Jon Polito
December 29, 1950 (73 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2020 · 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 as
- 2009 · Super Capers as Captain Sludge
- 2009 · Castle as Harold Metzger
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Bertram Duesterberg
- 2008 · Do Not Disturb as
- 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 · Chowder as Funjl (voice)
- 2007 · American Gangster as Rossi
- 2007 · El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera as
- 2007 · Happily N'Ever After as Wolf #1 (voice)
- 2007 · Cougar Club as Mr. Archibald
- 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
- 2006 · Cutting Room as Sandy
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Montesquino
- 2005 · Ghost Whisperer as Joe Grimaldi
- 2005 · Threshold as
- 2005 · It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Gino
- 2005 · The Honeymooners as Kirby
- 2005 · Avatar: The Last Airbender as Chief Arnook / Additional Voices (voice)
- 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 as
- 2003 · The Singing Detective as Second Hood
- 2003 · The Lyon's Den as
- 2003 · 10-8: Officers on Duty as
- 2003 · Two and a Half Men as Mr. Sharipa
- 2003 · Las Vegas as The Cleaner
- 2003 · The Box - 2003 as Michael Dickerson
- 2003 · View from the Top as Roy Roby
- 2003 · Oliver Beene as
- 2003 · Mimic 2 as Morrie Deaver
- 2002 · Black Mask 2: City of Masks as King
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Jimmy Fusco
- 2002 · Push, Nevada as
- 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 · The Chronicle as Donald Stern
- 2001 · The Tailor of Panama as Ramon Rudd
- 2000 · Boys Life 3 as
- 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 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 · Flies on Cupid as Giorgio Gagantano
- 1999 · Stuart Little as Officer Sherman
- 1999 · The Apartment Complex as Dr Caligari
- 1999 · Popular as
- 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 · The Crow: Stairway to Heaven as Gideon
- 1998 · With Friends Like These... as Rudy Ptak
- 1998 · Money Play$ as Lou Spano
- 1998 · Music from Another Room as Lorenzo Palmieri
- 1998 · Tale of the Mummy as Parsons
- 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 as
- 1997 · Jenny as Sid Bouchie
- 1997 · Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show as
- 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
- 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 · 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
- 1994 · New York Undercover as
- 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 · 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 as
- 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 as
- 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