Joe Grifasi
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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
Credits
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
as Foreman
Natural Born Killers (1994)
as Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
13 Going on 30 (2004)
as Mr. Flamhaff
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
as Director
Batman Forever (1995)
as Bank Guard
The Deer Hunter (1978)
as Bandleader
Moonstruck (1987)
as Shy Waiter
Splash (1984)
as Manny
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
as Lou
Presumed Innocent (1990)
as Tommy Molto
Money Train (1995)
as Riley
Changing Lanes (2002)
as Judge Cosell
Brewster's Millions (1985)
as J.B. Donaldo
Chances Are (1989)
as Omar
F/X (1986)
as Mickey
Benny & Joon (1993)
as Mike
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
as Arresting Cop
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
as Jimmy the Cheese Man
Big Business (1988)
as Desk Clerk
One Fine Day (1996)
as Manny Feldstein
Radium Girls (2020)
as Grandpa
Still of the Night (1982)
as Joseph Vitucci
Matewan (1987)
as Fausto
Slow Burn (2005)
as Desk Sgt. Drown
Ironweed (1987)
as Jack
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
as Osvaldo
Auto Focus (2002)
as Strip Club M.C.
Switching Goals (1999)
as Dave
Shadow of a Doubt (1996)
as Sidney Sherman
The Flamingo Kid (1984)
as Mario Minetta
The Other Me (2000)
as Conrad
Household Saints (1993)
as Frank Manzone
City of Hope (1991)
as Pauly
Bad Medicine (1985)
as Gómez
No Pay, Nudity (2016)
as Mr. Davenport
61* (2001)
as Phil Rizzuto
A Crime (2006)
as Bill
The Naked Man (1998)
as Koski
Heavy (1995)
as Leo
Citizen Cohn (1992)
as Gerald Walpin
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)
as Bartender
Looking for an Echo (2000)
as Vic
Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983)
as Wyler
Two Bits (1995)
as Uncle Joe
Queenie in Love (2001)
as Berthold
Perfect Witness (1989)
as Breeze
Something Short of Paradise (1979)
as Barney Collins
Baked in Brooklyn (2016)
as David's Dad
The American Side (2016)
as The Serb
The Front (2010)
as Mr. Zeffirelli
On the Yard (1978)
as Morris
Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
as Matty Stanek
Kojak: Ariana (1989)
as Lieutenant Rastelli
Tornado (2024)
as Rich
Taking the Heat (1993)
as Lou Valentine
The Feud (1989)
as Bud Bullard
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (1994)
Actor
The Elephant Man (1982)
as Pinhead Manager
Secret Service (1977)
as Cpl. Matson
The Gentleman Bandit (1981)
as Det. Esposito
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014)
as Peter Quince
A Jersey Tale (2004)
as Alphonso "Chunks" Colon
One Police Plaza (1986)
as Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
Sunday (1997)
as Scottie Elster
Endgame (2023)
as Nagg
The Deal (1998)
as Boular
Primary Motive (1992)
as Paul Melton
The Last New Yorker (2010)
as Jerry
Me To Play (2021)
as Himself
The 6th Annual Young Comedians (1981)
as Self (Audience Member) (uncredited)
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed (2006)
as Uncle Sam
The Dreams of Rene Sendam (2022)
as Dr. Bradley