Portrait of Jon Polito

Jon Polito

Acting

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.

Born: December 29, 1950

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Filmography

2018
The Maestro

as Herbert Englehart

2014
Big Eyes

as Enrico Banducci

2014
Locker 13

as Don Dillon

2013
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
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
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
Super Capers

as Captain Sludge

2009
Castle

as Harold Metzger

2008
The Mentalist

as Bertram Duesterberg

2008
Raising the Bar

as Judge Dominick Ventimiglia

2008
Animated American

as Max Rabbit

2008
2008
Rock Monster

as The Colonel

2007
Chowder

as Funjl (voice)

2007
2007
Cougar Club

as Mr. Archibald

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
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
2005
Avatar: The Last Airbender

as Chief Arnook (voice)

2005
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

2003
The Singing Detective

as Second Hood

2003
Two and a Half Men

as Mr. Sharipa

2003
Las Vegas

as The Cleaner

2003
The Box

as Michael Dickerson

2003
2003
Oliver Beene

as Mr. Rayfield

2002
Without a Trace

as Jimmy Fusco

2002
29 Palms

as The Security Guard

2002
She Spies

as Edward Malloy

2002
Monk

as George Gionopolis

2002
2001
The Man Who Wasn't There

as Creighton Tolliver

2001
Scrubs

as Mr. Summers

2001
2001
The Shrink Is In

as Judge Bob

2001
Mimic 2

as Morrie Deaver

2001
The Chronicle

as Donald Stern

2001
2000
2000
The Dancing Pumpkin

as Finkgrinder The Ogre

2000
The Invisible Man

as Eddie The Mammoth

2000
The Invisible Man

as Eddie The Mammoth

2000
Homicide: The Movie

as Steve Crosetti

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
1998
Money Play$

as Lou Spano

1998
1998
Music from Another Room

as Lorenzo Palmieri

1998
The Big Lebowski

as Private Snoop

1998
1998
Nowhere Land

as Frank

1997
Jenny

as Sid Bouchie

1997
Veronica's Closet

as Mr. Lehman

1997
1997
Invasion

as Detective Kemper

1997
Fired Up

as Sam Harris

1997
Inside Out

as Paparazzi Man

1996
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

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
Blankman

as Michael "The Suit" Minelli

1994
Girls in Prison

as Boss Johnson

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
1992
Mad About You

as Ralphy

1992
Leather Jackets

as Fat Jack

1992
Flodder Does Manhattan!

as Larry Rosenbaum

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
1988
Homeboy

as Moe Fingers

1988
Alone in the Neon Jungle

as Brad Stakowski

1987
1987
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
1986
Highlander

as Det. Walter Bedsoe

1986
Dream Lover

as Dr. James

1985
The Equalizer

as Gianni

1985
The Equalizer

as Carmack

1985
The Equalizer

as Gene Carmack

1985
The Equalizer

as David Pfieffer

1985
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