Joe Grifasi
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.
City of Hope
(Pauly)
A Crime
(Bill)
Batman Forever
(Bank Guard)
The Feud
(Bud Bullard)
Chances Are
(Omar)
Will There Really Be a Morning?
(Wyler)
Benny & Joon
(Mike)
Brewster's Millions
(J.B. Donaldo)
Presumed Innocent
(Tommy Molto)
One Fine Day
(Manny Feldstein)
The Deer Hunter
(Bandleader)
The Hudsucker Proxy
(Lou)
Still of the Night
(Joseph Vitucci)
The Pope of Greenwich Village
(Jimmy the Cheese Man)
Two Bits
(Uncle Joe)
The Elephant Man
(Pinhead Manager)
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
(Uncle Sam)
Endgame
(Nagg)
The Other Me
(Conrad)
Honky Tonk Freeway
(Osvaldo)
Hide in Plain Sight
(Matty Stanek)
The Front
(Mr. Zeffirelli)
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
(Bartender)
The Deal
(Boular)
The Dreams of Rene Sendam
(Dr. Bradley)
Radium Girls
(Grandpa)
The Flamingo Kid
(Mario Minetta)
Something Short of Paradise
(Barney Collins)
The Last New Yorker
(Jerry)
Queenie in Love
(Berthold)
Matewan
(Fausto)
On the Yard
(Morris)
Splash
(Manny)
Looking for an Echo
(Vic)
Big Business
(Desk Clerk)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
(Foreman)
F/X
(Mickey)
Heavy
(Leo)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
(Director)
A Jersey Tale
(Alphonso "Chunks" Colon)
Money Train
(Riley)
The American Side
(The Serb)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(Peter Quince)
Shadow of a Doubt
(Sidney Sherman)
Kojak: Ariana
(Lieutenant Rastelli)
Primary Motive
(Paul Melton)
13 Going on 30
(Mr. Flamhaff)
Natural Born Killers
(Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka)
Baked in Brooklyn
(David's Dad)
Switching Goals
(Dave)
The Out-of-Towners
(Arresting Cop)
The Gentleman Bandit
(Det. Esposito)
Undue Influence
(Clem)
Moonstruck
(Shy Waiter)
Perfect Witness
(Breeze)
Secret Service
(Cpl. Matson)
Household Saints
(Frank Manzone)
61*
(Phil Rizzuto)
Sunday
(Scottie Elster)
Slow Burn
(Desk Sgt. Drown)
Bad Medicine
(Gómez)
Citizen Cohn
(Gerald Walpin)
Taking the Heat
(Lou Valentine)
Auto Focus
(Strip Club M.C.)
One Police Plaza
(Insp. Nicolas Zambrano)
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
(Mike 'Gravedigger' Edwards)
The Naked Man
(Koski)
Changing Lanes
(Judge Cosell)
Me To Play
(Himself)
Ironweed
(Jack)
No Pay, Nudity
(Mr. Davenport)
The 6th Annual Young Comedians
(Self (Audience Member) (uncredited))
Tornado
(Rich)
Law & Order
(Ezra Gould)
L.A. Law
(Dominic Nuzzi)
Hope & Faith
(Leo)
Early Edition
(Harry Hawks)
Moonlighting
(Kapatkin)
Roseanne
(IRS Office Supervisor)
Deadline
Canterbury's Law
Moon Over Miami
Chicago Hope
ER
(Tom Williams)
WIOU
(Tony Pro)
Class of '96
(Joe Morrisey)
Elementary
(Captain Moretti)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(Hashi Horowitz)
The Bronx Is Burning
(Yogi Berra)
Sinatra
(George Evans)
Law & Order
(Defense Attorney James Linde)
Bull
(Judge Arlen Rand)
Evil
(Lombino)
The Beat
(Vince Marinelli)
Tarzan
(Lieutenant Scott Connor)
Bull
(Judge Rand)
Conviction
(Judge Harrigan)
The Good Fight
(Judge John Mata)
I Know This Much Is True
(Steve Falice)
The Equalizer
(Lt. Vocek)
Some of My Best Friends
(Joe Zito)
Lodge 49
Great Performances
(Cpl. Matson)
Capital News
The Good Wife
(Judge John Mata)
New Amsterdam
(Lilo Steinhauser)
Remember WENN
(Larry Looper)
The Practice
(Harry Papp)
Hill Street Blues
(Ronnie Delacroce)