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