Joe Pantoliano
Actor
- Hitchhiker, The (TV Series) (1983)
- Feat. Page Fletcher, Gary Busey, Peter Coyote…
- An early HBO series of mystery–thriller stories, related only by the character of The Hitchhiker (Page Fletcher), who introduces and closes…
- Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
- Dir. Martin Davidson
Feat. Michael Pare, Ellen Barkin, Joe Pantoliano…
- Unusual drama, only partially realised, based around a legendary presumed–dead 60s rock’n’roller (Michael Pare) whose life is investigated…
- Mean Season, The (1985)
- Dir. Phillip Borsos
Feat. Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan…
- Hack reporter Kurt Russell's propensity for a story edges him dangerously close to crazed psycho Richard Jordan.
- La Bamba (1987)
- Dir. Luis Valdez
Feat. Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Elizabeth Pena…
- Tightly constructed biopic of Hispanic rock'n'roller Richie Valens lends the usual 'rise to fame' tale an unusual ethnic slant. Lou Diamond Phillips…
- Three of Hearts (1993)
- Dir. Yurek Bogayevicz
Feat. Kelly Lynch, William Baldwin, Sherilyn Fenn…
- In an effort to win back her lesbian lover, Kelly Lynch employs the services of male escort Billy Baldwin. Sherilyn Fenn proves she's worth winning…
- Fugitive, The (1993)
- Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward…
- Dynamic reprise of the '60s TV serial with Harrison Ford taking up the stride of the doctor mistakenly convicted of his wife's murder. Highly…
- Baby's Day Out (1994)
- Dir. Patrick R. Johnson
Feat. Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Pantoliano
- Writer John Hughes' tweaks his HOME ALONE formula with a crawling toddler wreaking havoc in Chicago while deftly eluding incompetent crooks.…
- Life Before This, The (1999)
- Dir. Jerry Ciccoritti
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Joe Pantoliano…
- Based loosely on a real–life shootout in Toronto, this ambitious drama postulates life as a mosaic of interconnected actions, where often…
- Memento (2000)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano…
- A sensational twist on the 'amnesiac' thriller that perfectly matches its subject with an intricate narrative that unfolds almost completely from…
- Adventures of Pluto Nash, The (2002)
- Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson…
- Sci–fi comedy set in 2080 and following a lunar nightclub owner and ex–convict (Eddie Murphy) who is trying to keep the mafia out of his…
- Daredevil (2003)
- Dir. Mark Steven Johnson
Feat. Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell…
- The darkest tinged Marvel Comics adaptation yet, with Ben Affleck doing a sterling job of playing the titular superhero, a blind lawyer turned…
- Bad Boys 2 (2003)
- Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Joe Pantoliano…
- A new low (or high) in crassness from the Bruckheimer action movie sausage machine (see CON AIR, ARMAGEDDON), with maverick cops Smith and Lawrence…
- Moguls, The (The Amateurs) (2005)
- Dir. Michael Traeger
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Danson…
- Attempting a feel–good spin the subject of 'amateur porn', this saggy comedy has a ruffled and incompetent small–town denizen (Jeff…
- Unknown (2006)
- Dir. Simon Brand
Feat. Jim Caviezel, Greg Kinnear, Bridget Moynahan…
- Unbelievably twisty, indie hostage thriller in the tradition of RESERVOIR DOGS and The USUAL SUSPECTS.
Five men awake bloody and beaten in a…
- Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (2010)
- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario…
- Striking fantasy that follows a gangly teenager who discovers that he's the son of Poseidon and has inherited some of Dad's powers. Percy soon finds…