Joe Grifasi
Born June 14, 1944 (Age: 81)
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Buffalo - New York - USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Last New Yorker
2010
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as Jerry
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Age: 65
Slow Burn
2005
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as Desk Sgt. Drown
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Age: 61
13 Going on 30
2004
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as Mr. Flamhaff
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Age: 59
Auto Focus
2002
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as Strip Club M.C.
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Age: 58
Changing Lanes
2002
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as Judge Cosell
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Age: 57
Looking for an Echo
2000
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as Vic
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Age: 56
The Out-of-Towners
1999
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as Arresting Cop
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Age: 54
Sunday
1997
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as Scottie Elster
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Age: 52
One Fine Day
1996
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as Manny Feldstein
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Age: 52
Shadow of a Doubt
1996
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as Sidney Sherman
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Age: 52
Money Train
1995
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as Riley
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Age: 51
Batman Forever
1995
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as Bank Guard
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Age: 51
Natural Born Killers
1994
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as Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
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Age: 50
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
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as Director
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Age: 49
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
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as Lou
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Age: 49
Household Saints
1993
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as Frank Manzone
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Age: 49
Benny & Joon
1993
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as Mike
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Age: 48
Presumed Innocent
1990
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as Tommy Molto
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Age: 46
Chances Are
1989
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as Omar
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Age: 44
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988
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as Foreman
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Age: 44
Ironweed
1987
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as Jack
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Age: 43
Moonstruck
1987
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as Shy Waiter
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Age: 43
Matewan
1987
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as Fausto
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Age: 43
F/X
1986
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as Mickey
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Age: 41
Bad Medicine
1985
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as Gómez
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Age: 41
Brewster's Millions
1985
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as J.B. Donaldo
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Age: 40
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
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as Jimmy the Cheese Man
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Age: 40
Splash
1984
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as Manny
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Age: 39
Still of the Night
1982
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as Joseph Vitucci
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Age: 38
No Image
The 6th Annual Young Comedians
1981
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as Self (Audience Member) (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
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as Osvaldo
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Age: 37
The Deer Hunter
1978
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as Bandleader
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Age: 34