John Capodice
70 movies · 43 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 25, 1941
- Died
- Dec 30, 2024 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- John C. Capodice
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.
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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.
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John Capodice: movies and TV shows
Acting (113)
- Upcoming At Face Value
as Delivery Man
- 2026
- 2024
- 2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
as Cab Driver (voice)
- 2019 El Coyote
as Don Rossi
- 2019 Lost Angelas
as Ed Robles
- 2018 Frank and Ava
as Lee
- 2015
- 2012 Pizza with Bullets
as Mr. Tortellini
- 2012 Last Call
as Jo Jo
- 2010 Detention
as Workman #1
- 2009 Darkroom
as Sam
- 2007
- 2006 Cattle Call
as Public Defender
- 2006 10th & Wolf
as Sipio
- 2006 Jesus, Mary and Joey
as Joey Vitello Sr.
- 2005
- 2005 Blasphemy the Movie
as Jehova's Witness
- 2004
- 2004 Shut Up and Kiss Me!
as Mr. Grummace
- 2003 Carolina
as Ernie the Cook
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 A Month of Sundays
as Sleeper Man
- 2001 Double Bang
as Frankie Carbonaro
- 2001 Out of the Black
as Dirk Hobson
- 2001
- 2001 The Amati Girls
as Danny
- 2000
- 2000 Chain of Command
as Cameron Ellis
- 2000 Price of Glory
as Priest
- 1999 Kiss of a Stranger
as Detective Brown
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998 Ringmaster
as Mel Riley
- 1998 Enemy of the State
as Older Worker #1
- 1998
- 1998 With Friends Like These
as Actor Friend
- 1998 Hoods
as Sammy
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998 True Friends
as Big Tony
- 1997 Executive Power
as Detective Penn
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997 Dilemma
as Ramsey
- 1996 To Love, Honor and Deceive
as Attorney Forays
- 1996 Wedding Bell Blues
as Jasmine's Father
- 1996
- 1996 Independence Day
as Mario
- 1996 The Phantom
as Al the Cabby
- 1995
- 1995
- 1995 The Misery Brothers
as Lt. Al Dente
- 1994 A Low Down Dirty Shame
as Mob Boss
- 1994 The Scout
as Caruso
- 1994 Speed
as Bob
- 1994 Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
as Larry Garth
- 1994
- 1994 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Mr. Big
- 1994 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
as Aguado
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993 Percy & Thunder
as Commissioner
- 1993 Point of No Return
as Detective
- 1993 Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
as Siegel
- 1993 Cooperstown
as Morelli
- 1992 The Heart of Justice
as Harte
- 1992
- 1992 Honeymoon in Vegas
as Sally Molars
- 1992 The Water Engine
as Kegan
- 1992
- 1991
- 1991 Lookwell
as Phil
- 1991 Fever
as Teller
- 1991 The Hard Way
as Grainy
- 1991 The Doors
as Jerry
- 1990 Jacob's Ladder
as Army Officer
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Fire Chief
- 1990 Q & A
as Hank Mastroangelo
- 1990
- 1990 Blue Steel
as Trial Commissioner
- 1990 Internal Affairs
as Chief Healy
- 1989 Family Business
as Tommy
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989 See No Evil, Hear No Evil
as Scotto
- 1989 True Blood
as Frank Santos
- 1989
- 1988
- 1988 Spike of Bensonhurst
as Mafia Eater
- 1988 Internal Affairs
as Tony Graselli
- 1988 Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right
as Bar Patron
- 1987 Wall Street
as Dominick
- 1987
- 1987 The Secret of My Success
as Man in KRS Building
- 1986
- 1986 The Children of Times Square
as Businessman #2
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 Private Sessions
as George
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984
- 1982 Q
as Doyle
- 1979