Jon Polito

Acting

Born December 29, 1950, 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

• 2018The Maestro — Herbert Englehart
• 2014Big Eyes — Enrico Banducci
• 2014Locker 13 — Don Dillon
• 2013Gangster Squad — Dragna
• Major Crimes — Dino Kotero
• Robot and Monster — Sir Cranklin (voice)
• 2011Atlas Shrugged: Part I — Orren Boyle
• 2011Batman: Year One — Commissioner Loeb (voice)
• Franklin & Bash — 'Lucky' Louie Gianelli
• 2011From the Head — Vinnie
• 2011Son of Morning — Mr. Bordasche
• ThunderCats — Conquedor (voice)
• Ben 10: Ultimate Alien — Mizaru (voice)
• 2010Burning Palms — The Phamacist
• 2010DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection — Police Captain (segment "The Spectre") (voice)
• 2010DC Showcase: The Spectre — Police Captain (voice)
• 2010Stiffs — John "The Prince" Monaco
• 2010The Last Godfather — Don Bonfante
• 2010Venus & Vegas — Frank
• Castle — Harold Metzger
• Glenn Martin, DDS
• Modern Family — Earl Chambers
• 2009Super Capers — Captain Sludge
• 2008Animated American — Max Rabbit
• 2008Bart Got a Room — Bob
• Do Not Disturb
• Raising the Bar — Judge Dominick Ventimiglia
• 2008Rock Monster — The Colonel
• The Mentalist — Bertram Duesterberg
• 2007American Gangster — Rossi
• Chowder — Funjl (voice)
• 2007Cougar Club — Mr. Archibald
• El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
• 2007Happily N'Ever After — Wolf #1 (voice)
• 2006Big Nothing — Agent Hymes
• 2006Cutting Room — Sandy
• 2006Flags of Our Fathers — Borough President
• 2006Grilled — Leon Waterman
• 2006Haeckel's Tale — Montesquino
• 2006The Alibi — Jimmy the Photographer
• American Dad! — Dr. Kalgary (voice)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender — Chief Arnook (voice)
• 2005Family Plan — Gold
• Ghost Whisperer — Joe Grimaldi
• 2005Gone But Not Forgotten — Sam Oberhurst
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Gino
• Masters of Horror — Montesquino
• Medium — Vincent Discala
• 2005Short Order — Tony
• 2005The Honeymooners — Kirby
• Threshold — Nicky Frost
• 2004Charlie the Ox — Freddy Boon
• Desperate Housewives — Charles Skouras
• The Jury
• 2004The Last Shot — Wally Kamin
• 10-8: Officers on Duty — Enzo Fontana
• Las Vegas — The Cleaner
• Oliver Beene — Mr. Rayfield
• 2003The Box — Michael Dickerson
• The Lyon's Den
• 2003The Singing Detective — Second Hood
• Two and a Half Men — Mr. Sharipa
• 2003View from the Top — Roy Roby
• 200229 Palms — The Security Guard
• 2002A Film by Kirk — Father
• 2002Black Mask 2: City of Masks — King
• Monk — George Gionopolis
• Push, Nevada
• She Spies — Edward Malloy
• Without a Trace — Jimmy Fusco
• Crossing Jordan — Dick
• 2001Mimic 2 — Morrie Deaver
• Scrubs — Mr. Summers
• The Chronicle — Donald Stern
• 2001The Man Who Wasn't There — Creighton Tolliver
• 2001The Shrink Is In — Judge Bob
• 2001The Tailor of Panama — Ramon Rudd
• 2000After Sex — Naldo (as John Polito)
• 2000Boys Life 3
• 2000Flies on Cupid — Giorgio Gagantano
• Gilmore Girls — Pete
• 2000Homicide: The Movie — Steve Crosetti
• 2000The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle — Schoentell
• 2000The Dancing Pumpkin — Finkgrinder The Ogre
• 2000The Invisible Man — Eddie The Mammoth
• The Invisible Man — Eddie The Mammoth
• 2000The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! — Virgil (voice)
• 1999Angel's Dance — Uncle Vinnie
• Batman Beyond — Major (voice)
• 1999Carlo's Wake — Uncle Gus
• Judging Amy — D.A. Gerald Abner
• Popular — Caesar Croutons
• 1999Road Kill — Jelly
• 1999Stuart Little — Officer Sherman
• 1999The Apartment Complex — Dr Caligari
• Becker — Leonard Nagle
• 1998Money Play$ — Lou Spano
• 1998Music from Another Room — Lorenzo Palmieri
• 1998Nowhere Land — Frank
• 1998Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy — Parsons
• 1998The Big Lebowski — Private Snoop
• 1998The Defenders: Choice of Evils — D.A. Al Orsini
• 1998With Friends Like These — Rudy Ptak
• Fired Up — Sam Harris
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
• 1997Inside Out — Paparazzi Man
• Invasion — Detective Kemper
• Jenny — Sid Bouchie
• Over the Top
• 1997The Corporate Ladder — Mr. Deacon
• Veronica's Closet — Mr. Lehman
• Early Edition — Cliff Mourning, Louie DeFozio
• 1996Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco — Ashcan (voice)
• 1996Just Your Luck — Nick
• Millennium — Eddie Scarpino Giannini
• Nash Bridges — Roland Margolis
• Swift Justice — Tom Luddy
• The Pretender — Ben Hansel, Constantin Falzone
• 1995Bushwhacked — Agent Palmer
• 1995Fluke — Boss
• High Society — Alvin
• The Drew Carey Show — The Baby (voice), Stansfield
• The Invaders — Whitley
• 1994Bad Blood — Councilman Strand
• 1994Blankman — Michael "The Suit" Minelli
• Burke's Law — Tony Renaldo
• Chicago Hope — Bill Ranford
• 1994Girls in Prison — Boss Johnson
• New York Undercover
• Rebel Highway — Boss Ed Johnson
• 1994The Crow — Gideon
• 1994The Hudsucker Proxy — Mr. Bumstead
• 1994The Shaggy Dog — Detective Al
• 1994Viper — Councilman Strand
• Viper — Councilman Strand
• Fallen Angels — Al Reseck
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Steve Crosetti
• NYPD Blue — Paul Biaggi
• 1992Flodder Does Manhattan! — Larry Rosenbaum
• Hearts Are Wild
• 1992Leather Jackets — Fat Jack
• Mad About You — Ralphy
• 1991Barton Fink — Lou Breeze
• Dinosaurs — Ty Warner (voice)
• 1991The Rocketeer — Bigelow
• Dream On — Louie
• 1990Miller's Crossing — Johnny Caspar
• 1990The Freshman — Chuck Greenwald
• 1989Memories of Manon — Carmack
• Seinfeld — Silvio
• Tales from the Crypt — Nikos Stano
• 1988Alone in the Neon Jungle — Brad Stakowski
• 1988Homeboy — Moe Fingers
• 1987Critical Condition — Kline
• Ohara
• 1986A Deadly Business — Vitola
• Crime Story — Phil Bartoli
• 1986Crime Story: Pilot — Phil Bartoli
• 1986Dream Lover — Dr. James
• 1986Fire with Fire — Boss Duchard
• 1986Highlander — Det. Walter Bedsoe
• 1986The Princess and the Call Girl — Private Detective
• 1985Compromising Positions — 1st Cop
• 1985Death of a Salesman — Howard
• 1985Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins — Zack
• The Equalizer — Gianni, Carmack, Gene Carmack, David Pfieffer
• 1984A Good Sport — Man in Taxi
• 1984C.H.U.D. — Newscaster
• Miami Vice — El Gato
• Murder, She Wrote — Lieutenant Peter DiMartini
• 1983Running Out — Joe Poswalsky
• 1982The Clairvoyant — Detective Sporaco
• 1981Gangster Wars — Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese
• The Gangster Chronicles — Tommy Lucchese