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 Dramatist¹s 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.





HUGO WEAVING (Agent Smith) is one of Australia's most acclaimed actors. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1981 and has since worked extensively in film, television and theater.

In 1991 Weaving won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor for his work in "Proof," directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. He also received an AFI Award nomination in 1994 for "The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert," directed by Stephen Elliot.

Weaving's other film credits include the recently completed "Bedrooms And Hallways" and "The Interview," the critically acclaimed "True Love And Chaos," Stephen Elliot's "Frauds," "The Custodian," Paul Cox's "Exile," "Reckless Kelly," "Wendy Cracked A Walnut," "The Right Hand Man," "For Love Alone" and "The City's Edge."

His television credits include the acclaimed miniseries "Bodyline"; the Australian series "Halifax f.p.," the telefilm "The Bite," "Naked - Coral Island," the miniseries "Bangkok Hilton" (co-starring Nicole Kidman), "The Dirtwater Dynasty," "Barlow And Chambers - A Long Way From Home" and "Melba."

His numerous theater credits include the Sydney Theatre Company's "Macbeth," "The Perfectionist," "The Cherry Orchard" and "Arcadia." He has also starred in "Much Ado About Nothing" and "The Taming Of The Shrew" for the Melbourne Theatre Company and "Julius Caesar," "Ring Around The Moon" and "Private Lives" for the State Theatre Company of South Australia.