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