John Capodice
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-12-25
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
John Capodice
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.
Also Known For
Independence Day
Jun 25, 1996
Fever
May 11, 1991
Wall Street
Dec 10, 1987
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Jan 01, 2006
A Low Down Dirty Shame
Nov 23, 1994
10th & Wolf
Feb 19, 2006
Q
Sep 08, 1982
The Scout
Sep 30, 1994
Wedding Bell Blues
Oct 18, 1996
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
May 22, 1994
Private Sessions
Mar 18, 1985
Hoods
Aug 05, 1998
To Love, Honor and Deceive
Dec 15, 1996
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Jul 31, 2023
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Jun 15, 1990
Pizza with Bullets
Dec 15, 2012
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Mar 18, 1994
Q & A
Apr 27, 1990
Ringmaster
Nov 25, 1998
Last Call
Apr 12, 2012
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
May 12, 1989
Lookwell
Jul 28, 1991
Percy & Thunder
Sep 07, 1993
True Friends
Jan 30, 1998
Point of No Return
Mar 19, 1993
Executive Power
Sep 25, 1997
Price of Glory
May 31, 2000
Internal Affairs
Nov 06, 1988
Frank and Ava
Dec 07, 2020
Taking A Stand
Jan 19, 1989
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Feb 04, 1994
Carolina
Jul 04, 2003
Detention
Jan 16, 2010
The Doors
Mar 01, 1991
The Water Engine
Aug 24, 1992
Shut Up and Kiss Me!
Mar 05, 2004
Enemy of the State
Nov 20, 1998
Family Business
Dec 06, 1989
The Misery Brothers
Jan 01, 1995
Speed
Jun 09, 1994
Out of the Black
Jul 25, 2001
The Heart of Justice
Oct 14, 1992
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
Mar 01, 1993
Kiss of a Stranger
Nov 01, 1999
Sharkskin
Jan 01, 2015
Honeymoon in Vegas
Aug 28, 1992
The Hard Way
Mar 08, 1991
Blue Steel
Mar 16, 1990
A Month of Sundays
Sep 17, 2001
El Coyote
Oct 04, 2019
Lost Angelas
Mar 26, 2019
Dilemma
Jan 01, 1997
Internal Affairs
Jan 12, 1990
With Friends Like These
Sep 10, 1998
The Secret of My Success
Apr 10, 1987
Blasphemy the Movie
Jan 01, 2005
The Phantom
Jun 06, 1996
Jacob's Ladder
Nov 02, 1990
Double Bang
Aug 17, 2001
Spike of Bensonhurst
Nov 11, 1988
Cattle Call
Jun 01, 2006
Chain of Command
Jul 22, 2000
Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right
Feb 13, 1988
True Blood
Apr 28, 1989
At Face Value
The Amati Girls
Jan 09, 2001
Cooperstown
Jan 26, 1993
Darkroom
Jan 01, 2009
Murder, She Wrote
Sep 30, 1984
Six Feet Under
Jun 03, 2001
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
Kate & Allie
Mar 19, 1984
Seinfeld
Jul 05, 1989
Everybody Hates Chris
Sep 22, 2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Oct 06, 2000
Spenser: For Hire
Sep 20, 1985
L.A. Law
Sep 15, 1986
Providence
Jan 08, 1999
Monk
Jul 12, 2002
The Wayans Bros.
Jan 11, 1995
Boy Meets World
Sep 24, 1993
Tales from the Crypt
Jun 10, 1989
Moonlighting
Mar 03, 1985
Angel
Oct 05, 1999
Murphy Brown
Nov 14, 1988
Murder One
Sep 20, 1995
The Practice
Mar 04, 1997
The Equalizer
Sep 18, 1985
Superman: The Animated Series
Sep 06, 1996
Melrose Place
Jul 08, 1992
Blossom
Jul 05, 1990
Will & Grace
Sep 21, 1998
Hunter
Sep 18, 1984
Diagnosis: Murder
Oct 29, 1993
Wizards of Waverly Place
Oct 12, 2007
Diagnosis: Murder
Oct 29, 1993
Mad About You
Sep 23, 1992
The West Wing
Sep 22, 1999
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
May 21, 1987
Dream On
Jul 08, 1990
Without a Trace
Sep 26, 2002
Damon
Mar 22, 1998
Chicago Sons
Jan 08, 1997
George & Leo
Sep 15, 1997
Knots Landing
Dec 27, 1979
Ellen
Mar 29, 1994
Capital News
Apr 09, 1990
LAX
Sep 13, 2004
Conversations with A Mobster
Jan 01, 2024
