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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.〔(The Official Website of John Kapelos )〕 ==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;〔(Acting Class, Los Angeles Acting School, Casting Notices AIA Actors Studios Acting School )〕 produced a four-part series on YouTube featuring monologues by NPR-contributor Michael Raysses called Greek to Me,〔(YouTube - TheSometimesWhy's Channel )〕 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.〔(Carpuzi | music and video by John Kapelos )〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Kapelos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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