Name
John Capodice
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1941-12-25
Deathday
2024-12-30 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
John Capodice (December 25, 1941 – December 30, 2024) was an American character actor.
Capodice 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 television 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 later television appearances were on The West Wing, Six Feet Under and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
In a 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 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 bookmaker. 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 provided the voice of Sidney Pen in the 2010 video game Mafia II.
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- 1996 Independence Day as Mario
- 1991 Fever as Teller
- 1987 Wall Street as Dominick
- 2006 Jesus, Mary and Joey as Joey Vitello Sr.
- 1994 A Low Down Dirty Shame as Mob Boss
- 2006 10th & Wolf as Sipio
- 1982 Q as Doyle
- 1994 The Scout as Caruso
- 1996 Wedding Bell Blues as Jasmine's Father
- 1994 Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills as Larry Garth
- 1985 Private Sessions as George
- 1998 Hoods as Sammy
- 1996 To Love, Honor and Deceive as Attorney Forays
- 2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as Cab Driver (voice)
- 1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Fire Chief
- 2012 Pizza with Bullets as Mr. Tortellini
- 1994 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Mr. Big
- 1990 Q & A as Hank Mastroangelo
- 1998 Ringmaster as Mel Riley
- 2012 Last Call as Jo Jo
- 1989 See No Evil, Hear No Evil as Scotto
- 1991 Lookwell as Phil
- 1993 Percy & Thunder as Commissioner
- 1998 True Friends as Big Tony
- 1993 Point of No Return as Detective
- 1997 Executive Power as Detective Penn
- 2000 Price of Glory as Priest
- 1988 Internal Affairs as Tony Graselli
- 2020 Frank and Ava as Lee
- 1989 Taking a Stand
- 1994 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Sgt. Aguado
- 2003 Carolina as Ernie the Cook
- 2010 Detention as Workman #1
- 1991 The Doors as Jerry
- 1992 The Water Engine as Kegan
- 2004 Shut Up and Kiss Me! as Mr. Grummace
- 1998 Enemy of the State as Older Worker #1
- 1989 Family Business as Tommy
- 1995 The Misery Brothers as Lt. Al Dente
- 1994 Speed as Bob
- 2001 Out of the Black as Dirk Hobson
- 1992 The Heart of Justice as Harte
- 1993 Bloodlines: Murder in the Family as Siegel
- 1999 Kiss of a Stranger as Detective Brown
- 2015 Sharkskin
- 1992 Honeymoon in Vegas as Sally Molars
- 1991 The Hard Way as Grainy
- 1990 Blue Steel as Trial Commissioner
- 2001 A Month of Sundays as Sleeper Man
- 2019 El Coyote as Don Rossi
- 2019 Lost Angelas as Ed Robles
- 1997 Dilemma as Ramsey
- 1990 Internal Affairs as Chief Healy
- 1998 With Friends Like These as Actor Friend
- 1987 The Secret of My Success as Man in KRS Building
- 2005 Blasphemy the Movie as Jehova's Witness
- 1996 The Phantom as Al the Cabby
- 1990 Jacob's Ladder as Army Officer
- 2001 Double Bang as Frankie Carbonaro
- 1988 Spike of Bensonhurst as Mafia Eater
- 2006 Cattle Call as Public Defender
- 2000 Chain of Command as Cameron Ellis
- 1988 Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right as Bar Patron
- 1989 True Blood as Frank Santos
- Soon At Face Value as Delivery Man
- 2001 The Amati Girls as Danny
- 1993 Cooperstown as Morelli
- 2009 Darkroom as Sam
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Giordano
- 2001 Six Feet Under ( 1 episode ) as Tommy Romano
- 2005 Everybody Hates Chris ( 1 episode ) as Bus Driver
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Bernie
- 1989 Seinfeld ( 1 episode ) as Vic
- 1984 Kate & Allie ( 1 episode ) as Mac
- 1985 Spenser: For Hire ( 1 episode )
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 3 episodes ) as Lou Gedda
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 1 episode ) as Val Ventresca
- 1999 Providence ( 1 episode ) as Carl Rutigliata
- 2002 Monk ( 1 episode ) as Frankie Marino
- 1995 The Wayans Bros. ( 1 episode ) as The Detective
- 1993 Boy Meets World ( 1 episode ) as Chubbie
- 1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Mike
- 1985 Moonlighting ( 1 episode ) as Sal Viola
- 1999 Angel ( 1 episode ) as Little Tony Papazian
- 1988 Murphy Brown ( 1 episode ) as Judge Ferris
- 1995 Murder One ( 1 episode ) as Sal Battaglio
- 1997 The Practice ( 1 episode ) as Joe Jacobs
- 1985 The Equalizer ( 1 episode ) as Father Antonelli
- 1996 Superman: The Animated Series ( 1 episode ) as Ceasar Carlini (voice)
- 1992 Melrose Place ( 1 episode ) as Officer Marty Gold
- 1990 Blossom ( 1 episode )
- 1998 Will & Grace ( 1 episode ) as Bernie
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Harry Prima
- 1993 Diagnosis: Murder ( 1 episode ) as Dan Wolpert
- 2007 Wizards of Waverly Place ( 1 episode ) as Uncle Al
- 1993 Diagnosis: Murder ( 1 episode ) as Antony Cavallo
- 1992 Mad About You ( 1 episode ) as Bill
- 1999 The West Wing ( 1 episode ) as Lenny
- 1987 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd ( 1 episode ) as Taxi Driver
- 1990 Dream On ( 1 episode ) as Bartender
- 2002 Without a Trace ( 1 episode ) as Dave
- 1998 Damon ( 1 episode ) as Don Carbone
- 1997 Chicago Sons ( 1 episode ) as Roy
- 1997 George & Leo ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Knots Landing ( 1 episode ) as Captain Newton
- 1994 Ellen ( 1 episode ) as Tony
- 1990 Capital News ( 1 episode ) as Mel Zeiss
- 2004 LAX ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Vialli
- 2024 Conversations with A Mobster ( 7 episodes ) as Big John
- 1993 NYPD Blue ( 1 episode ) as Detective Art Stillwell
- 1991 Civil Wars ( 1 episode ) as Eric Sasser
- 1998 Rude Awakening ( 1 episode ) as Paul Parelli
