John Capodice

John Capodice

Birthday: 1941-12-25

Deathday: 2024-12-30

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also known as: John C. Capodice

imdb_id: nm0135306

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.

Played in movies:

Lookwell

Score: 8.0

Jacob's Ladder

Score: 7.4

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Score: 7.2

Wall Street

Score: 7.2

Speed

Score: 7.1

The Doors

Score: 7.1

Enemy of the State

Score: 7.1

Internal Affairs

Score: 7.0

True Friends

Score: 7.0

Independence Day

Score: 6.9

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

Score: 6.8

Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right

Score: 6.6

Hoods

Score: 6.6

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Score: 6.6

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Score: 6.5

Executive Power

Score: 6.5

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Score: 6.5

The Secret of My Success

Score: 6.5

Internal Affairs

Score: 6.3

Point of No Return

Score: 6.2

The Hard Way

Score: 6.2

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills

Score: 6.1

Pizza with Bullets

Score: 6.0

10th & Wolf

Score: 5.9

Q & A

Score: 5.8

To Love, Honor and Deceive

Score: 5.8

Blue Steel

Score: 5.8

Carolina

Score: 5.8

Q

Score: 5.7

Honeymoon in Vegas

Score: 5.7

Family Business

Score: 5.7

A Low Down Dirty Shame

Score: 5.6

Spike of Bensonhurst

Score: 5.6

True Blood

Score: 5.5

The Heart of Justice

Score: 5.4

Chain of Command

Score: 5.4

The Phantom

Score: 5.3

The Water Engine

Score: 5.3

The Scout

Score: 5.2

Frank and Ava

Score: 5.1

With Friends Like These

Score: 5.0

Double Bang

Score: 4.6

Price of Glory

Score: 4.5

Wedding Bell Blues

Score: 4.2

Ringmaster

Score: 4.2

Cattle Call

Score: 4.1

Lost Angelas

Score: 4.0

Jesus, Mary and Joey

Score: 4.0

Last Call

Score: 3.9

Fever

Score: 3.8

Detention

Score: 3.6

A Month of Sundays

Score: 3.5

Kiss of a Stranger

Score: 3.5

El Coyote

Score: 3.2

Cooperstown

Score: 2.7

Shut Up and Kiss Me!

Score: 2.7

Dilemma

Score: 2.6

The Amati Girls

Score: 2.5

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family

Score: 2.0

The Misery Brothers

Score: 2.0

Private Sessions

Score: 2.0

Out of the Black

Score: 1.0

At Face Value

Score: 0.0

Blasphemy the Movie

Score: 0.0

Sharkskin

Score: 0.0

Taking A Stand

Score: 0.0

Percy & Thunder

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Damon

Score: 10.0

Chicago Sons

Score: 8.5

Wizards of Waverly Place

Score: 8.5

The West Wing

Score: 8.3

Seinfeld

Score: 8.3

Boy Meets World

Score: 8.2

Six Feet Under

Score: 8.1

Everybody Hates Chris

Score: 8.1

Tales from the Crypt

Score: 8.0

Monk

Score: 8.0

Angel

Score: 7.9

Murder One

Score: 7.8

The Practice

Score: 7.7

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Score: 7.6

Superman: The Animated Series

Score: 7.6

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Moonlighting

Score: 7.5

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

LAX

Score: 7.4

Without a Trace

Score: 7.3

Hunter

Score: 7.2

The Wayans Bros.

Score: 7.2

The Equalizer

Score: 7.1

Diagnosis: Murder

Score: 7.1

Diagnosis: Murder

Score: 7.1

L.A. Law

Score: 7.1

NYPD Blue

Score: 7.0

Dream On

Score: 6.9

Will & Grace

Score: 6.9

Knots Landing

Score: 6.7

Spenser: For Hire

Score: 6.7

Mad About You

Score: 6.7

Providence

Score: 6.5

Murphy Brown

Score: 6.4

Ellen

Score: 6.2

Blossom

Score: 6.1

Capital News

Score: 6.0

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

Score: 6.0

Kate & Allie

Score: 5.9

Melrose Place

Score: 5.9

Conversations with A Mobster

Score: 0.0

George & Leo

Score: 0.0