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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 29, 1950
Died
September 1, 2016
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Jon Polito
1.4 Popularity
Biography
Jon Polito (born December 29, 1950 — September 1, 2016) was an American actor. In a career spanning 35 years and over 220 film and television credits, he became best known for his work with the Coen Brothers, most notably as the Italian gangster Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing. He also appeared in the first two seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street and on the first season of Crime Story.
Known For
6.0
Herbert Englehart
The Maestro
2018
7.0
Enrico Banducci
Big Eyes
2014
6.5
Don Dillon
Locker 13
2014
6.4
Dragna
Gangster Squad
2013
7.4
Dino Kotero
Major Crimes
2012
6.0
Sir Cranklin (voice)
Robot and Monster
2012
7.2
Commissioner Loeb (voice)
Batman: Year One
2011
7.9
Conquedor (voice)
ThunderCats
2011
4.3
Vinnie
From the Head
2011
7.2
'Lucky' Louie Gianelli
Franklin & Bash
2011
Credits
The Maestro
as Herbert Englehart
2018
6.0
Big Eyes
as Enrico Banducci
2014
7.0
Locker 13
as Don Dillon
2014
6.5
Gangster Squad
as Dragna
2013
6.4
Major Crimes
as Dino Kotero
2012
7.4
Robot and Monster
as Sir Cranklin (voice)
2012
6.0
Batman: Year One
as Commissioner Loeb (voice)
2011
7.2
ThunderCats
as Conquedor (voice)
2011
7.9
From the Head
as Vinnie
2011
4.3
Franklin & Bash
as 'Lucky' Louie Gianelli
2011
7.2
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
as Orren Boyle
2011
5.4
Son of Morning
as Mr. Bordasche
2011
2.9
The Last Godfather
as Don Bonfante
2010
4.1
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
as Police Captain (segment "The Spectre") (voice)
2010
7.1
Venus & Vegas
as Frank
2010
3.8
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
as Mizaru (voice)
2010
8.2
Burning Palms
as The Phamacist
2010
5.2
DC Showcase: The Spectre
as Police Captain (voice)
2010
6.9
Stiffs
as John "The Prince" Monaco
2010
4.0
Modern Family
as Earl Chambers
2009
7.9
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009
6.3
Super Capers
as Captain Sludge
2009
3.6
Castle
as Harold Metzger
2009
8.0
The Mentalist
as Bertram Duesterberg
2008
8.4
Do Not Disturb
2008
5.0
Raising the Bar
as Judge Dominick Ventimiglia
2008
6.6
Animated American
as Max Rabbit
2008
9.0
Bart Got a Room
as Bob
2008
5.6
Rock Monster
as The Colonel
2008
5.0
Chowder
as Funjl (voice)
2007
8.2
American Gangster
as Rossi
2007
7.6
Cougar Club
as Mr. Archibald
2007
3.8
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
2007
7.7
Happily N'Ever After
as Wolf #1 (voice)
2007
5.1
Big Nothing
as Agent Hymes
2006
6.4
Flags of Our Fathers
as Borough President
2006
6.9
Grilled
as Leon Waterman
2006
4.9
🎬
Cutting Room
as Sandy
2006
2.0
Haeckel's Tale
as Montesquino
2006
5.8
The Alibi
as Jimmy the Photographer
2006
5.6
Masters of Horror
as Montesquino
2005
7.1
Ghost Whisperer
as Joe Grimaldi
2005
8.1
Threshold
as Nicky Frost
2005
7.0
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Gino
2005
8.3
The Honeymooners
as Kirby
2005
4.0
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Chief Arnook (voice)
2005
8.8
Family Plan
as Gold
2005
5.9
American Dad!
as Dr. Kalgary (voice)
2005
7.0
Medium
as Vincent Discala
2005
7.5
Gone But Not Forgotten
as Sam Oberhurst
2005
4.9
Desperate Housewives
as Charles Skouras
2004
7.9
The Last Shot
as Wally Kamin
2004
5.6
Charlie the Ox
as Freddy Boon
2004
0.0
The Jury
2004
7.0
The Singing Detective
as Second Hood
2003
5.0
The Lyon's Den
2003
9.3
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
7.9
Two and a Half Men
as Mr. Sharipa
2003
7.4
Las Vegas
as The Cleaner
2003
7.0
The Box
as Michael Dickerson
2003
3.8
View from the Top
as Roy Roby
2003
5.6
Oliver Beene
as Mr. Rayfield
2003
8.2
Black Mask 2: City of Masks
as King
2002
4.5
Without a Trace
as Jimmy Fusco
2002
7.2
Push, Nevada
2002
4.6
29 Palms
as The Security Guard
2002
4.6
She Spies
as Edward Malloy
2002
7.6
Monk
as George Gionopolis
2002
8.0
A Film by Kirk
as Father
2002
0.0
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Creighton Tolliver
2001
7.5
Scrubs
as Mr. Summers
2001
8.0
Crossing Jordan
as Dick
2001
7.2
The Shrink Is In
as Judge Bob
2001
4.8
Mimic 2
as Morrie Deaver
2001
5.3
The Chronicle
as Donald Stern
2001
8.4
The Tailor of Panama
as Ramon Rudd
2001
6.0
Boys Life 3
2000
4.7
The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!
as Virgil (voice)
2000
6.6
Gilmore Girls
as Pete
2000
7.9
The Dancing Pumpkin
as Finkgrinder The Ogre
2000
5.0
The Invisible Man
as Eddie The Mammoth
2000
6.0
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Schoentell
2000
4.3
The Invisible Man
as Eddie The Mammoth
2000
7.1
Homicide: The Movie
as Steve Crosetti
2000
6.8
After Sex
as Naldo (as John Polito)
2000
4.8
🎬
Flies on Cupid
as Giorgio Gagantano
2000
6.0
Stuart Little
as Officer Sherman
1999
6.1
The Apartment Complex
as Dr Caligari
1999
5.3
Popular
as Caesar Croutons
1999
6.6
Judging Amy
as D.A. Gerald Abner
1999
7.5
Road Kill
as Jelly
1999
5.5
Angel's Dance
as Uncle Vinnie
1999
5.9
Batman Beyond
as Major (voice)
1999
8.2
Carlo's Wake
as Uncle Gus
1999
0.0
Becker
as Leonard Nagle
1998
7.1
With Friends Like These
as Rudy Ptak
1998
5.0
Money Play$
as Lou Spano
1998
4.4
Tale of the Mummy
as Parsons
1998
4.7
Music from Another Room
as Lorenzo Palmieri
1998
5.6
The Big Lebowski
as Private Snoop
1998
7.8
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
as D.A. Al Orsini
1998
3.4
Nowhere Land
as Frank
1998
3.3
Over the Top
1997
7.3
Jenny
as Sid Bouchie
1997
5.5
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1997
5.7
Veronica's Closet
as Mr. Lehman
1997
5.2
The Corporate Ladder
as Mr. Deacon
1997
2.3
Invasion
as Detective Kemper
1997
5.6
Fired Up
as Sam Harris
1997
8.0
Inside Out
as Paparazzi Man
1997
4.8
Just Your Luck
as Nick
1996
3.5
Millennium
as Eddie Scarpino Giannini
1996
7.7
Early Edition
as Cliff Mourning
1996
7.3
Early Edition
as Louie DeFozio
1996
7.3
The Pretender
as Ben Hansel
1996
7.3
The Pretender
as Constantin Falzone
1996
7.3
Nash Bridges
as Roland Margolis
1996
6.7
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
as Ashcan (voice)
1996
6.6
The Invaders
as Whitley
1995
5.5
High Society
as Alvin
1995
6.0
The Drew Carey Show
as The Baby (voice)
1995
6.5
The Drew Carey Show
as Stansfield
1995
6.5
Bushwhacked
as Agent Palmer
1995
5.3
Fluke
as Boss
1995
7.1
The Shaggy Dog
as Detective Al
1994
4.8
Bad Blood
as Councilman Strand
1994
4.3
Chicago Hope
as Bill Ranford
1994
7.2
New York Undercover
1994
7.2
Girls in Prison
as Boss Johnson
1994
4.3
Blankman
as Michael "The Suit" Minelli
1994
5.3
Rebel Highway
as Boss Johnson
1994
7.5
The Crow
as Gideon
1994
7.5
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Mr. Bumstead
1994
7.1
Burke's Law
as Tony Renaldo
1994
6.7
Viper
as Councilman Strand
1994
6.1
NYPD Blue
as Paul Biaggi
1993
7.0
Fallen Angels
as Al Reseck
1993
5.9
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Steve Crosetti
1993
8.1
Mad About You
as Ralphy
1992
6.7
Leather Jackets
as Fat Jack
1992
5.0
Flodder Does Manhattan!
as Larry Rosenbaum
1992
5.7
🎬
Hearts Are Wild
1992
6.0
Barton Fink
as Lou Breeze
1991
7.5
The Rocketeer
as Bigelow
1991
6.5
Dinosaurs
as Ty Warner (voice)
1991
7.8
Miller's Crossing
as Johnny Caspar
1990
7.5
The Freshman
as Chuck Greenwald
1990
6.3
Dream On
as Louie
1990
6.9
Seinfeld
as Silvio
1989
8.3
Tales from the Crypt
as Nikos Stano
1989
8.0
Memories of Manon
as Carmack
1989
8.3
Homeboy
as Moe Fingers
1988
4.8
Alone in the Neon Jungle
as Brad Stakowski
1988
3.7
Ohara
1987
6.2
Critical Condition
as Kline
1987
5.5
Crime Story
as Phil Bartoli
1986
8.0
Crime Story: Pilot
as Phil Bartoli
1986
7.5
The Princess and the Call Girl
as Private Detective
1986
3.7
Fire with Fire
as Boss Duchard
1986
6.2
A Deadly Business
as Vitola
1986
5.0
Highlander
as Det. Walter Bedsoe
1986
6.9
Dream Lover
as Dr. James
1986
4.1
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
as Zack
1985
6.2
The Equalizer
as Gianni
1985
7.1
The Equalizer
as Carmack
1985
7.1
The Equalizer
as Gene Carmack
1985
7.1
The Equalizer
as David Pfieffer
1985
7.1
Compromising Positions
as 1st Cop
1985
5.2
Death of a Salesman
as Howard
1985
6.9
Murder, She Wrote
as Lieutenant Peter DiMartini
1984
7.5
Miami Vice
as El Gato
1984
7.5
C.H.U.D.
as Newscaster
1984
5.7
A Good Sport
as Man in Taxi
1984
0.0
Running Out
as Joe Poswalsky
1983
0.0
The Clairvoyant
as Detective Sporaco
1982
5.0
Gangster Wars
as Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese
1981
7.5
The Gangster Chronicles
as Tommy Lucchese
1981
6.8