About Joe
Joe Pantoliano is an actor born September 12, 1951 in Hoboken, NJ. He is recognized for playing Ralphie Cifaretto in The Sopranos (1999–2007), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, and Cypher in The Matrix (1999). His career includes supporting roles in numerous films and television series spanning several decades. In 2025, he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for The Last of Us. He has published two memoirs and is active in mental health advocacy.
Photo: Justin Hoch photographing for Hudson Union Society / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
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Known for
- Ralph "Ralphie" Cifaretto in The Sopranos
- Cypher in The Matrix
- Memento
- Bad Boys films
- The Goonies
- Midnight Run
- Empire of the Sun
- Hill Street Blues
- NYPD Blue
- Risky Business
- M*A*S*H
- actor
- nonprofit founder
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