Acting
Joe Grifasi
EN, FR cinema · 72 credits
Born
14 June 1944 (age 82)
Birthplace
Buffalo - New York - USA
Also known as Joseph G. Grifasi · Joseph Grifasi
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.
Known for
Filmography
Tornado
as Rich
Endgame
as Nagg
The Dreams of Rene Sendam
as Dr. Bradley
Me To Play
as Himself
Radium Girls
as Grandpa
The American Side
as The Serb
Baked in Brooklyn
as David's Dad
No Pay, Nudity
as Mr. Davenport
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Peter Quince
The Front
as Mr. Zeffirelli
The Last New Yorker
as Jerry
A Crime
as Bill
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
as Uncle Sam
Slow Burn
as Desk Sgt. Drown
A Jersey Tale
as Alphonso "Chunks" Colon
13 Going on 30
as Mr. Flamhaff
Auto Focus
as Strip Club M.C.
Changing Lanes
as Judge Cosell
Queenie in Love
as Berthold
61*
as Phil Rizzuto
The Other Me
as Conrad
Switching Goals
as Dave
The Out-of-Towners
as Arresting Cop
The Deal
as Boular
The Naked Man
as Koski
Sunday
as Scottie Elster
One Fine Day
as Manny Feldstein
Shadow of a Doubt
1996
Shadow of a Doubt
as Sidney Sherman
Batman Forever
as Bank Guard
Two Bits
as Uncle Joe
Heavy
as Leo
Money Train
as Riley
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Director
Natural Born Killers
as Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
Benny & Joon
as Mike
Household Saints
as Frank Manzone
Taking the Heat
as Lou Valentine
Primary Motive
as Paul Melton
Citizen Cohn
as Gerald Walpin
City of Hope
as Pauly
Presumed Innocent
as Tommy Molto
The Feud
as Bud Bullard
Chances Are
as Omar
Kojak: Ariana
as Lieutenant Rastelli
Perfect Witness
as Breeze
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
as Bartender
Big Business
as Desk Clerk
Matewan
as Fausto
Moonstruck
as Shy Waiter
Ironweed
as Jack
F/X
as Mickey
One Police Plaza
as Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
Brewster's Millions
as J.B. Donaldo
Bad Medicine
as Gómez
The Pope of Greenwich Village
as Jimmy the Cheese Man
The Flamingo Kid
as Mario Minetta
Splash
as Manny
Still of the Night
as Joseph Vitucci
The Elephant Man
as Pinhead Manager
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Osvaldo
The Gentleman Bandit
as Det. Esposito
The 6th Annual Young Comedians
1981
The 6th Annual Young Comedians
as Self (Audience Member) (uncredited)
Hide in Plain Sight
as Matty Stanek
Something Short of Paradise
as Barney Collins
The Deer Hunter
as Bandleader
On the Yard
as Morris
Secret Service
as Cpl. Matson