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Joe Pantoliano
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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.
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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.
Known For
MacGyver
The Sopranos
Tales from the Crypt
The Simpsons
The Outer Limits
L.A. Law
M*A*S*H
The Last of Us
Dexter: Original Sin
The Hitchhiker
Simon & Simon
Chucky
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Arliss
Roswell
Tacoma FD
Amazing Stories
Hill Street Blues
Sense8
Beverly Hills Buntz
Congo
Amazon Women on the Moon
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
The Goonies
Cats & Dogs
Bad Boys for Life
Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
Daredevil
Beethoven
Bad Boys II
Bad Boys: Legacy
La Bamba
Midnight Run
The Matrix
Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies'
Wedding Daze
Running Scared
Bad Boys
From Here to Eternity
El Diablo
U.S. Marshals
Eddie and the Cruisers
Robert Kennedy & His Times
Memento
The Fugitive
Bound
Happy Anniversary
Risky Business
The Fanelli Boys
Hide and Seek
Dr. Vegas
EZ Streets
The Handler
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