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John Capodice
Actor, Producer
Born December 25, 1941Died December 30, 2024 (83 years)
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.
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.
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Filmography
| 2023 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem · as Cab Driver (voice) |
| 2020 | Frank and Ava · as Lee |
| 2019 | El Coyote · as Don Rossi |
| 2019 | Lost Angelas · as Ed Robles |
| 2018 | Not For Nothin' (TV Series) · as Sal |
| 2015 | |
| 2012 | Last Call · as Jo Jo |
| 2010 | Pizza with Bullets · as Mr. Tortellini |
| 2010 | Detention · as Workman #1 |
| 2009 | Dark Room Theater · as Sam |
| 2007 | Wizards of Waverly Place (TV Series) · as Uncle Al |
| 2006 | Cattle Call · as Public Defender |
| 2006 | 10th & Wolf · as Sipio |
| 2005 | Jesus, Mary and Joey · as Joey Vitello Sr. |
| 2005 | Everybody Hates Chris (TV Series) · as Bus Driver |
| 2004 | LAX (TV Series) · as Mr. Vialli |
| 2004 | Shut Up and Kiss Me! · as Mr. Grummace |
| 2003 | Carolina · as Ernie The Cook |
| 2003 | L.A. Dragnet (TV Series) · as Sal Licati |
| 2003 | A Family X-mas · as Santa Claus |
| 2002 | Without a Trace (TV Series) · as Dave |
| 2002 | The Streetsweeper · as Cosmo |
| 2002 | Monk (TV Series) · as Frankie Marino |
| 2002 | Desert Rose · as Donny Diamond |
| 2002 | Brilliant But Cancelled · as Cast |
| 2001 | The Defectors · as Thomas |
| 2001 | Blasphemy the Movie · as Jehova's Witness |
| 2001 | A Month of Sundays · as Sleeper Man |
| 2001 | Double Bang · as Frankie Carbonaro |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Out of the Black · as Dirk Hobson |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under (TV Series) · as Tommy Romano |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Lou Gedda |
| 2000 | That's Life (TV Series) · as John Santini |
| 2000 | Chain of Command · as Cameron Ellis |
| 2000 | Price of Glory · as Priest |
| 2000 | The Amati Girls · as Danny |
| 1999 | Angel (TV Series) · as Little Tony Papazian |
| 1999 | The West Wing (TV Series) · as Lenny |
| 1999 | Follow Your Heart · as Polo Manager |
| 1999 | Providence (TV Series) · as Carl Rutigliata |
| 1999 | A Wake in Providence · as Uncle Sal |
| 1998 | Kiss of a Stranger · as Detective Brown |
| 1998 | Ringmaster · as Mel Riley |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State · as Older Worker #1 |
| 1998 | Will & Grace (TV Series) · as Bernie, The Workman |
| 1998 | With Friends Like These · as Actor Friend |
| 1998 | Cousin Skeeter (TV Series) · as Cab Driver |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Rude Awakening (TV Series) · as Paul Parelli |
| 1998 | Damon (TV Series) · as Don Carbone |
| 1998 | Three (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1998 | True Friends · as Big Tony |
| 1997 | The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest · as Additional Voices |
| 1997 | Total Security (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1997 | Executive Power · as Detective Penn |
| 1997 | Michael Hayes (TV Series) · as Judge Grais |
| 1997 | George & Leo (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Leaving L.A. (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Chicago Sons (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Dilemma · as Ramsey |
| 1996 | To Love, Honor and Deceive · as Attorney Forays |
| 1996 | Wedding Bell Blues · as Jasmine's Father |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series) · as Ceasar Carlini (voice) |
| 1996 | Malcolm & Eddie (TV Series) · as The Gangster |
| 1996 | Independence Day · as Mario |
| 1996 | The Phantom · as Al The Cabby |
| 1995 | Murder One (TV Series) · as Sal Battaglio |
| 1995 | The Wayans Bros. (TV Series) · as The Detective |
| 1995 | The Misery Brothers · as Lt. Al Dente |
| 1994 | A Low Down Dirty Shame · as Mob Boss |
| 1994 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (TV Series) · as Cabbie |
| 1994 | The Scout · as Caruso |
| 1994 | Trial by Jury · as Limpy Demarco |
| 1994 | Speed · as Bob |
| 1994 | Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills · as Larry Garth |
| 1994 | Ellen (TV Series) · as Tony |
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult · as Mr. Big |
| 1994 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective · as Aguado |
| 1993 | Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) · as Antony Cavallo |
| 1993 | Boy Meets World (TV Series) |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Detective Art Stillwell |
| 1993 | Percy & Thunder · as Commissioner |
| 1993 | Living Single (TV Series) · as The Ice Cream Man |
| 1993 | Family Prayers · as Barber #1 |
| 1993 | Point of No Return · as Detective |
| 1993 | Sirens (TV Series) · as Randall Smith |
| 1993 | Bloodlines: Murder in the Family · as Siegel |
| 1993 | Cooperstown · as Morelli |
| 1993 | The Evil Inside Me · as Uncle Lou |
| 1992 | Shaky Ground (TV Series) · as Fire Captain |
| 1992 | The Heart of Justice · as Harte |
| 1992 | Mad About You (TV Series) · as Bill |
| 1992 | Honeymoon in Vegas · as Sally Molars |
| 1992 | The Water Engine · as Kegan |
| 1992 | Melrose Place (TV Series) · as Officer Marty Gold |
| 1991 | Civil Wars (TV Series) · as Eric Sasser |
| 1991 | Lookwell · as Phil |
| 1991 | Fever · as Teller |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | The Hard Way · as Grainy |
| 1991 | The Doors · as Jerry |
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder · as Army Officer |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Bernie |
| 1990 | Dream On (TV Series) · as Bartender |
| 1990 | Blossom (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch · as Fire Chief |
| 1990 | Q&A · as Hank Mastroangelo |
| 1990 | Blue Steel · as Trial Commissioner |
| 1990 | Internal Affairs · as Chief Healy |
| 1989 | Family Business · as Tommy |
| 1989 | Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Vic |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Mike |
| 1989 | See No Evil, Hear No Evil · as Scotto |
| 1989 | True Blood · as Frank Santos |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Judge Ferris |
| 1988 | Spike of Bensonhurst · as Mafia Eater |
| 1988 | Internal Affairs · as Tony Graselli |
| 1988 | Tattinger's (TV Series) · as Gene Irons |
| 1988 | Starting From Scratch (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1988 | Nothin' Goes Right · as Bar Patron |
| 1987 | Wall Street · as Dominick |
| 1987 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (TV Series) · as Taxi Driver |
| 1987 | The Secret of My Success · as Man In Krs Building |
| 1986 | The Ellen Burstyn Show (TV Series) · as The Snuffer |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Val Ventresca |
| 1986 | The Children of Times Square · as Businessman #2 |
| 1986 | Rockabye · as Airport Security Guard |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) |
| 1985 | The Equalizer (TV Series) · as Father Antonelli |
| 1985 | Private Sessions · as George |
| 1985 | Moonlighting (TV Series) · as Sal Viola |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Lt. Giordano |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Kate & Allie (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Q: The Winged Serpent · as Doyle |
| 1979 | Knots Landing (TV Series) · as Captain Newton |
| 1978 | Rush It · as Pedestrian |
| 1975 | Ryan's Hope (TV Series) · as Lloyd Lord |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1964 | Another World (TV Series) · as Luigi |
| 1963 | General Hospital (TV Series) · as Carmine Cerullo |
| 1956 | As The World Turns (TV Series) · as Dr. Angelo Antinucci |