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Jon Polito

Jon Polito

Highest Rated:
100% Death of a Salesman (1985)
Lowest Rated:
0% Super Capers (2008)
Birthday:
Dec 29, 1950
Birthplace:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Bio:
Typically cast as a criminal or a cop, beefy, bald, American character actor Jon Polito has appeared on stage, television, and in feature films, notably the Coen brothers' Miller's Crossing (1990) and Barton Fink (1991). Polito can be recognized for his pencil-thin moustache. He launched his career…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 0% - 100%
Number of Movies: 68
Box Office Since 2001: $264.0M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2013 32% Gangster Squad
  • Dragna
$46.0M
2011 The Last Godfather
  • Don Bonfante
$0.2M
2011 11% Atlas Shrugged: Part I
  • Orren Boyle
$4.6M
2011 86% Batman: Year One
  • Commissioner Loeb
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2010 DC Showcase: The Spectre
  • Actor
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2010 29% Burning Palms
  • Ned
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2008 69% Bart Got a Room
  • Bob
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2008 The Marconi Bros. (The Wedding Bros.)
  • Mo Brown
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2008 0% Super Capers
  • Captain Sludge
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2008 Rock Monster
  • Actor
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2007 Cougar Club
  • Actor
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2007 80% American Gangster
  • Rossi
$130.1M
2006 Stiffs
  • Actor
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2006 Grilled
  • Actor
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2006 Big Nothing
  • Actor
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2006 73% Flags of Our Fathers
  • Borough President
$33.6M
2005 Cutting Room
  • Sandy
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2005 Family Plan
  • Gold
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2005 14% The Honeymooners
  • Kirby
$12.8M
2004 Charlie the Ox
  • Actor
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2003 39% The Singing Detective
  • Second Hood
$0.3M
2003 The Box
  • Actor
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2002 Women vs. Men
  • Actor
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2002 0% 29 Palms
  • The Security Guard
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2002 Black Mask 2: City of Masks
  • Mr. King
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2002 14% View from the Top
  • Roy Roby
$15.5M
2001 81% The Man Who Wasn't There
  • Creighton Tolliver
$7.4M
2001 77% The Tailor of Panama
  • Actor
$13.1M
2001 8% Mimic 2
  • Actor
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2001 The Shrink is In
  • Judge Bob
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2000 100% Homicide: The Movie
  • Steve Crosetti
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2000 42% The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
  • Schoentell
$0.4M
2000 57% Boys Life 3
  • Actor
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1999 Angel's Dance
  • Uncle Vinnie
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1999 After Sex
  • Actor
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1999 Road Kill
  • Jelly
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1999 Apartment Complex
  • Dr. Caligari
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1998 50% With Friends Like These
  • Rudy Ptak
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1998 80% The Big Lebowski
  • Private Snoop
  • Director
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1998 Nowhere Land
  • Actor
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1997 0% Robin Cook's Invasion
  • Actor
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1996 53% Homeward Bound II - Lost in San Francisco
  • Ashcan
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1996 Just Your Luck
  • Actor
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1995 0% Bushwhacked
  • Agent Palmer
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1995 30% Fluke
  • Boss
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1994 13% Blankman
  • Michael Minelli
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1994 Flodder in Amerika! (Flodder 2)
  • Actor
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1994 82% The Crow
  • Gideon
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1994 56% The Hudsucker Proxy
  • Mr. Bumstead
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1994 Fun in Girls' Shorts
  • Actor
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1991 61% The Rocketeer
  • Bigelow
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1991 91% Barton Fink
  • Lou Breeze
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1991 Delusion
  • Actor
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1990 91% Miller's Crossing
  • Johnny Caspar
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1990 Leather Jackets
  • Fat Jack
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1990 94% The Freshman
  • Chuck Greenwald
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1988 Homeboy
  • Moe Fingers
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1987 Alone in the Neon Jungle
  • Brad Stakowski
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1986 Fire With Fire
  • Boss
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1986 Critical Condition
  • Kline
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1986 Deadly Business
  • Vitola
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1986 67% Highlander
  • Detective Walter Bedwoe
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1986 Dream Lover
  • Doctor James
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1985 53% Compromising Positions
  • Cop
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1985 42% Remo Williams - The Adventure Begins
  • Zack
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1985 100% Death of a Salesman
  • Howard
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1984 18% C.H.U.D. (Chud)
  • Newscaster
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1982 The Clairvoyant (The Killing Hour) (The Killing Kind)
  • Sporaco
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    1. Private Snoop: I'm a brother shamus!
    2. The Dude: Brother Seamus? Like an Irish monk?
    From The Big Lebowski. Submitted by Tarek T (4 months ago)
    1. Gideon: Go sleep it off somewhere else, dusthead! Unless you want to get mutilated.
    From The Crow. Submitted by Michael C (15 months ago)

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