Jon Polito was an American actor,also known for playing Da Fino in the 1998 Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski. On September 1, 2016, he died from battle with cancer.
He played Earl, Jay Pritchett's biggest business rival, Earl Chambers in "Won't You Be Our Neighbor", The Closet Case" and "The Cover-Up".
Biography[]
Polito was born on December 29, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to John and Delaida "Dee" (née Pompei) Polito. He has an older brother and sister, Rosemary Simpson and Jack Polito, an animator. After acting at high school he studied theater at Villanova University.
Polito was openly gay and was married to fellow actor Darryl Armbruster on October 16, 2015, sixteen years after they first met.
He died from cancer on September 1, 2016, at the City of Hope Hospital, where he was being treated for multiple myeloma. He was replaced as Earl Chambers by Robert Costanzo.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Genre | Role | Episodes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Template:Sortname | TV miniseries | Thomas "Three Finger Brown" Lucchese | ||
| 1981 | Gangster Wars | Film | Thomas "Three Finger Brown" Lucchese | ||
| 1982 | Template:HsThe Clairvoyant[1] | Film | Detective Sporaco | a.k.a. The Killing Hour | |
| 1983 | Running Out | TV film | Joe Poswalsky | ||
| 1984 | C.H.U.D.[1] | Film | Newscaster | ||
| 1984 | Template:HsA Good Sport | TV film | Man in Taxi | ||
| 1984 | Template:HsThe Princess and the Call Girl | Film | Private Detective | ||
| 1985 | Compromising Positions[1] | Film | Cop #1 | ||
| 1985 | Death of a Salesman[1] | TV film | Howard | ||
| 1985 | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins[1] | Film | Zack | ||
| 1986 | Dream Lover[1] | Film | Doctor James | ||
| 1986 | Template:Sortname[1] | TV series | Gianni | "Unpunished Crimes" | |
| 1986 | Highlander[1] | Film | Detective Walter Bedsoe | ||
| 1986 | Template:HsA Deadly Business[1] | TV film | Vitola | ||
| 1986 | Fire with Fire[1] | Film | Boss | ||
| 1986–1988 | Crime Story[1] | TV series | Phil Bartoli | 16 episodes | |
| 1987 | Critical Condition[2] | Film | Kline | ||
| 1987 | Template:Sortname[2] | TV series | Carmack | "Memories of Manon: Part 1" "Memories of Manon: Part 2" |
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| 1987 | Ohara | TV series | Captain Ross | 11 episodes | |
| 1988 | Alone in the Neon Jungle[1] | TV film | Brad Stakowski | ||
| 1988 | Homeboy[1] | Film | Moe Fingers | ||
| 1988 | Miami Vice[3] | TV series | El Gato | "Hostile Takeover" "Redemption in Blood" |
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| 1988 | Wiseguy | TV series | Eddie Van Platt | "Player to Be Named Now" | |
| 1989 | Template:Sortname[1] | TV series | David Pfieffer | "Silent Fury" | |
| 1989 | Livin' Large | TV film | Sal | ||
| 1989 | Memories of Manon | TV film | Carmack | ||
| 1989 | Trying Times | TV series | Agent Caponello | "Death and Taxes" | |
| 1990 | Template:Sortname[1] | Film | Chuck Greenwald | ||
| 1990 | Miller's Crossing[1] | Film | Johnny Caspar | ||
| 1991 | Barton Fink[1] | Film | Lou Breeze | ||
| 1991 | Empty Nest | TV series | Slocum | "Harry's Got a Gun" | |
| 1991 | Template:Sortname[1] | Film | Bigelow | ||
| 1991 | Tales from the Crypt[1] | TV series | Nikos Stano | "Deadline" | |
| 1992 | Flodder in Amerika! | Film | Larry Rosenbaum | ||
| 1992 | Hearts Are Wild[1] | TV series | Leon 'Pepe' Pepperman | Template:Hs3 episodes | |
| 1992 | Leather Jackets[2] | Film | Fat Jack | ||
| 1992 | Murder, She Wrote[2] | TV series | Lieutenant Peter DiMartini | "Template:HsThe Dead File" | |
| 1993 | Template:HsThe Contenders | Film | Pedro Perusia | ||
| 1993 | Dinosaurs | TV series | Ty Warner | "Swamp Music" | voice actor |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels[2] | TV series | Al Reseck | "I'll Be Waiting" | |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street[1] | TV series | Detective Steve Crosetti | "Gone for Goode" "Ghost of a Chance" "Son of a Gun" "A Shot in the Dark" "Three Men and Adena" "A Dog and Pony Show" "And the Rockets' Dead Glare" "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" "The Night of the Dead Living" |
13 episodes total |
| 1993 | Template:Sortname | TV series | Tommy Palumbo | "Railroaded" | |
| 1994 | Blankman[1] | Film | Michael 'The Suit' Minelli | ||
| 1994 | Template:Sortname[1] | Film | Gideon | ||
| 1994 | Girls in Prison[1] | TV film | Boss Johnson | ||
| 1994 | Homicide: Life on the Street[1] | TV series | Detective Steve Crosetti | "Bop Gun" "See No Evil" "Black and Blue" "A Many Splendored Thing" |
13 episodes total |
| 1994 | Template:Sortname[1] | Film | Mr. Bumstead | ||
| 1994 | Murder, She Wrote | TV series | Lieutenant Peter DiMartini | "Template:HsA Murderous Muse" | |
| 1994 | Template:Sortname[1] | TV film | Detective Al | ||
| 1994 | Viper | TV series | Councilman Strand | "Pilot" | |
| 1995 | Burke's Law | TV series | "Who Killed Cock-a-Doodle Dooley?" | ||
| 1995 | Bushwhacked[1] | Film | Agent Palmer | ||
| 1995 | Chicago Hope | TV series | Detective Bill Ranford | "Life Support" | |
| 1995 | Fluke[1] | Film | Boss | ||
| 1995 | High Society | TV series | Alvin Spalding | "We Ought to Be in Pictures" | |
| 1995 | Template:HsThe Invaders | Film | Whitley, Metro HQ | uncredited | |
| 1995 | Mad About You[2] | TV series | Ralphy | "My Boyfriend's Back!" | |
| 1995 | NYPD Blue[2] | TV series | Paul Biaggi | "One Big Happy Family" | |
| 1995 | Dream On | TV series | Louie | "Significant Author" "Flight of the Pedalbee" "Toby's Choice" |
Template:Hs4 episodes total |
| 1996 | Dream On | TV series | Louie | "All About Louie" | Template:Hs4 episodes total |
| 1996 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco[2] | Film | Ashcan | voice actor | |
| 1996 | Just Your Luck | Film | Nick | ||
| 1996 | New York Undercover | TV series | John Dennis | "Andre's Choice" | |
| 1996 | Template:Sortname | TV series | Ben Hansel | "Template:HsA Virus Among Us" | |
| 1996 | Roseanne | TV series | Mr. Russo | "Millions from Heaven" | |
| 1996 | Swift Justice | TV series | Tom Luddy | "Supernote" | |
| 1997 | Template:Sortname | Film | Mr. Deacon | ||
| 1997 | Early Edition | TV series | Louie DeFozio | "Template:HsThe Cat" | |
| 1997 | Fired Up | TV series | Sam Harris | "Domestic Bliss" | |
| 1997 | Inside Out[1] | Short film | Paparazzi | 27 minutes; included in the compilation film Boys Life 3 | |
| 1997 | Invasion[1] | TV film | Detective Kemper | ||
| 1997 | Life with Louie | Animated TV series | "Louie's Harrowing Halloween" | voice actor | |
| 1997 | Night Man | TV series | Al Capone | "That Ol' Gang of Mine" | |
| 1997 | Over the Top | TV series | Mr. Hamstead | "Template:HsThe Bee Story" | |
| 1998 | Template:Sortname[1] | Film | Da Fino | ||
| 1998 | Template:Sortname[1] | TV film | D.A. Al Orsini | ||
| 1998 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | TV series | Marv Fishland | "Honey, She's Like a Fish Out of Water" | |
| 1998 | Jenny | TV series | Sid Bouchie | "Template:HsA Girl's Gotta Get It" | |
| 1998 | Millennium | TV series | Eddie Scarpino Giannini | "Omerta" | |
| 1998 | Money Play$ | TV film | Lou Spano | ||
| 1998 | Music from Another Room | Film | Lorenzo Palmieri | ||
| 1998 | New York Undercover | TV series | Rinaldi | "Drop Dead Gorgeous" | |
| 1998 | Players | TV series | Pappas | "Mint Condition" | |
| 1998 | Seinfeld[2] | TV series | Silvio | "Template:HsThe Reverse Peephole" | |
| 1998 | Tale of the Mummy | Film | Parsons | ||
| 1998 | Veronica's Closet | TV series | Mr. Lehman | "Veronica's Dog Day Afternoon" | |
| 1998 | With Friends Like These...[2] | Film | Rudy Ptak | ||
| 1999 | Template:Sortname[1] | TV film | Dr. Caligari | ||
| 1999 | Angel's Dance[1] | Film | Uncle Vinnie | ||
| 1999 | Carlo's Wake[1] | Film | Uncle Gus | ||
| 1999 | Good vs. Evil | TV series | Howard | "Sunday Night Evil" | |
| 1999 | Lands of Lore III | Video game | Dark Army Orc / Elliott the Guard / Viscosa | voice actor | |
| 1999 | Nash Bridges | TV series | Roland Margolis | "Truth and Consequences" | |
| 1999 | Road Kill[1] | Film | Jelly | ||
| 1999 | Stuart Little[1] | Film | Detective Sherman | ||
| 1999 | The Green Mile | Film | "D" Block Prison Guard | ||
| 1999 | Surgeon General's Warning | Short film | Template:HsThe Other Guy | Template:Hs8 minutes | |
| 2000 | Template:Sortname[1] | Film | Schoentell | ||
| 2000 | After Sex | Film | Naldo | ||
| 2000 | Batman Beyond | Animated TV series | Template:HsThe Major | "Betrayal" | voice actor |
| 2000 | Early Edition | TV series | Cliff Mourning | "Snow Angels" | |
| 2000 | Flies on Cupid | Film | Giorgio Gagantano | ||
| 2000 | Homicide: The Movie[1] | TV film | Steve Crosetti | ||
| 2000 | Template:Sortname | TV series | Eddie the Mammoth | "Pilot" | |
| 2000 | Nature Boy | Short TV film | Mort Ruby | 29 minutes; directed by Kari Skogland | |
| 2000 | Nowhere Land[1] | Film | Frank | ||
| 2000 | Popular | TV series | Caesar Croutons | "Hard on the Outside, Soft in the Middle" | |
| 2000 | Template:Sortname | TV series | Constantin Falzone | "Cold Dick" | |
| 2000 | Template:Sortname | Animated film | Virgil | voice actor | |
| 2001 | Template:Sortname | TV series | Rhonda Parks | "Our Place" | |
| 2001 | Template:Sortname | TV series | Donald Stern | "Pilot" "What Gobbles Beneath" "Here There Be Dragons" "Baby Got Back" "He's Dead, She's Dead" "Bermuda Love Triangle" "Only the Young Die Good" "Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns" "Let Sleeping Dogs Fry" "Take Me Back" |
22 episodes total |
| 2001 | Template:Sortname[2] | TV series | Template:HsThe Baby | "Drew and the Baby" | Template:Hs3 episodes total; voice actor |
| 2001 | Frank's Last Dance | Short film | Frank | 18 minutes | |
| 2001 | Gideon's Crossing | TV series | Lou Peda | "Template:HsThe Race" | |
| 2001 | Template:Sortname[1] | Film | Creighton Tolliver | ||
| 2001 | Mimic 2[1] | Film | Morrie Deaver | ||
| 2001 | Template:Sortname[1] | Film | Judge Bob | ||
| 2001 | Template:Sortname[1] | Film | Ramón Rudd, the Banker | ||
| 2002 | Becker | TV series | Leonard Nagle | "Piece Talks" | |
| 2002 | Black Mask 2: City of Masks | Film | King | ||
| 2002 | Template:Sortname | TV series | Donald Stern | "Touched by an Alien" "Pig Boy's Big Adventure" "The Cursed Sombrero" "Tears of a Clone" "I See Dead Fat People" "Man and Superman" "Hot from the Oven" "The Stepford Cheerleaders" "The Mists of Avalon Parkway" "The King Is Undead" "Hell Mall" "A Snitch in Time" |
22 episodes total |
| 2002 | Template:Sortname | TV series | Stansfield | "Template:HsThe Curse of the Mummy" "The Enabler" |
Template:Hs3 episodes total |
| 2002 | Gilmore Girls | TV series | Father in Kirk's Film | "Teach Me Tonight" | Template:Hs2 episodes total |
| 2002 | 29 Palms[2] | Film | Template:HsThe Security Guard | ||
| 2002 | Push, Nevada[1] | TV series | Silas Bodnick | "Template:HsThe Amount" | |
| 2002 | She Spies | TV series | Edward Malloy | "Ice Man" | |
| 2002 | Women vs. Men | TV film | Desk Sergeant | ||
| 2003 | Template:Sortname | Film | Michael Dickerson | ||
| 2003 | Crossing Jordan | TV series | Dick | "Wild Card" | |
| 2003 | Dragnet[1] | TV series | Richard Maughm | "Template:HsThe Silver Slayer" | |
| 2003 | Gilmore Girls[2] | TV series | Pete | "Happy Birthday, Baby" | Template:Hs2 episodes total |
| 2003 | Life on Parole | TV film | Ernie | ||
| 2003 | Template:Sortname | TV series | Mr. Carpeggi | "Trick or Treat" | |
| 2003 | No Credits, No Peace | Short film | Template:HsThe Network Executive | Template:Hs6 minutes | |
| 2003 | Oliver Beene | TV series | Mr. Rayfield | "Dancing Beene" | Template:Hs2 episodes total |
| 2003 | Template:Sortname[1] | Film | Second Hood | ||
| 2003 | View from the Top | Film | Roy Roby | ||
| 2004 | 10-8: Officers on Duty | TV series | Enzo Fontana | "Wild and the Innocent" | |
| 2004 | Charlie the Ox | Film | Freddy Boon | ||
| 2004 | Gone, But Not Forgotten | TV film | Sam Oberhurst | based on the novel by Phillip Margolin | |
| 2004 | It's All Relative | TV series | Leonard | "Template:HsA Long Day's Journey Into Leonard's" | |
| 2004 | Judging Amy | TV series | D.A. Gerald Abner | "Disposable" "The Quick and the Dead" |
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| 2004 | Template:Sortname | TV series | Johnny Pappas | "Template:HsThe Boxer" | |
| 2004 | Template:Sortname[1] | Film | Wally Kamin | ||
| 2004 | My Wife and Kids | TV series | Minister | "Template:HsThe Wedding" | |
| 2004 | Oliver Beene | TV series | Mr. Rayfield | "Oliver & the Otters" | Template:Hs2 episodes total |
| 2004 | Scrubs | TV series | Mr. Summers | "My Female Trouble" | |
| 2005 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Animated TV series | Chief Arnook Additional Voices |
"Template:HsThe Waterbending Master" "The Siege of the North: Part 1" "The Siege of the North: Part 2" |
voice actor |
| 2005 | Template:Sortname | Animated TV series | New Aldrin / New Pupert | "Those Pesky Roaches" | voice actor |
| 2005 | Desperate Housewives[1] | TV series | Charles Skouras | "Love Is in the Air" | |
| 2005 | Family Plan[1] | TV film | Gold | ||
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | TV series | Joe Grimaldi | "Pilot" | Template:Hs2 episodes total |
| 2005 | Template:Sortname[1] | Film | Kirby | ||
| 2005 | Short Order[1] | Film | |||
| 2005 | Threshold | TV series | Nicky Frost | "Template:HsThe Order" | |
| 2005 | Without a Trace | TV series | Jimmy 'The Tooth' Fusco | "Lone Star" | |
| 2006 | Big Nothing[1] | Film | Agent Hymes | ||
| 2006 | Cleaners | Short film | 10 minutes | ||
| 2006 | Cutting Room[2] | Film | Sandy | ||
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers[1] | Film | Borough President | ||
| 2006 | Grilled[1] | Film | Leon Waterman | ||
| 2006 | Handy Manny | Animated TV series | Joe Bolotero | "Supremoguy/Tool Talk" | voice actor |
| 2006 | Happily N'Ever After[1] | Animated film | Wolf 1 | voice actor | |
| 2006 | Template:Sortname | Film | Jimmy the Photographer | a.k.a. Lies & Alibis | |
| 2006 | Masters of Horror | TV series | Montesquino | "Haeckel's Tale" | |
| 2007 | American Gangster[1] | Film | Rossi | ||
| 2007 | Cougar Club[2] | Film | Mr. Archibald | ||
| 2007 | Dead Head Fred | Video game | Ulysses S. Pitt | voice actor | |
| 2007 | Medium | TV series | Vincent Discala | "Better Off Dead" | |
| 2008 | Animated American[2] | Short film | Max Rabbit | 15 minutes | |
| 2008 | Bart Got a Room[2] | Film | Bob | ||
| 2008 | Chocolate News | TV series | Harvey Silverstein | "Episode #1.7" | |
| 2008 | Chowder | Animated TV series | Funjl / Guy | "Template:HsThe Moldy Touch/The Heavy Sleeper" | voice actor |
| 2008 | Do Not Disturb | TV series | R.J. | "Dosing" | |
| 2008 | Ghost Whisperer | TV series | Joe Grimaldi | "First Do No Harm" | Template:Hs2 episodes total |
| 2008 | Las Vegas | TV series | Template:HsThe Cleaner | "Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast" | |
| 2008 | Template:Sortname | Film | Lou Burns | ||
| 2008 | Rock Monster | TV film | Template:HsThe Colonel | ||
| 2008 | Two and a Half Men | TV series | Mr. Sharipa | "He Smelled the Ham, He Got Excited" | |
| 2008 | Raising the Bar | TV series | Judge Dominick Ventimiglia | "Hang Time" "Out on the Roof" "Roman Holiday" "Shop Till You Drop" |
10 episodes total |
| 2009 | Citizen Jane | TV film | Detective Romer | ||
| 2009 | Locker 13[2] | Short film | Don Dillon | 15 minutes | |
| 2009 | Monk | TV series | George Gionopolis | "Mr. Monk Fights City Hall" | |
| 2009 | Raising the Bar | TV series | Judge Dominick Ventimiglia | "Hair Apparent" "I'll Be Down to Get You in a Taxi, Honey" "Fine and Dandy" "Trust Me" "Trout Fishing" "Bobbi Ba-Bing" |
10 episodes total |
| 2009 | Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion[1] | Film | Captain Sludge | ||
| 2010 | Burning Palms | Film | Ned | ||
| 2010 | DC Showcase: The Spectre | Animated short film | Police Captain | voice actor; 12 minutes | |
| 2009 | Glenn Martin, DDS | Animated TV series | "We've Created a Mobster" | voice actor; Template:Hs2 episodes total | |
| 2010 | Glenn Martin, DDS | Animated TV series | Vito Renzuli | "Life Swap" | voice actor; Template:Hs2 episodes total |
| 2010 | Template:Sortname | Film | HIM | ||
| 2010 | Template:Sortname[2] | Film | Don Bonfante | ||
| 2010 | Template:Sortname | TV series | Duesterberg | "Red Herring" | |
| 2010 | Stiffs[2] | Film | John "The Prince" Monaco | ||
| 2010 | Template:HsThe Talking Head | Short film | Mr. Opportunity | 19 minutes | |
| 2010 | Venus & Vegas[2] | Film | Frank | ||
| 2011 | Atlas Shrugged: Part I[2] | Film | Orren Boyle | ||
| 2011 | Batman: Year One[2] | Animated film | Commissioner Loeb | voice actor | |
| 2011 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Animated TV series | DN Alien Mizaru / Mizaru | "Simian Says" | voice actor |
| 2011 | Funny or Die Presents | TV series | Eddy | "Episode #2.1" | segment United States Police Department |
| 2011 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | TV series | Gino | "Frank's Brother" | |
| 2011 | Jonny Boy | Short film | Jonny Boy | Template:Hs7 minutes | |
| 2011 | Son of Morning | Film | Mr. Bordasche | ||
| 2011 | ThunderCats | Animated TV series | Conquedor | "Berbils" | voice actor |
| 2012 | Anti-Muse | Short film | Anti-Muse | Directed by John M Goodner | |
| 2012 | Bunheads | TV series | Sal Russano | "Money for Nothing" "No One Takes Khaleesi's Dragons" |
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| 2012 | Franklin & Bash | TV series | Lucky Louie | "Jango and Rossi" | |
| 2012 | Mike & Molly | TV series | Frankie Moranto | "Thanksgiving Is Canceled" | |
| 2012 | From the Head[2] | Film | Vinnie | ||
| 2013 | Gangster Squad[2] | Film | Jack Dragna | ||
| 2013 | Batman: Arkham Origins | Video game | G.C.P.D. Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb | voice actor | |
| 2014 | Castle | TV series | Harold Metzger | "That '70s Show" | |
| 2014 | Big Eyes[1] | Film | Enrico Banducci | ||
| 2014–2016 | Modern Family | TV series | Earl Chambers | "Won't You Be Our Neighbor" "The Closet Case" "The Cover-Up" "Halloween 4: The Revenge of Rod Skyhook" |
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| 2016 | Batman: Arkham Underworld | Video game | Carmine Falcone | voice actor | |
| 2016 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | TV series | Frank O'Brien | "Tony Hale Wears a Blue Flannel Shirt and Fuchsia Sneakers" | |
| 2016 | Ultimate Spider-Man | TV series | Hammerhead | Return to the Spider-Verse" (Part 3) | voice actor; posthumous |
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