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