Jon Polito
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| Jon Polito | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 29, 1950 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, Voice actor |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Partner | Darryl Armbruster |
| Awards | Cinequest Film Festival - Maverick Spirit Event Award 2005 |
Jon Polito (born December 29, 1950) is an American actor and voice artist, who is known for working with the Coen Brothers, most notably in the major supporting role of Italian gangster Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing.[1][2] He also appeared in the first two seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street and on the first season of Crime Story. Polito won the Maverick Spirit Event Award at Cinequest Film Festival in 2005.[3]
He portrays Orren Boyle in Atlas Shrugged (2011), the film adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel of the same name.
Polito is an openly gay man.[4]
[edit] Filmography
- The Gangster Chronicles (1981) TV series
- Fire with Fire (1986)
- Crime Story (1986) TV series
- Highlander (1986)
- Ohara (1987–1988) TV series
- Miami Vice (1988) TV series
- Miller's Crossing (1990)
- The Freshman (1990)
- Barton Fink (1991)
- The Rocketeer (1991)
- Flodder in Amerika (1992)
- Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) TV series
- Viper (TV series) (1994 Pilot)
- Blankman (1994)
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
- The Crow (1994)
- Bushwhacked (1995)
- Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
- Seinfeld (1998) TV series
- The Big Lebowski (1998)
- With Friends Like These... (1998)
- Tale of the Mummy (1998)
- Angel's Dance (1999)
- Stuart Little (1999)
- The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
- The Chronicle (2001) TV series
- The Tailor of Panama (2001)
- Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002)
- Push, Nevada (2002) TV series
- The Honeymooners (2005)
- The Family Plan (2005) TV film
- Big Nothing (2006)
- The Marconi Bros. (2006)
- Happily N'Ever After (2006)
- Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
- American Gangster (2007)
- El Tigre (2007) TV series
- Rock Monster (2008)
- Locker 13 (2009)
- DC Showcase: The Spectre (2010)
- Atlas Shrugged (2011)
- Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2011)
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2011) TV series
- Batman: Year One (2011)
- Thundercats (2011)
- Transformers: Prime (2012)
