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