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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.

Movies with Jon Polito

• The Big Lebowski (1998) — Private Snoop
• American Gangster (2007) — Rossi
• Highlander (1986) — Det. Walter Bedsoe
• The Crow (1994) — Gideon
• Stuart Little (1999) — Officer Sherman
• Gangster Squad (2013) — Dragna
• Flags of Our Fathers (2006) — Borough President
• The Tailor of Panama (2001) — Ramon Rudd
• Miller's Crossing (1990) — Johnny Caspar
• The Rocketeer (1991) — Bigelow
• Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996) — Ashcan (voice)
• View from the Top (2003) — Roy Roby

TV shows with Jon Polito

• Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) — Steve Crosetti
• Crime Story (1986) — Phil Bartoli
• Raising the Bar (2008) — Judge Dominick Ventimiglia
• The Chronicle (2001) — Donald Stern
• The Gangster Chronicles (1981) — Tommy Lucchese
• Ohara (1987)