Joe Pantoliano

Infobox actor

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caption = Pantoliano aboard the USS John F. Kennedy during Fleet Week, 2005
birthname = Joseph Peter Pantoliano
birthdate = birth date and age|1951|9|12
birthplace = Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
othername = Joey Pants
homepage = http://www.joeypants.com
emmyawards = Outstanding Supporting Actor - Drama Series
2003 "The Sopranos"

Joseph Peter "Joe" Pantoliano (born September 12 1951) [http://www.filmreference.com/film/58/Joe-Pantoliano.html Joe Pantoliano Biography (1951?-) ] ] is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Ralph Cifaretto on "The Sopranos", Cypher in "The Matrix", and Teddy in "Memento".

Biography

Personal life

Pantoliano was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to first-generation Italian American parents Mary, a bookie and seamstress, and Dominic "Monk" Pantoliano, a hearse driver and factory foreman. [ [http://www.smokemag.com/0902/cover.htm SMOKE 09/02 - Joe Pantoliano in the Hot Seat ] ] He attended HB Studio, but studied extensively with John Lehne and lives with his wife, former model Nancy Sheppard, and their four children. [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800016627/bio Yahoo! Movies - Joe Pantoliano Biography] ] He was introduced to his wife by his friend, Samantha Phillips. [ [http://www.971freefm.com/pages/68887.php 97.1 FREE FM, "The Single Life with Sam Phillips":"Friends Setting Up Friends"] ]

On October 9, 2007 Pantoliano announced on the National Alliance on Mental Illness blog that he has been suffering from clinical depression for the last decade, although he was only formally diagnosed recently. He claims that his recent film "Canvas" was what helped him come to terms with his depression. Rather than hide his struggle from the public, he has chosen to speak out about it to remove some of the stigmas that are commonly associated with mental illness. He founded a non-profit organization, "No Kidding, Me Too!", [ [http://nokiddingmetoo.org] No Kidding, Me Too ] to unite members of the entertainment industry in educating the public about mental illness. He also suffers from dyslexia.

Career

He first grew to fame as Guido the Killer Pimp in "Risky Business", appeared as Cypher in "The Matrix", and won an Emmy as Ralph Cifaretto in HBO's "The Sopranos". Pantoliano is also known for his role as Eddie Moscone, the bail bondsman, in the Robert De Niro comedy "Midnight Run", as double-crossed mafioso Caesar in "Bound" and as police officer John Edward "Teddy" Gammel in "Memento". 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". In 1985, he appeared as the villainous Francis Fratelli in "The Goonies".

In 2003, Pantoliano replaced Stanley Tucci in the Broadway play "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune". That same year he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for "The Sopranos".

He is often referred to as Joey Pants, due to the difficulty some have pronouncing his Italian surname. [ [http://www.joeypants.com/ Joeypants.com] ]

Filmography

* "From Here to Eternity" (1979) (TV)
* "The Idolmaker" (1980)
* "M*A*S*H:" "Identity Crisis" (TV) (1981)
* "Monsignor" (1982)
* "The Final Terror" aka "Carnivore" (1983)
* "Risky Business" (1983)
* "Eddie and the Cruisers" (1983)
* "The Goonies" (1985)
* "The Mean Season" (1985)
* "Running Scared" (1986)
* "Amazon Women on the Moon" (1987)
* "Empire of the Sun" (1987)
* "La Bamba" (1987)
* "The In Crowd" (1988)
* "Midnight Run" (1988)
* "Nightbreaker" aka "Advance to Ground Zero" (1989) (TV)
* "The Fanelli Boys" (1990) (TV)
* "Downtown" (1990)
* "The Last of the Finest" (1990)
* "El Diablo" (1990)
* "Short Time" (1990)
* "Backstreet Dreams" (1990)
* "Zandalee" (1991)
* "One Special Victory" (1991) (TV)
* "" (1992) (TV), episode "Deadly Medicine"
* "Through the Eyes of a Killer" (1992) (TV)
* "Used People" (1992)
* "Three of Hearts" (1993)
* "Me and the Kid" (1993)
* "The Fugitive" (1993)
* "Calendar Girl" (1993)
* "Teresa's Tattoo" (1994)
* "Dangerous Heart" (1994) (TV)
* "Baby's Day Out" (1994)
* "NYPD Blue" (1994) (TV)
* "The Last Word" (1995)
* "Steal Big, Steal Little" (1995)
* "Bad Boys" (1995)
* "Congo" (1995)
* "The Flight of the Dove" aka "The Spy Within" (1994)
* "The Immortals" (1995)
* "Bound" (1996)
* "" (1996) (TV)
* "Natural Enemy" (1997) (TV)
* "Top of the World" (1997)
* "Tinseltown" (1997)
* "U.S. Marshals" (1998)
* "Hoods" (1998)
* "The Matrix" (1999)
* "The Outer Limits": "Alien Radio" (1999)
* "New Blood" (1999)
* "The Life Before This" (1999)
* "Black and White" (1999)
* "Memento" (2000)
* "Ready to Rumble" (2000)
* "The Sopranos" (2000-2002)
* "Cats & Dogs" (2001) (voice)
* "Grand Theft Auto III" (Video Game) (2001) (voice)
* "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" (2002)
* "Daredevil" (2003)
* "Bad Boys II" (2003)
* "The Handler" (2003-2004)
* "Racing Stripes" (2005) (voice)
* "The Amateurs" (2005)
* "" (2006)
* "Wedding Daze" (2006)
* "The Simpsons" (2006) - episode The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer
* "Deceit" (2006)
* "Canvas" (2006)
* "Unknown" (2006)
* "Falling Up" (2008)
* "The Legend of Secret Pass" (2008) (voice)
* "Spring Break '83" (2008)
* "To Live and Die" (2008)
* "The Job" (2009)

References

External links

*imdb |0001592
*tvtome person|11085
* [http://www.joeypants.com Official site]