Joe Pantoliano is an American actor known for his versatile villainous and comic roles, including Teddy in 'Memento', Cypher in 'The Matrix', and Ralph Cifaretto in 'The Sopranos'.
Pantoliano's Teddy in 'Memento' — a manipulator whose actual relationship to Leonard is the film's central structural mystery — embodies the impossibility of trusting any character whose motives Leonard cannot continuously verify.
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