Jon Polito

Acting · Born 1950-12-29 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Filmography

• Barton Fink as Lou Breeze
• Miller's Crossing as Johnny Caspar
• The Man Who Wasn't There as Creighton Tolliver
• The Crow as Gideon
• Batman: Year One as Commissioner Loeb (voice)
• Fluke as Boss
• Big Eyes as Enrico Banducci
• The Hudsucker Proxy as Mr. Bumstead
• The Big Lebowski as Private Snoop
• American Gangster as Rossi

TV

• Batman Beyond as Major (voice)
• Seinfeld as Silvio
• Desperate Housewives as Charles Skouras
• Ghost Whisperer as Joe Grimaldi
• Monk as George Gionopolis
• Tales from the Crypt as Nikos Stano
• Gilmore Girls as Pete
• Chowder as Funjl (voice)
• Castle as Harold Metzger
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Steve Crosetti