John Kapelos
Department: Acting
Biography
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. He is also fondly remembered as Jerry Seinfeld's unjustly accused accountant.
Known For
The Breakfast Club
1985
I Accuse
2003
The Relic
1997
Roxanne
1987
We're Talkin' Serious Money
1992
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999
The Shadow
1994
The Class
2022
Whisper
2007
Don't You Forget About Me
2010
Nothing in Common
1986
Guilty as Sin
1993
The River King
2005
Farewell Mr. Kringle
2010
Off Beat
1986
The Late Shift
1996
The Craft
1996
Young Hearts Unlimited
1998
The Boost
1988
Deep Red
1994
Tripping Forward
2009
Junkyard Dog
2009
Afternoon Delight
2013
Highway Heartbreaker
1992
For the Love of Aaron
1994
Wiseguy
1996
The Beneficiary
2008
Fire & Ice
2001
Cool and the Crazy
1994
Nick Knight
1989
Not That Funny
2012
Auto Focus
2002
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
Class
1983
The Last Word
2023
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
1988
Shallow Ground
2005
Johnny Skidmarks
1998
Thief
1981
Flight 29 Down: The Hotel Tango
2007
Double Jeopardy
1999
Tootsie
1982
Love on the Air
2015
Fast Food High
2003
Internal Affairs
1990
The Babysitter
2008
Man Trouble
1992
111 Gramercy Park
2003
The Naked Face
1984
Ignition
2002
Fifty Pills
2006
Mimic: Sentinel
2003
Sixteen Candles
1984
Vibes
1988
Weird Science
1985
Snow Buddies
2008
McBride: Tune in for Murder
2005
The Shape of Water
2017
Chasing a Dream
2009
The Unicorn
2019
My Man Adam
1985
Legally Blonde
2001
22 Chaser
2018
Crossword Mysteries: A Puzzle to Die For
2019
Love Shot
2019
Tellers
2019
Cold Blooded
2000
Crossword Mysteries: Proposing Murder
2019
Crossword Mysteries: Abracadaver
2020
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
2008
Defenseless
1991
Head Office
1985
Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife
1993
Crossword Mysteries: Terminal Descent
2021
Crossword Mysteries: Riddle Me Dead
2021
Everybody Wants to Be Italian
2007
Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story
1992
Stick It
2006
Mr. Soul
2006
The Impostor
1984
Sincerely Yours
2008
Val
2021
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
2013
First Round Down
2017
All's Fair
1989
I Don't Know
2024
BLOOD TYPE
2018
Once a Week for Life
—
Loaded for Bear
2024
Miss Dial
2013
Phil the Alien
2004
Seinfeld
1989
One Tree Hill
2003
Chuck
2007
Castle
2009
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The District
2000
Who's the Boss?
1984
Shark
2006
The Dead Zone
2002
Desperate Housewives
2004
Boomtown
2002
L.A. Law
1986
Judging Amy
1999
Monk
2002
Cold Case
2003
Las Vegas
2003
Crossing Jordan
2001
Medical Police
2020
Angel
1999
Medical Police
2020
CSI: NY
2004
Forever Knight
1992
Dead Like Me
2003
Big Sky
2020
Without a Trace
2002
Quantum Leap
1989
Suits
2011
The Practice
1997
The X-Files
1993
Modern Family
2009
Gilmore Girls
2000
ER
1994
Boston Legal
2004
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Once a Thief
1996
Dave's World
1993
Shannon's Deal
1990
Counterstrike
1990
Timecop
1997
The Suite Life on Deck
2008
Gemini Division
2008
Impastor
2015
Just Cause
2002
Psych
2006
Palace Guard
1991
The West Wing
1999
The Exes
2011
The Mentalist
2008
House
2004
Frasier
1993
Law & Order: LA
2010
Justified
2010
Transparent
2014
Franklin & Bash
2011
Lost Girl
2010
iCarly
2007
The Expanse
2015
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
God, the Devil and Bob
2000
Beacon 23
2023
Forever Knight
1992
Republic of Doyle
2010
Togetherness
2015
Conviction
2016
Creature Features
2016
Miami Vice
1984
First Wave
1998
I Didn't Do It
2014
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Umbrella Academy
2019
Grand
1990
Shameless
2011
The Lincoln Lawyer
2022
NCIS
2003
State of Grace
2001
Magnum P.I.
2018
Matlock
1986
Rebel Highway
1994
Scrubs
2026
Flight 29 Down
2005
And the Sea Will Tell
1991