
Cast
Acting
Cast
Known for
Acting
Born
1941-12-25
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
2024-12-30
Also known as John C. Capodice
John Capodice (December 25, 1941 β 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+1β3: 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.

as Cab Driver (voice)

as Mario

as Bob

as Sgt. Aguado

as Older Worker #1

as Mr. Big

as Fire Chief

as Army Officer

as Scotto

as Dominick

as Harte

as Man in KRS Building

as Sipio

as Trial Commissioner

as Jerry

as Jo Jo

as Grainy

as Detective

as Al the Cabby

as Morelli

as Kegan

as Chief Healy

as Mr. Tortellini

as Jasmine's Father

as Actor Friend

as Tommy

as Doyle

as George

as Hank Mastroangelo

as Frank Santos

as Mob Boss

as Mafia Eater

as Detective Penn

as Sam

as Mr. Grummace


as Sally Molars


as Lee

as Danny

as Tony Graselli

as Caruso

as Dirk Hobson

as Detective Brown

as Larry Garth

as Ramsey

as Workman #1

as Sleeper Man

as Cameron Ellis

as Ernie the Cook

as Lt. Al Dente

as Joey Vitello Sr.

as Bar Patron

as Teller

as Priest

as Siegel

as Frankie Carbonaro

as Attorney Forays

as Don Rossi

as Phil

as Public Defender

as Jehova's Witness

as Commissioner

as Mel Riley

as Sammy

as Big Tony

as Ed Robles

as Delivery Man