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Jon Polito
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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.
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Ghosts in the Machine
From a stuntman's final role to a star's digital encore, these eight films trace cinema's long affair with performing from beyond the grave.
8 films
Love in the Time of Espionage
From Berlin to Buenos Aires, a journey through films where romance and espionage entwine, revealing the human cost of secrets.
7 films
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Big Eyes
2014 · Enrico Banducci
Gangster Squad
2013 · Dragna
Batman: Year One
2011 · Commissioner Loeb (voice)
From the Head
2011 · Vinnie
American Gangster
2007 · Rossi
Gone But Not Forgotten
2005 · Sam Oberhurst
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 · Creighton Tolliver
The Shrink Is In
2001 · Judge Bob
The Tailor of Panama
2001 · Ramon Rudd
Homicide: The Movie
2000 · Steve Crosetti
Nowhere Land
1998 · Frank
Invasion
1997 · Detective Kemper
Fluke
1995 · Boss
The Crow
1994 · Gideon
Flodder Does Manhattan!
1992 · Larry Rosenbaum
Barton Fink
1991 · Lou Breeze
The Rocketeer
1991 · Bigelow
Miller's Crossing
1990 · Johnny Caspar
The Freshman
1990 · Chuck Greenwald
Highlander
1986 · Det. Walter Bedsoe
Running Out
1983 · Joe Poswalsky