John Kapelos

John Kapelos (born March 8, 1956) is a Canadian actor from London, Ontario. He is best known for his portrayals of janitor Carl Reed in The Breakfast Club and Detective Donald Schanke in Forever Knight.

An alumnus of The Second City, Chicago, John Kapelos's theatrical work spans eight years from Second City's Touring Company (1978–1982) to six revues as a member of the famed Resident Company (1982–1986), and finally Second City's critically acclaimed return to off-Broadway in Orwell That Ends Well at the former Village Gate in New York City.^[1]

Career

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

Other film works include Schepisi's Roxanne, with Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah, and Garry Marshall's Nothing in Common, opposite Tom Hanks, and Touchstone’s Stick It show his improvisational and comedic timing skills. Whereas roles in The Boost, with James Woods, and Internal Affairs 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.

Kapelos also guest teaches at the AIA Studios focusing on improv/acting workshops;^[2] produced a four-part series on YouTube featuring monologues by NPR-contributor Michael Raysses called Greek to Me,^[3] and manages an independent record labeled called Carpuzi Records, which has produced sound recordings featuring him and some of the Second City alumni, such as Dan Castellaneta.^[4] He has recently been in an episode of the 2010 television series Nikita, playing a security guard. It was filmed at the University of Toronto.

Filmography

• Thief (1981)
• Tootsie (1982)
• Class (1983)
• Doctor Detroit (1983)
• Sixteen Candles (1984)
• The Naked Face (1984)
• The Breakfast Club (1985)
• Weird Science (1985)
• Head Office (1986)
• Off Beat (1986)
• Nothing in Common (1986)
• Roxanne (1987)
• Vibes (1988)
• The Boost (1988)
• Nick Knight (1989)
• Internal Affairs (1990)
• Defenseless (1991)
• The Shadow (1994)
• The Craft (1995)
• The Late Shift (1996)
• The Relic (1997)
• Legally Blonde (2001)
• Auto Focus (2002)
• I Accuse (2003)
• Mimic: Sentinel (2003) (V)
• Shallow Ground (2004)
• Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story (2004)
• The River King (2005)
• Stick It (2006)
• Fifty Pills (2006)
• Snow Buddies (2008) (V)
• Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws (2010) (V)
• Free Ride (2013)

Television

• Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)
• And the Sea Will Tell (1991)
• Forever Knight (1992 to 1995)
• Seinfeld: "The Sniffing Accountant" (1993)
• Angel (2000)
• God, the Devil and Bob (2000)
• ER (2002)
• Boomtown (2002)
• Just Cause (2002)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002)
• The District (2002)
• State of Grace (2002)
• The X-Files (2002)
• Dead Like Me (2003)
• The Dead Zone (2003)
• Judging Amy (2003)
• Boston Legal (2004)
• Without a Trace (2004)
• Crossing Jordan (2004)
• Cold Case (2004)
• Frasier (2004)
• Flight 29 Down (2005)
• Gilmore Girls (2005)
• McBride: Tune in for Murder (2005)
• Queer as Folk (2005)
• CSI: NY (2006)
• The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman (2006)
• Desperate Housewives (2006)
• Monk (2007)
• One Tree Hill (2007)
• Chuck (2008)
• Zeke & Luther (2009)
• iCarly (2009)
• Criminal Minds (2011)
• Justified (TV series) (2013-2014)
• Modern Family (as Stavros, "Fulgencio", 2013)
• Republic of Doyle (2014)
• Transparent (2014)

Internet

• It's All Greek to Me (2007)

References

External links

• John Kapelos at the Internet Movie Database
• John Kapelos
• Carpuzi Records
• Syd Arthur and the Knights of Joy