Biography
Jon Polito (born December 29, 1950 — September 1, 2016) was an American actor. In a career spanning 35 years and over 220 film and television credits, he became best known for his work with the Coen Brothers, most notably as the Italian gangster Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing. He also appeared in the first two seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street and on the first season of Crime Story.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Maestro
2018
as Herbert Englehart
After the Second World War, budding film composer Jerry Herst moves to Hollywood to study with infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Big Eyes
2014
as Enrico Banducci
In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one real...

Locker 13
2014
as Don Dillon
The story of Skip, a young ex-convict who takes a position as a night janitor at an old-west theme park. His supervisor Archie, teaches him the ropes,...

Gangster Squad
2013
as Dragna
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, th...

Batman: Year One
2011
as Commissioner Loeb (voice)
A wealthy playboy named Bruce Wayne and a Chicago cop named Jim Gordon both return to Gotham City where their lives unexpectedly intersect.

From the Head
2011
as Vinnie
Underneath Times Square, there's a strip club filled with beautiful women. Behind the club's bathroom door is Shoes, a bathroom attendant. For three y...

Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011
as Orren Boyle
A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by A...

Son of Morning
2011
as Mr. Bordasche
As a solar catastrophe threatens the world, Phillip Katz (Joseph Cross), a stressed-out copywriter, is mistaken for the next messiah by an ambitious r...

The Last Godfather
2010
as Don Bonfante
Young-goo the son of mafia boss Don Carini, is too foolish to be part of the mafia elite. One day, Young-goo comes to his father and is trained by Ton...

DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
2010
as Police Captain (segment "The Spectre") (voice)
An anthology of DC Showcase stories consisting of a new Superman/Shazam feature and extended versions of older shorts.

Venus & Vegas
2010
as Frank
When three Vegas buddies attempt the score of a lifetime, they have to walk a fine line between their girlfriends who want their heads, and the mobste...

Burning Palms
2010
as The Phamacist
A subversive tale that interlaces five stories set in Los Angeles, where no taboo is left unexplored as each character careens toward a dark and often...

DC Showcase: The Spectre
2010
as Police Captain (voice)
As Detective Jim Corrigan investigates a murder, The Spectre delivers horrific justice to the perpetrators.

Stiffs
2010
as John "The Prince" Monaco
Frank Tramontana, a hearse driver who unwittingly gets drawn into a scheme his co-workers have concocted for a series of unfortunate "accidents" desig...

Super Capers
2009
as Captain Sludge
Would-be superhero, Ed Gruberman, who possesses no super powers must join a team of misfit heroes-in-training known as The Super Capers. Having only f...

Animated American
2008
as Max Rabbit
A toon hating executive has a hare raising experience when he meets an out of work toon rabbit.

Bart Got a Room
2008
as Bob
High school loser Danny Stein needs a prom date. As a cause of anxiety for Danny, Bart Beeber, the nerdiest guy in school, has already found a date. A...

Rock Monster
2008
as The Colonel
A college student, traveling with his friends to a remote eastern-European village, unwittingly releases the Rock Monster from it's ancient slumber to...

American Gangster
2007
as Rossi
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American...

Cougar Club
2007
as Mr. Archibald
When Spence and Hogan graduate from college, life is bleak. They have to work for heinous divorce lawyers that torture them. Spence has a girlfriend f...

Happily N'Ever After
2007
as Wolf #1 (voice)
An alliance of evil-doers, led by Frieda, looks to take over Fairy Tale Land. But when Ella realizes her stepmother is out to ruin her storybook exist...

Big Nothing
2006
as Agent Hymes
A frustrated, unemployed teacher joins forces with a scammer and his girlfriend in a blackmailing scheme.

Flags of Our Fathers
2006
as Borough President
There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the s...

Grilled
2006
as Leon Waterman
Maurice and Dave sell high-end cuts of beef, but after hitting a patch of no sales, they're facing being fired. Maurice needs money to enroll in his f...

Haeckel's Tale
2006
as Montesquino
A grieving widower seeking the help of a necromancer is told the terrible tale of Ernst Haeckel, a man obsessed with reanimation.

The Alibi
2006
as Jimmy the Photographer
Con man Ray Elliot decides to leave crime behind to start a company that sells fake alibis to clients who have been unfaithful to their significant ot...
Cutting Room
2006
as Sandy
An inexperienced moviemaker attempts to complete a horror film. The production gets complicated when a real serial killer begins to take out members o...

The Honeymooners
2005
as Kirby
Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes for him and his best friend, Ed Norton, who's always a...

Family Plan
2005
as Gold
Charlie MacKenzie is an ambitious young career woman who stretches the truth in a job interview by professing to be married with a family. But her lit...

Gone But Not Forgotten
2005
as Sam Oberhurst
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has...

The Last Shot
2004
as Wally Kamin
A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent worki...

Charlie the Ox
2004
as Freddy Boon
Clever payback thriller about a weak-willed safecracker who gets double-crossed by a gang of bank robbers.

The Singing Detective
2003
as Second Hood
From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots.

The Box - 2003
2003
as Michael Dickerson
An ex-con tries to go straight but also wants to get back money he's owed for the job that put him in prison. He meets a waitress who's also seen her ...

View from the Top
2003
as Roy Roby
No one thought Donna would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class international flight attendant, Donna throws caution to...

Mimic 2
2003
as Morrie Deaver
Detective Klaski investigates the death and mutilation of three men and soon crosses paths with Remy, an entomologist. Soon, he discovers that she is ...

Black Mask 2: City of Masks
2002
as King
The Black Mask must stop a group intent on setting off a DNA bomb that could cause mutations to the human race.

29 Palms
2002
as The Security Guard
When a bag filled with money goes missing from a casino, the Hitman (Chris O'Donnell) must retrieve it. While he tracks the stash down, the bag change...

A Film by Kirk
2002
as Father
Kirk Gleason stars in his directorial debut where he shows his love for his significant other by performing a dance for her parents.

The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
as Creighton Tolliver
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but hi...

The Shrink Is In
2001
as Judge Bob
A young woman impersonates a shrink to win over her Prince Charming.

The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Ramon Rudd
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a ne...

Boys Life 3
2000
Jason Gould satirizes coming out in Hollywood in Inside Out, starring Alexis Arquette and papa Elliot Gould. Lane Janger's Just One Time was a festiva...

The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!
2000
as Virgil (voice)
When Tangie, a teddy bear goes into the Smile-erator on his head, his smile is put on upside down, causing him to end up on the bargain bin on Christm...

The Dancing Pumpkin
2000
as Finkgrinder The Ogre
One magical night, four children discover that the jack-o-lantern on their doorstep is alive and a brilliant tap dancer. The children befriend the cha...

The Invisible Man
2000
as Eddie The Mammoth
A thief is given the means to become invisible and ends up working for a government agency.

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
as Schoentell
Rocky and Bullwinkle have been living off the finances made from the reruns of their cartoon show. Boris and Natasha somehow manage to crossover into ...

Homicide: The Movie
2000
as Steve Crosetti
Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, c...

After Sex
2000
as Naldo (as John Polito)
A group of attractive women get together for a weekend of bonding, hoping to relax and getaway from the anxiety of their boyfriends. The women travel ...
Flies on Cupid
2000
as Giorgio Gagantano
Flies on Cupid, a quirky off-beat comedy about love lost, bad debt, and the 'oh so peculiar' events that buzz around them.

Stuart Little
1999
as Officer Sherman
When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic....

The Apartment Complex
1999
as Dr Caligari
A psychology graduate student becomes embroiled in a murder mystery after he takes a job as manager of Wonder View Apartments.

Road Kill
1999
as Jelly
Alex is the film student forced by his college professor to stop making Jackie Chan "homage" films and make "something from the heart" in order to gra...

Angel's Dance
1999
as Uncle Vinnie
A young hitman is asked to prove himself by killing an innocent woman.

Carlo's Wake
1999
as Uncle Gus
Carlo's Wake is a black comedy about the life, death and wake of an Italian-American patriarch and his colorful, combative extended family.

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

Money Play$
1998
as Lou Spano
When a money mule has a fatal heart attack at a Nevada brothel, the contents of the money vest is hidden by Irene. Her regular customer Johnny is her ...

Tale of the Mummy
1998
as Parsons
Centuries ago, under the sands of ancient Egypt, a Prince was buried and his tomb eternally cursed so that no man would ever again suffer from his evi...

Music from Another Room
1998
as Lorenzo Palmieri
Music From Another Room is a romantic comedy that follows the exploits of Danny, a young man who grew up believing he was destined to marry the girl h...

The Big Lebowski
1998
as Private Snoop
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelc...

The Defenders: Choice of Evils
1998
as D.A. Al Orsini
The Defenders are a crack team of lawyers dedicated to one principle - the accused is innocent untill proven guilty. This time, they defend a man wron...

Nowhere Land
1998
as Frank
Dean sees mafia boss Santelli whack an FBI infiltrator and is relocated to a remote cabin in the Sierras for protection. While Santelli's crew tries t...

The Corporate Ladder
1997
as Mr. Deacon
A new assistant to a powerful executive wants more than just to do a good job, she wants to run the company! And she'll do anything to get to the top,...

Inside Out
1997
as Paparazzi Man
A film that shows how "hard" it is to be son of celebrities.

Just Your Luck
1996
as Nick
Six million dollars suddenly goes up for grabs when an aged diner's heart fails after he discovers that he has won the lottery. Which of the remaining...

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
1996
as Ashcan (voice)
When the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying t...

Bushwhacked
1995
as Agent Palmer
A inept courier realises he has been used by criminals to deliver money. On the run from both the criminals and police, he poses as a Scout leader and...

Fluke
1995
as Boss
Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of his previous being, he returns to his wife and son t...

The Shaggy Dog
1994
as Detective Al
Preteen Moochie Daniels just wants a dog, but his dad, Daniel, is allergic to canines, like Bundles, the shabby sheep dog of neighbor Charlie Mulvihil...

Bad Blood
1994
as Councilman Strand
Ex-cop Travis Blackstone was sent to prison for destroying the proof of his brother's guilt. Now free, he must again come to the aid of his brother Fr...

Girls in Prison
1994
as Boss Johnson
Framed for the murder of a record company president in 1952 Hollywood, young, aspiring singer Aggie O'Hanlon is sentenced to life in prison and tries ...

Blankman
1994
as Michael "The Suit" Minelli
Darryl is a childlike man with a genius for inventing various gadgets out of junk. When he stumbles on a method to make his clothes bulletproof, he de...

The Crow
1994
as Gideon
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a...

The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
as Mr. Bumstead
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

Leather Jackets
1992
as Fat Jack
Claudia, a girl who gets around, finally lands her dream man in Mickey. However, Mickey's friend Dobbs spoils their nuptial plans when the thugs of a ...

Flodder Does Manhattan!
1992
as Larry Rosenbaum
The mayor of Sunny Dale see a chance to get rid of the Flodder family: They send the asocial bunch for an international exchange to New York. There th...

Barton Fink
1991
as Lou Breeze
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

The Rocketeer
1991
as Bigelow
A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost...

Miller's Crossing
1990
as Johnny Caspar
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

The Freshman
1990
as Chuck Greenwald
After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds h...

Memories of Manon
1989
as Carmack
Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she belie...

Homeboy
1988
as Moe Fingers
Johnny Walker is a cowboy and a boxer. He is very shy and a bit of a fool. He is in love with Ruby, but he cannot tell her. He is also a bit old to ke...

Alone in the Neon Jungle
1988
as Brad Stakowski
A by-the-book female police officer is assigned to the most corrupt precinct in Pittsburgh and told to get it cleaned up.

Critical Condition
1987
as Kline
Eddie is a con artist. When he's framed and comes before a judge, he hopes to get off the hook by climbing insanity—but instead ends up in a hospital ...

Crime Story: Pilot
1986
as Phil Bartoli
One former cop goes against the whole Mafia. The feature-length pilot for the cult 80s show.

The Princess and the Call Girl
1986
as Private Detective
Two women--one a wealthy society débutante, the other an elegant call girl--with a remarkable resemblance to one another decide to trade professions a...

Fire with Fire
1986
as Boss Duchard
A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and run away together to escape the law, the church and th...

A Deadly Business
1986
as Vitola
The movie, and true story, is about how Harold began working for the garbage industry in New Jersey only to find out that it was run by the Mafia. Hav...

Highlander
1986
as Det. Walter Bedsoe
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is C...

Dream Lover
1986
as Dr. James
After she's been attacked in her apartment, Cathy starts reliving the event in her dreams. She seeks help at a sleep disorder research center, but in ...

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1985
as Zack
An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the U.S. President.

Compromising Positions
1985
as 1st Cop
An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who ha...

Death of a Salesman
1985
as Howard
Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's ...

C.H.U.D.
1984
as Newscaster
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a ...

A Good Sport
1984
as Man in Taxi
The stylish editor of a fashion magazine and a rumpled sports reporter endeavor to keep their somewhat offbeat romance on a purely platonic level.

Running Out
1983
as Joe Poswalsky
A young woman, unable to handle the stress of raising a family, runs out on her husband and young daughter. 12 years later, she returns in hopes of re...

The Clairvoyant
1982
as Detective Sporaco
Two uneasy friends, a police officer and a TV talk show host, each pursue the mysterious "handcuff killer" with the aid of an artist who sees - and dr...

Gangster Wars
1981
as Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese
The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Joe Penny)...