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 Moonlight...
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Complete Filmography

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
2023
as Cab Driver (voice)
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers ...

Frank and Ava
2020
as Lee
A destitute Frank Sinatra pursues sultry starlet Ava Gardner while campaigning for the lead in 'From Here to Eternity'.

El Coyote
2019
as Don Rossi
The Italian mafia takes on the Mexican cartel on the Mexican border. The cartel has captured the son of an ex-mobster in witness protection. He calls ...

Lost Angelas
2019
as Ed Robles
Best actress nominee Angela Rose is missing and the only lead to her over-publicized disappearance is her ex-fiancé and struggling screenwriter, Jake ...

Sharkskin
2015
The Post War II story of Manhattan born Mike Esposito, a practiced tailor of custom mens clothing; a man of dignity and honor, whose developing involv...

Pizza with Bullets
2012
as Mr. Tortellini
A sickly Mob Don's obsession that a pizza parlor owner is his missing long lost son.

Last Call
2012
as Jo Jo
Danny and Phil O'Donnell are chronically underachieving cousins, who are forced to run the family pub, in order to save their crazy Uncle Pete from ja...

Detention
2010
as Workman #1
A group of high school students are sent to Detention. Abandoned and locked in, images of Ghosts appear as they attempt to escape, only to find themse...

Cattle Call
2006
as Public Defender
A guy starts a fake casting agency in hopes that he will meet his soul mate.

10th & Wolf
2006
as Sipio
A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with ...

Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006
as Joey Vitello Sr.
Twenty-something and aimless, Joey Vitello still lives at home with his colorful Italian-American family when he is reunited with a childhood schoolma...

Blasphemy the Movie
2005
as Jehova's Witness
Martian Garcia announces to his parents that not only is he proud to have converted to Atheism, but he intends to tell his whole family on Christmas. ...

Shut Up and Kiss Me!
2004
as Mr. Grummace
Ryan and Pete are 27-year old best friends in Miami, born on the same day and each searching for the perfect woman. Ryan is a rookie stockbroker livin...

Carolina
2003
as Ernie the Cook
A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.

A Month of Sundays
2001
as Sleeper Man
The story of a teenage girl who kidnaps her grandfather to keep him from being placed in a nursing home. The getaway turns into a quest to locate a so...

Double Bang
2001
as Frankie Carbonaro
An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.

Out of the Black
2001
as Dirk Hobson
Two brothers struggle to uncover the truth behind the mining accident that killed their father and bankrupted the town.

The Amati Girls
2001
as Danny
Four sisters who disagree about everything... except what matters most. Family.

Chain of Command
2000
as Cameron Ellis
Secret Service agents must retrieve the briefcase allowing the President control of America's nuclear arsenal before massive destruction ensues.

Price of Glory
2000
as Priest
An ex-boxer, living with the knowledge that his fight career was cut short by a crooked manager, channels his bitter disappointment in a single-minded...

Kiss of a Stranger
1999
as Detective Brown
Nova, a rising TV personality, after declaring that all handsome men in L.A. are gay, falls for a hunky stranger who is totally smitten with her - so ...

Ringmaster
1998
as Mel Riley
Jerry Springer stars as more or less himself, the host of a raunchy, controversial and popular Los Angeles talk show which features everyday people wi...

Enemy of the State
1998
as Older Worker #1
The life of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert 'Bobby' Dean is turned upside down after a chance meeting with a college buddy while holiday ...

With Friends Like These
1998
as Actor Friend
Four small-time, two-bit character actors, all close friends, compete for the same important part in the next Martin Scorsese mob film.

Hoods
1998
as Sammy
A 50-year-old mobster struggles to carry out his father's order to execute a rival's 9-year-old child.
True Friends
1998
as Big Tony
New York, The Bronx, 1980. Two Italian boys Joey Esposito and Louie Mazerino jump to the defence of a smaller Puerto Rican boy, J.J. Lopez, when J.J. ...

Executive Power
1997
as Detective Penn
While protecting the U.S. President, Secret Service agent Nick Sager helps him to dispose of the body of a young girl, who accidentally died during an...

Dilemma
1997
as Ramsey
Whichever side he chooses, someone's gonna die. Death row inmate Rudy Salazar cuts a deal he can't refuse: he'll donate his rare bone marrow to a youn...

To Love, Honor and Deceive
1996
as Attorney Forays
Sydney Carpenter is a devoted mother to her young son, and is now accustomed to the puzzling existence of her mysterious, non-communicative husband, M...

Wedding Bell Blues
1996
as Jasmine's Father
Micki, Tanya and Jasmine have 24 hours to get divorced. There's just one problem...They're still single. When Jasmine, Tanya and Micki decide they'd ...

Independence Day
1996
as Mario
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it ...

The Phantom
1996
as Al the Cabby
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls tha...

The Misery Brothers
1995
as Lt. Al Dente
Screwball sex comedy focusing on two brothers.

A Low Down Dirty Shame
1994
as Mob Boss
A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he...

The Scout
1994
as Caruso
When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potent...

Speed
1994
as Bob
Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they...

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
as Larry Garth
About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly...

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Mr. Big
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for wh...

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994
as Aguado
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to e...

Percy & Thunder
1993
as Commissioner
A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.

Point of No Return
1993
as Detective
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent...

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993
as Siegel
Stewart and Neil Woodman plot to have their parents murdered.

The Heart of Justice
1992
as Harte
David Leader investigates a seemingly senseless murder, and in the course of it is drawn into the labyrinth of a sinisterly unique wealthy family...

Honeymoon in Vegas
1992
as Sally Molars
On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. T...

The Water Engine
1992
as Kegan
In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously ...

Fever
1991
as Teller
Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now with Elliott, a pacifist, and wants nothing to do ...

Lookwell
1991
as Phil
The former star of a cancelled cop TV show solves crimes. The pilot was broadcast on NBC in July 1991 but was not picked up as a series despite being ...

The Hard Way
1991
as Grainy
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New Yo...

The Doors
1991
as Jerry
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

Jacob's Ladder
1990
as Army Officer
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rap...

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
as Fire Chief
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But...

Q & A
1990
as Hank Mastroangelo
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who...

Blue Steel
1990
as Trial Commissioner
Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the as...

Internal Affairs
1990
as Chief Healy
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the a...

Family Business
1989
as Tommy
Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently...

See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989
as Scotto
A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot b...

True Blood
1989
as Frank Santos
Teenager Ray Trueblood is wrongfully accused of murdering a police officer after his fellow gang member Billy Masters does the deed. Hoping to elude t...

Taking A Stand
1989
Neighborhood starts examining their feelings of racism when one of the neighbors is caught vandalizing the home of a black family, and people start ta...

Spike of Bensonhurst
1988
as Mafia Eater
Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is thr...

Internal Affairs
1988
as Tony Graselli
A skilled police detective in a case involving the strange, sadistic murder of a young prostitute who has been killed in exactly the same fashion as a...

Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right
1988
as Bar Patron
Rodney Dangerfield hosts a showcase of comics including himself, Robert Schimmel, Bill Hicks, and Andrew Dice Clay, among others.

Wall Street
1987
as Dominick
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthles...

The Secret of My Success
1987
as Man in KRS Building
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and gir...

Private Sessions
1985
as George
A therapist goes outside his office and into his patients' personal lives to help them. He is treating a man who is hearing sounds but apparently ther...

Q
1982
as Doyle
New York police are bemused by reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, until the lizard starts to eat ...
At Face Value
N/A
as Delivery Man
Set during the day of the infamous O. J. Simpson white Bronco low-speed chase, At Face Value focuses upon Black/Asian race relations within the confin...