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 Other Me
2000
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as Conrad
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Age: 56
The Out-of-Towners
1999
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as Arresting Cop
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Age: 54
The Naked Man
1998
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as Koski
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Age: 54
The Deal
1998
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as Boular
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Age: 53
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
Taking the Heat
1993
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as Lou Valentine
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Age: 48
Benny & Joon
1993
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as Mike
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Age: 48
Citizen Cohn
1992
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as Gerald Walpin
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Age: 48
Primary Motive
1992
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as Paul Melton
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Age: 48
City of Hope
1991
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as Pauly
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Age: 47
Presumed Innocent
1990
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as Tommy Molto
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Age: 46
Kojak: Ariana
1989
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as Lieutenant Rastelli
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Age: 45
Perfect Witness
1989
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as Breeze
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Age: 45
The Feud
1989
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as Bud Bullard
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Age: 45
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
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
1988
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as Bartender
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Age: 44
Big Business
1988
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as Desk Clerk
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Age: 43
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 Gentleman Bandit
1981
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as Det. Esposito
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Age: 36
Hide in Plain Sight
1980
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as Matty Stanek
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Age: 35
The Deer Hunter
1978
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as Bandleader
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Age: 34
On the Yard
1978
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as Morris
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Age: 34