Jon Raymond Polito was an American character actor. In a film and television career spanning 35 years, he amassed over 220 credits. Notable television roles included Detective Steve Crosetti in the first two seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street and as Phil Bartoli on the first season of Crime Story. He also appeared in several films including The Rocketeer, The Crow and Gangster Squad, as well as his work with the Coen brothers. He appeared in five of their films, including Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink and The Big Lebowski. Polito also portrayed legendary "hungry i" nightclub impresario Enrico Banducci in a large supporting role in Tim Burton's 2014 film Big Eyes starring Amy Adams.
Birth Name
John Polito
Born
Friday, 29 December 1950
Died
Thursday, 01 September 2016
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Maestro | Herbert Englehart | 2018 |
| Tangled: The Series | Griffon of Pittsford (voice) | 2017 |
| The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Himself - In Memoriam (archive footage) | 2017 |
| The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Himself - In Memoriam (archive footage) | 2016 |
| Big Eyes | Enrico Banducci | 2014 |
| 39 to Go | Mathis | 2014 |
| Murder in the First | Judge Greer, Judge Emerson Greer | 2014 |
| Locker 13 | Don Dillan (segment "story #1") | 2014 |
| Gangster Squad | Dragna | 2013 |
| Major Crimes | Dino Kotero | 2012 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Maestro | Herbert Englehart | 2018 |
| Tangled: The Series | Griffon of Pittsford (voice) | 2017 |
| The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Himself - In Memoriam (archive footage) | 2017 |
| The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Himself - In Memoriam (archive footage) | 2016 |
| Big Eyes | Enrico Banducci | 2014 |
| 39 to Go | Mathis | 2014 |
| Murder in the First | Judge Greer, Judge Emerson Greer | 2014 |
| Locker 13 | Don Dillan (segment "story #1") | 2014 |
| Gangster Squad | Dragna | 2013 |
| Major Crimes | Dino Kotero | 2012 |
| Robot and Monster | Sir Cranklin | 2012 |
| Bunheads | Sal Russano | 2012 |
| The Hollywood Fast Lane | Himself - Interviewee | 2012 |
| Comedy Bang! Bang! | Frank O'Brien | 2012 |
| Ultimate Spider-Man | Hammerhead | 2012 |
| Batman: Year One | Commissioner Loeb (voice) | 2011 |
| ThunderCats | Conquedor | 2011 |
| From The Head | Vinnie | 2011 |
| Franklin & Bash | 'Lucky' Louie Gianelli | 2011 |
| Atlas Shrugged: Part I | Orren Boyle | 2011 |
| Son Of Morning | Mr. Bordasche | 2011 |
| The Last Godfather | Don Bonfante | 2010 |
| Superman/Shazam!: The Return Of Black Adam | Police Captain | 2010 |
| DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection | Police Captain | 2010 |
| Venus & Vegas | Frank | 2010 |
| Mike & Molly | Frankie | 2010 |
| Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Mizaru | 2010 |
| Burning Palms | Ned | 2010 |
| The Spectre | Police Captain | 2010 |
| Funny or Die Presents... | Eddy | 2010 |
| Stiffs | John "The Prince" Monaco | 2010 |
| Modern Family | Earl Chambers | 2009 |
| Glenn Martin DDS | (voice), Vito Renzuli | 2009 |
| Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion | Captain Sludge | 2009 |
| Castle | Harold Metzger | 2009 |
| Citizen Jane | Detective Romer | 2009 |
| Chocolate News | Harvey Silverstein | 2008 |
| The Mentalist | Bertram Duesterberg | 2008 |
| Do Not Disturb | R.J. | 2008 |
| Raising the Bar | Judge Dominick Ventimiglia | 2008 |
| Animated American | Max Rabbit | 2008 |
| The Super Man | Floyd | 2008 |
| Bart Got A Room | Bob | 2008 |
| Rock Monster | The Colonel | 2008 |
| The Marconi Bros. | Lou Burns | 2008 |
| Chowder | Funjl, Guy | 2007 |
| American Gangster | Rossi | 2007 |
| El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | Don Bafi | 2007 |
| Cougar Club | Mr. Archibald | 2007 |
| Big Nothing | Agent Hymes | 2006 |
| Flags of Our Fathers | Borough President | 2006 |
| Handy Manny | Joe Bolotero | 2006 |
| Happily N'Ever After | Wolf 1 (voice) (as John Polito) | 2006 |
| Grilled | Leon Waterman | 2006 |
| Lies and Alibis | Jimmy the Photographer | 2006 |
| Cutting Room | Sandy | 2006 |
| Masters of Horror | Montesquino | 2005 |
| Ghost Whisperer | Joe Grimaldi | 2005 |
| Threshold | Nicky Frost | 2005 |
| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Gino | 2005 |
| The Honeymooners | Kirby | 2005 |
| The Buzz on Maggie | New Aldrin, New Pupert | 2005 |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | Chief Arnook, Additional Voices | 2005 |
| Family Plan | Gold | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Freddy (voice) | 2005 |
| Medium | Vincent Discala | 2005 |
| Gone But Not Forgotten | Sam Oberhurst | 2005 |
| Short Order | 2005 | |
| Desperate Housewives | Charles Skouras | 2004 |
| The Last Shot | Wally Kamin | 2004 |
| The Jury | Johnny Pappas | 2004 |
| The Singing Detective | Second Hood | 2003 |
| It's All Relative | Leonard | 2003 |
| The Lyon's Den | Mr. Carpeggi | 2003 |
| 10-8: Officers on Duty | Enzo Fontana | 2003 |
| Two and a Half Men | Mr. Sharipa | 2003 |
| Las Vegas | The Cleaner | 2003 |
| View from the Top | Roy Roby | 2003 |
| Oliver Beene | Mr. Rayfield | 2003 |
| Dragnet | Richard Maughm | 2003 |
| The Box | Michael Dickerson | 2003 |
| Black Mask 2: City Of Masks | King | 2002 |
| Without a Trace | Jimmy 'The Tooth' Fusco | 2002 |
| Push, Nevada | Silas Bodnick | 2002 |
| Women Vs. Men | Desk Sgt. | 2002 |
| 29 Palms | The Security Guard | 2002 |
| She Spies | Edward Malloy | 2002 |
| Monk | George Gionopolis | 2002 |
| The Man Who Wasn't There | Creighton Tolliver | 2001 |
| Scrubs | Mr. Summers | 2001 |
| Crossing Jordan | Dick | 2001 |
| Mimic 2 | Morrie Deaver | 2001 |
| The Chronicle | Donald Stern | 2001 |
| The Tailor of Panama | Ramon Rudd | 2001 |
| My Wife and Kids | Minister | 2001 |
| The Chris Isaak Show | Rhonda Parks | 2001 |
| The Shrink Is In | Judge Bob | 2001 |
| Gilmore Girls | 'Father' in Kirk's Film, Pete | 2000 |
| The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Schoentell | 2000 |
| Gideon's Crossing | Lou Peda | 2000 |
| The Invisible Man | Eddie The Mammoth | 2000 |
| Nowhere Land | Frank | 2000 |
| Homicide: The Movie | Steve Crosetti | 2000 |
| After Sex | Naldo (as John Polito) | 2000 |
| The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! | Virgil (voice) | 2000 |
| Stuart Little | Detective Sherman | 1999 |
| The Apartment Complex | Dr. Caligari | 1999 |
| Popular | Caesar Croutons | 1999 |
| Judging Amy | D.A. Gerald Abner | 1999 |
| Good vs Evil | Howard | 1999 |
| Road Kill | Jelly | 1999 |
| Tale of the Mummy | Parsons | 1999 |
| Batman Beyond | Major | 1999 |
| Angel's Dance | Uncle Vinnie | 1999 |
| Becker | Leonard Nagle | 1998 |
| With Friends Like These... | Rudy Ptak | 1998 |
| Music From Another Room | Lorenzo Palmieri | 1998 |
| The Big Lebowski | Da Fino | 1998 |
| The Defenders: Choice of Evils | D.A. Al Orsini | 1998 |
| Over the Top | Mr. Hamstead | 1997 |
| Players | Pappas | 1997 |
| Jenny | Sid Bouchie | 1997 |
| Veronica's Closet | Mr. Lehman | 1997 |
| NightMan | Al Capone | 1997 |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Marv Fishland | 1997 |
| The Corporate Ladder | Mr. Deacon | 1997 |
| Invasion | Det. Kemper | 1997 |
| Fired Up | Sam Harris | 1997 |
| Inside Out | Paparazzi Man | 1997 |
| Millennium | Eddie Scarpino Giannini | 1996 |
| Early Edition | Cliff Mourning, Louie DeFozio | 1996 |
| Viper | Councilman Strand | 1996 |
| The Pretender | Ben Hansel, Constantin Falzone | 1996 |
| Nash Bridges | Roland Margolis | 1996 |
| Swift Justice | Tom Luddy | 1996 |
| Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | Ashcan (voice) | 1996 |
| High Society | Alvin Spalding | 1995 |
| The Drew Carey Show | Stansfield, The Baby | 1995 |
| Bushwhacked | Agent Palmer | 1995 |
| Life with Louie | Red Meat (voice) | 1995 |
| Fluke | Boss | 1995 |
| The Shaggy Dog | Detective Al | 1994 |
| Chicago Hope | Det. Bill Ranford | 1994 |
| New York Undercover | John Dennis, Rinaldi | 1994 |
| Girls in Prison | Boss Johnson | 1994 |
| Blankman | Michael "The Suit" Minelli | 1994 |
| Rebel Highway | Boss Ed Johnson | 1994 |
| The Crow | Gideon | 1994 |
| The Hudsucker Proxy | Mr. Bumstead | 1994 |
| Burke's Law | 1994 | |
| NYPD Blue | Paul Biaggi | 1993 |
| The Untouchables | Tommy Palumbo | 1993 |
| Fallen Angels | Al Reseck | 1993 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Steve Crosetti | 1993 |
| Mad About You | Ralphy | 1992 |
| Flodder in Amerika! | Larry Rosenbaum | 1992 |
| Hearts Are Wild | Leon 'Pepe' Pepperman | 1992 |
| Leather Jackets | Fat Jack | 1991 |
| Barton Fink | Lou Breeze | 1991 |
| The Rocketeer | Bigelow | 1991 |
| Dinosaurs | Ty Warner | 1991 |
| Miller's Crossing | Johnny Caspar | 1990 |
| The Freshman | Chuck Greenwald | 1990 |
| Dream On | Louie | 1990 |
| Seinfeld | Silvio | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Nikos Stano | 1989 |
| Roseanne | Mr. Russo | 1988 |
| Empty Nest | Slocum | 1988 |
| Homeboy | Moe Fingers | 1988 |
| Memories of Manon | Carmack | 1988 |
| Alone in the Neon Jungle | Brad Stakowski | 1988 |
| Trying Times | Agent Caponello | 1987 |
| Wiseguy | Eddie Van Platt | 1987 |
| Ohara | Capt. Ross | 1987 |
| Critical Condition | Kline | 1987 |
| Crime Story | Phil Bartoli | 1986 |
| Fire with Fire | Boss | 1986 |
| Highlander | Det. Walter Bedsoe | 1986 |
| Dream Lover | Doctor James | 1986 |
| Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Zack | 1985 |
| The Equalizer | Carmack, David Pfieffer, Gene Carmack, Gianni | 1985 |
| Death of a Salesman | Howard Wagner | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Lieutenant Peter DiMartini, Lt. Peter DiMartini | 1984 |
| Miami Vice | El Gato | 1984 |
| C.H.U.D. | Newscaster | 1984 |
| The Clairvoyant | Detective Sporaco | 1982 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Himself | 1981 |
| Gangster Wars | Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese | 1981 |
| The Gangster Chronicles | Thomas 'Three Finger Brown' Lucchese | 1981 |
