Joe Grifasi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 14, 1944
- Birthplace
- Buffalo - New York - USA
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.
Filmography
Tornado 2024
as Rich
Endgame 2023
as Nagg
The Dreams of Rene Sendam 2022
as Dr. Bradley
Me To Play 2021
as Himself
Radium Girls 2020
as Grandpa
No Pay, Nudity 2016
as Mr. Davenport
Baked in Brooklyn 2016
as David's Dad
The American Side 2016
as The Serb
A Midsummer Night's Dream 2014
as Peter Quince
The Front 2010
as Mr. Zeffirelli
The Last New Yorker 2010
as Jerry
A Crime 2006
as Bill
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed 2006
as Uncle Sam
Slow Burn 2005
as Desk Sgt. Drown
A Jersey Tale 2004
as Alphonso "Chunks" Colon
13 Going on 30 2004
as Mr. Flamhaff
Auto Focus 2002
as Strip Club M.C.
Changing Lanes 2002
as Judge Cosell
Queenie in Love 2001
as Berthold
61* 2001
as Phil Rizzuto
Looking for an Echo 2000
as Vic
The Other Me 2000
as Conrad
Switching Goals 1999
as Dave
The Out-of-Towners 1999
as Arresting Cop
The Naked Man 1998
as Koski
The Deal 1998
as Boular
Sunday 1997
as Scottie Elster
One Fine Day 1996
as Manny Feldstein
- Shadow of a Doubt
Shadow of a Doubt 1996
as Sidney Sherman
Heavy 1995
as Leo
Money Train 1995
as Riley
Two Bits 1995
as Uncle Joe
Batman Forever 1995
as Bank Guard
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice 1994
Actor
Natural Born Killers 1994
as Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult 1994
as Director
The Hudsucker Proxy 1994
as Lou
Household Saints 1993
as Frank Manzone
Taking the Heat 1993
as Lou Valentine
Benny & Joon 1993
as Mike
Citizen Cohn 1992
as Gerald Walpin
Primary Motive 1992
as Paul Melton
City of Hope 1991
as Pauly
Presumed Innocent 1990
as Tommy Molto
Kojak: Ariana 1989
as Lieutenant Rastelli
Perfect Witness 1989
as Breeze
The Feud 1989
as Bud Bullard
Chances Are 1989
as Omar
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988
as Foreman
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings 1988
as Bartender
Big Business 1988
as Desk Clerk
Ironweed 1987
as Jack
Moonstruck 1987
as Shy Waiter
Matewan 1987
as Fausto
One Police Plaza 1986
as Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
F/X 1986
as Mickey
Bad Medicine 1985
as Gómez
Brewster's Millions 1985
as J.B. Donaldo
The Flamingo Kid 1984
as Mario Minetta
The Pope of Greenwich Village 1984
as Jimmy the Cheese Man
Splash 1984
as Manny
Will There Really Be a Morning? 1983
as Wyler
Still of the Night 1982
as Joseph Vitucci
The Elephant Man 1982
as Pinhead Manager
- The 6th Annual Young Comedians
The 6th Annual Young Comedians 1981
as Self (Audience Member) (uncredited)
Honky Tonk Freeway 1981
as Osvaldo
The Gentleman Bandit 1981
as Det. Esposito
Hide in Plain Sight 1980
as Matty Stanek
Something Short of Paradise 1979
as Barney Collins
The Deer Hunter 1978
as Bandleader
On the Yard 1978
as Morris
Secret Service 1977
as Cpl. Matson
Credits from TMDB.