John Capodice
John Capodice (born December 25, 1941) is 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.
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
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Frank and Ava
El Coyote
Lost Angelas
Sharkskin
Pizza with Bullets
Last Call
Detention
Wizards of Waverly Place
Cattle Call
10th & Wolf
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Everybody Hates Chris
Blasphemy the Movie
Shut Up and Kiss Me!
Carolina
Without a Trace
Monk
A Month of Sundays
Double Bang
Out of the Black
Six Feet Under
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Chain of Command
Price of Glory
Kiss of a Stranger
Angel
The West Wing
Providence
Ringmaster
Enemy of the State
Will & Grace
Hoods
Damon
Executive Power
George & Leo
The Practice
Chicago Sons
Dilemma
To Love, Honor and Deceive
Wedding Bell Blues
Superman: The Animated Series
Independence Day
The Phantom
Murder One
The Wayans Bros.
The Misery Brothers
A Low Down Dirty Shame
The Scout
Speed
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Diagnosis: Murder
Boy Meets World
Percy & Thunder
Point of No Return
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
The Heart of Justice
Mad About You
Honeymoon in Vegas
The Water Engine
Melrose Place
Fever
Lookwell
The Hard Way
The Doors
Jacob's Ladder
Law & Order
Dream On
Blossom
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Q & A
Blue Steel
Internal Affairs
Family Business
Seinfeld
Tales from the Crypt
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
True Blood
Taking A Stand
Murphy Brown
Spike of Bensonhurst
Internal Affairs
Wall Street
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
The Secret of My Success
L.A. Law
Spenser: For Hire
The Equalizer
Private Sessions
Moonlighting
Murder, She Wrote
Hunter
Kate & Allie
Q