Jon Polito

Jon Polito

Known for
Acting
Born
December 29, 1950
Died
September 1, 2016 (aged 65)
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Jon Polito (born December 29, 1950 — September 1, 2016) was an American actor. In a career spanning 35 years and over 220 film and television credits, he became best known for his work with the Coen Brothers, most notably as the Italian gangster Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing. He also appeared in the first two seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street and on the first season of Crime Story.

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Filmography

2018
The Maestro poster

The Maestro

Movie · as Herbert Englehart

2014
Locker 13 poster

Locker 13

Movie · as Don Dillon

2014
Big Eyes poster

Big Eyes

Movie · as Enrico Banducci

2013
Gangster Squad poster

Gangster Squad

Movie · as Dragna

2012
Robot and Monster poster

Robot and Monster

TV · as Sir Cranklin (voice) · 1 ep

2012
Major Crimes poster

Major Crimes

TV · as Dino Kotero · 1 ep

2011
Batman: Year One poster

Batman: Year One

Movie · as Commissioner Loeb (voice)

2011
Atlas Shrugged: Part I poster

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

Movie · as Orren Boyle

2011
From the Head poster

From the Head

Movie · as Vinnie

2011
Son of Morning poster

Son of Morning

Movie · as Mr. Bordasche

2011
Franklin & Bash poster

Franklin & Bash

TV · as 'Lucky' Louie Gianelli · 1 ep

2011
ThunderCats poster

ThunderCats

TV · as Conquedor (voice) · 1 ep

2010
DC Showcase: The Spectre poster

DC Showcase: The Spectre

Movie · as Police Captain (voice)

2010
Burning Palms poster

Burning Palms

Movie · as The Phamacist

2010
Venus & Vegas poster

Venus & Vegas

Movie · as Frank

2010
The Last Godfather poster

The Last Godfather

Movie · as Don Bonfante

2010
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection poster

DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection

Movie · as Police Captain (segment "The Spectre") (voice)

2010
Stiffs poster

Stiffs

Movie · as John "The Prince" Monaco

2010
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien poster

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

TV · as Mizaru (voice) · 1 ep

2009
Super Capers poster

Super Capers

Movie · as Captain Sludge

2009
Glenn Martin, DDS poster

Glenn Martin, DDS

TV · 2 eps

2009
Castle poster

Castle

TV · as Harold Metzger · 1 ep

2009
Modern Family poster

Modern Family

TV · as Earl Chambers · 3 eps

2008
Bart Got a Room poster

Bart Got a Room

Movie · as Bob

2008
Rock Monster poster

Rock Monster

Movie · as The Colonel

2008
Animated American poster

Animated American

Movie · as Max Rabbit

2008
Do Not Disturb poster

Do Not Disturb

TV · 1 ep

2008
Raising the Bar poster

Raising the Bar

TV · as Judge Dominick Ventimiglia · 10 eps

2008
The Mentalist poster

The Mentalist

TV · as Bertram Duesterberg · 1 ep

2007
Happily N'Ever After poster

Happily N'Ever After

Movie · as Wolf #1 (voice)

2007
American Gangster poster

American Gangster

Movie · as Rossi

2007
Cougar Club poster

Cougar Club

Movie · as Mr. Archibald

2007
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera poster

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

TV · 2 eps

2007
Chowder poster

Chowder

TV · as Funjl (voice) · 1 ep

2006
Big Nothing poster

Big Nothing

Movie · as Agent Hymes

2006
The Alibi poster

The Alibi

Movie · as Jimmy the Photographer

2006
Grilled poster

Grilled

Movie · as Leon Waterman

2006
Cutting Room poster

Cutting Room

Movie · as Sandy

2006
Flags of Our Fathers poster

Flags of Our Fathers

Movie · as Borough President

2006
Haeckel's Tale poster

Haeckel's Tale

Movie · as Montesquino

2005
The Honeymooners poster

The Honeymooners

Movie · as Kirby

2005
Family Plan poster

Family Plan

Movie · as Gold

2005
Gone but Not Forgotten poster

Gone but Not Forgotten

Movie · as Sam Oberhurst

2005
Short Order poster

Short Order

Movie · as Tony

2005
Medium poster

Medium

TV · as Vincent Discala · 1 ep

2005
Threshold poster

Threshold

TV · as Nicky Frost · 1 ep

2005
Ghost Whisperer poster

Ghost Whisperer

TV · as Joe Grimaldi · 2 eps

2005
Masters of Horror poster

Masters of Horror

TV · as Montesquino · 1 ep

2005
Avatar: The Last Airbender poster

Avatar: The Last Airbender

TV · as Chief Arnook (voice) · 3 eps

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Dr. Kalgary (voice) · 1 ep

2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia poster

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

TV · as Gino · 1 ep

2004
The Last Shot poster

The Last Shot

Movie · as Wally Kamin

2004
Charlie the Ox poster

Charlie the Ox

Movie · as Freddy Boon

2004
Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives

TV · as Charles Skouras · 1 ep

2004
The Jury poster

The Jury

TV · 1 ep

2003
The Box poster

The Box

Movie · as Michael Dickerson

2003
The Singing Detective poster

The Singing Detective

Movie · as Second Hood

2003
View from the Top poster

View from the Top

Movie · as Roy Roby

2003
Las Vegas poster

Las Vegas

TV · as The Cleaner · 1 ep

2003
Two and a Half Men poster

Two and a Half Men

TV · as Mr. Sharipa · 1 ep

2003
Oliver Beene poster

Oliver Beene

TV · as Mr. Rayfield · 2 eps

2003
The Lyon's Den poster

The Lyon's Den

TV · 1 ep

2003
10-8: Officers on Duty poster

10-8: Officers on Duty

TV · as Enzo Fontana · 1 ep

2002
Black Mask 2: City of Masks poster

Black Mask 2: City of Masks

Movie · as King

2002
29 Palms poster

29 Palms

Movie · as The Security Guard

2002
A Film by Kirk poster

A Film by Kirk

Movie · as Father

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as George Gionopolis · 1 ep

2002
Without a Trace poster

Without a Trace

TV · as Jimmy Fusco · 1 ep

2002
Push, Nevada poster

Push, Nevada

TV · 1 ep

2002
She Spies poster

She Spies

TV · as Edward Malloy · 1 ep

2001
The Man Who Wasn't There poster

The Man Who Wasn't There

Movie · as Creighton Tolliver

2001
The Shrink Is In poster

The Shrink Is In

Movie · as Judge Bob

2001
Mimic 2 poster

Mimic 2

Movie · as Morrie Deaver

2001
The Tailor of Panama poster

The Tailor of Panama

Movie · as Ramon Rudd

2001
The Chronicle poster

The Chronicle

TV · as Donald Stern · 22 eps

2001
Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan

TV · as Dick · 1 ep

2001
Scrubs poster

Scrubs

TV · as Mr. Summers · 1 ep

2000
Homicide: The Movie poster

Homicide: The Movie

Movie · as Steve Crosetti

2000
Boys Life 3 poster

Boys Life 3

Movie

2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle poster

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

Movie · as Schoentell

2000
The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! poster

The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!

Movie · as Virgil (voice)

2000
After Sex poster

After Sex

Movie · as Naldo (as John Polito)

2000
Flies on Cupid

Flies on Cupid

Movie · as Giorgio Gagantano

2000
The Dancing Pumpkin poster

The Dancing Pumpkin

Movie · as Finkgrinder The Ogre

2000
The Invisible Man poster

The Invisible Man

Movie · as Eddie The Mammoth

2000
The Invisible Man poster

The Invisible Man

TV · as Eddie The Mammoth · 2 eps

2000
Gilmore Girls poster

Gilmore Girls

TV · as Pete · 3 eps

1999
Angel's Dance poster

Angel's Dance

Movie · as Uncle Vinnie

1999
Carlo's Wake poster

Carlo's Wake

Movie · as Uncle Gus

1999
Stuart Little poster

Stuart Little

Movie · as Officer Sherman

1999
Road Kill poster

Road Kill

Movie · as Jelly

1999
The Apartment Complex poster

The Apartment Complex

Movie · as Dr Caligari

1999
Batman Beyond poster

Batman Beyond

TV · as Major (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy

TV · as D.A. Gerald Abner · 1 ep

1999
Popular poster

Popular

TV · as Caesar Croutons · 1 ep

1998
Money Play$ poster

Money Play$

Movie · as Lou Spano

1998
Nowhere Land poster

Nowhere Land

Movie · as Frank

1998
The Defenders: Choice of Evils poster

The Defenders: Choice of Evils

Movie · as D.A. Al Orsini

1998
The Big Lebowski poster

The Big Lebowski

Movie · as Private Snoop

1998
With Friends Like These poster

With Friends Like These

Movie · as Rudy Ptak

1998
Tale of the Mummy poster

Tale of the Mummy

Movie · as Parsons

1998
Music from Another Room poster

Music from Another Room

Movie · as Lorenzo Palmieri

1998
Becker poster

Becker

TV · as Leonard Nagle · 1 ep

1997
The Corporate Ladder poster

The Corporate Ladder

Movie · as Mr. Deacon

1997
Inside Out poster

Inside Out

Movie · as Paparazzi Man

1997
Over the Top poster

Over the Top

TV · 1 ep

1997
Invasion poster

Invasion

TV · as Detective Kemper · 2 eps

1997
Jenny poster

Jenny

TV · as Sid Bouchie · 1 ep

1997
Fired Up poster

Fired Up

TV · as Sam Harris · 1 ep

1997
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show poster

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show

TV · 1 ep

1997
Veronica's Closet poster

Veronica's Closet

TV · as Mr. Lehman · 1 ep

1996
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco poster

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

Movie · as Ashcan (voice)

1996
Just Your Luck poster

Just Your Luck

Movie · as Nick

1996
The Pretender poster

The Pretender

TV · as Ben Hansel, Constantin Falzone · 1 ep

1996
Early Edition poster

Early Edition

TV · as Cliff Mourning, Louie DeFozio · 1 ep

1996
Millennium poster

Millennium

TV · as Eddie Scarpino Giannini · 1 ep

1996
Nash Bridges poster

Nash Bridges

TV · as Roland Margolis · 1 ep

1996
Swift Justice poster

Swift Justice

TV · as Tom Luddy · 1 ep

1995
Bushwhacked poster

Bushwhacked

Movie · as Agent Palmer

1995
Fluke poster

Fluke

Movie · as Boss

1995
High Society poster

High Society

TV · as Alvin · 1 ep

1995
The Drew Carey Show poster

The Drew Carey Show

TV · as The Baby (voice), Stansfield · 1 ep

1995
The Invaders poster

The Invaders

TV · as Whitley · 2 eps

1994
The Crow poster

The Crow

Movie · as Gideon

1994
Girls in Prison poster

Girls in Prison

Movie · as Boss Johnson

1994
The Shaggy Dog poster

The Shaggy Dog

Movie · as Detective Al

1994
Blankman poster

Blankman

Movie · as Michael "The Suit" Minelli

1994
The Hudsucker Proxy poster

The Hudsucker Proxy

Movie · as Mr. Bumstead

1994
Bad Blood poster

Bad Blood

Movie · as Councilman Strand

1994
Viper

Viper

Movie · as Councilman Strand

1994
New York Undercover poster

New York Undercover

TV · 1 ep

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Bill Ranford · 1 ep

1994
Viper poster

Viper

TV · as Councilman Strand · 2 eps

1994
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Tony Renaldo · 1 ep

1994
Rebel Highway poster

Rebel Highway

TV · as Boss Ed Johnson · 1 ep

1993
The Contenders

The Contenders

Movie · as Pedro Perusia

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Steve Crosetti · 13 eps

1993
Fallen Angels poster

Fallen Angels

TV · as Al Reseck · 1 ep

1993
NYPD Blue poster

NYPD Blue

TV · as Paul Biaggi · 1 ep

1992
Flodder Does Manhattan! poster

Flodder Does Manhattan!

Movie · as Larry Rosenbaum

1992
Leather Jackets poster

Leather Jackets

Movie · as Fat Jack

1992
Hearts Are Wild

Hearts Are Wild

TV · 10 eps

1992
Mad About You poster

Mad About You

TV · as Ralphy · 1 ep

1991
Barton Fink poster

Barton Fink

Movie · as Lou Breeze

1991
The Rocketeer poster

The Rocketeer

Movie · as Bigelow

1991
Dinosaurs poster

Dinosaurs

TV · as Ty Warner (voice) · 1 ep

1990
Miller's Crossing poster

Miller's Crossing

Movie · as Johnny Caspar

1990
The Freshman poster

The Freshman

Movie · as Chuck Greenwald

1990
Dream On poster

Dream On

TV · as Louie · 4 eps

1989
Memories of Manon poster

Memories of Manon

Movie · as Carmack

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Silvio · 1 ep

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Nikos Stano · 1 ep

1988
Homeboy poster

Homeboy

Movie · as Moe Fingers

1988
Alone in the Neon Jungle poster

Alone in the Neon Jungle

Movie · as Brad Stakowski

1987
Critical Condition poster

Critical Condition

Movie · as Kline

1987
Ohara poster

Ohara

TV · 30 eps

1986
Highlander poster

Highlander

Movie · as Det. Walter Bedsoe

1986
Fire with Fire poster

Fire with Fire

Movie · as Boss Duchard

1986
Dream Lover poster

Dream Lover

Movie · as Dr. James

1986
A Deadly Business poster

A Deadly Business

Movie · as Vitola

1986
Crime Story: Pilot poster

Crime Story: Pilot

Movie · as Phil Bartoli

1986
The Princess and the Call Girl poster

The Princess and the Call Girl

Movie · as Private Detective

1986
Crime Story poster

Crime Story

TV · as Phil Bartoli · 35 eps

1985
Death of a Salesman poster

Death of a Salesman

Movie · as Howard

1985
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins poster

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Movie · as Zack

1985
Compromising Positions poster

Compromising Positions

Movie · as 1st Cop

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Gianni, Carmack, Gene Carmack, David Pfieffer · 1 ep

1984
A Good Sport poster

A Good Sport

Movie · as Man in Taxi

1984
C.H.U.D. poster

C.H.U.D.

Movie · as Newscaster

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Lieutenant Peter DiMartini · 2 eps

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as El Gato · 2 eps

1983
Running Out poster

Running Out

Movie · as Joe Poswalsky

1982
The Clairvoyant poster

The Clairvoyant

Movie · as Detective Sporaco

1981
Gangster Wars poster

Gangster Wars

Movie · as Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese

1981
The Gangster Chronicles poster

The Gangster Chronicles

TV · as Tommy Lucchese · 13 eps