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