Joe Grifasi

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph G. "Joe" Grifasi (born June 14, 1944) is an American character actor of film, stage and television. Grifasi was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Patricia (née Gaglione) and Joseph J. Grifasi, a skilled laborer. Grifasi graduated from Bishop Fallon High School, a now defunct Catholic high school in Buffalo. He played football and acted in many of the school's plays. Grifasi briefly attended Canisius College in Buffalo before joining the United States Army. He went on to study at the Yale School of Drama. While at the Yale School of Drama, he met his future wife, the jazz soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. Grifasi has played two separate members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who played for the New York Yankees. In 61, set in 1961, he played Phil Rizzuto; in The Bronx Is Burning, set in 1977, he played Yogi Berra. Paul Borghese played Berra in 61, while actual 1977 broadcast recordings of Rizzuto were used in The Bronx Is Burning.

Known For: Acting

Born: Buffalo - New York - USA, 1944-06-14

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1977	Secret Service	Cpl. Matson	0
2	1978	On the Yard	Morris	58
3	1978	The Deer Hunter	Bandleader	80
4	1979	Something Short of Paradise	Barney Collins	30
5	1980	Hide in Plain Sight	Matty Stanek	53
6	1981	The Gentleman Bandit	Det. Esposito	48
7	1981	Honky Tonk Freeway	Osvaldo	52
8	1982	The Elephant Man	Pinhead Manager	56
9	1982	Still of the Night	Joseph Vitucci	57
10	1983	Will There Really Be a Morning?	Wyler	70
11	1984	Splash	Manny	63
12	1984	The Pope of Greenwich Village	Jimmy the Cheese Man	63
13	1984	The Flamingo Kid	Mario Minetta	60
14	1985	Brewster's Millions	J.B. Donaldo	66
15	1985	Bad Medicine	Gómez	51
16	1986	F/X	Mickey	66
17	1986	One Police Plaza	Insp. Nicolas Zambrano	0
18	1987	Matewan	Fausto	74
19	1987	Moonstruck	Shy Waiter	69
20	1987	Ironweed	Jack	63
21	1988	Big Business	Desk Clerk	63
22	1988	The Appointments of Dennis Jennings	Bartender	65
23	1988	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	Foreman	73
24	1989	Chances Are	Omar	66
25	1989	The Feud	Bud Bullard	43
26	1989	Perfect Witness	Breeze	65
27	1989	Kojak: Ariana	Lieutenant Rastelli	60
28	1990	Presumed Innocent	Tommy Molto	68
29	1991	City of Hope	Pauly	67
30	1992	Primary Motive	Paul Melton	70
31	1992	Citizen Cohn	Gerald Walpin	63
32	1993	Benny & Joon	Mike	70
33	1993	Taking the Heat	Lou Valentine	48
34	1993	Household Saints	Frank Manzone	65
35	1994	The Hudsucker Proxy	Lou	71
36	1994	Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult	Director	65
37	1994	Natural Born Killers	Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka	71
38	1994	Jack Reed: A Search for Justice	Mike 'Gravedigger' Edwards	55
39	1995	Batman Forever	Bank Guard	54
40	1995	Two Bits	Uncle Joe	57
41	1995	Money Train	Riley	58
42	1995	Heavy	Leo	67
43	1996	Undue Influence	Clem	55
44	1996	Shadow of a Doubt	Sidney Sherman	50
45	1996	One Fine Day	Manny Feldstein	64
46	1997	Sunday	Scottie Elster	52
47	1998	The Deal	Boular	50
48	1998	The Naked Man	Koski	40
49	1999	The Out-of-Towners	Arresting Cop	58
50	1999	Switching Goals	Dave	59
51	2000	The Other Me	Conrad	56
52	2000	Looking for an Echo	Vic	27
53	2001	61*	Phil Rizzuto	70
54	2001	Queenie in Love	Berthold	59
55	2002	Changing Lanes	Judge Cosell	63
56	2002	Auto Focus	Strip Club M.C.	64
57	2004	13 Going on 30	Mr. Flamhaff	68
58	2004	A Jersey Tale	Alphonso "Chunks" Colon	0
59	2005	Slow Burn	Desk Sgt. Drown	53
60	2006	Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed	Uncle Sam	66
61	2006	A Crime	Bill	55
62	2010	The Last New Yorker	Jerry	65
63	2010	The Front	Mr. Zeffirelli	56
64	2014	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Peter Quince	64
65	2016	The American Side	The Serb	47
66	2016	Baked in Brooklyn	David's Dad	52
67	2016	No Pay, Nudity	Mr. Davenport	40
68	2020	Radium Girls	Grandpa	65
69	2021	Me To Play	Himself	0
70	2022	The Dreams of Rene Sendam	Dr. Bradley	10
71	2023	Endgame	Nagg	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Great Performances	Cpl. Matson	53
2	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
3	1985	Moonlighting	Kapatkin	75
4	1985	The Equalizer	Lt. Vocek	72
5	1986	L.A. Law	Dominic Nuzzi	71
6	1988	Roseanne	IRS Office Supervisor	68
7	1990	Capital News		60
8	1990	Law & Order	Ezra Gould	74
9	1990	Law & Order	Defense Attorney James Linde	74
10	1990	WIOU	Tony Pro	60
11	1992	Sinatra	George Evans	79
12	1993	Class of '96	Joe Morrisey	50
13	1993	Moon Over Miami		70
14	1994	Chicago Hope		72
15	1994	ER	Tom Williams	78
16	1996	Remember WENN	Larry Looper	80
17	1996	Early Edition	Harry Hawks	73
18	1997	The Practice	Harry Papp	77
19	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Hashi Horowitz	79
20	2000	The Beat	Vince Marinelli	20
21	2000	Deadline		0
22	2001	Some of My Best Friends	Joe Zito	62
23	2003	Hope & Faith	Leo	54
24	2003	Tarzan	Lieutenant Scott Connor	73
25	2006	Conviction	Judge Harrigan	57
26	2007	The Bronx Is Burning	Yogi Berra	70
27	2008	Canterbury's Law		63
28	2009	The Good Wife	Judge John Mata	76
29	2012	Elementary	Captain Moretti	76
30	2016	Bull	Judge Arlen Rand	70
31	2016	Bull	Judge Rand	70
32	2017	The Good Fight	Judge John Mata	76
33	2018	Lodge 49		66
34	2018	New Amsterdam	Lilo Steinhauser	84
35	2019	Evil	Lombino	78
36	2020	I Know This Much Is True	Steve Falice	76

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