JOE
PANTOLIANO (Cypher) recently starred with Tommy Lee Jones and Wesley Snipes
in "U.S. Marshals," reprising the role of Cosmo Renfro that he first played
in the Academy Award-nominated hit thriller "The Fugitive." He will soon be seen in "Taxman," co-starring Elizabeth Berkley, which Pantoliano also associate produced. His other credits include "Bound," directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski; Taylor Hackford's "Idolmaker"; "The Final Terror"; "Eddie And The Cruisers"; "Risky Business"; "The Mean Season"; "Goonies"; "Running Scared"; "La Bamba"; Steven Spielberg's "Empire Of The Sun"; "Used People"; Martin Brest's "Midnight Run"; "Baby's Day Out"; "The Fugitive"; "Bad Boys"; and "Congo".
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, Pantoliano landed his first professional
role in 1972 when he played Billy Bibbit in the national touring company
of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest." He worked in regional theater and
has appeared in more than 40 Off-Broadway productions, including "Vision
Of Kerouac" at the Lion Theatre, "The Death Star" at the Theatre of St.
Clements and "The Off-Season" at the New Dramatistıs Guild. In
1976, Pantoliano moved to Hollywood and appeared
in the ABC series "McNamara's Band" and in "Free Country," starring Rob
Reiner and directed by James Burrows. Burrows then cast Pantoliano in
the role of Maggio, originally played by Frank Sinatra, in the NBC miniseries
"From Here To Eternity". Pantoliano was later nominated for a CableACE
Award for an episode of HBO's "Tales From The Crypt," directed by Richard
Donner. Pantoliano is the winner of a Dramalogue Award and a Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in "Orphans." His second Dramalogue Award for Best Actor was received for "Italian American Reconciliation," written by John Patrick Shanley. |