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Joe Grifasi

Joe Grifasi

Actor · Born 1944-06-14 · Buffalo - New York - USA

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Biography

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 th…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Batman Forever (1995) — Bank Guard
  2. 13 Going on 30 (2004) — Mr. Flamhaff
  3. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) — Foreman
  4. The Deer Hunter (1978) — Bandleader
  5. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Hashi Horowitz
  6. Natural Born Killers (1994) — Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
  7. Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) — Director
  8. Elementary (2012) — Captain Moretti
  9. Splash (1984) — Manny
  10. Changing Lanes (2002) — Judge Cosell
  11. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) — Lou
  12. Moonstruck (1987) — Shy Waiter
  13. New Amsterdam (2018) — Lilo Steinhauser
  14. Evil (2019) — Lombino
  15. ER (1994) — Tom Williams
  16. Money Train (1995) — Riley
  17. Benny & Joon (1993) — Mike
  18. Presumed Innocent (1990) — Tommy Molto
  19. One Fine Day (1996) — Manny Feldstein
  20. Law & Order (1990) — Ezra Gould
  21. The Good Wife (2009) — Judge John Mata
  22. Brewster's Millions (1985) — J.B. Donaldo
  23. F/X (1986) — Mickey
  24. Moonlighting (1985) — Kapatkin
  25. Bull (2016) — Judge Arlen Rand
  26. Roseanne (1988) — IRS Office Supervisor
  27. The Good Fight (2017) — Judge John Mata
  28. Big Business (1988) — Desk Clerk
  29. I Know This Much Is True (2020) — Steve Falice
  30. Chances Are (1989) — Omar
  31. The Out-of-Towners (1999) — Arresting Cop
  32. Auto Focus (2002) — Strip Club M.C.
  33. Switching Goals (1999) — Dave
  34. Early Edition (1996) — Harry Hawks
  35. Still of the Night (1982) — Joseph Vitucci
  36. The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) — Jimmy the Cheese Man
  37. 61* (2001) — Phil Rizzuto
  38. Ironweed (1987) — Jack
  39. Matlock (1986) — Hot Dog Vendor
  40. Matewan (1987) — Fausto