StatsBirth Name: Joseph Peter Pantoliano Age: 61, born 12 September 1951 Country of origin: United States Height: 5' 9" Ethnicity: White / Caucasian Relationship Status: Married Partner: Nancy Sheppard
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With more than 100 film, television and stage credits to his name, Joseph Peter Pantoliano is a prolific American character actor who has played many diverse and memorable roles, from Guido in Risky Business (1983) to Eddie Moscone in Midnight Run (1988), Cosmo Renfro in The Fugitive (1993), Cypher in The Matrix (1999) and Teddy in Memento (2000). Born September 12, 1951 in Hoboken, New Jersey, Pantoliano's parents, Mary and Dominic, were first-generation Italian Americans who split when Joe was
With more than 100 film, television and stage credits to his name, Joseph Peter Pantoliano is a prolific American character actor who has played many diverse and memorable roles, from Guido in Risky Business (1983) to Eddie Moscone in Midnight Run (1988), Cosmo Renfro in The Fugitive (1993), Cypher in The Matrix (1999) and Teddy in Memento (2000). Born September 12, 1951 in Hoboken, New Jersey, Pantoliano's parents, Mary and Dominic, were first-generation Italian Americans who split when Joe was twelve years old (though they never officially divorced). Despite suffering from severe dyslexia that made studies difficult for him, Pantoliano displayed acting talent from an early age and moved to Manhattan after high school to pursue an acting career.
After four years in Manhattan that included auditions, acting classes, waiting tables and a role as Billy Bibbit in the touring production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", Joe Pantoliano moved to California to pursue television and film acting. Joe was successful in landing a number of television roles before getting his feature film debut in The Idolmaker (1980), but his true Hollywood breakthrough came with his turn opposite a 21-year-old Tom Cruise as ruthless pimp Guido in 1983's Risky Business (1983). A wide array of TV and film roles followed that have led Joe to work with many of Hollywood's brightest talents, both on-screen and off, including Richard Donner, Steven Spielberg, Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Christopher Nolan and many others.
Winner of a primetime Emmy for his work on "The Sopranos" (1999), for which he also received two SAG Award nominations, Joe Pantoliano is married to former model Nancy Sheppard, with whom he has two daughters, Daniella and Isabella. Pantoliano also has a son, Marco, from a previous marriage, and a step-daughter, Melody.
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Like that other Italian Joe (Pesci), Pantoliano may be small, but you don't want to see him angry. Whether he's a no-good stepdad in 'Percy Jackson,' a cold-hearted traitor in 'The Matrix,' a double-crossed mobster in 'Bound' or Tony Soprano's blood-thirsty subordinate in 'The Sopranos,' Pantoliano is king when it comes to sleazy jerks."
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