantoliano | |
| File:JoePantolianonavy.jpg Pantoliano aboard the USS John F. Kennedy during Fleet Week 2005. | |
| Birth name | Joseph Peter Pantoliano |
| Born | September 12 1951 (age 58) Hoboken, New Jersey, USA |
| Other name(s) | Joey Pants |
| Official site | http://www.joeypants.com |
| Notable roles | Cypher in The Matrix Ralphie Cifaretto in The Sopranos |
| Emmy Awards | |
|---|---|
| Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, 2003, The Sopranos | |
Joseph Peter "Joe" Pantoliano (born September 12 1951 or 1954[1]) is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television actor.
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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[1] and factory foreman.[1] He attended HB Studio[1] and lives in Wilton, Connecticut with his two daughters.
Career
Pantoliano played the character Cypher in The Matrix, as well as Ralph Cifaretto in the HBO show The Sopranos for which he won an Emmy, and "Guido the Killer Pimp" in Risky Business. 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 is sometimes referred to as Joey Pants.[1]
Filmography
- From Here to Eternity (1979) (TV)
- The Idolmaker (1980)
- 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)
- 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)
- Deceit (2006)
- The Simpsons (2006)
- Unknown (2006)
References
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