Joe Pantoliano
Joe Pantoliano ( born September 12, 1951 in Hoboken ) is an American actor.
Life
Pantoliano was as a child in its first generation Italian immigrant to the United States parents Mary, a book -maker and seamstress, and Dominic "Monk" Pantoliano, a hearse driver and factory worker, was born.
His career began as an actor Joe Pantoliano mid-1970s with small roles in various film and television productions. One his first important roles he played in the 1980 film drama all my stars. At the beginning of the 1980s, he was seen primarily as a guest star in several television series, such as Pantoliano played in two episodes of Hart to Hart.
After that, predominantly followed by appearances in film productions, including as Eddie Moscone in Midnight Run - Five Days to Midnight (1988 ), as Deputy Marshal Cosmo Renfro in The Fugitive ( 1993), as a mafioso Caesar in Bound - Bound (1996 ), as Cypher in the Matrix (1999 ) or as policeman John Edward "Teddy" Gammel in Memento ( 2000). Despite this development, Pantoliano also remained faithful to the television and took over from 2000 to 2004 a recurring role in the mafia series The Sopranos. In 2003 he received an Emmy for this role. In 2003 he made his debut as a director and directed the film Just Like Mona. In addition, since the mid- 1990s, he is also active as a film producer.
Pantoliano was married in 1979 to 1985 with the actress Morgan Kester, with whom he has three children. In 1994 he married the makeup expert Nancy Sheppard, with whom he has a child. He is the founder of the charity No Kidding? Me Too, which advocates for the acceptance of people with mental illnesses.