John Capodice
John Capodice was an American character actor.
Acting career
Television
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, 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.
Theatre work
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 : The Final Insult, Speed, Independence Day, and Enemy of the State. He provided the voice of Sidney Pen in the 2010 video game Mafia II.
Capodice was born in Chicago, Illinois, on Christmas Day of 1941. He lived in Los Angeles, California, and later in Blauvelt, New York. Capodice died on December 30, 2024, at the age of 83.
Selected filmography
Ryan's Hope as Lloyd LordQ as DoyleThe Equalizer as Father Antonelli - "The Confirmation Day"The Secret of My Success as Man In KRS BuildingWall Street as DominickSpike of Bensonhurst as Mafia EaterSee No Evil, Hear No Evil as ScottoFamily Business as TommyInternal Affairs as Chief HealyBlue Steel as Trial CommissionerQ&A as Hank MastroangeloGremlins 2: The New Batch as Fire ChiefJacob's Ladder as Army OfficerSeinfeld “The Revenge” as Laundromat VicThe Doors as JerryThe Hard Way as Detective GrainyHoneymoon in Vegas as Salvatore 'Sally Molars'Family Prayers as Barber #1Point of No Return as DetectiveThe Evil Inside Me as Uncle LouAce Ventura: Pet Detective as Sergeant AguadoNaked Gun : The Final Insult as Mr. BigSpeed as Bob, The Bus DriverTrial by Jury as 'Limpy' DeMarcoThe Scout as CarusoA Low Down Dirty Shame as Mob BossBoy Meets World as ChubbieMurder, She Wrote as Lt. GiordanoGeneral Hospital as Carmine CerulloThe Misery Brothers as Lieutenant Al DenteThe Phantom as Al, The CabbyIndependence Day as MarioWedding Bell Blues as Jasmine's FatherDilemma as RamseyTrue Friends as Tony 'Big Tony'Hoods as SammyWith Friends Like These... as Actor FriendEnemy of the State as Older Worker #1Ringmaster as Mel RileyKiss of a Stranger as Detective BrownSimon Says as FrankieFollow Your Heart as Polo ManagerA Wake in Providence as Uncle SalChain of Command as Cameron EllisPrice of Glory as PriestThe Amati Girls as DannyOut of the Black as Dirk HobsonDouble Bang as Frankie CarbonaroA Month of Sundays as Sleeper ManBlasphemy the Movie as Jehova's WitnessDesert Rose as Donny DiamondThe Streetsweeper as UnknownCarolina as Ernie, The CookShut Up and Kiss Me as Mr. GrummaceJesus, Mary and Joey as Joey Vitello Sr.Everybody Hates Chris as Bus Driver10th & Wolf as SipioCattle Call as Public DefenderCSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Lou GeddaDark Room Theater as SamDetention as Workman 1Pizza with Bullets as Mr. TortelliniLast Call as Joe 'Jo-Jo'Miami or Bust: A Hoboken Bet as Mr. CacciatoreSharkskin as Don PianoFrank and Ava as LeeLost Angelas as Detective Ed RoblesTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as Cabdriver Conversations with a Mobster as Big John final role