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.
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)
Law & Order
(Ezra Gould)
L.A. Law
(Dominic Nuzzi)
Hope & Faith
(Leo)
Early Edition
Moonlighting
(Kapatkin)
Roseanne
(IRS Office Supervisor)
Deadline
Hill Street Blues
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
Capital News
Great Performances
(Cpl. Matson)
The Good Wife
(Judge John Mata)
New Amsterdam
(Lilo Steinhauser)