Actor
· Acting
Jon Polito
Born 1950-12-29
Died 2016-09-01
📍 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography 176
The Maestro
as Herbert Englehart
2018
Big Eyes
as Enrico Banducci
2014
Locker 13
as Don Dillon
2014
Gangster Squad
as Dragna
2013
Major Crimes
as Dino Kotero
2012
Robot and Monster
as Sir Cranklin (voice)
2012
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
2011
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
Burning Palms
as The Phamacist
2010
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
as Mizaru (voice)
2010
DC Showcase: The Spectre
as Police Captain (voice)
2010
Stiffs
as John "The Prince" Monaco
2010
Modern Family
as Earl Chambers
2009
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009
Super Capers
as Captain Sludge
2009
Castle
as Harold Metzger
2009
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
2008
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)
2007
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
2006
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
2005
Short Order
as Tony
2005
Desperate Housewives
as Charles Skouras
2004
The Last Shot
as Wally Kamin
2004
Charlie the Ox
as Freddy Boon
2004
The Jury
2004
The Singing Detective
as Second Hood
2003
The Lyon's Den
2003
10-8: Officers on Duty
as Enzo Fontana
2003
Las Vegas
as The Cleaner
2003
Two and a Half Men
as Mr. Sharipa
2003
The Box
as Michael Dickerson
2003
View from the Top
as Roy Roby
2003
Oliver Beene
as Mr. Rayfield
2003
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
2002
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
2001
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
After Sex
as Naldo (as John Polito)
2000
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
1999
Becker
as Leonard Nagle
1998
With Friends Like These
as Rudy Ptak
1998
Money Play$
as Lou Spano
1998
Russell Mulcahy’s 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
1998
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
1997
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
Swift Justice
as Tom Luddy
1996
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
as Ashcan (voice)
1996
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
1995
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 Ed 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
1994
NYPD Blue
as Paul Biaggi
1993
Fallen Angels
as Al Reseck
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Steve Crosetti
1993
Mad About You
as Ralphy
1992
Leather Jackets
as Fat Jack
1992
Flodder Does Manhattan!
as Larry Rosenbaum
1992
Barton Fink
as Lou Breeze
1991
The Rocketeer
as Bigelow
1991
Dinosaurs
as Ty Warner (voice)
1991
Miller's Crossing
as Johnny Caspar
1990
The Freshman
as Chuck Greenwald
1990
Dream On
as Louie
1990
Seinfeld
as Silvio
1989
Tales from the Crypt
as Nikos Stano
1989
Memories of Manon
as Carmack
1989
Homeboy
as Moe Fingers
1988
Alone in the Neon Jungle
as Brad Stakowski
1988
Ohara
1987
Critical Condition
as Kline
1987
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
1986
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
1985
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
1984
Running Out
as Joe Poswalsky
1983
The Clairvoyant
as Detective Sporaco
1982
Gangster Wars
as Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese
1981
The Gangster Chronicles
as Tommy Lucchese
1981