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Joe Pantoliano

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 fil... more

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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The Matrix
(1999)
Action, Science Fiction
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Runtime:
136 min
Director:
Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Cast:
Keanu Reeves, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
8.7
88%
73
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Memento
(2000)
Mystery, Thriller
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minu...
Runtime:
113 min
Director:
Christopher Nolan
Cast:
Guy Pearce, Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Joe Pantoliano
8.4
93%
80
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The Fugitive
(1993)
Action, Drama, Thriller
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
Runtime:
131 min
Director:
Andrew Davis
Cast:
Harrison Ford, Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pantoliano
7.8
96%
87
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The Goonies
(1985)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of Pirate One-Eyed Willie.
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Richard Donner
Cast:
Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman
7.8
77%
62
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Empire of the Sun
(1987)
Drama, History, War
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity a...
Runtime:
153 min
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Cast:
Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Ben Stiller
7.7
75%
62
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Midnight Run
(1988)
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
Runtime:
126 min
Director:
Martin Brest
Cast:
Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina
7.5
94%
78
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Bad Boys
(1995)
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be ea...
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Michael Bay
Cast:
Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Téa Leoni
6.9
42%
41
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Bad Boys II
(2003)
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Out-of-control, trash-talking buddy cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force reunite, and bullets fly, cars crash and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of Cuba. But the real fireworks result when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly roma...
Runtime:
147 min
Director:
Michael Bay
Cast:
Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Gabrielle Union, Jordi Mollà, Peter Stormare
6.6
24%
38
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Bound
(1996)
Drama, Thriller
Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.
Runtime:
105 min
Director:
Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Cast:
Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan, John P. Ryan
7.3
90%
61
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Bad Boys for Life
(2020)
Action, Crime, Thriller
Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.
Runtime:
124 min
Director:
Michael Bay
Cast:
Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Gary Nickens, Derrick Gilbert, Derrick Gilbert
6.6
76%
59
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Risky Business
(1983)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with ...
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Paul Brickman
Cast:
Tom Cruise, Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Masur
6.8
92%
75
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U.S. Marshals
(1998)
Action, Crime, Thriller
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.
Runtime:
131 min
Director:
Stuart Baird
Cast:
Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Daniel Roebuck
6.6
25%
47
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La Bamba
(1987)
Drama, Music
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national to...
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Luis Valdez
Cast:
Lou Diamond Phillips, Danielle von Zerneck, Elizabeth Peña, Rosanna DeSoto, Esai Morales
6.9
82%
65
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
(2010)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must master his new found skills in order to prevent a war between the Gods that could devastate the entire world.
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Chris Columbus
Cast:
Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Sean Bean
5.9
49%
47
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Baby's Day Out
(1994)
Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Baby Bink couldn't ask for more; he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, he lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby Bink's parents; especially the three enterprising kidnapers who pretend to be photographers from the ...
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Patrick Read Johnson
Cast:
Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Pantoliano, Brian Haley
6.2
20%
N/A
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Unknown
(2006)
Thriller
Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Simón Brand
Cast:
Jim Caviezel, Greg Kinnear, Bridget Moynahan, Joe Pantoliano, Barry Pepper
6.5
38%
44
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Daredevil
(2003)
Action, Fantasy
A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Mark Steven Johnson
Cast:
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Colin Farrell
5.3
44%
42
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Running Scared
(1986)
Action, Comedy
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Peter Hyams
Cast:
Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer, Darlanne Fluegel, Joe Pantoliano
6.6
57%
49
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Congo
(1995)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. When the thrill-seekers -- some with ulterior motives -- stumble across a race of killer apes.
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Frank Marshall
Cast:
Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, Grant Heslov
5.3
22%
22
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Cats & Dogs
(2001)
Comedy, Family
When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs and touches off an epic battle for pet supremacy. The fur flies as the feline faction, led by Mr. Tinkles, squares off against wide-eyed puppy Lou and his canine cohorts.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Lawrence Guterman
Cast:
Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander Pollock, Miriam Margolyes, Tobey Maguire
5.2
54%
47
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Amazon Women on the Moon
(1987)
Comedy, Science Fiction
Acclaimed director John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers) presents this madcap send-up of late night TV, low-budget sci-fi films and canned-laughter-filled sitcoms packed with off-the-wall sketches that will have you in stitches. Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a ...
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
Joe Dante, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton
Cast:
Arsenio Hall, Monique Gabrielle, Debby Davison, Rob Krausz, Griffin Dunne
6.2
63%
42
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Eddie and the Cruisers
(1983)
Drama, Music
A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader — Eddie Wilson — may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the band's never-released album.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Martin Davidson
Cast:
Tom Berenger, Michael Paré, Joe Pantoliano, Ellen Barkin, Matthew Laurance
7.0
38%
51
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Wedding Daze
(2006)
Comedy
After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously proposes to a dissatisfied waitress named Katie and an innocent dare evolves into the kind of love that both have been looking for all along.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Michael Ian Black
Cast:
Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher, Joe Pantoliano, Joanna Gleason, Edward Herrmann
5.6
33%
N/A
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Ready to Rumble
(2000)
Action, Comedy
Two slacker wrestling fans are devastated by the ousting of their favorite character by an unscrupulous promoter.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Brian Robbins
Cast:
David Arquette, Scott Caan, Oliver Platt, Bill Goldberg, Rose McGowan
5.4
23%
23
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The Amateurs
(2006)
Comedy
Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable losers who hit upon an idea that can make their dreams and fantasies come true. Thinking they've found the road to riches and fame they decide to make the world's most innocent adult film. Everyman's fantasy turns into a hilarious misadventu...
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Michael Traeger
Cast:
Jeff Bridges, Lauren Graham, Ted Danson, Tim Blake Nelson, Joe Pantoliano
6.2
19%
45
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Racing Stripes
(2005)
Comedy, Family
Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken notion that he's a debonair thoroughbred. Once he faces the fact that his stark stripes mark him as different, he decides he'll race anyway. And with help from the young girl who...
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Frederik Du Chau
Cast:
Frankie Muniz, Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, Mandy Moore, Mandy Moore
5.2
35%
43
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Olive the Other Reindeer
(1999)
Animation, Comedy, Family, TV Movie
After mis-hearing a radio broadcast about Santa canceling his Christmas trip due to an injured reindeer, Olive the dog decides to travel to the North Pole and volunteer to be a replacement. Unfortunately, Olive must deal with an evil postman who's tired of handling all the extra Christmas mail. Will Martini the penguin be able to help ...
Runtime:
45 min
Director:
Steve Moore
Cast:
Drew Barrymore, Dan Castellaneta, Ed Asner, Joe Pantoliano, Ed Asner
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Short Time
(1990)
Comedy, Crime
Nearing retirement, Dabney Coleman finds that he has a disease that will kill him within days. He then finds that his life insurance only pays off if he is killed in the line of duty. In order to leave something to his wife and children, Coleman becomes supercop, ignoring danger and trying his best to get killed.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Gregg Champion
Cast:
Dabney Coleman, Matt Frewer, Teri Garr, Barry Corbin, Joe Pantoliano
6.5
20%
N/A
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Black and White
(1999)
Drama
Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high school friends. The growing appeal of black culture among white teens fascinates documentary filmmaker Sam Donager, who sets out to chronicle it with her husband, Terry. But before Bower was a...
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
James Toback
Cast:
Robert Downey Jr., Scott Caan, Stacy Edwards, Allan Houston, Gaby Hoffmann
5.0
25%
47
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Falling Up
(2009)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where he sparks to one of his residents.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
David M. Rosenthal
Cast:
Joseph Cross, Sarah Roemer, Snoop Dogg, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claudette Lali
5.7
N/A
N/A
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The Final Terror
(1983)
Horror, Thriller
A group of friends head out for what is expected to be a vacation of hiking, camping and a good time, but when a backwoods mama finds them on her turf, it becomes anything but a vacation.
Runtime:
82 min
Director:
Andrew Davis
Cast:
John Friedrich, Adrian Zmed, Daryl Hannah, Ernest Harden Jr., Lewis Smith
5.2
33%
N/A
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The Idolmaker
(1980)
Drama, Music, Romance
Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Taylor Hackford
Cast:
Ray Sharkey, Peter Gallagher, Joe Pantoliano, Paul Land, JoJo D'Amore
6.9
88%
N/A
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Three of Hearts
(1993)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lesbian hires a male escort to break the heart of the bisexual woman who has just dumped her.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Yurek Bogayevicz
Cast:
William Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Sherilyn Fenn, Joe Pantoliano, Gail Strickland
5.5
53%
N/A
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Deadly Impact
(2010)
Action, Drama, Thriller
Deadly Impact follows hard-nosed cop Thomas Armstrong (Flanery) whose life was shattered when he became the helpless target of a mastermind murderer. Returning home after a much-needed break, Armstrong joins the FBI to seek revenge and help track down the same killer that threatened his existence, however this time the assassin is back...
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Robert Kurtzman
Cast:
Sean Patrick Flanery, Joe Pantoliano, Carmen Serano, Amanda Wyss
5.3
N/A
N/A
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A Better Way to Die
(2000)
Action, Thriller
Boomer (Wiper) is a rookie cop based in the urban hellhole that is downtown Chicago. After his involvement in a drug bust operation which results in the death of Carlos (Carmen Argenziano), his mentor and father figure, Boomer becomes disillusioned with the brutal and inhumane nature of his job. Consequently, he decides to hand in his ...
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Scott Wiper
Cast:
Scott Wiper, Jack Conley, Natasha Henstridge, Carmen Argenziano, Andre Braugher
5.6
N/A
N/A
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Canvas
(2006)
Drama
A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Joseph Greco
Cast:
Marcia Gay Harden, Griffin Miner, Devon Gearhart, Julie Upton, Joe Pantoliano
6.7
N/A
67
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Downtown
(1990)
Action, Comedy
Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get even with the policeman. Soon, Kearney learns that he is off the cushy suburban beat and must now work in the deadliest precinct in Philly, where he is partnered with tough veteran cop De...
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Richard Benjamin
Cast:
Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Pantoliano, David Clennon
5.7
N/A
N/A
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The Immortals
(1995)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed chases in this powerful action-thriller. Recruited by a Mafia nightclub owner (Eric Roberts), 4 teams launch a brutal cross-town attack to retrieve suitcases full of cash. But as the viol...
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Brian Grant
Cast:
Eric Roberts, Joe Pantoliano, Tia Carrere, Tony Curtis, Clarence Williams III
5.8
N/A
N/A
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The Identical
(2014)
Drama, Music
During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other, Ryan Wade, struggles to balance his passion for music and pleasing his parents, who want him to become a preacher. Finally, Ryan rebels against his parents' wishes and launches his own mu...
Runtime:
107 min
5.1
N/A
25
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Perfect Opposites
(2004)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of two college graduates from the Midwest who move to Los Angeles, where their love is tested for the first time.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Matt Cooper
Cast:
Piper Perabo, Martin Henderson, Jason Winer, Andrew Keegan, Kathleen Wilhoite
5.6
N/A
N/A