Pantoliano was innate within Hoboken, New Jersey, USA to first generation Italian-American parents. He played a character Cypher in The Matrix, when well as Ralph Cifaretto in the HBO show The Sopranos, and likewise provided a voicework for the club creator Luigi Goterelli in the smash-hit videogame title, Grand Theft Auto III.

Inside 2003, Pantoliano won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor around the Drama Series for his portrayal of Cifaretto on "The Sopranos".

Filmography
From Here to Eternity (1979 TV mini-series) Carnivore The Final Terror Monsignor Risky Business Eddie and the Cruisers The Goonies The Mean Season Running Scared Amazon Women on the Moon Empire Of The Sun La Bamba The In Crowd Midnight Run Advance to Ground Zero Nightbreaker Downtown Blue Heat The Last of the Finest El Diablo Short Time Backstreet Dreams Zandalee One Special Victory Through the Eyes of a Killer Used People Three of Hearts Me and the Kid The Fugitive Calendar Girl Golddigger ''Teresa's Tattoo Dangerous Heart Baby's Day Out (1994) The Last Word Steal Big, Steal Little Bad Boys The Spy Within The Immortals Bound 87th Precinct: Ice Natural Enemy Top Of The World U.S. Marshals Tinseltown Hoods The Matrix New Blood Black and White Memento Cats & Dogs The Adventures of Pluto Nash Daredevil Bad Boys II''