Joe Pantoliano
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Pantoliano at the Hudson Union Society event in February 2009
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Joseph Peter Pantoliano September 12, 1951 Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Other names | Joey Pants |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1974–present |
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| Children | 4 |
| Website | www |
Joseph Peter "Joe" Pantoliano (born September 12, 1951), often referred to by his nickname "Joey Pants", is an American actor.
Pantoliano is best known for portraying Ralph Cifaretto in The Sopranos, Bob Keane in La Bamba, Cypher in The Matrix, Teddy in Memento, Captain Conrad Howard in the Bad Boys franchise, Francis Fratelli in The Goonies, Guido in Risky Business, Eddie Moscone in Midnight Run, and Caesar in Bound. He also played Deputy U.S. Marshal Cosmo Renfro in both The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals films.
Pantoliano was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, the son of Italian American parents Mary (née Centrella), a bookie and seamstress, and Dominic "Monk" Pantoliano, a hearse driver and factory foreman. He attended HB Studio, and studied extensively with actors John Lehne and Herbert Berghof.
He first grew to fame as "Guido the Killer Pimp" in Risky Business, and continued to rise in 1985 when he appeared as the villainous Francis Fratelli in teen classic The Goonies. He gained fame amongst a new generation as Cypher in the 1999 landmark sci-fi film The Matrix, and won a Primetime Emmy Award as Ralph Cifaretto in HBO's The Sopranos. Pantoliano is also known for his role as Eddie Moscone, the foul-mouthed, double-crossing bail bondsman, in the Robert De Niro comedy Midnight Run, as Captain Howard in Bad Boys and its sequel Bad Boys 2", as double-crossed mafioso Caesar in Bound, as John "Teddy" Gammell in Memento, and as investigative journalist Ben Urich in Mark Steven Johnson's 2003 Daredevil adaptation. 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. He is known for his portrayals of criminals, criminal investigators, detectives, and forensic specialists with a wisecracking touch.
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