John Capodice
Acting • Born 1941-12-25 – Died 2024-12-30
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. 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.
Filmography
110 credits
Independence Day
Movie • 1996
Mario
Fever
Movie • 1991
Teller
Wall Street
Movie • 1987
Dominick
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Movie • 2006
Joey Vitello Sr.
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Movie • 1994
Mob Boss
10th & Wolf
Movie • 2006
Sipio
Q
Movie • 1982
Doyle
The Scout
Movie • 1994
Caruso
Wedding Bell Blues
Movie • 1996
Jasmine's Father
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Movie • 1994
Larry Garth
Private Sessions
Movie • 1985
George
Hoods
Movie • 1998
Sammy
To Love, Honor and Deceive
Movie • 1996
Attorney Forays
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Movie • 2023
Cab Driver (voice)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Movie • 1990
Fire Chief
Pizza with Bullets
Movie • 2012
Mr. Tortellini
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Movie • 1994
Mr. Big
Q & A
Movie • 1990
Hank Mastroangelo
Ringmaster
Movie • 1998
Mel Riley
Last Call
Movie • 2012
Jo Jo
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Movie • 1989
Scotto
Lookwell
Movie • 1991
Phil
Percy & Thunder
Movie • 1993
Commissioner
True Friends
Movie • 1998
Big Tony
Point of No Return
Movie • 1993
Detective
Executive Power
Movie • 1997
Detective Penn
Price of Glory
Movie • 2000
Priest
Internal Affairs
Movie • 1988
Tony Graselli
Frank and Ava
Movie • 2020
Lee
Taking A Stand
Movie • 1989
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Movie • 1994
Sgt. Aguado
Carolina
Movie • 2003
Ernie the Cook
Detention
Movie • 2010
Workman #1
The Doors
Movie • 1991
Jerry
The Water Engine
Movie • 1992
Kegan
Shut Up and Kiss Me!
Movie • 2004
Mr. Grummace
Enemy of the State
Movie • 1998
Older Worker #1
Family Business
Movie • 1989
Tommy
The Misery Brothers
Movie • 1995
Lt. Al Dente
Speed
Movie • 1994
Bob
Out of the Black
Movie • 2001
Dirk Hobson
The Heart of Justice
Movie • 1992
Harte
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
Movie • 1993
Siegel
Kiss of a Stranger
Movie • 1999
Detective Brown
Sharkskin
Movie • 2015
Honeymoon in Vegas
Movie • 1992
Sally Molars
The Hard Way
Movie • 1991
Grainy
Blue Steel
Movie • 1990
Trial Commissioner
A Month of Sundays
Movie • 2001
Sleeper Man
El Coyote
Movie • 2019
Don Rossi
Lost Angelas
Movie • 2019
Ed Robles
Dilemma
Movie • 1997
Ramsey
Internal Affairs
Movie • 1990
Chief Healy
With Friends Like These
Movie • 1998
Actor Friend
The Secret of My Success
Movie • 1987
Man in KRS Building
Blasphemy the Movie
Movie • 2005
Jehova's Witness
The Phantom
Movie • 1996
Al the Cabby
Jacob's Ladder
Movie • 1990
Army Officer
Double Bang
Movie • 2001
Frankie Carbonaro
Spike of Bensonhurst
Movie • 1988
Mafia Eater
Cattle Call
Movie • 2006
Public Defender
Chain of Command
Movie • 2000
Cameron Ellis
Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right
Movie • 1988
Bar Patron
True Blood
Movie • 1989
Frank Santos
At Face Value
Movie
Delivery Man
The Amati Girls
Movie • 2001
Danny
Cooperstown
Movie • 1993
Morelli
Darkroom
Movie • 2009
Sam
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Lt. Giordano
Six Feet Under
TV • 2001
Tommy Romano
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Bernie
Everybody Hates Chris
TV • 2005
Bus Driver
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Vic
Kate & Allie
TV • 1984
Mac
Spenser: For Hire
TV • 1985
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Lou Gedda
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Val Ventresca
Providence
TV • 1999
Carl Rutigliata
Monk
TV • 2002
Frankie Marino
The Wayans Bros.
TV • 1995
The Detective
Boy Meets World
TV • 1993
Chubbie
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Mike
Moonlighting
TV • 1985
Sal Viola
Angel
TV • 1999
Little Tony Papazian
Murphy Brown
TV • 1988
Judge Ferris
Murder One
TV • 1995
Sal Battaglio
The Practice
TV • 1997
Joe Jacobs
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Father Antonelli
Superman: The Animated Series
TV • 1996
Ceasar Carlini (voice)
Melrose Place
TV • 1992
Officer Marty Gold
Blossom
TV • 1990
Will & Grace
TV • 1998
Bernie
Hunter
TV • 1984
Harry Prima
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Dan Wolpert
Wizards of Waverly Place
TV • 2007
Uncle Al
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Antony Cavallo
Mad About You
TV • 1992
Bill
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Lenny
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
TV • 1987
Taxi Driver
Dream On
TV • 1990
Bartender
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Dave
Damon
TV • 1998
Don Carbone
Chicago Sons
TV • 1997
Roy
George & Leo
TV • 1997
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Captain Newton
Ellen
TV • 1994
Tony
Capital News
TV • 1990
Mel Zeiss
LAX
TV • 2004
Mr. Vialli
Conversations with A Mobster
TV • 2024
Big John
NYPD Blue
TV • 1993
Detective Art Stillwell