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