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Jon Polito
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Jon Polito

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1950 – 2016 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Active 1981–2018

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.

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Homeboy

Homeboy

1988 ★ 4.8
as Moe Fingers

Johnny Walker is a cowboy and a boxer. He is very shy and a bit of a fool. He is in love with Ruby, but he cannot tell her. He is also a bit old to keep on boxing, but its the only thing he does well.

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Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Big Lebowski
1998
American Gangster (2007)
American Gangster
2007
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005
Stuart Little (1999)
Stuart Little
1999
The Crow (1994)
The Crow
1994
The Mentalist (2008)
The Mentalist
2008

Filmography

179 credits
2010s 19 credits
2018
The Maestro as Herbert Englehart
Movie ★ 6.0
2014
Locker 13 as Don Dillon
Movie ★ 6.5
2014
Big Eyes as Enrico Banducci
Movie ★ 7.0
2013
Gangster Squad as Dragna
Movie ★ 6.4
2012
Robot and Monster as Sir Cranklin (voice)
TV ★ 6.0
2012
Major Crimes as Dino Kotero
TV ★ 7.4
2011
Batman: Year One as Commissioner Loeb (voice)
Movie ★ 7.2
2011
Atlas Shrugged: Part I as Orren Boyle
Movie ★ 5.4
2011
From the Head as Vinnie
Movie ★ 4.2
2011
Son of Morning as Mr. Bordasche
Movie ★ 3.0
2011
Franklin & Bash as 'Lucky' Louie Gianelli
TV ★ 7.2
2011
ThunderCats as Conquedor (voice)
TV ★ 7.9
2010
DC Showcase: The Spectre as Police Captain (voice)
Movie ★ 6.9
2010
Burning Palms as The Phamacist
Movie ★ 5.2
2010
Venus & Vegas as Frank
Movie ★ 3.8
2010
The Last Godfather as Don Bonfante
Movie ★ 4.0
2010
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection as Police Captain (segment "The Spectre") (voice)
Movie ★ 7.1
2010
Stiffs as John "The Prince" Monaco
Movie ★ 4.0
2010
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as Mizaru (voice)
TV ★ 8.2
2000s 68 credits
2009
Super Capers as Captain Sludge
Movie ★ 3.6
2009
Glenn Martin, DDS
TV ★ 6.3
2009
Castle as Harold Metzger
TV ★ 8.0
2009
Modern Family as Earl Chambers
TV ★ 7.9
2008
Bart Got a Room as Bob
Movie ★ 5.6
2008
Rock Monster as The Colonel
Movie ★ 5.0
2008
Animated American as Max Rabbit
Movie ★ 9.0
2008
Do Not Disturb
TV ★ 5.0
2008
Raising the Bar as Judge Dominick Ventimiglia
TV ★ 6.6
2008
The Mentalist as Bertram Duesterberg
TV ★ 8.4
2007
Happily N'Ever After as Wolf #1 (voice)
Movie ★ 5.1
2007
American Gangster as Rossi
Movie ★ 7.6
2007
Cougar Club as Mr. Archibald
Movie ★ 3.9
2007
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
TV ★ 7.8
2007
Chowder as Funjl (voice)
TV ★ 8.2
2006
Big Nothing as Agent Hymes
Movie ★ 6.5
2006
The Alibi as Jimmy the Photographer
Movie ★ 5.6
2006
Grilled as Leon Waterman
Movie ★ 4.9
2006
Cutting Room as Sandy
Movie ★ 2.0
2006
Flags of Our Fathers as Borough President
Movie ★ 6.9
2006
Haeckel's Tale as Montesquino
Movie ★ 5.8
2005
The Honeymooners as Kirby
Movie ★ 4.0
2005
Family Plan as Gold
Movie ★ 5.9
2005
Gone But Not Forgotten as Sam Oberhurst
Movie ★ 4.9
2005
Short Order as Tony
Movie ★ 4.6
2005
Medium as Vincent Discala
TV ★ 7.5
2005
Threshold as Nicky Frost
TV ★ 7.0
2005
Ghost Whisperer as Joe Grimaldi
TV ★ 8.1
2005
Masters of Horror as Montesquino
TV ★ 7.1
2005
Avatar: The Last Airbender as Chief Arnook (voice)
TV ★ 8.8
2005
American Dad! as Dr. Kalgary (voice)
TV ★ 7.0
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Gino
TV ★ 8.3
2004
The Last Shot as Wally Kamin
Movie ★ 5.6
2004
Charlie the Ox as Freddy Boon
Movie
2004
Desperate Housewives as Charles Skouras
TV ★ 7.9
2004
The Jury
TV ★ 7.0
2003
The Box as Michael Dickerson
Movie ★ 3.8
2003
The Singing Detective as Second Hood
Movie ★ 5.1
2003
View from the Top as Roy Roby
Movie ★ 5.6
2003
Las Vegas as The Cleaner
TV ★ 7.0
2003
Two and a Half Men as Mr. Sharipa
TV ★ 7.4
2003
Oliver Beene as Mr. Rayfield
TV ★ 8.4
2003
The Lyon's Den
TV ★ 9.3
2003
10-8: Officers on Duty as Enzo Fontana
TV ★ 7.9
2002
Black Mask 2: City of Masks as King
Movie ★ 4.5
2002
29 Palms as The Security Guard
Movie ★ 4.6
2002
A Film by Kirk as Father
Movie
2002
Monk as George Gionopolis
TV ★ 7.9
2002
Without a Trace as Jimmy Fusco
TV ★ 7.2
2002
Push, Nevada
TV ★ 4.6
2002
She Spies as Edward Malloy
TV ★ 7.6
2001
The Man Who Wasn't There as Creighton Tolliver
Movie ★ 7.5
2001
The Shrink Is In as Judge Bob
Movie ★ 4.8
2001
Mimic 2 as Morrie Deaver
Movie ★ 5.3
2001
The Tailor of Panama as Ramon Rudd
Movie ★ 6.0
2001
The Chronicle as Donald Stern
TV ★ 8.4
2001
Crossing Jordan as Dick
TV ★ 7.2
2001
Scrubs as Mr. Summers
TV ★ 8.0
2000
Homicide: The Movie as Steve Crosetti
Movie ★ 6.8
2000
Boys Life 3
Movie ★ 4.7
2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as Schoentell
Movie ★ 4.3
2000
The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! as Virgil (voice)
Movie ★ 6.6
2000
After Sex as Naldo (as John Polito)
Movie ★ 4.8
2000
Flies on Cupid as Giorgio Gagantano
Movie ★ 6.0
2000
The Dancing Pumpkin as Finkgrinder The Ogre
Movie ★ 5.0
2000
The Invisible Man as Eddie The Mammoth
Movie ★ 6.0
2000
The Invisible Man as Eddie The Mammoth
TV ★ 7.1
2000
Gilmore Girls as Pete
TV ★ 7.9
1990s 63 credits
1999
Angel's Dance as Uncle Vinnie
Movie ★ 5.9
1999
Carlo's Wake as Uncle Gus
Movie
1999
Stuart Little as Officer Sherman
Movie ★ 6.1
1999
Road Kill as Jelly
Movie ★ 5.5
1999
The Apartment Complex as Dr Caligari
Movie ★ 5.3
1999
Batman Beyond as Major (voice)
TV ★ 8.2
1999
Judging Amy as D.A. Gerald Abner
TV ★ 7.5
1999
Popular as Caesar Croutons
TV ★ 6.6
1998
Money Play$ as Lou Spano
Movie ★ 4.4
1998
Nowhere Land as Frank
Movie ★ 3.3
1998
The Defenders: Choice of Evils as D.A. Al Orsini
Movie ★ 3.4
1998
The Big Lebowski as Private Snoop
Movie ★ 7.8
1998
With Friends Like These as Rudy Ptak
Movie ★ 5.0
1998
Tale of the Mummy as Parsons
Movie ★ 4.7
1998
Music from Another Room as Lorenzo Palmieri
Movie ★ 5.6
1998
Becker as Leonard Nagle
TV ★ 7.2
1997
The Corporate Ladder as Mr. Deacon
Movie ★ 2.2
1997
Inside Out as Paparazzi Man
Movie ★ 4.8
1997
Over the Top
TV ★ 7.3
1997
Invasion as Detective Kemper
TV ★ 5.6
1997
Jenny as Sid Bouchie
TV ★ 5.5
1997
Fired Up as Sam Harris
TV ★ 8.0
1997
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
TV ★ 6.0
1997
Veronica's Closet as Mr. Lehman
TV ★ 5.2
1996
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco as Ashcan (voice)
Movie ★ 6.6
1996
Just Your Luck as Nick
Movie ★ 3.5
1996
The Pretender as Ben Hansel
TV ★ 7.4
1996
Early Edition as Cliff Mourning
TV ★ 7.3
1996
The Pretender as Constantin Falzone
TV ★ 7.4
1996
Millennium as Eddie Scarpino Giannini
TV ★ 7.7
1996
Nash Bridges as Roland Margolis
TV ★ 6.7
1996
Early Edition as Louie DeFozio
TV ★ 7.3
1996
Swift Justice as Tom Luddy
TV ★ 7.0
1995
Bushwhacked as Agent Palmer
Movie ★ 5.4
1995
Fluke as Boss
Movie ★ 7.1
1995
High Society as Alvin
TV ★ 6.0
1995
The Drew Carey Show as The Baby (voice)
TV ★ 6.5
1995
The Drew Carey Show as Stansfield
TV ★ 6.5
1995
The Invaders as Whitley
TV ★ 5.5
1994
The Crow as Gideon
Movie ★ 7.5
1994
Girls in Prison as Boss Johnson
Movie ★ 4.3
1994
The Shaggy Dog as Detective Al
Movie ★ 4.9
1994
Blankman as Michael "The Suit" Minelli
Movie ★ 5.3
1994
The Hudsucker Proxy as Mr. Bumstead
Movie ★ 7.1
1994
Bad Blood as Councilman Strand
Movie ★ 4.3
1994
New York Undercover
TV ★ 7.1
1994
Chicago Hope as Bill Ranford
TV ★ 7.2
1994
Viper as Councilman Strand
TV ★ 6.1
1994
Burke's Law as Tony Renaldo
TV ★ 6.7
1994
Rebel Highway as Boss Ed Johnson
TV ★ 7.5
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street as Steve Crosetti
TV ★ 8.1
1993
Fallen Angels as Al Reseck
TV ★ 6.0
1993
NYPD Blue as Paul Biaggi
TV ★ 7.0
1992
Flodder Does Manhattan! as Larry Rosenbaum
Movie ★ 5.6
1992
Leather Jackets as Fat Jack
Movie ★ 5.0
1992
Hearts Are Wild
TV ★ 6.0
1992
Mad About You as Ralphy
TV ★ 6.7
1991
Barton Fink as Lou Breeze
Movie ★ 7.5
1991
The Rocketeer as Bigelow
Movie ★ 6.5
1991
Dinosaurs as Ty Warner (voice)
TV ★ 7.8
1990
Miller's Crossing as Johnny Caspar
Movie ★ 7.5
1990
The Freshman as Chuck Greenwald
Movie ★ 6.3
1990
Dream On as Louie
TV ★ 6.9
1980s 29 credits
1989
Memories of Manon as Carmack
Movie ★ 8.3
1989
Seinfeld as Silvio
TV ★ 8.3
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Nikos Stano
TV ★ 8.0
1988
Homeboy● as Moe Fingers
Movie ★ 4.9
1988
Alone in the Neon Jungle as Brad Stakowski
Movie ★ 3.9
1987
Critical Condition as Kline
Movie ★ 5.4
1987
Ohara
TV ★ 7.0
1986
Highlander as Det. Walter Bedsoe
Movie ★ 6.9
1986
Fire with Fire as Boss Duchard
Movie ★ 6.2
1986
Dream Lover as Dr. James
Movie ★ 4.1
1986
A Deadly Business as Vitola
Movie ★ 5.0
1986
Crime Story: Pilot as Phil Bartoli
Movie ★ 7.5
1986
The Princess and the Call Girl as Private Detective
Movie ★ 3.7
1986
Crime Story as Phil Bartoli
TV ★ 8.0
1985
Death of a Salesman as Howard
Movie ★ 6.9
1985
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins as Zack
Movie ★ 6.2
1985
Compromising Positions as 1st Cop
Movie ★ 5.2
1985
The Equalizer as Gianni
TV ★ 7.1
1985
The Equalizer as Carmack
TV ★ 7.1
1985
The Equalizer as Gene Carmack
TV ★ 7.1
1985
The Equalizer as David Pfieffer
TV ★ 7.1
1984
A Good Sport as Man in Taxi
Movie
1984
C.H.U.D. as Newscaster
Movie ★ 5.6
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Lieutenant Peter DiMartini
TV ★ 7.5
1984
Miami Vice as El Gato
TV ★ 7.5
1983
Running Out as Joe Poswalsky
Movie
1982
The Clairvoyant as Detective Sporaco
Movie ★ 5.0
1981
Gangster Wars as Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese
Movie ★ 7.5
1981
The Gangster Chronicles as Tommy Lucchese
TV ★ 6.8