John Capodice

Acting

Born Dec 25, 1941

From Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died Dec 30, 2024

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.

John Capodice

Known For

Independence Day

Speed

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Enemy of the State

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Jacob's Ladder

Wall Street

The Phantom

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Filmography — Acting

Independence Day

Speed

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Enemy of the State

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Jacob's Ladder

Wall Street

The Phantom

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

The Doors

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

The Secret of My Success

The Hard Way

Internal Affairs

Point of No Return

Blue Steel

The Scout

A Low Down Dirty Shame

Q

Family Business

10th & Wolf

Q & A

Ringmaster

Fever

Honeymoon in Vegas

Carolina

The Heart of Justice

Dilemma

The Water Engine

With Friends Like These

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family

Last Call

The Misery Brothers

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills

True Blood

Hoods

Wedding Bell Blues

Out of the Black

Lookwell

Executive Power

Jesus, Mary and Joey

Frank and Ava

Chain of Command

A Month of Sundays

True Friends

Price of Glory

Double Bang

Taking A Stand

Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right

Private Sessions

Internal Affairs

Sharkskin

Spike of Bensonhurst

Shut Up and Kiss Me!

Cattle Call

Cooperstown

Kiss of a Stranger

The Amati Girls

Pizza with Bullets

Percy & Thunder

Detention

At Face Value

El Coyote

Darkroom

Lost Angelas

To Love, Honor and Deceive