John Capodice

Career timeline

1. 1941 · Born

   Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA

2. 1979 · Screen debut

   Knots Landing (TV)

3. 1989 · Breakthrough

   Seinfeld (TV)

4. 2023 · Latest release

   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Movie)

5. 2024 · Died

   December 30, 2024

Career in numbers

1 1970s

18 1980s

43 1990s

13 2000s

1 2010s

1 2020s

• Drama38
• Comedy36
• Crime23
• Action13
• Mystery12
• Thriller8

Highest-rated title Wizards of Waverly Place 2007 8.6 Most popular title Seinfeld 1989 8.2

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside John Capodice in our catalogue.

Mark Tinker

4 titles together

James Burrows

3 titles together

Michael Lembeck

3 titles together

Joe Regalbuto

2 titles together

Gabriel Byrne

2 titles together

Kyle MacLachlan

2 titles together

Jason Alexander

2 titles together

Jenji Kohan

2 titles together

Steve Miner

2 titles together

Kristoffer Tabori

2 titles together

1. 2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem as Cab Driver (voice) 7.2 Movie
2. 2012 Last Call as Jo Jo Movie
3. 2007 Wizards of Waverly Place as Uncle Al 8.6 TV
4. 2006 Cattle Call as Public Defender 4.1 Movie
5. 2006 10th & Wolf as Sipio 5.9 Movie
6. 2006 Jesus, Mary and Joey as Joey Vitello Sr. Movie
7. 2005 Everybody Hates Chris as Bus Driver 8.1 TV
8. 2004 LAX as Mr. Vialli TV
9. 2004 Shut Up and Kiss Me! as Mr. Grummace Movie
10. 2003 Carolina as Ernie the Cook 5.8 Movie
11. 2002 Without a Trace as Dave 7.2 TV
12. 2002 Monk as Frankie Marino 7.9 TV
13. 2001 Six Feet Under as Tommy Romano 8.1 TV
14. 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Lou Gedda 7.6 TV
15. 2000 Chain of Command as Cameron Ellis Movie
16. 1999 The West Wing as Lenny 8.3 TV
17. 1999 Providence as Carl Rutigliata 6.7 TV
18. 1998 Ringmaster as Mel Riley 4.3 Movie
19. 1998 Enemy of the State as Older Worker #1 7.1 Movie
20. 1998 Will & Grace as Bernie 6.9 TV
21. 1998 With Friends Like These as Actor Friend Movie
22. 1998 Rude Awakening as Paul Parelli TV
23. 1998 Damon as Don Carbone TV
24. 1997 George & Leo TV
25. 1997 The Practice as Joe Jacobs 7.6 TV
26. 1997 Chicago Sons as Roy TV
27. 1996 Superman: The Animated Series as Ceasar Carlini (voice) 7.7 TV
28. 1996 Independence Day as Mario 6.9 Movie
29. 1996 The Phantom as Al the Cabby 5.3 Movie
30. 1995 Murder One as Sal Battaglio 7.7 TV
31. 1995 The Wayans Bros. as The Detective 7.2 TV
32. 1994 A Low Down Dirty Shame as Mob Boss 5.7 Movie
33. 1994 The Scout as Caruso 5.2 Movie
34. 1994 Speed as Bob 7.2 Movie
35. 1994 Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills as Larry Garth Movie
36. 1994 Ellen as Tony 6.2 TV
37. 1994 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Mr. Big 6.5 Movie
38. 1994 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective as Aguado 6.6 Movie
39. 1993 Diagnosis: Murder as Dan Wolpert 7.1 TV
40. 1993 Boy Meets World as Chubbie 8.3 TV
41. 1993 NYPD Blue as Art Stillwell 7.1 TV
42. 1993 Point of No Return as Detective 6.2 Movie
43. 1993 Bloodlines: Murder in the Family as Siegel Movie
44. 1992 The Heart of Justice as Harte 5.7 Movie
45. 1992 Mad About You as Bill 6.8 TV
46. 1992 Honeymoon in Vegas as Sally Molars 5.7 Movie
47. 1992 Melrose Place as Officer Marty Gold 5.9 TV
48. 1991 Civil Wars as Eric Sasser TV
49. 1991 The Hard Way as Grainy 6.2 Movie
50. 1991 The Doors as Jerry 7.1 Movie
51. 1990 Jacob's Ladder as Army Officer 7.4 Movie
52. 1990 Law & Order as Bernie 7.3 TV
53. 1990 Dream On as Bartender 6.9 TV
54. 1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Fire Chief 6.5 Movie
55. 1990 Q & A as Hank Mastroangelo 5.9 Movie
56. 1990 Capital News as Mel Zeiss TV
57. 1990 Blue Steel as Trial Commissioner 5.8 Movie
58. 1990 Internal Affairs as Chief Healy 6.4 Movie
59. 1989 Family Business as Tommy 5.7 Movie
60. 1989 Seinfeld as Vic 8.2 TV
61. 1989 Tales from the Crypt as Mike 8.0 TV
62. 1989 See No Evil, Hear No Evil as Scotto 6.8 Movie
63. 1989 True Blood as Frank Santos Movie
64. 1988 Murphy Brown as Judge Ferris 6.5 TV
65. 1987 Wall Street as Dominick 7.2 Movie
66. 1987 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Taxi Driver TV
67. 1987 The Secret of My Success as Man in KRS Building 6.5 Movie
68. 1986 L.A. Law as Val Ventresca 7.0 TV
69. 1986 The Children of Times Square as Businessman #2 Movie
70. 1985 Spenser: For Hire 6.9 TV
71. 1985 The Equalizer as Father Antonelli 7.2 TV
72. 1985 Moonlighting as Sal Viola 7.6 TV
73. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Giordano 7.5 TV
74. 1984 Hunter as Harry Prima 7.1 TV
75. 1984 Kate & Allie as Mac 6.2 TV
76. 1982 Q as Doyle 5.8 Movie
77. 1979 Knots Landing as Captain Newton 6.9 TV

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