1941-12-25 ( 83 years old ) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Movies
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023-07-31
Frank and Ava
2020-12-07
El Coyote
2019-10-04
Lost Angelas
2019-03-26
Sharkskin
2015-01-01
Pizza with Bullets
2012-12-15
Last Call
2012-04-12
Detention
2010-01-16
Cattle Call
2006-06-01
10th & Wolf
2006-02-19
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006-01-01
Blasphemy the Movie
2005-01-01
Shut Up and Kiss Me!
2004-03-05
Carolina
2003-07-04
A Month of Sundays
2001-09-17
Double Bang
2001-08-17
Out of the Black
2001-07-25
Chain of Command
2000-07-22
Price of Glory
2000-05-31
Kiss of a Stranger
1999-11-01
Ringmaster
1998-11-25
Enemy of the State
1998-11-20
With Friends Like These
1998-09-10
Hoods
1998-08-05
True Friends
1998-01-30
Executive Power
1997-09-25
Dilemma
1997-01-01
To Love, Honor and Deceive
1996-12-15
Wedding Bell Blues
1996-10-18
Independence Day
1996-06-25
The Phantom
1996-06-06
The Misery Brothers
1995-01-01
A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994-11-23
The Scout
1994-09-30
Speed
1994-06-09
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994-05-22
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994-03-18
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994-02-04
Percy & Thunder
1993-09-07
Point of No Return
1993-03-19
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993-03-01
The Heart of Justice
1992-10-14
Honeymoon in Vegas
1992-08-28
The Water Engine
1992-08-24
Fever
1991-05-11
Lookwell
1991-05-10
The Hard Way
1991-03-08
The Doors
1991-03-01
Jacob's Ladder
1990-11-02
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990-06-15
Q & A
1990-04-27
Blue Steel
1990-03-16
Internal Affairs
1990-01-12
Family Business
1989-12-06
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989-05-12
True Blood
1989-04-28
Taking A Stand
1989-01-19
Spike of Bensonhurst
1988-11-11
Internal Affairs
1988-11-06
Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right
1988-02-13
Wall Street
1987-12-10
The Secret of My Success
1987-04-10
Private Sessions
1985-03-18
Q
1982-09-08
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