John Capodice
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.
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Movies (70)
Fettered
2026
Tortugas Ninja: Caos mutante
2023 · Cab Driver (voice)
El Coyote
2019 · Don Rossi
Lost Angelas
2019 · Ed Robles
Frank and Ava
2018 · Lee
Sharkskin
2015
Pizza with Bullets
2012 · Mr. Tortellini
Last Call
2012 · Jo Jo
Detention
2010 · Workman #1
Darkroom
2009 · Sam
Cattle Call
2006 · Public Defender
10th & Wolf
2006 · Sipio
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006 · Joey Vitello Sr.
Blasphemy the Movie
2005 · Jehova's Witness
Shut Up and Kiss Me!
2004 · Mr. Grummace
Carolina
2003 · Ernie the Cook
A Month of Sundays
2001 · Sleeper Man
Double Bang
2001 · Frankie Carbonaro
Out of the Black
2001 · Dirk Hobson
The Amati Girls
2001 · Danny
Chain of Command
2000 · Cameron Ellis
Price of Glory
2000 · Priest
Kiss of a Stranger
1999 · Detective Brown
Ringmaster
1998 · Mel Riley
Enemigo Público
1998 · Older Worker #1
With Friends Like These
1998 · Actor Friend
Hoods
1998 · Sammy
True Friends
1998 · Big Tony
Executive Power
1997 · Detective Penn
Dilemma
1997 · Ramsey
To Love, Honor and Deceive
1996 · Attorney Forays
Wedding Bell Blues
1996 · Jasmine's Father
El Día de la Independencia
1996 · Mario
El fantasma
1996 · Al the Cabby
The Misery Brothers
1995 · Lt. Al Dente
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994 · Mob Boss
The Scout
1994 · Caruso
Máxima Velocidad
1994 · Bob
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994 · Larry Garth
¿Y dónde está el policía? 33⅓: El insulto final
1994 · Mr. Big
Ace Ventura: Detective de Mascotas
1994 · Aguado
Percy & Thunder
1993 · Commissioner
La Asesina
1993 · Detective
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993 · Siegel
Cooperstown
1993 · Morelli
The Heart of Justice
1992 · Harte
Luna de miel para tres
1992 · Sally Molars
The Water Engine
1992 · Kegan
Lookwell
1991 · Phil
Fever
1991 · Teller
Duro de Aguantar
1991 · Grainy
The Doors
1991 · Jerry
Alucinaciones del pasado
1990 · Army Officer
Gremlins 2: La nueva generación
1990 · Fire Chief
Q & A
1990 · Hank Mastroangelo
Testigo fatal
1990 · Trial Commissioner
Sospecha mortal
1990 · Chief Healy
Family Business
1989 · Tommy
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989 · Scotto
True Blood
1989 · Frank Santos
Taking a Stand
1989
Spike of Bensonhurst
1988 · Mafia Eater
Internal Affairs
1988 · Tony Graselli
Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right
1988 · Bar Patron
Wall Street
1987 · Dominick
The Secret of My Success
1987 · Man in KRS Building
The Children of Times Square
1986 · Businessman #2
Private Sessions
1985 · George
Q
1982 · Doyle
At Face Value
· Delivery Man
TV shows (43)
Conversations with A Mobster
2024 · Big John
Los Hechiceros de Waverly Place
2007 · Uncle Al
Todos Odian a Chris
2005 · Bus Driver
LAX
2004 · Mr. Vialli
Sin rastro
2002 · Dave
Monk
2002 · Frankie Marino
Seis Pies Bajo Tierra
2001 · Tommy Romano
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Lou Gedda
Angel
1999 · Little Tony Papazian
The West Wing
1999 · Lenny
Providence
1999 · Carl Rutigliata
Will & Grace
1998 · Bernie
Rude Awakening
1998 · Paul Parelli
Damon
1998 · Don Carbone
George & Leo
1997
Los Practicantes
1997 · Joe Jacobs
Chicago Sons
1997 · Roy
Superman: La Serie Animada
1996 · Ceasar Carlini (voice)
Murder One
1995 · Sal Battaglio
The Wayans Bros.
1995 · The Detective
Ellen DeGeneres Show
1994 · Tony
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Dan Wolpert, Antony Cavallo
Aprendiendo a Vivir
1993 · Chubbie
NYPD Blue
1993 · Art Stillwell
Mad About You
1992 · Bill
Melrose Place
1992 · Officer Marty Gold
Civil Wars
1991 · Eric Sasser
Law & Order
1990 · Bernie
Dream On
1990 · Bartender
Blossom
1990
Capital News
1990 · Mel Zeiss
Seinfeld
1989 · Vic
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Mike
Murphy Brown
1988 · Judge Ferris
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987 · Taxi Driver
L.A. Law
1986 · Val Ventresca
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Equalizer
1985 · Father Antonelli
Moonlighting
1985 · Sal Viola
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Lt. Giordano
Hunter
1984 · Harry Prima
Kate & Allie
1984 · Mac
Knots Landing
1979 · Captain Newton