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