Joe Grifasi
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-06-14 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Buffalo - New York - USA
Joe Grifasi
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Joseph G. "Joe" Grifasi (born June 14, 1944) is an American character actor of film, stage and television. Grifasi was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Patricia (née Gaglione) and Joseph J. Grifasi, a skilled laborer. Grifasi graduated from Bishop Fallon High School, a now defunct Catholic high school in Buffalo. He played football and acted in many of the school's plays. Grifasi briefly attended Canisius College in Buffalo before joining the United States Army. He went on to study at the Yale School of Drama. While at the Yale School of Drama, he met his future wife, the jazz soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. Grifasi has played two separate members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who played for the New York Yankees. In 61, set in 1961, he played Phil Rizzuto; in The Bronx Is Burning, set in 1977, he played Yogi Berra. Paul Borghese played Berra in 61, while actual 1977 broadcast recordings of Rizzuto were used in The Bronx Is Burning.
Known For
Acting
(2023)
Endgame
as Nagg
(2022)
The Dreams of Rene Sendam
as Dr. Bradley
(2021)
Me To Play
as Himself
(2020)
Radium Girls
as Grandpa
(2016)
Baked in Brooklyn
as David's Dad
(2016)
The American Side
as The Serb
(2014)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Peter Quince
(2010)
The Front
as Mr. Zeffirelli
(2010)
The Last New Yorker
as Jerry
(2006)
A Crime
as Bill
(2006)
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
as Uncle Sam
(2005)
Slow Burn
as Desk Sgt. Drown
(2004)
13 Going on 30
as Mr. Flamhaff
(2004)
A Jersey Tale
as Alphonso "Chunks" Colon
(2002)
Changing Lanes
as Judge Cosell
(2002)
Auto Focus
as Strip Club M.C.
(2001)
61*
as Phil Rizzuto
(2001)
Queenie in Love
as Berthold
(2000)
Looking for an Echo
as Vic
(2000)
The Other Me
as Conrad
(1999)
The Out-of-Towners
as Arresting Cop
(1999)
Switching Goals
as Dave
(1998)
The Naked Man
as Koski
(1998)
The Deal
as Boular
(1997)
Sunday
as Scottie Elster
(1996)
One Fine Day
as Manny Feldstein
(1996)
Undue Influence
as Clem
(1996)
Shadow of a Doubt
as Sidney Sherman
(1995)
Batman Forever
as Bank Guard
(1995)
Money Train
as Riley
(1995)
Heavy
as Leo
(1995)
Two Bits
as Uncle Joe
(1994)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Director
(1994)
Natural Born Killers
as Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
(1994)
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Lou
(1994)
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
as Mike 'Gravedigger' Edwards
(1993)
Benny & Joon
as Mike
(1993)
Household Saints
as Frank Manzone
(1993)
Taking the Heat
as Lou Valentine
(1992)
Citizen Cohn
as Gerald Walpin
(1992)
Primary Motive
as Paul Melton
(1991)
City of Hope
as Pauly
(1990)
Presumed Innocent
as Tommy Molto
(1989)
Chances Are
as Omar
(1989)
Kojak: Ariana
as Lieutenant Rastelli
(1989)
Perfect Witness
as Breeze
(1989)
The Feud
as Bud Bullard
(1988)
(1988)
Big Business
as Desk Clerk
(1988)
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
as Bartender
(1987)
Moonstruck
as Shy Waiter
(1987)
Ironweed
as Jack
(1987)
Matewan
as Fausto
(1986)
F/X
as Mickey
(1986)
One Police Plaza
as Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
(1985)
Brewster's Millions
as J.B. Donaldo
(1985)
Bad Medicine
as Gómez
(1984)
Splash
as Manny
(1984)
The Pope of Greenwich Village
as Jimmy the Cheese Man
(1984)
The Flamingo Kid
as Mario Minetta
(1983)
Will There Really Be a Morning?
as Wyler
(1982)
Still of the Night
as Joseph Vitucci
(1982)
The Elephant Man
as Pinhead Manager
(1981)
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Osvaldo
(1981)
The Gentleman Bandit
as Det. Esposito
(1980)
Hide in Plain Sight
as Matty Stanek
(1979)
Something Short of Paradise
as Barney Collins
(1978)
The Deer Hunter
as Bandleader
(1978)
On the Yard
as Morris
(1977)
Secret Service
as Cpl. Matson