John Capodice
Acting

John Capodice

Born 25 December 1941 · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Died 30 December 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.

Known for

Independence Day
Speed
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Enemy of the State
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Seinfeld
Wall Street
Jacob's Ladder
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The Doors
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Fettered
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
El Coyote
Lost Angelas
Frank and Ava
Sharkskin
Pizza with Bullets
Last Call
Detention
Jesus, Mary and Joey
10th & Wolf
Cattle Call
Blasphemy the Movie
Shut Up and Kiss Me!
Carolina
Out of the Black
A Month of Sundays
Double Bang
The Amati Girls
Price of Glory
Chain of Command
Kiss of a Stranger
Hoods
Ringmaster
True Friends
Enemy of the State
With Friends Like These
Executive Power
Dilemma
Independence Day
Wedding Bell Blues
To Love, Honor and Deceive
The Phantom
The Misery Brothers
A Low Down Dirty Shame
The Scout
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Speed
Percy & Thunder
Point of No Return
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
Cooperstown
The Water Engine
The Heart of Justice
Honeymoon in Vegas
Fever
Lookwell
The Doors
The Hard Way
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Q & A
Blue Steel
Internal Affairs
Jacob's Ladder
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Taking a Stand
Family Business
True Blood
Internal Affairs
Spike of Bensonhurst
Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right
Wall Street
The Secret of My Success
The Children of Times Square
Private Sessions
Q
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