
Joe Pantoliano
Highest Rated: 96% The Fugitive (1993)
Lowest Rated: 0% Monsignor (1982)
Birthday: Sep 12, 1951
Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Having transcended a youth of urban poverty, crime and poor academic skills, actor Joe Pantoliano transformed himself into a prominent and prolific character performer who went on to appear in some of Hollywood's biggest films. After knocking around the New York theater scene, Pantoliano broke into television after moving to Los Angeles. Though remaining busy, he took some time to truly establish himself. His moment arrived when he played Guido the Pimp in the Tom Cruise vehicle "Risky Business" (1983), which helped him gain a degree of recognition. From there, he became known for playing low-level crooks and hustlers in movies and on television until he transitioned to the other side of the law with a memorable supporting turn as a deputy U.S. Marshal in "The Fugitive" (1993). Perhaps some of his more acclaimed roles came in the indie world, thanks to solid turns in inventive films like "Bound" (1996) and "Memento" (2000). He did, however, reached some level of mass appeal as a co-star in the blockbuster movie "The Matrix" (1999), while his performance as a hot-headed mob lieutenant on "The Sopranos" (HBO, 1999-2007) earned him his first Emmy Award, making him a steady and often-sought-after character actor capable of elevating just about any project.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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77% | 96% | Bad Boys for Life | Captain Howard (Character) | $204.3M | 2020 |
88% | 89% | Feast of the Seven Fishes | Uncle Frankie (Character) | - | 2019 |
82% | 71% | From the Vine | Mark Gentile (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 63% | The Brawler | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Brawler | Al Braverman (Character) | - | 2019 |
83% | 50% | Happy Anniversary | Aldo (Character) | - | 2018 |
4% | 10% | Just Getting Started | Joe (Character) | $5.5M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Random Tropical Paradise | Vincent Gambazzo (Character) | - | 2017 |
22% | 44% | The Perfect Match | Marty (Character) | $9.7M | 2016 |
6% | 62% | The Identical | Avi (Character) | $2.8M | 2014 |
22% | 34% | Loosies | Carl (Character) | $3.3K | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 49% | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | Oswald (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 24% | The Legend of Secret Pass | Chucksta (Voice) | - | 2010 |
13% | 38% | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Peek (Voice) | $43.6M | 2010 |
49% | 53% | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Gabe Ugliano (Character) | $88.8M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 24% | Deadly Impact | David Kaplow (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The Job | Perriman (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 31% | Falling Up | George (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Kidding, Me Too! | Director | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Golden Door | George (Character) | - | 2008 |
33% | 38% | Wedding Daze | Smittty (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Deceit | Anthony (Character) | - | 2006 |
78% | 62% | Canvas |
John Marino (Character), Producer |
$32.5K | 2006 |
5% | 52% | Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector | Mayor Gunn (Character) | $15.7M | 2006 |
38% | 54% | Unknown | Bound Man (Character) | $24.7K | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Moguls | Some Idiot (Character) | $15.1K | 2005 |
19% | 54% | The Amateurs (The Moguls) (Dirty Movie) | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
35% | 42% | Racing Stripes | Goose (Voice) | $49.2M | 2005 |
41% | 33% | Second Best | Elliot (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Easter Egg Escapade | Terrible Timothy Takit (Voice) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 29% | A Piece of My Heart | Louis Carbonelli (Character) | - | 2004 |
23% | 78% | Bad Boys II | Captain Howard (Character) | $138.4M | 2003 |
44% | 35% | Daredevil | Ben Urich (Character) | $102.5M | 2003 |
4% | 19% | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Mogan (Character) | $4.4M | 2002 |
54% | 32% | Cats & Dogs | Peek (Voice) | $93.4M | 2001 |
23% | 52% | Ready to Rumble | Titus Sinclair (Character) | $12.4M | 2000 |
93% | 94% | Memento | Teddy (Character) | $25.5M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 36% | A Better Way to Die | Flash (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Silver Man | Norbert (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tinseltown | Arnie (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 12% | New Blood | Hellman (Character) | - | 1999 |
80% | 62% | The Life Before This | Jake Maclean (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 38% | The Taxman | Al Benjamin (Character) | $5.7K | 1999 |
88% | 85% | The Matrix |
Cypher/ |
$171.4M | 1999 |
39% | 30% | Black and White | Bill King (Character) | $5.2M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 16% | Top of the World | Vince Castor (Character) | - | 1998 |
25% | 53% | U.S. Marshals | Deputy Marshal Cosmo Renfro (Character) | $57.8M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Hoods | Charlie Flynn (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Natural Enemy | Stuart (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice | Det. Meyer Meyer (Character) | - | 1996 |
89% | 82% | Bound | Caesar (Character) | $3.8M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 11% | The Last Word | Doc (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 36% | The Immortals | Pete Tunnell (Character) | - | 1995 |
15% | 46% | Steal Big, Steal Little | Eddie Agopian (Character) | $2.8M | 1995 |
42% | 78% | Bad Boys | Captain Howard (Character) | $63.9M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 20% | The Spy Within | Attorney Brezner (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dangerous Heart | Barclay (Character) | - | 1994 |
20% | 52% | Baby's Day Out | Norby (Character) | $16.6M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 57% | A Robot in the Family | Jack Shamir (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Golddigger | The Father (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Teresa's Tattoo | Bruno (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 12% | Me and the Kid | Roy (Character) | $45.7K | 1993 |
96% | 89% | The Fugitive | Cosmo Renfro (Character) | $183.8M | 1993 |
11% | 31% | Calendar Girl | Harvey Darpinian (Character) | $2.5M | 1993 |
53% | 35% | Three of Hearts | Mickey (Character) | $5.5M | 1993 |
44% | 37% | Used People | Frank (Character) | $17.1M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Through the Eyes of a Killer | Jerry (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Special Victory | Daniel (Character) | - | 1991 |
33% | 29% | Zandalee | Gerri (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 24% | The Last of the Finest | Wayne Gross (Character) | $991.3K | 1990 |
20% | 53% | Short Time | Scalese (Character) | $3.5M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 31% | Downtown | White (Character) | $2.2M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 62% | El Diablo | Kid Durango (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Backstreet Dreams | Paul Antangeli (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightbreaker | Sgt. Jack Russell (Character) | - | 1989 |
94% | 87% | Midnight Run | Eddie Moscone (Character) | $36.3M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The In Crowd | Perry Parker (Character) | - | 1988 |
61% | 57% | Amazon Women on the Moon | Sy Swerdlow (Character) | $388.2K | 1987 |
75% | 90% | Empire of the Sun | Frank Demarest (Character) | $22M | 1987 |
91% | 78% | La Bamba | Bob Keane (Character) | $52.7M | 1987 |
57% | 58% | Running Scared | Snake (Character) | $37.6M | 1986 |
50% | 31% | The Mean Season | Andy Porter (Character) | - | 1985 |
76% | 91% | The Goonies | Francis Fratelli (Character) | $935K | 1985 |
38% | 73% | Eddie and the Cruisers | Doc Robbins (Character) | - | 1983 |
92% | 72% | Risky Business | Guido (Character) | - | 1983 |
0% | 19% | Monsignor | Pvt. Joe Musso (Character) | - | 1982 |
33% | 24% | The Final Terror | Eggar (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carnivore | Eggar (Character) | - | 1981 |
89% | 86% | The Idolmaker | Gino Pilato (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity | Pvt. Angelo Maggio (Character) | - | 1979 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 72% | MacGyver | Andrews (Guest Star) | 2020-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home & Family | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Real | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Social | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Marilyn Denis Show | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Sponge Bob | Sticky Fins (Guest Voice) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lionhearts | Unknown (Character) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2008-2010 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Dante (Guest Voice) | 2006 |
15% | No Score Yet | dr. vegas | Tommy Danko (Character) | 2004 |
73% | No Score Yet | The Handler | Joe Renato (Character) | 2003-2004 |
92% | 98% | The Sopranos | Ralph Cifaretto (Character) | 2001-2002 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Roswell | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Guest | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | EZ Streets | Jimmy Murtha (Character) | 1996-1997 |
83% | No Score Yet | NYPD Blue | Vinnie Greco (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Marshal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Civil Wars | Stan DeMarco (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fanelli Boys | Dominic Fanelli (Character) | 1990-1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitchhiker | Unknown (Character) | 1989 |
82% | 98% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amazing Stories | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robert Kennedy and His Times | Unknown (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hill Street Blues | Sonny Orsini (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Story | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | 93% | M*A*S*H | Cpl. Gerald Mullen (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | From Here to Eternity | Unknown (Character) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | FREE HBO: The Sopranos | Ralph Cifaretto (Character) | |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Waterfront | James "Jimmy" Centrella (Character) |
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