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John Capodice
Known for: ActingJohn 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.
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
as Aguado 
Wall Street
as Dominick 
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
as Scotto 
The Doors
as Jerry 
The Heart of Justice
as Harte 
The Phantom
as Al the Cabby 
Point of No Return
as Detective 
The Hard Way
as Grainy 
Internal Affairs
as Chief Healy 
10th & Wolf
as Sipio 
Q & A
as Hank Mastroangelo 
A Low Down Dirty Shame
as Mob Boss 
Family Business
as Tommy 
Honeymoon in Vegas
as Sally Molars 
The Scout
as Caruso 
Q
as Doyle 
True Friends
as Big Tony 
Last Call
as Jo Jo 
Chain of Command
as Cameron Ellis 
Carolina
as Ernie the Cook 
True Blood
as Frank Santos 
Jesus, Mary and Joey
as Joey Vitello Sr. 
Ringmaster
as Mel Riley 
A Month of Sundays
as Sleeper Man 
Cattle Call
as Public Defender 
Kiss of a Stranger
as Detective Brown 
Executive Power
as Detective Penn 
Frank and Ava
as Lee 
Wedding Bell Blues
as Jasmine's Father 
Price of Glory
as Priest 
The Misery Brothers
as Lt. Al Dente 
Out of the Black
as Dirk Hobson 