RECENT CREDITS
The Amateurs (FILM)  Dec. 7, 2007
Canvas (FILM)  Oct. 12, 2007
Wedding Daze (FILM)  Aug. 17, 2007
Unknown (FILM)  Nov. 3, 2006
EZ Streets (TV)  Sep. 4, 2006


HIGHLIGHTS
Nickname "Joey Pants" stems from his Hoboken, NJ childhood, when neighborhood kids had trouble pronouncing his last name.
While playing Maggio in the 1979 NBC miniseries From Here to Eternity, he met David Chase, the future creator of The Sopranos, who was then a writer for The Rockford Files.
Published his autobiography Who's Sorry Now: The True Story of a Stand-Up Guy (written with David Evanier) in 2002.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

The Amateurs  2007 -Some Idiot
Actor
Film


Canvas  2007 -John Marino
Producer, Actor
Film


Unknown  2006
Actor
Film


Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector  2006 -Mayor M.T. Gunn
Actor
Film


Second Best  2005 -Elliot Kelman
Producer, Actor
Film


Racing Stripes  2005 -Goose
Voice
Film


Bad Boys II  2003 -Captain Howard
Actor
Film


Daredevil  2003 -Ben Ulrich
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Cats and Dogs  2001 -Peek
Voice
Film


Memento  2001 -Teddy
Actor
Film


Ready to Rumble  2000 -Titus Sinclair
Actor
Film


Black and White  2000 -Bill King
Actor
Film


Taxman  1999 -Al Benjamin
Actor
Film


The Matrix  1999 -Cypher
Actor
Film


Tinseltown  1999
Actor
Film


Used People  1992 -Frank
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Short Time  1990 -Scalese
Actor
Film


The Last of the Finest  1990 -Wayne Gross
Actor
Film


Downtown  1990 -White
Actor
Film


Midnight Run  1988 -Eddie Moscone
Actor
Film


The In Crowd  1988 -Perry Parker
Actor
Film


Amazon Women on the Moon  1987 -Sy Swerdlow ("Hairlooming")
Actor
Film


The Squeeze  1987 -Norman
Actor
Film


Empire of the Sun  1987 -Frank Demerest
Actor
Film


La Bamba  1987 -Bob Keene
Actor
Film


Running Scared  1986 -Snake
Actor
Film


Beverly Hills Buntz   -Jimmy Montaigne
Actor
TV


Dangerous Heart   -Barclay
Actor
TV


Dr. Vegas  2004-2005 -Tommy Canterna
Actor
TV
Expand


Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice   -Det. Meyer Meyer
Actor
TV


EZ Streets  2004-2006 -Jimmy Murtha
Actor
TV
Expand


Fanelli Boys   -Dominic Fanelli
Actor
TV


Free Country   -Louis Peschi
Actor
TV


Hoods  
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


One Special Victory   -Daniel
Actor
TV


Rock 'n' Roll Mom   -Ronnie
Actor
TV


The Handler  2003-2004 -Joe Renato
Actor
TV
Expand


The Sopranos  2001-2002 -Ralph Cifaretto
Actor
TV
Expand


Through the Eyes of a Killer   -Jerry Tarlton
Actor
TV


Wedding Daze  2007 -Smitty
Actor
Film


The Life Before This  1999 -Jake
Actor
Film


U.S. Marshals  1998 -Deputy Marshal Cosmo Renfro
Actor
Film


Bound  1996 -Caesar
Actor
Film


Steal Big, Steal Little  1995 -Eddie Agopian
Actor
Film


Congo  1995
Actor
Film


Bad Boys  1995 -Capt. Howard
Actor
Film


Baby's Day Out  1994 -Norby
Actor
Film


Teresa's Tattoo  1994 -Bruno
Actor
Film


The Fugitive  1993 -Cosmo Renfro
Actor
Film


El Diablo  1990 -Kid Durango
Actor
Film


The Goonies  1985 -Francis
Actor
Film


Eddie and the Cruisers  1983 -Doc Robbins
Actor
Film


Risky Business  1983 -Guido
Actor
Film


The Idolmaker  1980 -Gino Pilato
Actor
Film


Actor, Associate Producer
Film


The Last Word   -Doc
Actor
Film


Zandalee   -Gerri
Actor
Film


Three of Hearts   -Mickey
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Mean Season   -Andy Porter
Actor
Film


The Spy Within   -Attorney Brezner
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Rock 'n' Roll Mom   -Ronnie
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Voice
Film


The Final Terror   -Eggar
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Me and the Kid   -Roy
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Hoods  
Actor
Film


Monsignor   -Musso
Actor
Film


More Than Friends   -Ralphie
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


New Blood   -Hellman
Actor
Film


Nightbreaker   -Sgt. Jack Russell
Actor
Film


Director
Film


Voice
Film


One Special Victory   -Daniel
Actor
Film


Calendar Girl   -Uncle Harvey Darpinian
Actor
Film


Dangerous Heart   -Barclay
Actor
Film


Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice   -Det. Meyer Meyer
Actor
Film


Deceit  
Actor
Film


Destination: America   -Lt. Mike Amico
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film




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Highlights

Nickname "Joey Pants" stems from his Hoboken, NJ childhood, when neighborhood kids had trouble pronouncing his last name.
While playing Maggio in the 1979 NBC miniseries From Here to Eternity, he met David Chase, the future creator of The Sopranos, who was then a writer for The Rockford Files.
Published his autobiography Who's Sorry Now: The True Story of a Stand-Up Guy (written with David Evanier) in 2002.
Late comic and ordained minister Charles Rocket presided over his 1994 marriage to Nancy Sheppard.


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