John Capodice

John Capodice born December 25 1941 is an American character actor Capodice was born in Chicago Illinois He began his film and television career in the late 1970s His first role was in the ABCTV soap opera Ryans Hope where he appeared in six episodes as Lloyd Lord He had guest roles on numerous other TV series including Spenser For Hire Kate Allie Seinfeld Murder She Wrote Murphy Brown Knots Landing Hunter and Law Order He appeared on the series Moonlighting in 1989 and performed as a guest star in an episode of NBCTVs Will Grace episode 121 in the role of the repairman who suffers a heart attack His most recent TV appearances were on The West Wing Six Feet Under and CSI Crime Scene Investigation In a memorable 1980s television ad for PollyO String Cheese Capodice portrayed Fred a dumbfounded pizzeria owner who is asked by three teens to make a pizza with extra cheese but to hold the tomato sauce and the crust Essentially a pizza with nuttin He also appeared as a trucker who gives medical advice in a popular ad for Dimetapp Cold Medicine Capodice has also worked in the theatre appearing mainly in OffBroadway productions He appeared as a prison guard in the play Getting Out at the Marymount Manhattan Theatre in OctoberNovember 1978 and at the Lucille Lortel Theatre from May 1979 to December 1980 The play won two Outer Critics Circle Awards in 1979 Capodice appeared in the Broadway production of Requiem For a Heavyweight opposite John Lithgow George Segal and John C McGinley Capodice appeared as Doyle in the 1982 film Q and in the 1989 film Family Business as Tommy Other film appearances are in the 1991 Oliver Stone film The Doors and the 1989 comedy See No Evil Hear No Evil where he appears as a police detective He had roles in Ace Ventura Pet Detective Naked Gun 3313 The Final Insult 1994 Speed 1994 Independence Day 1996 and Enemy of the State 1998 He provides the voice of Sidney Pen in the 2010 video game Mafia II