Tom Cappadona

A native of Jersey City and a refugee of the road, Tom’s New York stage appearances include The Heist, The Thing That Kills Me, Common Ground, The Dreamer Examines His Pillow, Golden Boy, and The VIY. The signature role of the agonized underworld kingpin Chaz Lupo in In the Parlance was created especially for Tom by writer Richard Harland Smith, for whom Tom has also played the character in Prelude to a Hit as well as in two dozen sketches as part of Dashboard Theatre which ran for eight months at The West Bank Downstairs Theatre in 1996-1997. Tom’s Television credits include NYPD Blue, The Sopranos, Law and Order, Law and Order: SVU, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and Sex and the City. Tom has made several appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and was the “weasel guy” in a popular commercial spot for Target department stores. His films include Martin Scorsese’s Bringing Out the Dead, Sue with Anna Thomson, True Convictions, David Salle’s Search and Destroy and the indie thriller The Orchard. Tom’s latest film role was that of Sonny Telesta in Confessions of a Dangerous Mime.