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.

Films and voice work

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.

Personal life and death

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 Lord
  • Q as Doyle
  • The Equalizer as Father Antonelli - "The Confirmation Day"
  • The Secret of My Success as Man In KRS Building
  • Wall Street as Dominick
  • Spike of Bensonhurst as Mafia Eater
  • See No Evil, Hear No Evil as Scotto
  • Family Business as Tommy
  • Internal Affairs as Chief Healy
  • Blue Steel as Trial Commissioner
  • Q&A as Hank Mastroangelo
  • Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Fire Chief
  • Jacob's Ladder as Army Officer
  • Seinfeld “The Revenge” as Laundromat Vic
  • The Doors as Jerry
  • The Hard Way as Detective Grainy
  • Honeymoon in Vegas as Salvatore 'Sally Molars'
  • Family Prayers as Barber #1
  • Point of No Return as Detective
  • The Evil Inside Me as Uncle Lou
  • Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Sergeant Aguado
  • Naked Gun : The Final Insult as Mr. Big
  • Speed as Bob, The Bus Driver
  • Trial by Jury as 'Limpy' DeMarco
  • The Scout as Caruso
  • A Low Down Dirty Shame as Mob Boss
  • Boy Meets World as Chubbie
  • Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Giordano
  • General Hospital as Carmine Cerullo
  • The Misery Brothers as Lieutenant Al Dente
  • The Phantom as Al, The Cabby
  • Independence Day as Mario
  • Wedding Bell Blues as Jasmine's Father
  • Dilemma as Ramsey
  • True Friends as Tony 'Big Tony'
  • Hoods as Sammy
  • With Friends Like These... as Actor Friend
  • Enemy of the State as Older Worker #1
  • Ringmaster as Mel Riley
  • Kiss of a Stranger as Detective Brown
  • Simon Says as Frankie
  • Follow Your Heart as Polo Manager
  • A Wake in Providence as Uncle Sal
  • Chain of Command as Cameron Ellis
  • Price of Glory as Priest
  • The Amati Girls as Danny
  • Out of the Black as Dirk Hobson
  • Double Bang as Frankie Carbonaro
  • A Month of Sundays as Sleeper Man
  • Blasphemy the Movie as Jehova's Witness
  • Desert Rose as Donny Diamond
  • The Streetsweeper as Unknown
  • Carolina as Ernie, The Cook
  • Shut Up and Kiss Me as Mr. Grummace
  • Jesus, Mary and Joey as Joey Vitello Sr.
  • Everybody Hates Chris as Bus Driver
  • 10th & Wolf as Sipio
  • Cattle Call as Public Defender
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Lou Gedda
  • Dark Room Theater as Sam
  • Detention as Workman 1
  • Pizza with Bullets as Mr. Tortellini
  • Last Call as Joe 'Jo-Jo'
  • Miami or Bust: A Hoboken Bet as Mr. Cacciatore
  • Sharkskin as Don Piano
  • Frank and Ava as Lee
  • Lost Angelas as Detective Ed Robles
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as Cabdriver
  • Conversations with a Mobster as Big John final role

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