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Jon Polito is a Actor American born on 29 december 1950 at Philadelphia (USA)

Jon Polito

Jon Polito
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Birth name John Polito
Nationality USA
Birth 29 december 1950 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 1 september 2016 (at 65 years)

Jon Polito (born December 29, 1950) is an American actor and voice artist.

Best films

Highlander (1986)
(Actor)

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Filmography of Jon Polito (78 films)

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Actor

Cougar Club, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Warren Kole, Joe Mantegna, Izabella Dorota Skorupko, Faye Dunaway, Carrie Fisher, Mo Collins
Roles Mr. Archibald
Rating40% 2.0048352.0048352.0048352.0048352.004835
Having no family, Marshall Hogan III (Warren Kole) has been granted residency in the house of his best friend Spence Holmes (Jason Jurman). But Hogan has a sexual habit that makes Spence's dad and girlfriend (Kaley Cuoco) fear that Spence could adopt it, too. It is an attraction to older—if not just plain old—women.
Happily N'Ever After, 1h27
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Films about the labor movement, Children's films
Actors Sarah Michelle Prinze, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Wallace Shawn, Andrew Roane Dick, Patrick Warburton, Jim Ward
Roles Wolf #1 (voice)
Rating45% 2.260642.260642.260642.260642.26064
The story begins with the idea that the Wizard (George Carlin) controls all of the fairy tales and maintains the balance of good and evil in Fairy Tale Land. With the help of his assistants the uptight Munk (Wallace Shawn) and the decidedly goofy Mambo (Andy Dick), the Wizard is checking to make sure that all the fairy tales under his care are "on track" to have their traditional happy endings. As we meet him however, the Wizard is leaving for Scotland for a long-overdue vacation. He leaves the kingdom in the hands of Munk and Mambo.
Flags of Our Fathers, 2h8
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery, Barry Pepper
Roles Borough President
Rating70% 3.5482653.5482653.5482653.5482653.548265
As three US servicemen - Marine Private First Class Ira Hayes, Private First Class Rene Gagnon, and Navy Corpsman John "Doc" Bradley - are feted as heroes in a war bond drive, they reflect on their experiences via flashback.
The Alibi
The Alibi (2006)
, 1h30
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Steve Coogan, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, Jerry O'Connell, Jon Polito, Selma Blair
Roles Jimmy the Photographer
Rating62% 3.145043.145043.145043.145043.14504
A man (Steve Coogan) who runs an alibi agency, a service for adulterous husbands and wives that provides airtight alibis, runs into trouble with his latest client. In order to remedy the problem, he has to rely on a very enticing woman (Rebecca Romijn), his assistant/partner. The plot thickens when he switches identities with one of his clients (James Marsden) for a weekend, and the client's girlfriend dies in an accident. With the police, an assassin, and a jealous ex-boyfriend to run from, he discovers that he will need all the ingenuity he can muster to survive.
Big Nothing, 1h26
Directed by Jean-Baptiste Andrea
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors David Schwimmer, Simon Pegg, Alice Eve, Natascha McElhone, Jon Polito, Mimi Rogers
Roles Agent Hymes
Rating66% 3.348583.348583.348583.348583.34858
The film is set in a small Oregon town, where a brutal serial killer nicknamed the 'Oregon undertaker' has been murdering and mutilating young women.
Grilled
Grilled (2006)
, 1h23
Directed by Jason Ensler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ray Romano, Kevin James, Sofía Vergara, Juliette Lewis, Michael Rapaport, Ariel Winter
Roles Leon Waterman
Rating52% 2.60022.60022.60022.60022.6002
Maurice and Dave try but fail to sell steaks to people through a mail service. Tired of their incompetence, their boss gives them cards with the names and addresses of their highest buyers, warning that this is their last chance. Dave loses all but one of the cards. It leads to a woman named Loridonna.
Short Order, 1h40
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Emma de Caunes, Rade Šerbedžija, Cosma Shiva Hagen, Jack Dee, Vanessa Redgrave, Paul Kaye
Roles Tony
Rating60% 3.042943.042943.042943.042943.04294
Fifi is an accomplished young chef who is constantly hounded with offers for her talents. Her food is so delicious that it takes on sexual symbol of its own and no one can look at food in the same way again. The film (drama) takes the viewers through the life and daily (night life here) of the chefs and the way they look at the work and how much they crave about food.
The Honeymooners, 1h30
Directed by John Schultz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mike Epps, Cedric the Entertainer, Gabrielle Union, Regina Hall, Eric Stoltz, John Leguizamo
Roles Kirby
Rating34% 1.706291.706291.706291.706291.70629
The Kramdens and the Nortons are working-class neighbors; bus-driver Ralph Kramden (Cedric the Entertainer) and sewage worker Ed Norton (Epps) are best friends. Ralph is constantly masterminding get-rich-quick schemes with which Ed tries to help. The driving force behind them is their wives, Alice Kramden (Gabrielle Union) and Trixie Norton (Regina Hall); the men are trying to make enough money to afford the homes they think their wives deserve. Meanwhile, Alice and Trixie make ends meet by waitressing at the local diner.
American Dad!: The New CIA
Directed by Seth MacFarlane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Dee Bradley Baker, Patrick Stewart, Jon Polito
Roles Petruchio (voice)
Rating65% 3.252953.252953.252953.252953.25295
Stan's video is ruined by constant interruption by his family, including Roger, whom Stan passes off as a kid who smoked a "marijuana cigarette", thus explaining his strange physical appearance. Hayley gets in front of the camera and starts complaining about the government. In desperation, Stan shoots at the camera, which dies with the second bullet and goes to static.
Family Plan, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Tori Spelling, Leslie Nielsen, Jordan Bridges, Greg Germann, Judge Reinhold, Abigail Breslin
Roles Gold
Rating70% 3.538383.538383.538383.538383.53838
Charlie (Tori Spelling) works for a company that is taken over by Walcott (played by Greg Germann) who believes family values are a priority. Career-driven Charlie does a little fibbing when under the pressure of Walcott's standards, and believes she's in the clear. But when Walcott invites himself over for dinner, she borrows her friend's house and daughter (Abigail Breslin) and hires actor Buck (Jordan Bridges) to play her husband for the evening. The one-night "act" turns into a full-time gig when her boss decides to rent the house next door for the summer, forcing Charlie and Buck to stay together in the fake lifestyle she created.
The Last Shot, 1h33
Directed by Jeff Nathanson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about films, Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Tim Blake Nelson, Calista Flockhart, Ray Liotta
Roles Wally Kamin
Rating57% 2.8507952.8507952.8507952.8507952.850795
FBI agent Joe Devine (Alec Baldwin) has been assigned to coming up with an elaborate scheme to take down infamous mob boss John Gotti. He assumes the role of a Hollywood producer and tells all the right lies to enlist a stooge to help execute his sting. He finds unsuspecting wannabe writer/director Steven Schats (Matthew Broderick), who'd do just about everything to get the chance to direct a feature. Schats falls for the pitch, but what Devine doesn't tell Schats is that the movie will never be made.
View from the Top, 1h27
Directed by Bruno Barreto
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion
Actors Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo, Candice Bergen, Kelly Preston, Christina Applegate, Rob Lowe
Roles Roy Roby
Rating53% 2.652182.652182.652182.652182.65218
Donna Jensen is a girl from a small town in Nevada who wishes to see the world in order to get away from her unhappy life of living in a trailer with her alcoholic mother, a former Las Vegas showgirl, and her abusive, alcoholic stepfather, where she feels miserable and lonely. After graduating from high school, Donna tries to make ends meet by working as a clerk in a Big Lots.
The Box - 2003, 1h39
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors James Russo, Theresa Russell, Brad Dourif, Jon Polito, Steve Railsback, Michael Rooker
Roles Michael Dickerson
Rating49% 2.4665052.4665052.4665052.4665052.466505
An ex-con trying to go straight meets up with a female co-worker who has attempted to start her life over after working as a prostitute.
The Singing Detective, 1h49
Directed by Keith Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Films about sexuality, Musical films
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Jeremy Northam, David Dorfman, Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody
Roles Second Hood
Rating53% 2.698852.698852.698852.698852.69885
Suffering from the skin disease psoriasis and crippling psoriatic arthritis, detective novelist Dan Dark is in such pain in a hospital that he begins to delve into fantasy, resulting in several storylines told simultaneously:
The Singing Detective
Directed by Jon Amiel, Keith Gordon
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Michael Gambon, Jim Carter, Robin Wright, David Dorfman, Mel Gibson
Roles Second Hood
Rating53% 2.698852.698852.698852.698852.69885
Dan Dark, écrivain rongé par une lente maladie dégénérative du cerveau, ne peut trouver la guérison qu'en s'immergeant dans un monde onirique qu'il a créé pour les besoins de l'un de ses ouvrages. Toutefois ce monde onirique s'insinue au fil du temps dans le monde réel.