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