Jon Polito
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
177
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-12-29 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Acting

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

Franklin & Bash as 'Lucky' Louie Gianelli

2011

ThunderCats as Conquedor (voice)

2011

Batman: Year One as Commissioner Loeb (voice)

2011

Atlas Shrugged: Part I as Orren Boyle

2011

Son of Morning as Mr. Bordasche

2011

From the Head as Vinnie

2010

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as Mizaru (voice)

2010

Burning Palms as The Phamacist

2010

DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection as Police Captain (segment "The Spectre") (voice)

2010

DC Showcase: The Spectre as Police Captain (voice)

2010

The Last Godfather as Don Bonfante

2010

Venus & Vegas as Frank

2010

Stiffs as John "The Prince" Monaco

2009

Modern Family as Earl Chambers

2009

Castle as Harold Metzger

2009

Glenn Martin, DDS as Not available

2009

Super Capers as Captain Sludge

2008

The Mentalist as Bertram Duesterberg

2008

Raising the Bar as Judge Dominick Ventimiglia

2008

Do Not Disturb as Not available

2008

Bart Got a Room as Bob

2008

Rock Monster as The Colonel

2008

Animated American as Max Rabbit

2007

Chowder as Funjl (voice)

2007

American Gangster as Rossi

2007

Happily N'Ever After as Wolf #1 (voice)

2007

Cougar Club as Mr. Archibald

2006

Flags of Our Fathers as Borough President

2006

The Alibi as Jimmy the Photographer

2006

Big Nothing as Agent Hymes

2006

Grilled as Leon Waterman

2006

Haeckel's Tale as Montesquino

2006

Cutting Room as Sandy

2005

American Dad! as Dr. Kalgary (voice)

2005

Ghost Whisperer as Joe Grimaldi

2005

Medium as Vincent Discala

2005

Avatar: The Last Airbender as Chief Arnook / Additional Voices (voice)

2005

Avatar: The Last Airbender as Chief Arnook (voice)

2005

Masters of Horror as Montesquino

2005

Threshold as Not available

2005

Family Plan as Gold

2005

The Honeymooners as Kirby

2005

Gone But Not Forgotten as Sam Oberhurst

2004

Desperate Housewives as Charles Skouras

2004

The Jury as Not available

2004

The Last Shot as Wally Kamin

2004

Charlie the Ox as Freddy Boon

2003

Two and a Half Men as Mr. Sharipa

2003

Las Vegas as The Cleaner

2003

10-8: Officers on Duty as Not available

2003

The Lyon's Den as Not available

2003

Oliver Beene as Not available

2003

Mimic 2 as Morrie Deaver

2003

View from the Top as Roy Roby

2003

The Singing Detective as Second Hood

2003

The Box - 2003 as Michael Dickerson

2002

Monk as George Gionopolis

2002

Without a Trace as Jimmy Fusco

2002

She Spies as Edward Malloy

2002

Push, Nevada as Not available

2002

29 Palms as The Security Guard

2002

A Film by Kirk as Father

2001

Scrubs as Mr. Summers

2001

Crossing Jordan as Dick

2001

The Chronicle as Donald Stern

2001

The Man Who Wasn't There as Creighton Tolliver

2001

The Tailor of Panama as Ramon Rudd

2001

The Shrink Is In as Judge Bob

2000

Gilmore Girls as Pete

2000

The Invisible Man as Eddie The Mammoth

2000

After Sex as Naldo (as John Polito)

2000

Homicide: The Movie as Steve Crosetti

2000

Boys Life 3 as Not available

2000

The Invisible Man as Eddie The Mammoth

2000

Flies on Cupid as Giorgio Gagantano

2000

The Dancing Pumpkin as Finkgrinder The Ogre

1999

Judging Amy as D.A. Gerald Abner

1999

Batman Beyond as Major (voice)

1999

Popular as Not available

1999

Stuart Little as Officer Sherman

1999

Angel's Dance as Uncle Vinnie

1999

Road Kill as Jelly

1999

Carlo's Wake as Uncle Gus

1999

The Apartment Complex as Dr Caligari

1998

Becker as Leonard Nagle

1998

The Big Lebowski as Private Snoop

1998

Music from Another Room as Lorenzo Palmieri

1998

Tale of the Mummy as Parsons

1998

Nowhere Land as Frank

1998

With Friends Like These as Rudy Ptak

1998

Money Play$ as Lou Spano

1998

The Defenders: Choice of Evils as D.A. Al Orsini

1997

Veronica's Closet as Mr. Lehman

1997

Over the Top as Not available

1997

Fired Up as Sam Harris

1997

Jenny as Sid Bouchie

1997

Invasion as Detective Kemper

1997

The Corporate Ladder as Mr. Deacon

1997

Inside Out as Paparazzi Man

1996

Millennium as Eddie Scarpino Giannini

1996

The Pretender as Ben Hansel

1996

The Pretender as Constantin Falzone

1996

Nash Bridges as Roland Margolis

1996

Early Edition as Not available

1996

Just Your Luck as Nick

1995

The Drew Carey Show as The Baby (voice)

1995

The Drew Carey Show as Stansfield

1995

Fluke as Boss

1995

High Society as Alvin

1995

Bushwhacked as Agent Palmer

1994

New York Undercover as Not available

1994

Chicago Hope as Not available

1994

Viper as Councilman Strand

1994

Burke's Law as Tony Renaldo

1994

The Crow as Gideon

1994

Rebel Highway as Boss Johnson

1994

The Hudsucker Proxy as Mr. Bumstead

1994

Blankman as Michael "The Suit" Minelli

1994

Girls in Prison as Boss Johnson

1994

Bad Blood as Councilman Strand

1994

The Shaggy Dog as Detective Al

1993

Homicide: Life on the Street as Steve Crosetti

1993

NYPD Blue as Paul Biaggi

1993

Fallen Angels as Al Reseck

1992

Mad About You as Ralphy

1992

Hearts Are Wild as Not available

1992

Leather Jackets as Fat Jack

1992

Flodder Does Manhattan! as Larry Rosenbaum

1991

Dinosaurs as Ty Warner (voice)

1991

The Rocketeer as Bigelow

1991

Barton Fink as Lou Breeze

1990

Dream On as Louie

1990

Miller's Crossing as Johnny Caspar

1990

The Freshman as Chuck Greenwald

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 as Not available

1987

Critical Condition as Kline

1986

Crime Story as Phil Bartoli

1986

Highlander as Det. Walter Bedsoe

1986

Fire with Fire as Boss Duchard

1986

Dream Lover as Dr. James

1986

The Princess and the Call Girl as Private Detective

1986

Crime Story: Pilot as Phil Bartoli

1986

A Deadly Business as Vitola

1985

The Equalizer as Gianni

1985

The Equalizer as Carmack

1985

The Equalizer as Gene Carmack

1985

The Equalizer as David Pfieffer

1985

Death of a Salesman as Howard

1985

Compromising Positions as 1st Cop

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

The Gangster Chronicles as Not available

1981

Gangster Wars as Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese