John Kapelos

His movie highlights include 1999's The Deep End of the Ocean, which received praise from both The New York Times[8] and Roger Ebert[9] from The Chicago Sun Times. His appearance in three John Hughes films, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science, earned him fame in the 1980s as a character actor.[5]

Other film works include Schepisi's Roxanne,[10][11] with Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah, and Garry Marshall's Nothing in Common,[10] opposite Tom Hanks, and Touchstone’s Stick It show his improvisational and comedic timing skills. Whereas roles in The Boost,[12] with James Woods, and Internal Affairs[10] with Richard Gere, present his adaptability for dramatic roles.

Kapelos has also worked on television in shows such as Miami Vice as a corrupt public defender, Desperate Housewives, Queer as Folk, The X-Files, Seinfeld, Home Improvement, Dead Like Me, ER, and Boston Legal.[10] He also played a security guard in a 2010 episode of the television series Nikita, filmed at the University of Toronto.

Kapelos also guest teaches at the AIA Studios focusing on improv/acting workshops;[13] produced a four-part series on YouTube featuring monologues by NPR-contributor Michael Raysses called Greek to Me,[14] and manages an independent record label called Carpuzi Records, which has produced sound recordings featuring him and some of the Second City alumni, such as Dan Castellaneta.[15]

• Official website via web.archive.org
• John Kapelos at IMDb
• Syd Arthur and the Knights of Joy