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.
Batman Forever
as Bank Guard
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Foreman
13 Going on 30
as Mr. Flamhaff
The Deer Hunter
as Bandleader
Chances Are
as Omar
Natural Born Killers
as Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
Splash
as Manny
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Director
Moonstruck
as Shy Waiter
Money Train
as Riley
Presumed Innocent
as Tommy Molto
F/X
as Mickey
Radium Girls
as Grandpa
Changing Lanes
as Judge Cosell
Auto Focus
as Strip Club M.C.
One Fine Day
as Manny Feldstein
Brewster's Millions
as J.B. Donaldo
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Lou
Heavy
as Leo
Ironweed
as Jack
Big Business
as Desk Clerk
Benny & Joon
as Mike
A Crime
as Bill
Slow Burn
as Desk Sgt. Drown
Matewan
as Fausto
Secret Service
as Cpl. Matson
Household Saints
as Frank Manzone
61*
as Phil Rizzuto
The Out-of-Towners
as Arresting Cop
Two Bits
as Uncle Joe
City of Hope
as Pauly
The Pope of Greenwich Village
as Jimmy the Cheese Man
Still of the Night
as Joseph Vitucci
Switching Goals
as Dave
Citizen Cohn
as Gerald Walpin
Sunday
as Scottie Elster
The Flamingo Kid
as Mario Minetta
The Other Me
as Conrad
Something Short of Paradise
as Barney Collins
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
as Bartender
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Osvaldo
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Perfect Witness
as Breeze
Queenie in Love
as Berthold
The Naked Man
as Koski
Endgame
as Nagg
Baked in Brooklyn
as David's Dad
No Pay, Nudity
as Mr. Davenport
Bad Medicine
as Gómez
The Feud
as Bud Bullard
Looking for an Echo
as Vic
The Front
as Mr. Zeffirelli
Shadow of a Doubt
as Sidney Sherman
Taking the Heat
as Lou Valentine
Primary Motive
as Paul Melton
The American Side
as The Serb
Hide in Plain Sight
as Matty Stanek
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Peter Quince
The Gentleman Bandit
as Det. Esposito
Kojak: Ariana
as Lieutenant Rastelli
One Police Plaza
as Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
On the Yard
as Morris
A Jersey Tale
as Alphonso "Chunks" Colon
The Last New Yorker
as Jerry
Tornado
as Rich
Will There Really Be a Morning?
as Wyler
Me To Play
as Himself
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
as Uncle Sam
The Deal
as Boular
The Elephant Man
as Pinhead Manager
The 6th Annual Young Comedians
as Self (Audience Member) (uncredited)
The Dreams of Rene Sendam
as Dr. Bradley