John Kapelos

Biography

John Kapelos (born March 8, 1956) is a Canadian actor from London, Ontario. He is best known for his portrayals of janitor Carl Reed in The Breakfast Club and Detective Donald Schanke in Forever Knight.

Known for

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2023	Beacon 23	Jocko
2023	The Last Word	Brett Harper
2022	The Class	Nate
2021	Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent	Chief Chauncey O'Connor
2021	Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead	Chief Chauncey O'Connor
2021	Val	Bryan Foley
2020	Big Sky	Father Ted Maynard
2020	Medical Police	Matteo Neri
2020	Medical Police	Frank Neri
2020	Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver	Chief Chauncey O'Connor
2019	The Umbrella Academy	Jack Ruby
2019	Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For	Chief Chauncey O'Connor
2019	Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder	Chief Chauncey O'Connor
2019	The Unicorn	Louis
2019	Love Shot	Tony
2019	Tellers	Craig
2018	22 Chaser	Bissey
2017	The Shape of Water	Mr. Arzounian
2017	First Round Down	Sonny
2016	Conviction	Jim McNally
2016	Creature Features	Self
2015	The Expanse	Ren
2015	Togetherness	Contractor
2015	Impastor	Judge Brenden Bell
2015	Love on the Air	Gus
2014	Transparent	Gary
2014	I Didn't Do It	Uncle Patsy
2013	Afternoon Delight	Jack
2013	Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer	Detective Brady
2012	Not That Funny	Kevork Sarkissian
2011	Suits	Elias Gould
2011	Shameless	Larry Burke
2011	Franklin & Bash	Roland Stray
2011	The Exes	Giovanni
2010	Justified	Ethan Picker
2010	Lost Girl	Wayne
2010	Law & Order: LA	Mark Buckley
2010	Republic of Doyle	Inspector Vince Pickard
2010	Farewell Mr. Kringle	Harley
2010	Don't You Forget About Me	Self
2009	Modern Family	Stavros
2009	Castle	Joe Pulgatti
2009	Junkyard Dog	Hellerman
2009	Chasing a Dream	Frank McGuire
2009	Tripping Forward	Vladdy
2008	The Mentalist	Hank Draber
2008	The Suite Life on Deck	Elias
2008	Snow Buddies	Jean George
2008	The Babysitter	Mr Jones
2008	The Beneficiary	Roy Vidrow
2008	Gemini Division
2008	Celebrating Sixteen Candles	Himself
2008	Sincerely Yours	Self
2007	iCarly	Morris
2007	Chuck	Yari Demitrios
2007	Whisper	Whitley
2007	Everybody Wants to Be Italian	Steve Bottino
2007	Flight 29 Down: The Hotel Tango	Captain Bob Russell
2006	Psych	Tom Swagerty
2006	Stick It	Chris DeFrank
2006	Shark
2006	Fifty Pills	Harold
2006	Mr. Soul
2005	Shallow Ground	Leroy Riley
2005	Category 7: The End of the World	Jim Roberts
2005	The River King	Joey Tosh
2005	Flight 29 Down
2005	McBride: Tune in for Murder	Bob Carter
2004	House	Dr. Kurtz
2004	Desperate Housewives	Eugene Beale
2004	CSI: NY	Bobby Rossmore
2004	Boston Legal	Detective Wayne Farley
2003	One Tree Hill	Carl
2003	Dead Like Me	Angus Cook
2003	Cold Case	John Butler
2003	Las Vegas
2003	Mimic: Sentinel	Det. Gary Dumars
2003	I Accuse	Det. Murray
2003	Fast Food High	John Redding
2003	111 Gramercy Park	Gus Barlow
2002	Monk	Paulie Flores
2002	Without a Trace	Ezra Hafetz
2002	Auto Focus	Bruno Gerussi
2002	The Dead Zone
2002	Boomtown	Hugo Pinkston
2002	Ignition	Conor's Lawyer
2002	Just Cause
2001	Legally Blonde	Dewey Newcombe (uncredited)
2001	Crossing Jordan	Halper
2001	Fire & Ice	Andy Kurtz
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Duke Rittle
2000	Gilmore Girls	Orientation Leader
2000	God, the Devil and Bob
2000	The District	Victor Abbot
2000	Cold Blooded	Lou Miles
1999	Double Jeopardy	Man on Pay Phone (uncredited)
1999	Angel	Roland Meeks
1999	The West Wing	Seymour Little
1999	The Deep End of the Ocean	George Karras
1999	Judging Amy	Zack Wiley
1998	First Wave	Phil Tennant
1998	Johnny Skidmarks	Walter Lippinscott
1998	Young Hearts Unlimited	Jensen
1997	The Relic	McNally
1997	The Practice
1997	Timecop
1996	The Craft	Ray (uncredited)
1996	The Late Shift	Robert Morton
1996	Once a Thief
1996	Wiseguy	Dave Goss
1994	ER	Mr. Irby
1994	The Shadow	Duke Rollins
1994	Cool and the Crazy	The Greek
1994	Deep Red	Mack Waters
1994	For the Love of Aaron	Dr. Teplitsky
1993	The X-Files	Special Agent Fordyce
1993	Frasier	Policeman
1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993	Guilty as Sin	Ed Lombardo
1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Dr. Milton Getz
1993	Dave's World	Leo
1993	Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife	Bernie McNeil
1992	Man Trouble	Detective Melvenos
1992	Forever Knight
1992	Forever Knight	Det. Don Schanke
1992	We're Talkin' Serious Money	Marty "the Greek"
1992	Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story	Prosecutor Paul Chaiet
1992	Highway Heartbreaker	Det. Baker
1991	Defenseless	Jack Hammer
1991	And the Sea Will Tell	Len Weinglass
1991	Palace Guard
1990	Internal Affairs	Steven Arrocas
1990	Shannon's Deal
1990	Counterstrike	Manny
1990	Grand	Ray
1989	Seinfeld	Barry Prophet
1989	Quantum Leap	Dr. Mustafa El Razul
1989	Nick Knight	Det. Don Schanke
1989	All's Fair	Eddie
1988	Vibes	Eugene
1988	The Boost	Joel Miller
1988	Onassis: The Richest Man in the World	Costas Gratsos
1987	Roxanne	Chuck
1986	Nothing in Common	Roger the Commercial Director
1986	L.A. Law	Jack Lewis
1986	Off Beat	Lou Wareham
1985	The Breakfast Club	Carl
1985	Weird Science	Kandy Bar Owner
1985	Head Office	General Sepulveda
1985	My Man Adam	Mr. Rangle
1984	Sixteen Candles	Rudy Ryszczyk
1984	Miami Vice	Andy Sloan
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Lt. Howard Tartarus
1984	Who's the Boss?
1984	The Naked Face	Frank
1984	The Impostor
1983	Class	Bellman
1982	Tootsie	Actor at Party (uncredited)
1981	Thief	Mechanic #3

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
1992	Forever Knight	Director