John Capodice
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 25, 1941
- Died
- Dec 30, 2024 (aged 83)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Credits
- 113
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
Independence Day
1996Movie
Mario
Speed
1994Movie
Bob
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994Movie
Aguado
Enemy of the State
1998Movie
Older Worker #1
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990Movie
Fire Chief
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994Movie
Mr. Big
Filmography
Fettered
2026Movie
Conversations with A Mobster
2024TV
Big John
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023Movie
Cab Driver (voice)
El Coyote
2019Movie
Don Rossi
Lost Angelas
2019Movie
Ed Robles
Frank and Ava
2018Movie
Lee
Sharkskin
2015Movie
Pizza with Bullets
2012Movie
Mr. Tortellini
Last Call
2012Movie
Jo Jo
Detention
2010Movie
Workman #1
Darkroom
2009Movie
Sam
Wizards of Waverly Place
2007TV
Uncle Al
Cattle Call
2006Movie
Public Defender
10th & Wolf
2006Movie
Sipio
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006Movie
Joey Vitello Sr.
Everybody Hates Chris
2005TV
Bus Driver
Blasphemy the Movie
2005Movie
Jehova's Witness
LAX
2004TV
Mr. Vialli
Shut Up and Kiss Me!
2004Movie
Mr. Grummace
Carolina
2003Movie
Ernie the Cook
Without a Trace
2002TV
Dave
Monk
2002TV
Frankie Marino
A Month of Sundays
2001Movie
Sleeper Man
Double Bang
2001Movie
Frankie Carbonaro
Out of the Black
2001Movie
Dirk Hobson
Six Feet Under
2001TV
Tommy Romano
The Amati Girls
2001Movie
Danny
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Lou Gedda
Chain of Command
2000Movie
Cameron Ellis
Price of Glory
2000Movie
Priest
Kiss of a Stranger
1999Movie
Detective Brown
Angel
1999TV
Little Tony Papazian
The West Wing
1999TV
Lenny
Providence
1999TV
Carl Rutigliata
Ringmaster
1998Movie
Mel Riley
Enemy of the State
1998Movie
Older Worker #1
Will & Grace
1998TV
Bernie
With Friends Like These
1998Movie
Actor Friend
Hoods
1998Movie
Sammy
Rude Awakening
1998TV
Paul Parelli
Damon
1998TV
Don Carbone
True Friends
1998Movie
Big Tony
Executive Power
1997Movie
Detective Penn
George & Leo
1997TV
The Practice
1997TV
Joe Jacobs
Chicago Sons
1997TV
Roy
Dilemma
1997Movie
Ramsey
To Love, Honor and Deceive
1996Movie
Attorney Forays
Wedding Bell Blues
1996Movie
Jasmine's Father
Superman: The Animated Series
1996TV
Ceasar Carlini (voice)
Independence Day
1996Movie
Mario
The Phantom
1996Movie
Al the Cabby
Murder One
1995TV
Sal Battaglio
The Wayans Bros.
1995TV
The Detective
The Misery Brothers
1995Movie
Lt. Al Dente
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994Movie
Mob Boss
The Scout
1994Movie
Caruso
Speed
1994Movie
Bob
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994Movie
Larry Garth
Ellen
1994TV
Tony
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994Movie
Mr. Big
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994Movie
Aguado
Diagnosis: Murder
1993TV
Dan Wolpert, Antony Cavallo
Boy Meets World
1993TV
Chubbie
NYPD Blue
1993TV
Art Stillwell
Percy & Thunder
1993Movie
Commissioner
Point of No Return
1993Movie
Detective
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993Movie
Siegel
Cooperstown
1993Movie
Morelli
The Heart of Justice
1992Movie
Harte
Mad About You
1992TV
Bill
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992Movie
Sally Molars
The Water Engine
1992Movie
Kegan
Melrose Place
1992TV
Officer Marty Gold
Civil Wars
1991TV
Eric Sasser
Lookwell
1991Movie
Phil
Fever
1991Movie
Teller
The Hard Way
1991Movie
Grainy
The Doors
1991Movie
Jerry
Jacob's Ladder
1990Movie
Army Officer
Law & Order
1990TV
Bernie
Dream On
1990TV
Bartender
Blossom
1990TV
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990Movie
Fire Chief
Q & A
1990Movie
Hank Mastroangelo
Capital News
1990TV
Mel Zeiss
Blue Steel
1990Movie
Trial Commissioner
Internal Affairs
1990Movie
Chief Healy
Family Business
1989Movie
Tommy
Seinfeld
1989TV
Vic
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Mike
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989Movie
Scotto
True Blood
1989Movie
Frank Santos
Taking a Stand
1989Movie
Murphy Brown
1988TV
Judge Ferris
Spike of Bensonhurst
1988Movie
Mafia Eater
Internal Affairs
1988Movie
Tony Graselli
Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right
1988Movie
Bar Patron
Wall Street
1987Movie
Dominick
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987TV
Taxi Driver
The Secret of My Success
1987Movie
Man in KRS Building
L.A. Law
1986TV
Val Ventresca
The Children of Times Square
1986Movie
Businessman #2
Spenser: For Hire
1985TV
The Equalizer
1985TV
Father Antonelli
Private Sessions
1985Movie
George
Moonlighting
1985TV
Sal Viola
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Lt. Giordano
Hunter
1984TV
Harry Prima
Kate & Allie
1984TV
Mac
Q
1982Movie
Doyle
Knots Landing
1979TV
Captain Newton
At Face Value
Movie
Delivery Man