Jon Polito

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1950-12-29

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.

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Acting History

2018
The Maestro as Herbert Englehart
2014
Big Eyes as Enrico Banducci
2014
Locker 13 as Don Dillon
2013
Gangster Squad as Dragna
2012
Major Crimes as Dino Kotero
2012
Robot and Monster as Sir Cranklin (voice)
2011
Batman: Year One as Commissioner Loeb (voice)
2011
ThunderCats as Conquedor (voice)
2011
From the Head as Vinnie
2011
Franklin & Bash as 'Lucky' Louie Gianelli
2011
Atlas Shrugged: Part I as Orren Boyle
2011
Son of Morning as Mr. Bordasche
2010
The Last Godfather as Don Bonfante
2010
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection as Police Captain (segment "The Spectre") (voice)
2010
Venus & Vegas as Frank
2010
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as Mizaru (voice)
2010
Burning Palms as The Phamacist
2010
DC Showcase: The Spectre as Police Captain (voice)
2010
Stiffs as John "The Prince" Monaco
2009
Modern Family as Earl Chambers
2009
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009
Super Capers as Captain Sludge
2009
Castle as Harold Metzger
2008
The Mentalist as Bertram Duesterberg
2008
Do Not Disturb
2008
Raising the Bar as Judge Dominick Ventimiglia
2008
Animated American as Max Rabbit
2008
Bart Got a Room as Bob
2008
Rock Monster as The Colonel
2007
American Gangster as Rossi
2007
Chowder as Funjl (voice)
2007
Cougar Club as Mr. Archibald
2007
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
2007
Happily N'Ever After as Wolf #1 (voice)
2006
Big Nothing as Agent Hymes
2006
Flags of Our Fathers as Borough President
2006
Grilled as Leon Waterman
2006
Cutting Room as Sandy
2006
Haeckel's Tale as Montesquino
2006
The Alibi as Jimmy the Photographer
2005
Masters of Horror as Montesquino
2005
Ghost Whisperer as Joe Grimaldi
2005
Threshold as Nicky Frost
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Gino
2005
The Honeymooners as Kirby
2005
Avatar: The Last Airbender as Chief Arnook (voice)
2005
Family Plan as Gold
2005
American Dad! as Dr. Kalgary (voice)
2005
Medium as Vincent Discala
2005
Gone But Not Forgotten as Sam Oberhurst
2004
Desperate Housewives as Charles Skouras
2004
The Last Shot as Wally Kamin
2004
Charlie the Ox as Freddy Boon
2004
The Jury
2003
The Singing Detective as Second Hood
2003
The Lyon's Den
2003
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
Two and a Half Men as Mr. Sharipa
2003
Las Vegas as The Cleaner
2003
The Box as Michael Dickerson
2003
View from the Top as Roy Roby
2003
Oliver Beene as Mr. Rayfield
2002
Black Mask 2: City of Masks as King
2002
Without a Trace as Jimmy Fusco
2002
Push, Nevada
2002
29 Palms as The Security Guard
2002
She Spies as Edward Malloy
2002
Monk as George Gionopolis
2002
A Film by Kirk as Father
2001
The Man Who Wasn't There as Creighton Tolliver
2001
Scrubs as Mr. Summers
2001
Crossing Jordan as Dick
2001
The Shrink Is In as Judge Bob
2001
Mimic 2 as Morrie Deaver
2001
The Chronicle as Donald Stern
2001
The Tailor of Panama as Ramon Rudd
2000
Boys Life 3
2000
The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! as Virgil (voice)
2000
Gilmore Girls as Pete
2000
The Dancing Pumpkin as Finkgrinder The Ogre
2000
The Invisible Man as Eddie The Mammoth
2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as Schoentell
2000
The Invisible Man as Eddie The Mammoth
2000
Homicide: The Movie as Steve Crosetti
2000
Flies on Cupid as Giorgio Gagantano
2000
After Sex as Naldo (as John Polito)
1999
Stuart Little as Officer Sherman
1999
The Apartment Complex as Dr Caligari
1999
Popular as Caesar Croutons
1999
Judging Amy as D.A. Gerald Abner
1999
Road Kill as Jelly
1999
Angel's Dance as Uncle Vinnie
1999
Batman Beyond as Major (voice)
1999
Carlo's Wake as Uncle Gus
1998
Becker as Leonard Nagle
1998
With Friends Like These as Rudy Ptak
1998
Money Play$ as Lou Spano
1998
Tale of the Mummy as Parsons
1998
Music from Another Room as Lorenzo Palmieri
1998
The Big Lebowski as Private Snoop
1998
The Defenders: Choice of Evils as D.A. Al Orsini
1998
Nowhere Land as Frank
1997
Over the Top
1997
Jenny as Sid Bouchie
1997
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
1997
Veronica's Closet as Mr. Lehman
1997
The Corporate Ladder as Mr. Deacon
1997
Invasion as Detective Kemper
1997
Fired Up as Sam Harris
1997
Inside Out as Paparazzi Man
1996
Just Your Luck as Nick
1996
Millennium as Eddie Scarpino Giannini
1996
Early Edition as Cliff Mourning
1996
Early Edition as Louie DeFozio
1996
The Pretender as Ben Hansel
1996
The Pretender as Constantin Falzone
1996
Nash Bridges as Roland Margolis
1996
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco as Ashcan (voice)
1995
The Invaders as Whitley
1995
High Society as Alvin
1995
The Drew Carey Show as The Baby (voice)
1995
The Drew Carey Show as Stansfield
1995
Bushwhacked as Agent Palmer
1995
Fluke as Boss
1994
The Shaggy Dog as Detective Al
1994
Bad Blood as Councilman Strand
1994
Chicago Hope as Bill Ranford
1994
New York Undercover
1994
Girls in Prison as Boss Johnson
1994
Blankman as Michael "The Suit" Minelli
1994
Rebel Highway as Boss Johnson
1994
The Crow as Gideon
1994
The Hudsucker Proxy as Mr. Bumstead
1994
Burke's Law as Tony Renaldo
1994
Viper as Councilman Strand
1993
NYPD Blue as Paul Biaggi
1993
Fallen Angels as Al Reseck
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street as Steve Crosetti
1992
Mad About You as Ralphy
1992
Leather Jackets as Fat Jack
1992
Flodder Does Manhattan! as Larry Rosenbaum
1992
Hearts Are Wild
1991
Barton Fink as Lou Breeze
1991
The Rocketeer as Bigelow
1991
Dinosaurs as Ty Warner (voice)
1990
Miller's Crossing as Johnny Caspar
1990
The Freshman as Chuck Greenwald
1990
Dream On as Louie
1989
Seinfeld as Silvio
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Nikos Stano
1989
Memories of Manon as Carmack
1988
Homeboy as Moe Fingers
1988
Alone in the Neon Jungle as Brad Stakowski
1987
Ohara
1987
Critical Condition as Kline
1986
Crime Story as Phil Bartoli
1986
Crime Story: Pilot as Phil Bartoli
1986
The Princess and the Call Girl as Private Detective
1986
Fire with Fire as Boss Duchard
1986
A Deadly Business as Vitola
1986
Highlander as Det. Walter Bedsoe
1986
Dream Lover as Dr. James
1985
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins as Zack
1985
The Equalizer as Gianni
1985
The Equalizer as Carmack
1985
The Equalizer as Gene Carmack
1985
The Equalizer as David Pfieffer
1985
Compromising Positions as 1st Cop
1985
Death of a Salesman as Howard
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Lieutenant Peter DiMartini
1984
Miami Vice as El Gato
1984
C.H.U.D. as Newscaster
1984
A Good Sport as Man in Taxi
1983
Running Out as Joe Poswalsky
1982
The Clairvoyant as Detective Sporaco
1981
Gangster Wars as Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese
1981
The Gangster Chronicles as Tommy Lucchese