Acting
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.
Filmography
Fettered
Film · 2026
Conversations with A Mobster
Series · 2024
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Film · 2023
El Coyote
Film · 2019
Lost Angelas
Film · 2019
Frank and Ava
Film · 2018
Sharkskin
Film · 2015
Pizza with Bullets
Film · 2012
Last Call
Film · 2012
Detention
Film · 2010
Darkroom
Film · 2009
Wizards of Waverly Place
Series · 2007
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Film · 2006
10th & Wolf
Film · 2006
Cattle Call
Film · 2006
Blasphemy the Movie
Film · 2005
Everybody Hates Chris
Series · 2005
Shut Up and Kiss Me!
Film · 2004
LAX
Series · 2004
Carolina
Film · 2003
Monk
Series · 2002
Without a Trace
Series · 2002
Out of the Black
Film · 2001
A Month of Sundays
Film · 2001
Double Bang
Film · 2001
The Amati Girls
Film · 2001
Six Feet Under
Series · 2001
Price of Glory
Film · 2000
Chain of Command
Film · 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
Kiss of a Stranger
Film · 1999
Providence
Series · 1999
Angel
Series · 1999
The West Wing
Series · 1999
Hoods
Film · 1998
Ringmaster
Film · 1998
True Friends
Film · 1998
Enemy of the State
Film · 1998
With Friends Like These
Film · 1998
Will & Grace
Series · 1998
Damon
Series · 1998
Rude Awakening
Series · 1998
Executive Power
Film · 1997
Dilemma
Film · 1997
The Practice
Series · 1997
Chicago Sons
Series · 1997
George & Leo
Series · 1997
Independence Day
Film · 1996
Wedding Bell Blues
Film · 1996
To Love, Honor and Deceive
Film · 1996
The Phantom
Film · 1996
Superman: The Animated Series
Series · 1996
The Misery Brothers
Film · 1995
The Wayans Bros.
Series · 1995
Murder One
Series · 1995
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Film · 1994
The Scout
Film · 1994
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Film · 1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Film · 1994
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Film · 1994
Speed
Film · 1994
Ellen
Series · 1994
Percy & Thunder
Film · 1993
Point of No Return
Film · 1993
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
Film · 1993
Cooperstown
Film · 1993
Boy Meets World
Series · 1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Series · 1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Series · 1993
NYPD Blue
Series · 1993
The Water Engine
Film · 1992
The Heart of Justice
Film · 1992
Honeymoon in Vegas
Film · 1992
Melrose Place
Series · 1992
Mad About You
Series · 1992
Fever
Film · 1991
Lookwell
Film · 1991
The Doors
Film · 1991
The Hard Way
Film · 1991
Civil Wars
Series · 1991
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Film · 1990
Q & A
Film · 1990
Blue Steel
Film · 1990
Internal Affairs
Film · 1990
Jacob's Ladder
Film · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Blossom
Series · 1990
Dream On
Series · 1990
Capital News
Series · 1990
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Film · 1989
Taking a Stand
Film · 1989
Family Business
Film · 1989
True Blood
Film · 1989
Seinfeld
Series · 1989
Tales from the Crypt
Series · 1989
Internal Affairs
Film · 1988
Spike of Bensonhurst
Film · 1988
Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right
Film · 1988
Murphy Brown
Series · 1988
Wall Street
Film · 1987
The Secret of My Success
Film · 1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Series · 1987
The Children of Times Square
Film · 1986
L.A. Law
Series · 1986
Private Sessions
Film · 1985
Spenser: For Hire
Series · 1985
Moonlighting
Series · 1985
The Equalizer
Series · 1985
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Kate & Allie
Series · 1984
Hunter
Series · 1984
Q
Film · 1982
Knots Landing
Series · 1979
At Face Value
Film