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Big Lebowski Actor Jon Polito Passes Away At Age 65

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Big Lebowski Actor Jon Polito Passes Away At Age 65

Published Fri, 02 Sep 2016 11:48:19 -0500

by Dan Wickline

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Last updated Fri, 02 Sep 2016 11:48:25 -0500

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We've gotten word that actor Jon Polito passed away today at the age of 65. Polito was best known for his roles in the Cohen Brothers films The Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink. The actor made numerous appearances on TV ranging from Homicide, Major Crimes, Modern Family all the way back to Dream On and Crime Story. His IMDB page goes on and on and on having over 200 film and TV appearances.

He was also a member of the DC Universe as a voice actor having appeared in many of their animated series, movies and video games. This list included Batman Beyond, Superman / Shazam: The Return of Black Adam and Batman: Year One where he voiced Commissioner Loeb.

Cause of his death has not been released.

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