John Capodice

John Capodice (December 25, 1941- December 30, 2024) was an American character actor. Capodice was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began his film and television career in the late 1970s. His first role was in the ABC-TV soap opera Ryan's Hope, where he appeared in six episodes as Lloyd Lord. He had guest roles on numerous other TV series, including Spenser: For Hire, Kate & Allie, Seinfeld, Murder She Wrote, Murphy Brown, Knots Landing, Hunter, and Law & Order. He appeared on the series Moonlighting in 1989 and performed as a guest star in an episode of NBC-TV's Will & Grace (episode 1.21), in the role of the repairman who suffers a heart attack. His most recent TV appearances were on The West Wing, Six Feet Under and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In a memorable 1980s television ad for Polly-O String Cheese, Capodice portrayed Fred, a dumbfounded pizzeria owner, who is asked by three teens to make a pizza with extra cheese, but to hold the tomato sauce, and the crust. Essentially a pizza, with "nuttin." He also appeared as a trucker who gives medical advice in a popular ad for Dimetapp Cold Medicine. Capodice has also worked in the theatre, appearing mainly in Off-Broadway productions. He appeared as a prison guard in the play Getting Out at the Marymount Manhattan Theatre in October/November 1978 and at the Lucille Lortel Theatre from May 1979 to December 1980. The play won two Outer Critics Circle Awards in 1979. Capodice appeared in the Broadway production of Requiem For a Heavyweight, opposite John Lithgow, George Segal, and John C. McGinley. Capodice appeared as Doyle in the 1982 film Q and in the 1989 film Family Business as Tommy. Other film appearances are in the 1991 Oliver Stone film The Doors and the 1989 comedy See No Evil, Hear No Evil, where he appears as a police detective. He had roles in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult (1994), Speed (1994), Independence Day (1996), and Enemy of the State (1998). He provides the voice of Sidney Pen in the 2010 video game Mafia II.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1941-12-25

Died: 2024-12-30

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1982	Q	Doyle	57
2	1985	Private Sessions	George	20
3	1987	The Secret of My Success	Man in KRS Building	65
4	1987	Wall Street	Dominick	72
5	1988	Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right	Bar Patron	66
6	1988	Internal Affairs	Tony Graselli	70
7	1988	Spike of Bensonhurst	Mafia Eater	56
8	1989	Taking A Stand		0
9	1989	True Blood	Frank Santos	55
10	1989	See No Evil, Hear No Evil	Scotto	67
11	1989	Family Business	Tommy	57
12	1990	Internal Affairs	Chief Healy	63
13	1990	Blue Steel	Trial Commissioner	58
14	1990	Q & A	Hank Mastroangelo	58
15	1990	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	Fire Chief	65
16	1990	Jacob's Ladder	Army Officer	74
17	1991	The Doors	Jerry	71
18	1991	The Hard Way	Grainy	62
19	1991	Lookwell	Phil	0
20	1991	Fever	Teller	38
21	1992	The Water Engine	Kegan	53
22	1992	Honeymoon in Vegas	Sally Molars	57
23	1992	The Heart of Justice	Harte	55
24	1993	Bloodlines: Murder in the Family	Siegel	20
25	1993	Point of No Return	Detective	62
26	1993	Percy & Thunder	Commissioner	0
27	1994	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	Aguado	66
28	1994	Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult	Mr. Big	65
29	1994	Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills	Larry Garth	61
30	1994	Speed	Bob	71
31	1994	The Scout	Caruso	52
32	1994	A Low Down Dirty Shame	Mob Boss	56
33	1995	The Misery Brothers	Lt. Al Dente	20
34	1996	The Phantom	Al the Cabby	53
35	1996	Independence Day	Mario	69
36	1996	Wedding Bell Blues	Jasmine's Father	42
37	1996	To Love, Honor and Deceive	Attorney Forays	58
38	1997	Dilemma	Ramsey	26
39	1997	Executive Power	Detective Penn	65
40	1998	True Friends	Big Tony	70
41	1998	Hoods	Sammy	66
42	1998	With Friends Like These	Actor Friend	50
43	1998	Enemy of the State	Older Worker #1	71
44	1998	Ringmaster	Mel Riley	42
45	1999	Kiss of a Stranger	Detective Brown	35
46	2000	Price of Glory	Priest	45
47	2000	Chain of Command	Cameron Ellis	54
48	2001	The Amati Girls	Danny	25
49	2001	Out of the Black	Dirk Hobson	10
50	2001	Double Bang	Frankie Carbonaro	46
51	2001	A Month of Sundays	Sleeper Man	35
52	2003	Carolina	Ernie the Cook	58
53	2004	Shut Up and Kiss Me!	Mr. Grummace	27
54	2005	Blasphemy the Movie	Jehova's Witness	0
55	2006	Jesus, Mary and Joey	Joey Vitello Sr.	40
56	2006	10th & Wolf	Sipio	59
57	2006	Cattle Call	Public Defender	41
58	2010	Detention	Workman #1	36
59	2012	Last Call	Jo Jo	39
60	2012	Pizza with Bullets	Mr. Tortellini	60
61	2015	Sharkskin		0
62	2019	Lost Angelas	Ed Robles	40
63	2019	El Coyote	Don Rossi	32
64	2020	Frank and Ava	Lee	51
65	2023	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem	Cab Driver (voice)	72
66		At Face Value	Delivery Man	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	Knots Landing	Captain Newton	69
2	1984	Kate & Allie	Mac	59
3	1984	Hunter	Harry Prima	72
4	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Lt. Giordano	75
5	1985	Moonlighting	Sal Viola	75
6	1985	The Equalizer	Father Antonelli	72
7	1985	Spenser: For Hire		67
8	1986	L.A. Law	Val Ventresca	71
9	1987	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Taxi Driver	60
10	1988	Murphy Brown	Judge Ferris	65
11	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Mike	80
12	1989	Seinfeld	Vic	83
13	1990	Capital News	Mel Zeiss	60
14	1990	Blossom		61
15	1990	Dream On	Bartender	69
16	1990	Law & Order	Bernie	74
17	1992	Melrose Place	Officer Marty Gold	59
18	1992	Mad About You	Bill	67
19	1993	NYPD Blue	Detective Art Stillwell	70
20	1993	Boy Meets World	Chubbie	82
21	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Dan Wolpert	71
22	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Antony Cavallo	71
23	1994	Ellen	Tony	62
24	1995	The Wayans Bros.	The Detective	71
25	1995	Murder One	Sal Battaglio	78
26	1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Ceasar Carlini (voice)	76
27	1997	Chicago Sons		85
28	1997	The Practice	Joe Jacobs	77
29	1997	George & Leo		0
30	1998	Damon	Don Carbone	100
31	1998	Will & Grace	Bernie, the Workman	69
32	1999	Providence	Carl Rutigliata	65
33	1999	The West Wing	Lenny	83
34	1999	Angel	Little Tony Papazian	79
35	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Lou Gedda	76
36	2001	Six Feet Under	Tommy Romano	81
37	2002	Monk	Frankie Marino	79
38	2002	Without a Trace	Dave	72
39	2004	LAX	Mr. Vialli	74
40	2005	Everybody Hates Chris	Bus Driver	80
41	2007	Wizards of Waverly Place	Uncle Al	85
42	2024	Conversations with A Mobster	Big John	0

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