Jon Polito

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==
Genre 	Year 	Title 	Role 	Episodes 	Notes
TV miniseries 	1981 	 	Thomas "Three Finger Brown" Lucchese 	 	
Film 	1981 	Gangster Wars 	Thomas "Three Finger Brown" Lucchese 	 	
Film 	1982 	The Clairvoyant 	Detective Sporaco 	 	a.k.a. The Killing Hour
TV film 	1983 	Running Out 	Joe Poswalsky 	 	
Film 	1984 	C.H.U.D. 	Newscaster 	 	
TV film 	1984 	A Good Sport 	Man in Taxi 	 	
Film 	1984 	The Princess and the Call Girl 	Private Detective 	 	
Film 	1985 	Compromising Positions 	Cop #1 	 	
TV film 	1985 	Death of a Salesman 	Howard 	 	
Film 	1985 	Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins 	Zack 	 	
Film 	1986 	Dream Lover 	Doctor James 	 	
TV series 	1986 	 	Gianni 	"Unpunished Crimes" 	
Film 	1986 	Highlander 	Detective Walter Bedsoe 	 	
TV film 	1986 	A Deadly Business 	Vitola 	 	
Film 	1986 	Fire with Fire 	Boss 	 	
TV series 	1986–1988	Crime Story 	Phil Bartoli 	 	16 episodes
Film 	1987 	Critical Condition 	Kline 	 	
TV series 	1987 	 	Carmack 	"Memories of Manon: Part 1" "Memories of Manon: Part 2" 	
TV series 	1987 	Ohara 	Captain Ross 	 	11 episodes
TV film 	1988 	Alone in the Neon Jungle 	Brad Stakowski 	 	
Film 	1988 	Homeboy 	Moe Fingers 	 	
TV series 	1988 	Miami Vice 	El Gato 	"Hostile Takeover" "Redemption in Blood" 	
TV series 	1988 	Wiseguy 	Eddie Van Platt 	"Player to Be Named Now" 	
TV series 	1989 	 	David Pfieffer 	"Silent Fury" 	
TV film 	1989 	Livin' Large 	Sal 	 	
TV film 	1989 	Memories of Manon 	Carmack 	 	
TV series 	1989 	Trying Times 	Agent Caponello 	"Death and Taxes" 	
Film 	1990 	 	Chuck Greenwald 	 	
Film 	1990 	Miller's Crossing 	Johnny Caspar 	 	
Film 	1991 	Barton Fink 	Lou Breeze 	 	
TV series 	1991 	Empty Nest 	Slocum 	"Harry's Got a Gun" 	
Film 	1991 	 	Bigelow 	 	
TV series 	1991 	Tales from the Crypt 	Nikos Stano 	"Deadline" 	
Film 	1992 	Flodder in Amerika! 	Larry Rosenbaum 	 	
TV series 	1992 	Hearts Are Wild 	Leon 'Pepe' Pepperman 	 	3 episodes
Film 	1992 	Leather Jackets 	Fat Jack 	 	
TV series 	1992 	Murder, She Wrote 	Lieutenant Peter DiMartini 	"The Dead File" 	
Film 	1993 	The Contenders 	Pedro Perusia 	 	
TV series 	1993 	Dinosaurs 	Ty Warner 	"Swamp Music" 	voice actor
TV series 	1993 	Fallen Angels 	Al Reseck 	"I'll Be Waiting" 	
TV series 	1993 	Homicide: Life on the Street 	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
TV series 	1993 	 	Tommy Palumbo 	"Railroaded" 	
Film 	1994 	Blankman 	Michael 'The Suit' Minelli 	 	
Film 	1994 	 	Gideon 	 	
TV film 	1994 	Girls in Prison 	Boss Johnson 	 	
TV series 	1994 	Homicide: Life on the Street 	Detective Steve Crosetti 	"Bop Gun" "See No Evil" "Black and Blue" "A Many Splendored Thing" 	13 episodes total
Film 	1994 	 	Mr. Bumstead 	 	
TV series 	1994 	Murder, She Wrote 	Lieutenant Peter DiMartini 	"A Murderous Muse" 	
TV film 	1994 	 	Detective Al 	 	
TV series 	1994 	Viper 	Councilman Strand 	"Pilot" 	
TV series 	1995 	Burke's Law 	 	"Who Killed Cock-a-Doodle Dooley?" 	
Film 	1995 	Bushwhacked 	Agent Palmer 	 	
TV series 	1995 	Chicago Hope 	Detective Bill Ranford 	"Life Support" 	
Film 	1995 	Fluke 	Boss 	 	
TV series 	1995 	High Society 	Alvin Spalding 	"We Ought to Be in Pictures" 	
Film 	1995 	The Invaders 	Whitley, Metro HQ 	 	uncredited
TV series 	1995 	Mad About You 	Ralphy 	"My Boyfriend's Back!" 	
TV series 	1995 	NYPD Blue 	Paul Biaggi 	"One Big Happy Family" 	
TV series 	1995 	Dream On 	Louie 	"Significant Author" "Flight of the Pedalbee" "Toby's Choice" 	4 episodes total
TV series 	1996 	Dream On 	Louie 	"All About Louie" 	4 episodes total
Film 	1996 	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco 	Ashcan 	 	voice actor
Film 	1996 	Just Your Luck 	Nick 	 	
TV series 	1996 	New York Undercover 	John Dennis 	"Andre's Choice" 	
TV series 	1996 	 	Ben Hansel 	"A Virus Among Us" 	
TV series 	1996 	Roseanne 	Mr. Russo 	"Millions from Heaven" 	
TV series 	1996 	Swift Justice 	Tom Luddy 	"Supernote" 	
Film 	1997 	 	Mr. Deacon 	 	
TV series 	1997 	Early Edition 	Louie DeFozio 	"The Cat" 	
TV series 	1997 	Fired Up 	Sam Harris 	"Domestic Bliss" 	
Short film 	1997 	Inside Out 	Paparazzi 	 	27 minutes; included in the compilation film Boys Life 3
TV film 	1997 	Invasion 	Detective Kemper 	 	
Animated TV series 	1997 	Life with Louie 	 	"Louie's Harrowing Halloween" 	voice actor
TV series 	1997 	Night Man 	Al Capone 	"That Ol' Gang of Mine" 	
TV series 	1997 	Over the Top 	Mr. Hamstead 	"The Bee Story" 	
Film 	1998 	 	Da Fino 	 	
TV film 	1998 	 	D.A. Al Orsini 	 	
TV series 	1998 	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show 	Marv Fishland 	"Honey, She's Like a Fish Out of Water" 	
TV series 	1998 	Jenny 	Sid Bouchie 	"A Girl's Gotta Get It" 	
TV series 	1998 	Millennium 	Eddie Scarpino Giannini 	"Omerta" 	
TV film 	1998 	Money Play$ 	Lou Spano 	 	
Film 	1998 	Music from Another Room 	Lorenzo Palmieri 	 	
TV series 	1998 	New York Undercover 	Rinaldi 	"Drop Dead Gorgeous" 	
TV series 	1998 	Players 	Pappas 	"Mint Condition" 	
TV series 	1998 	Seinfeld 	Silvio 	"The Reverse Peephole" 	
Film 	1998 	Tale of the Mummy 	Parsons 	 	
TV series 	1998 	Veronica's Closet 	Mr. Lehman 	"Veronica's Dog Day Afternoon" 	
Film 	1998 	With Friends Like These... 	Rudy Ptak 	 	
TV film 	1999 	 	Dr. Caligari 	 	
Film 	1999 	Angel's Dance 	Uncle Vinnie 	 	
Film 	1999 	Carlo's Wake 	Uncle Gus 	 	
TV series 	1999 	Good vs. Evil 	Howard 	"Sunday Night Evil" 	
Video game 	1999 	Lands of Lore III 	Dark Army Orc / Elliott the Guard / Viscosa	 	voice actor
TV series 	1999 	Nash Bridges 	Roland Margolis 	"Truth and Consequences" 	
Film 	1999 	Road Kill 	Jelly 	 	
Film 	1999 	Stuart Little 	Detective Sherman 	 	
Film 	1999 	The Green Mile 	"D" Block Prison Guard 	 	
Short film 	1999 	Surgeon General's Warning 	The Other Guy 	 	8 minutes
Film 	2000 	 	Schoentell 	 	
Film 	2000 	After Sex 	Naldo 	 	
Animated TV series 	2000 	Batman Beyond 	The Major 	"Betrayal" 	voice actor
TV series 	2000 	Early Edition 	Cliff Mourning 	"Snow Angels" 	
Film 	2000 	Flies on Cupid 	Giorgio Gagantano 	 	
TV film 	2000 	Homicide: The Movie 	Steve Crosetti 	 	
TV series 	2000 	 	Eddie the Mammoth 	"Pilot" 	
Short TV film 	2000 	Nature Boy 	Mort Ruby 	 	29 minutes; directed by Kari Skogland
Film 	2000 	Nowhere Land 	Frank 	 	
TV series 	2000 	Popular 	Caesar Croutons 	"Hard on the Outside, Soft in the Middle" 	
TV series 	2000 	 	Constantin Falzone 	"Cold Dick" 	
Animated film 	2000 	 	Virgil 	 	voice actor
TV series 	2001 	 	Rhonda Parks 	"Our Place" 	
TV series 	2001 	 	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
TV series 	2001 	 	The Baby 	"Drew and the Baby" 	3 episodes total; voice actor
Short film 	2001 	Frank's Last Dance 	Frank 	 	18 minutes
TV series 	2001 	Gideon's Crossing 	Lou Peda 	"The Race" 	
Film 	2001 	 	Creighton Tolliver 	 	
Film 	2001 	Mimic 2 	Morrie Deaver 	 	
Film 	2001 	 	Judge Bob 	 	
Film 	2001 	 	Ramón Rudd, the Banker 	 	
TV series 	2002 	Becker 	Leonard Nagle 	"Piece Talks" 	
Film 	2002 	Black Mask 2: City of Masks 	King 	 	
TV series 	2002 	 	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
TV series 	2002 	 	Stansfield 	"The Curse of the Mummy" "The Enabler" 	3 episodes total
TV series 	2002 	Gilmore Girls 	Father in Kirk's Film 	"Teach Me Tonight" 	2 episodes total
Film 	2002 	29 Palms 	The Security Guard 	 	
TV series 	2002 	Push, Nevada 	Silas Bodnick 	"The Amount" 	
TV series 	2002 	She Spies 	Edward Malloy 	"Ice Man" 	
TV film 	2002 	Women vs. Men 	Desk Sergeant 	 	
Film 	2003 	 	Michael Dickerson 	 	
TV series 	2003 	Crossing Jordan 	Dick 	"Wild Card" 	
TV series 	2003 	Dragnet 	Richard Maughm 	"The Silver Slayer" 	
TV series 	2003 	Gilmore Girls 	Pete 	"Happy Birthday, Baby" 	2 episodes total
TV film 	2003 	Life on Parole 	Ernie 	 	
TV series 	2003 	 	Mr. Carpeggi 	"Trick or Treat" 	
Short film 	2003 	No Credits, No Peace 	The Network Executive 	 	6 minutes
TV series 	2003 	Oliver Beene 	Mr. Rayfield 	"Dancing Beene" 	2 episodes total
Film 	2003 	 	Second Hood 	 	
Film 	2003 	View from the Top 	Roy Roby 	 	
TV series 	2004 	10-8: Officers on Duty 	Enzo Fontana 	"Wild and the Innocent" 	
Film 	2004 	Charlie the Ox 	Freddy Boon 	 	
TV film 	2004 	Gone, But Not Forgotten 	Sam Oberhurst 	 	based on the novel by Phillip Margolin
TV series 	2004 	It's All Relative 	Leonard 	"A Long Day's Journey Into Leonard's" 	
TV series 	2004 	Judging Amy 	D.A. Gerald Abner 	"Disposable" "The Quick and the Dead" 	
TV series 	2004 	 	Johnny Pappas 	"The Boxer" 	
Film 	2004 	 	Wally Kamin 	 	
TV series 	2004 	My Wife and Kids 	Minister 	"The Wedding" 	
TV series 	2004 	Oliver Beene 	Mr. Rayfield 	"Oliver & the Otters" 	2 episodes total
TV series 	2004 	Scrubs 	Mr. Summers 	"My Female Trouble" 	
Animated TV series 	2005 	Avatar: The Last Airbender 	Chief Arnook Additional Voices 	"The Waterbending Master" "The Siege of the North: Part 1" "The Siege of the North: Part 2" 	voice actor
Animated TV series 	2005 	 	New Aldrin / New Pupert 	"Those Pesky Roaches" 	voice actor
TV series 	2005 	Desperate Housewives 	Charles Skouras 	"Love Is in the Air" 	
TV film 	2005 	Family Plan 	Gold 	 	
TV series 	2005 	Ghost Whisperer 	Joe Grimaldi 	"Pilot" 	2 episodes total
Film 	2005 	 	Kirby 	 	
Film 	2005 	Short Order 	 	 	
TV series 	2005 	Threshold 	Nicky Frost 	"The Order" 	
TV series 	2005 	Without a Trace 	Jimmy 'The Tooth' Fusco 	"Lone Star" 	
Film 	2006 	Big Nothing 	Agent Hymes 	 	
Short film 	2006 	Cleaners 	 	 	10 minutes
Film 	2006 	Cutting Room 	Sandy 	 	
Film 	2006 	Flags of Our Fathers 	Borough President 	 	
Film 	2006 	Grilled 	Leon Waterman 	 	
Animated TV series 	2006 	Handy Manny 	Joe Bolotero 	"Supremoguy/Tool Talk" 	voice actor
Animated film 	2006 	Happily N'Ever After 	Wolf 1 	 	voice actor
Film 	2006 	 	Jimmy the Photographer 	 	a.k.a. Lies & Alibis
TV series 	2006 	Masters of Horror 	Montesquino 	"Haeckel's Tale" 	
Film 	2007 	American Gangster 	Rossi 	 	
Film 	2007 	Cougar Club 	Mr. Archibald 	 	
Video game 	2007 	Dead Head Fred 	Ulysses S. Pitt 	 	voice actor
TV series 	2007 	Medium 	Vincent Discala 	"Better Off Dead" 	
Short film 	2008 	Animated American 	Max Rabbit 	 	15 minutes
Film 	2008 	Bart Got a Room 	Bob 	 	
TV series 	2008 	Chocolate News 	Harvey Silverstein 	"Episode #1.7" 	
Animated TV series 	2008 	Chowder 	Funjl / Guy 	"The Moldy Touch/The Heavy Sleeper" 	voice actor
TV series 	2008 	Do Not Disturb 	R.J. 	"Dosing" 	
TV series 	2008 	Ghost Whisperer 	Joe Grimaldi 	"First Do No Harm" 	2 episodes total
TV series 	2008 	Las Vegas 	The Cleaner 	"Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast" 	
Film 	2008 	 	Lou Burns 	 	
TV film 	2008 	Rock Monster 	The Colonel 	 	
TV series 	2008 	Two and a Half Men 	Mr. Sharipa 	"He Smelled the Ham, He Got Excited" 	
TV series 	2008 	Raising the Bar 	Judge Dominick Ventimiglia 	"Hang Time" "Out on the Roof" "Roman Holiday" "Shop Till You Drop" 	10 episodes total
TV film 	2009 	Citizen Jane 	Detective Romer 	 	
Short film 	2009 	Locker 13 	Don Dillon 	 	15 minutes
TV series 	2009 	Monk 	George Gionopolis 	"Mr. Monk Fights City Hall" 	
TV series 	2009 	Raising the Bar 	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
Film 	2009 	Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion	Captain Sludge 	 	
Film 	2010 	Burning Palms 	Ned 	 	
Animated short film	2010 	DC Showcase: The Spectre 	Police Captain 	 	voice actor; 12 minutes
Animated TV series 	2009 	Glenn Martin, DDS 	 	"We've Created a Mobster" 	voice actor; 2 episodes total
Animated TV series 	2010 	Glenn Martin, DDS 	Vito Renzuli 	"Life Swap" 	voice actor; 2 episodes total
Film 	2010 	 	HIM 	 	
Film 	2010 	 	Don Bonfante 	 	
TV series 	2010 	 	Duesterberg 	"Red Herring" 	
Film 	2010 	Stiffs 	John "The Prince" Monaco 	 	
Short film 	2010 	The Talking Head 	Mr. Opportunity 	 	19 minutes
Film 	2010 	Venus & Vegas 	Frank 	 	
Film 	2011 	Atlas Shrugged: Part I 	Orren Boyle 	 	
Animated film 	2011 	Batman: Year One 	Commissioner Loeb 	 	voice actor
Animated TV series 	2011 	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien 	DN Alien Mizaru / Mizaru 	"Simian Says" 	voice actor
TV series 	2011 	Funny or Die Presents 	Eddy 	"Episode #2.1" 	segment United States Police Department
TV series 	2011 	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 	Gino 	"Frank's Brother" 	
Short film 	2011 	Jonny Boy 	Jonny Boy 	 	7 minutes
Film 	2011 	Son of Morning 	Mr. Bordasche 	 	
Animated TV series 	2011 	ThunderCats 	Conquedor 	"Berbils" 	voice actor
Short film 	2012 	Anti-Muse 	Anti-Muse 	 	Directed by John M Goodner
TV series 	2012 	Bunheads 	Sal Russano 	"Money for Nothing" "No One Takes Khaleesi's Dragons" 	
TV series 	2012 	Franklin & Bash 	Lucky Louie 	"Jango and Rossi" 	
TV series 	2012 	Mike & Molly 	Frankie Moranto 	"Thanksgiving Is Canceled" 	
Film 	2012 	From the Head 	Vinnie 	 	
Film 	2013 	Gangster Squad 	Jack Dragna 	 	
Video game 	2013 	Batman: Arkham Origins 	G.C.P.D. Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb 	 	voice actor
TV series 	2014 	Castle 	Harold Metzger 	"That '70s Show" 	
Film 	2014 	Big Eyes 	Enrico Banducci 	 	
TV series 	2014–2016	Modern Family 	Earl Chambers 	"Won't You Be Our Neighbor" "The Closet Case" "The Cover-Up" "Halloween 4: The Revenge of Rod Skyhook" 	
Video game 	2016 	Batman: Arkham Underworld 	Carmine Falcone 	 	voice actor
TV series 	2016 	Comedy Bang! Bang! 	Frank O'Brien 	"Tony Hale Wears a Blue Flannel Shirt and Fuchsia Sneakers" 	
TV series 	2016 	Ultimate Spider-Man 	Hammerhead 	Return to the Spider-Verse" (Part 3) 	voice actor; posthumous
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