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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 25, 1941
Died
December 30, 2024
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- John C. Capodice
John Capodice
0.4 Popularity
Biography
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
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Big John
Conversations with A Mobster
2024
7.2
Cab Driver (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023
4.9
Lee
Frank and Ava
2020
3.0
Don Rossi
El Coyote
2019
4.0
Ed Robles
Lost Angelas
2019
0.0
Sharkskin
2015
6.0
Mr. Tortellini
Pizza with Bullets
2012
3.8
Jo Jo
Last Call
2012
3.6
Workman #1
Detention
2010
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0.0
Sam
Darkroom
2009
Credits
Conversations with A Mobster
as Big John
2024
0.0
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
as Cab Driver (voice)
2023
7.2
Frank and Ava
as Lee
2020
4.9
El Coyote
as Don Rossi
2019
3.0
Lost Angelas
as Ed Robles
2019
4.0
Sharkskin
2015
0.0
Pizza with Bullets
as Mr. Tortellini
2012
6.0
Last Call
as Jo Jo
2012
3.8
Detention
as Workman #1
2010
3.6
🎬
Darkroom
as Sam
2009
0.0
Wizards of Waverly Place
as Uncle Al
2007
8.6
Cattle Call
as Public Defender
2006
4.0
10th & Wolf
as Sipio
2006
5.9
Jesus, Mary and Joey
as Joey Vitello Sr.
2006
4.0
Everybody Hates Chris
as Bus Driver
2005
8.1
Blasphemy the Movie
as Jehova's Witness
2005
0.0
LAX
as Mr. Vialli
2004
7.1
Shut Up and Kiss Me!
as Mr. Grummace
2004
2.5
Carolina
as Ernie the Cook
2003
5.8
Without a Trace
as Dave
2002
7.2
Monk
as Frankie Marino
2002
8.0
A Month of Sundays
as Sleeper Man
2001
3.5
Double Bang
as Frankie Carbonaro
2001
4.6
Out of the Black
as Dirk Hobson
2001
1.0
Six Feet Under
as Tommy Romano
2001
8.1
The Amati Girls
as Danny
2001
2.5
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Lou Gedda
2000
7.6
Chain of Command
as Cameron Ellis
2000
5.0
Price of Glory
as Priest
2000
4.5
Kiss of a Stranger
as Detective Brown
1999
3.5
Angel
as Little Tony Papazian
1999
7.9
The West Wing
as Lenny
1999
8.2
Providence
as Carl Rutigliata
1999
6.5
Ringmaster
as Mel Riley
1998
4.1
Enemy of the State
as Older Worker #1
1998
7.1
Will & Grace
as Bernie, the Workman
1998
6.8
With Friends Like These
as Actor Friend
1998
5.0
Hoods
as Sammy
1998
6.6
Damon
as Don Carbone
1998
10.0
🎬
True Friends
as Big Tony
1998
7.0
Executive Power
as Detective Penn
1997
5.8
George & Leo
1997
0.0
The Practice
as Joe Jacobs
1997
7.6
Chicago Sons
1997
8.5
Dilemma
as Ramsey
1997
2.8
To Love, Honor and Deceive
as Attorney Forays
1996
5.8
Wedding Bell Blues
as Jasmine's Father
1996
3.8
Superman: The Animated Series
as Ceasar Carlini (voice)
1996
7.6
Independence Day
as Mario
1996
6.9
The Phantom
as Al the Cabby
1996
5.3
Murder One
as Sal Battaglio
1995
7.8
The Wayans Bros.
as The Detective
1995
7.2
The Misery Brothers
as Lt. Al Dente
1995
2.0
A Low Down Dirty Shame
as Mob Boss
1994
5.6
The Scout
as Caruso
1994
5.2
Speed
as Bob
1994
7.1
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
as Larry Garth
1994
6.1
Ellen
as Tony
1994
6.1
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Mr. Big
1994
6.5
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
as Sgt. Aguado
1994
6.6
Diagnosis: Murder
as Dan Wolpert
1993
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
as Antony Cavallo
1993
7.1
Boy Meets World
as Chubbie
1993
8.3
NYPD Blue
as Detective Art Stillwell
1993
7.0
Percy & Thunder
as Commissioner
1993
0.0
Point of No Return
as Detective
1993
6.2
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
as Siegel
1993
2.0
Cooperstown
as Morelli
1993
2.7
The Heart of Justice
as Harte
1992
5.4
Mad About You
as Bill
1992
6.7
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Sally Molars
1992
5.6
🎬
The Water Engine
as Kegan
1992
5.2
Melrose Place
as Officer Marty Gold
1992
5.9
Lookwell
as Phil
1991
8.0
Fever
as Teller
1991
3.4
The Hard Way
as Grainy
1991
6.1
The Doors
as Jerry
1991
7.1
Jacob's Ladder
as Army Officer
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Bernie
1990
7.4
Dream On
as Bartender
1990
6.9
Blossom
1990
6.1
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Fire Chief
1990
6.5
Q & A
as Hank Mastroangelo
1990
5.8
Capital News
as Mel Zeiss
1990
6.0
Blue Steel
as Trial Commissioner
1990
5.8
Internal Affairs
as Chief Healy
1990
6.3
Family Business
as Tommy
1989
5.7
Seinfeld
as Vic
1989
8.3
Tales from the Crypt
as Mike
1989
8.0
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
as Scotto
1989
6.8
True Blood
as Frank Santos
1989
5.4
Taking A Stand
1989
0.0
Murphy Brown
as Judge Ferris
1988
6.4
Spike of Bensonhurst
as Mafia Eater
1988
5.2
Internal Affairs
as Tony Graselli
1988
7.0
Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right
as Bar Patron
1988
6.0
Wall Street
as Dominick
1987
7.2
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Taxi Driver
1987
6.0
The Secret of My Success
as Man in KRS Building
1987
6.5
L.A. Law
as Val Ventresca
1986
7.0
Spenser: For Hire
1985
6.7
The Equalizer
as Father Antonelli
1985
7.1
Private Sessions
as George
1985
2.0
Moonlighting
as Sal Viola
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Giordano
1984
7.5
Hunter
as Harry Prima
1984
7.1
Kate & Allie
as Mac
1984
5.9
Q
as Doyle
1982
5.7
Knots Landing
as Captain Newton
1979
6.7
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At Face Value
as Delivery Man
N/A
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