
John Capodice
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-12-25
Day of Death
2024-12-30 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
John Capodice
Biography
John Capodice (December 25, 1941- December 30, 2024) was an American character actor.
Capodice was born in Chicago, Illinois. He 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 TV 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 most recent TV appearances were on The West Wing, Six Feet Under and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
In a memorable 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 has 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 police detective. 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 provides the voice of Sidney Pen in the 2010 video game Mafia II.
Known For
Acting
At Face Value
as Delivery Man
(2023)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
as Cab Driver (voice)
(2020)
Frank and Ava
as Lee
(2019)
El Coyote
as Don Rossi
(2019)
Lost Angelas
as Ed Robles
(2015)
(2012)
Last Call
as Jo Jo
(2012)
Pizza with Bullets
as Mr. Tortellini
(2010)
Detention
as Workman #1
(2006)
10th & Wolf
as Sipio
(2006)
Cattle Call
as Public Defender
(2006)
Jesus, Mary and Joey
as Joey Vitello Sr.
(2005)
Blasphemy the Movie
as Jehova's Witness
(2004)
Shut Up and Kiss Me!
as Mr. Grummace
(2003)
Carolina
as Ernie the Cook
(2001)
Double Bang
as Frankie Carbonaro
(2001)
A Month of Sundays
as Sleeper Man
(2001)
Out of the Black
as Dirk Hobson
(2000)
Chain of Command
as Cameron Ellis
(2000)
Price of Glory
as Priest
(1999)
Kiss of a Stranger
as Detective Brown
(1998)
Enemy of the State
as Older Worker #1
(1998)
Ringmaster
as Mel Riley
(1998)
Hoods
as Sammy
(1998)
With Friends Like These
as Actor Friend
(1998)
True Friends
as Big Tony
(1997)
Executive Power
as Detective Penn
(1997)
Dilemma
as Ramsey
(1996)
Independence Day
as Mario
(1996)
The Phantom
as Al the Cabby
(1996)
Wedding Bell Blues
as Jasmine's Father
(1996)
To Love, Honor and Deceive
as Attorney Forays
(1995)
The Misery Brothers
as Lt. Al Dente
(1994)
Speed
as Bob
(1994)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Mr. Big
(1994)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
as Aguado
(1994)
A Low Down Dirty Shame
as Mob Boss
(1994)
The Scout
as Caruso
(1994)
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
as Larry Garth
(1993)
Point of No Return
as Detective
(1993)
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
as Siegel
(1993)
Percy & Thunder
as Commissioner
(1992)
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Sally Molars
(1992)
The Heart of Justice
as Harte
(1992)
The Water Engine
as Kegan
(1991)
The Doors
as Jerry
(1991)
The Hard Way
as Grainy
(1991)
Fever
as Teller
(1991)
Lookwell
as Phil
(1990)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
as Fire Chief
(1990)
Jacob's Ladder
as Army Officer
(1990)
Blue Steel
as Trial Commissioner
(1990)
Internal Affairs
as Chief Healy
(1990)
Q & A
as Hank Mastroangelo
(1989)
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
as Scotto
(1989)
Family Business
as Tommy
(1989)
True Blood
as Frank Santos
(1989)
(1988)
Internal Affairs
as Tony Graselli
(1988)
Spike of Bensonhurst
as Mafia Eater
(1988)
Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right
as Bar Patron
(1987)
Wall Street
as Dominick
(1987)
The Secret of My Success
as Man in KRS Building
(1985)
Private Sessions
as George
(1982)
Q
as Doyle