Known for
Acting
Credits
175
Gender
Man
Birthday
Dec 29, 1950
Day of death
Sep 1, 2016 (65)
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as
—
Jon Polito
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
Acting roles
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
---|---|---|
2020 | The Maestro | Herbert Englehart |
2014 | Big Eyes | Enrico Banducci |
2014 | Locker 13 | Don Dillon |
2013 | Gangster Squad | Dragna |
2012 | Major Crimes | Dino Kotero |
2012 | Robot and Monster | Sir Cranklin (voice) |
2011 | Batman: Year One | Commissioner Loeb (voice) |
2011 | ThunderCats | Conquedor (voice) |
2011 | Atlas Shrugged: Part I | Orren Boyle |
2011 | Franklin & Bash | 'Lucky' Louie Gianelli |
2011 | Son of Morning | Mr. Bordasche |
2011 | From the Head | Vinnie |
2010 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Mizaru (voice) |
2010 | DC Showcase: The Spectre | Police Captain (voice) |
2010 | Burning Palms | The Phamacist |
2010 | DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection | Police Captain (segment "The Spectre") (voice) |
2010 | Venus & Vegas | Frank |
2010 | The Last Godfather | Don Bonfante |
2010 | Stiffs | John "The Prince" Monaco |
2009 | Modern Family | Earl Chambers |
2009 | Castle | Harold Metzger |
2009 | Super Capers | Captain Sludge |
2009 | Glenn Martin, DDS | |
2008 | The Mentalist | Bertram Duesterberg |
2008 | Bart Got a Room | Bob |
2008 | Rock Monster | The Colonel |
2008 | Raising the Bar | Judge Dominick Ventimiglia |
2008 | Animated American | Max Rabbit |
2008 | Do Not Disturb | |
2007 | American Gangster | Rossi |
2007 | Happily N'Ever After | Wolf #1 (voice) |
2007 | Chowder | Funjl (voice) |
2007 | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | |
2007 | Cougar Club | Mr. Archibald |
2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Borough President |
2006 | Big Nothing | Agent Hymes |
2006 | The Alibi | Jimmy the Photographer |
2006 | Grilled | Leon Waterman |
2006 | Haeckel's Tale | Montesquino |
2006 | Cutting Room | Sandy |
2005 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Chief Arnook / Additional Voices (voice) |
2005 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Chief Arnook (voice) |
2005 | American Dad! | Dr. Kalgary (voice) |
2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Joe Grimaldi |
2005 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Gino |
2005 | Medium | Vincent Discala |
2005 | Masters of Horror | Montesquino |
2005 | Threshold | |
2005 | The Honeymooners | Kirby |
2005 | Family Plan | Gold |
2005 | Gone But Not Forgotten | Sam Oberhurst |
2004 | Desperate Housewives | Charles Skouras |
2004 | The Last Shot | Wally Kamin |
2004 | The Jury | |
2004 | Charlie the Ox | Freddy Boon |
2003 | Two and a Half Men | Mr. Sharipa |
2003 | View from the Top | Roy Roby |
2003 | Mimic 2 | Morrie Deaver |
2003 | Las Vegas | The Cleaner |
2003 | The Singing Detective | Second Hood |
2003 | Oliver Beene | |
2003 | The Box - 2003 | Michael Dickerson |
2003 | 10-8: Officers on Duty | |
2003 | The Lyon's Den | |
2002 | Monk | George Gionopolis |
2002 | Without a Trace | Jimmy Fusco |
2002 | Black Mask 2: City of Masks | King |
2002 | 29 Palms | The Security Guard |
2002 | She Spies | Edward Malloy |
2002 | Push, Nevada | |
2002 | A Film by Kirk | Father |
2001 | Scrubs | Mr. Summers |
2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Creighton Tolliver |
2001 | The Tailor of Panama | Ramon Rudd |
2001 | Crossing Jordan | Dick |
2001 | The Shrink Is In | Judge Bob |
2001 | The Chronicle | Donald Stern |
2000 | Gilmore Girls | Pete |
2000 | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Schoentell |
2000 | The Invisible Man | Eddie The Mammoth |
2000 | The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! | Virgil (voice) |
2000 | Homicide: The Movie | Steve Crosetti |
2000 | After Sex | Naldo (as John Polito) |
2000 | Boys Life 3 | |
2000 | Flies on Cupid | Giorgio Gagantano |
1999 | Stuart Little | Officer Sherman |
1999 | Batman Beyond | Major (voice) |
1999 | Judging Amy | D.A. Gerald Abner |
1999 | Popular | |
1999 | Angel's Dance | Uncle Vinnie |
1999 | The Apartment Complex | Dr Caligari |
1999 | Road Kill | Jelly |
1999 | Carlo's Wake | Uncle Gus |
1998 | The Big Lebowski | Private Snoop |
1998 | Becker | Leonard Nagle |
1998 | Tale of the Mummy | Parsons |
1998 | Music from Another Room | Lorenzo Palmieri |
1998 | The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | Gideon |
1998 | Money Play$ | Lou Spano |
1998 | The Defenders: Choice of Evils | D.A. Al Orsini |
1998 | Nowhere Land | Frank |
1998 | With Friends Like These... | Rudy Ptak |
1997 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | |
1997 | Invasion | Detective Kemper |
1997 | Inside Out | Paparazzi Man |
1997 | Veronica's Closet | Mr. Lehman |
1997 | The Corporate Ladder | Mr. Deacon |
1997 | Over the Top | |
1997 | Fired Up | Sam Harris |
1997 | Jenny | Sid Bouchie |
1996 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | Ashcan (voice) |
1996 | Millennium | Eddie Scarpino Giannini |
1996 | The Pretender | Ben Hansel |
1996 | The Pretender | Constantin Falzone |
1996 | Early Edition | |
1996 | Nash Bridges | Roland Margolis |
1996 | Just Your Luck | Nick |
1995 | Fluke | Boss |
1995 | The Drew Carey Show | The Baby (voice) |
1995 | The Drew Carey Show | Stansfield |
1995 | Bushwhacked | Agent Palmer |
1995 | High Society | Alvin |
1994 | The Crow | Gideon |
1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Mr. Bumstead |
1994 | Blankman | Michael "The Suit" Minelli |
1994 | Chicago Hope | |
1994 | Viper | Councilman Strand |
1994 | New York Undercover | |
1994 | The Shaggy Dog | Detective Al |
1994 | Girls in Prison | Boss Johnson |
1994 | Bad Blood | Councilman Strand |
1994 | Burke's Law | Tony Renaldo |
1994 | Rebel Highway | Boss Johnson |
1993 | NYPD Blue | Paul Biaggi |
1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Steve Crosetti |
1993 | Fallen Angels | Al Reseck |
1992 | Mad About You | Ralphy |
1992 | Flodder Does Manhattan! | Larry Rosenbaum |
1992 | Leather Jackets | Fat Jack |
1992 | Hearts Are Wild | |
1991 | Barton Fink | Lou Breeze |
1991 | Dinosaurs | Ty Warner (voice) |
1991 | The Rocketeer | Bigelow |
1990 | Miller's Crossing | Johnny Caspar |
1990 | The Freshman | Chuck Greenwald |
1990 | Dream On | Louie |
1989 | Seinfeld | Silvio |
1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Nikos Stano |
1989 | Memories of Manon | Carmack |
1988 | Homeboy | Moe Fingers |
1988 | Alone in the Neon Jungle | Brad Stakowski |
1987 | Critical Condition | Kline |
1987 | Ohara | |
1986 | Highlander | Det. Walter Bedsoe |
1986 | Crime Story | Phil Bartoli |
1986 | Fire with Fire | Boss Duchard |
1986 | Dream Lover | Doctor James |
1986 | The Princess and the Call Girl | Private Detective |
1986 | A Deadly Business | Vitola |
1986 | Crime Story: Pilot | Phil Bartoli |
1985 | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Zack |
1985 | Death of a Salesman | Howard |
1985 | The Equalizer | Gianni |
1985 | The Equalizer | Carmack |
1985 | The Equalizer | Gene Carmack |
1985 | The Equalizer | David Pfieffer |
1985 | Compromising Positions | 1st Cop |
1984 | Miami Vice | El Gato |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Lieutenant Peter DiMartini |
1984 | C.H.U.D. | Newscaster |
1984 | A Good Sport | Man in Taxi |
1983 | Running Out | Joe Poswalsky |
1982 | The Clairvoyant | Detective Sporaco |
1981 | The Gangster Chronicles | |
1981 | Gangster Wars | Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese |