Cast
Joe Grifasi
Acting
Cast
Joe Grifasi
Known for
Acting
Born
1944-06-14
From
Buffalo - New York - USA
Also known as Joseph G. Grifasi, Joseph Grifasi
Biography
Joseph G. "Joe" Grifasi (born June 14, 1944) is an American character actor of film, stage and television. Born in Buffalo, New York, Grifasi joined the U.S. Army prior to studying acting. He has appeared in more than 50 feature films including Presumed Innocent, The Deer Hunter, Big Business, Beaches, Auto Focus, Matewan, Naked Gun, Dark Matter, Natural Born Killers, Chances Are, Changing Lanes, One Fine Day, F/X, Benny & Joon, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Brewster’s Millions, Batman Forever, The Flamingo Kid, Ironweed, and Splash. His television credits include The Bronx is Burning (as Yogi Berra), 61* (as Phil Rizzuto), Law & Order, ER, LA Law, Chicago Hope, Hill Street Blues, SCTV, Roseanne, and The Practice. Grifasi’s Broadway credits include Dinner at Eight, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Memory of Two Mondays, Boy Meets Girl, The Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The 1940’s Radio Hour and Happy End. His off-Broadway credits include Conversations in Tusculum, The Boys Next Door (Drama Desk Nomination), Once Around the City, Golden Boy, Filumena and Says I, Says He. He has been married to jazz soprano saxophonist and composer Jane Ira Bloom, whom he met while studying at the Yale School of Drama, since 1974.
★7.3
MOVIE1988
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Foreman
★5.5
MOVIE1995
Batman Forever
as Bank Guard
★6.8
MOVIE2004
13 Going on 30
as Mr. Flamhaff
★8.0
MOVIE1978
The Deer Hunter
as Bandleader
★6.5
MOVIE1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Director
★7.1
MOVIE1994
Natural Born Killers
as Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
★6.3
MOVIE1984
Splash
as Manny
★6.8
MOVIE1990
Presumed Innocent
as Tommy Molto
★6.8
MOVIE1987
Moonstruck
as Shy Waiter
★6.3
MOVIE2002
Changing Lanes
as Judge Cosell
★6.7
MOVIE2020
Radium Girls
as Grandpa
★5.9
MOVIE1995
Money Train
as Riley
★6.6
MOVIE1985
Brewster's Millions
as J.B. Donaldo
★7.1
MOVIE1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Lou
★6.6
MOVIE1986
F/X
as Mickey
★7.3
MOVIE1987
Matewan
as Fausto
★6.5
MOVIE1996
One Fine Day
as Manny Feldstein
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Benny & Joon
as Mike
MOVIE2024
Tornado
as Rich
★6.6
MOVIE1989
Chances Are
as Omar
★6.4
MOVIE2002
Auto Focus
as Strip Club M.C.
★6.4
MOVIE1988
Big Business
as Desk Clerk
★5.7
MOVIE1982
Still of the Night
as Joseph Vitucci
★6.3
MOVIE2001
Queenie in Love
as Berthold
★4.1
MOVIE1998
The Naked Man
as Koski
★3.8
MOVIE1979
Something Short of Paradise
as Barney Collins
★6.0
MOVIE1984
The Flamingo Kid
as Mario Minetta
★5.2
MOVIE2016
Baked in Brooklyn
as David's Dad
★3.8
MOVIE2000
Looking for an Echo
as Vic
★6.3
MOVIE1987
Ironweed
as Jack
★5.8
MOVIE1999
The Out-of-Towners
as Arresting Cop
★6.6
MOVIE1991
City of Hope
as Pauly
★5.6
MOVIE2000
The Other Me
as Conrad
★7.0
MOVIE2001
61*
as Phil Rizzuto
★6.3
MOVIE1984
The Pope of Greenwich Village
as Jimmy the Cheese Man
★5.3
MOVIE2005
Slow Burn
as Desk Sgt. Drown
★5.5
MOVIE2006
A Crime
as Bill
★6.6
MOVIE1995
Heavy
as Leo
★5.7
MOVIE1995
Two Bits
as Uncle Joe
★6.5
MOVIE1996
Shadow of a Doubt
as Sidney Sherman
★5.9
MOVIE1982
The Elephant Man
as Pinhead Manager
★6.7
MOVIE1993
Household Saints
as Frank Manzone
★5.8
MOVIE1994
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
★5.9
MOVIE1999
Switching Goals
as Dave
★4.0
MOVIE2016
No Pay, Nudity
as Mr. Davenport
★5.0
MOVIE1993
Taking the Heat
as Lou Valentine
★5.1
MOVIE1985
Bad Medicine
as Gómez
★6.0
MOVIE1978
On the Yard
as Morris
★6.4
MOVIE2014
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Peter Quince
★5.7
MOVIE1981
The Gentleman Bandit
as Det. Esposito
★5.4
MOVIE2010
The Front
as Mr. Zeffirelli
★7.2
MOVIE1989
Perfect Witness
as Breeze
★4.7
MOVIE2016
The American Side
as The Serb
★5.3
MOVIE1981
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Osvaldo
★5.7
MOVIE1980
Hide in Plain Sight
as Matty Stanek
★7.0
MOVIE2004
A Jersey Tale
as Alphonso "Chunks" Colon
★9.0
MOVIE1986
One Police Plaza
as Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
★5.7
MOVIE1998
The Deal
as Boular
★7.5
MOVIE1989
Kojak: Ariana
as Lieutenant Rastelli
★6.3
MOVIE1992
Citizen Cohn
as Gerald Walpin
★9.0
MOVIE1977
Secret Service
as Cpl. Matson
★8.0
MOVIE1981
The 6th Annual Young Comedians
as Self (Audience Member) (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE2006
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
as Uncle Sam
★7.0
MOVIE1983
Will There Really Be a Morning?
as Wyler
★5.0
MOVIE1997
Sunday
as Scottie Elster
★5.2
MOVIE1989
The Feud
as Bud Bullard
★6.7
MOVIE1988
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
as Bartender
★7.0
MOVIE1992
Primary Motive
as Paul Melton
★7.3
MOVIE2010
The Last New Yorker
as Jerry
MOVIE2021
Me To Play
as Himself
MOVIE2023
Endgame
as Nagg
★1.0
MOVIE2022
The Dreams of Rene Sendam
as Dr. Bradley