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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 14, 1944
Place of Birth
Buffalo - New York - USA
Also Known As
- Joseph G. Grifasi
- Joseph Grifasi
Joe Grifasi
0.7 Popularity
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 the Yale School of Drama, since 1974.
Known For
Credits
Tornado
as Rich
2024
0.0
Endgame
as Nagg
2023
0.0
The Dreams of Rene Sendam
as Dr. Bradley
2022
1.0
Me To Play
as Himself
2021
0.0
Radium Girls
as Grandpa
2020
6.5
I Know This Much Is True
as Steve Falice
2020
7.6
Evil
as Lombino
2019
7.7
New Amsterdam
as Lilo Steinhauser
2018
8.3
Lodge 49
2018
6.6
The Good Fight
as Judge John Mata
2017
7.5
No Pay, Nudity
as Mr. Davenport
2016
4.0
Baked in Brooklyn
as David's Dad
2016
5.2
Bull
as Judge Arlen Rand
2016
7.1
Bull
as Judge Rand
2016
7.1
The American Side
as The Serb
2016
4.7
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Peter Quince
2014
6.4
Elementary
as Captain Moretti
2012
7.6
The Front
as Mr. Zeffirelli
2010
5.6
The Last New Yorker
as Jerry
2010
6.5
The Good Wife
as Judge John Mata
2009
7.6
Canterbury's Law
2008
6.3
The Bronx Is Burning
as Yogi Berra
2007
7.2
A Crime
as Bill
2006
5.4
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
as Uncle Sam
2006
6.6
Conviction
as Judge Harrigan
2006
5.7
Slow Burn
as Desk Sgt. Drown
2005
5.3
A Jersey Tale
as Alphonso "Chunks" Colon
2004
0.0
13 Going on 30
as Mr. Flamhaff
2004
6.8
Tarzan
as Lieutenant Scott Connor
2003
7.4
Hope & Faith
as Leo
2003
5.3
Auto Focus
as Strip Club M.C.
2002
6.4
Changing Lanes
as Judge Cosell
2002
6.3
Queenie in Love
as Berthold
2001
5.9
61*
as Phil Rizzuto
2001
7.0
Some of My Best Friends
as Joe Zito
2001
4.8
Looking for an Echo
as Vic
2000
2.7
Deadline
2000
0.0
The Other Me
as Conrad
2000
5.6
The Beat
as Vince Marinelli
2000
2.0
Switching Goals
as Dave
1999
5.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Hashi Horowitz
1999
7.9
The Out-of-Towners
as Arresting Cop
1999
5.8
The Naked Man
as Koski
1998
3.8
The Deal
as Boular
1998
5.0
Sunday
as Scottie Elster
1997
4.8
The Practice
as Harry Papp
1997
7.6
One Fine Day
as Manny Feldstein
1996
6.4
Shadow of a Doubt
as Sidney Sherman
1996
5.0
Early Edition
as Harry Hawks
1996
7.3
Undue Influence
as Clem
1996
5.5
Remember WENN
as Larry Looper
1996
8.0
Heavy
as Leo
1995
6.6
Money Train
as Riley
1995
5.8
Two Bits
as Uncle Joe
1995
5.7
Batman Forever
as Bank Guard
1995
5.4
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
as Mike 'Gravedigger' Edwards
1994
5.6
ER
as Tom Williams
1994
7.8
Chicago Hope
as Larry Ruscetti
1994
7.2
Natural Born Killers
as Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
1994
7.1
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Director
1994
6.5
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Lou
1994
7.1
Moon Over Miami
1993
7.0
Household Saints
as Frank Manzone
1993
6.5
Taking the Heat
as Lou Valentine
1993
4.0
Benny & Joon
as Mike
1993
7.0
Class of '96
as Joe Morrisey
1993
5.0
Sinatra
as George Evans
1992
7.9
Citizen Cohn
as Gerald Walpin
1992
6.0
Primary Motive
as Paul Melton
1992
5.5
City of Hope
as Pauly
1991
6.6
WIOU
as Tony Pro
1990
6.0
Law & Order
as Ezra Gould
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney James Linde
1990
7.4
Presumed Innocent
as Tommy Molto
1990
6.8
Capital News
1990
6.0
Kojak: Ariana
as Lieutenant Rastelli
1989
6.0
Perfect Witness
as Breeze
1989
6.5
The Feud
as Bud Bullard
1989
4.2
Chances Are
as Omar
1989
6.6
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Foreman
1988
7.3
Roseanne
as IRS Office Supervisor
1988
6.8
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
as Bartender
1988
6.5
Big Business
as Desk Clerk
1988
6.3
Ironweed
as Jack
1987
6.3
Moonstruck
as Shy Waiter
1987
6.8
Matewan
as Fausto
1987
7.4
One Police Plaza
as Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
1986
0.0
L.A. Law
as Dominic Nuzzi
1986
7.0
Matlock
as Hot Dog Vendor
1986
7.1
F/X
as Mickey
1986
6.6
Bad Medicine
as Gómez
1985
5.0
The Equalizer
as Lt. Vocek
1985
7.1
Brewster's Millions
as J.B. Donaldo
1985
6.6
Moonlighting
as Kapatkin
1985
7.5
The Flamingo Kid
as Mario Minetta
1984
6.0
The Pope of Greenwich Village
as Jimmy the Cheese Man
1984
6.4
Splash
as Manny
1984
6.3
Will There Really Be a Morning?
as Wyler
1983
7.0
Still of the Night
as Joseph Vitucci
1982
5.7
The Elephant Man
as Pinhead Manager
1982
5.6
🎬
The 6th Annual Young Comedians
as Self (Audience Member) (uncredited)
1981
0.0
Honky Tonk Freeway
as Osvaldo
1981
5.2
The Gentleman Bandit
as Det. Esposito
1981
4.8
Hill Street Blues
as Ronnie Delacroce
1981
7.6
Hide in Plain Sight
as Matty Stanek
1980
5.3
Something Short of Paradise
as Barney Collins
1979
2.5
The Deer Hunter
as Bandleader
1978
8.0
On the Yard
as Morris
1978
5.8
Secret Service
as Cpl. Matson
1977
0.0
Great Performances
as Cpl. Matson
1971
5.8