Joe Grifasi
Acting
Born: June 14, 1944 (age 82) · Buffalo - New York - USA
Highest Rated
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
Batman Forever
1995
13 Going on 30
2004
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988
The Deer Hunter
1978
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Natural Born Killers
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
Elementary
2012
Splash
1984
Changing Lanes
2002
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
Moonstruck
1987
Photos (3)
Movies (69)
Batman Forever
Bank Guard
Natural Born Killers
Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
13 Going on 30
Mr. Flamhaff
The Deer Hunter
Bandleader
Presumed Innocent
Tommy Molto
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Foreman
Money Train
Riley
Splash
Manny
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Director
Changing Lanes
Judge Cosell
Brewster's Millions
J.B. Donaldo
The Hudsucker Proxy
Lou
Moonstruck
Shy Waiter
F/X
Mickey
Chances Are
Omar
The Out-of-Towners
Arresting Cop
Big Business
Desk Clerk
One Fine Day
Manny Feldstein
The Flamingo Kid
Mario Minetta
Slow Burn
Desk Sgt. Drown
Still of the Night
Joseph Vitucci
Auto Focus
Strip Club M.C.
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Jimmy the Cheese Man
Matewan
Fausto
Benny & Joon
Mike
City of Hope
Pauly
A Crime
Bill
Radium Girls
Grandpa
Switching Goals
Dave
The Other Me
Conrad
Honky Tonk Freeway
Osvaldo
On the Yard
Morris
Household Saints
Frank Manzone
Baked in Brooklyn
David's Dad
Ironweed
Jack
The Naked Man
Koski
61*
Phil Rizzuto
Hide in Plain Sight
Matty Stanek
Heavy
Leo
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Peter Quince
Two Bits
Uncle Joe
Bad Medicine
Gómez
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Bartender
The American Side
The Serb
Looking for an Echo
Vic
The Front
Mr. Zeffirelli
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Wyler
The Gentleman Bandit
Det. Esposito
Citizen Cohn
Gerald Walpin
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
1994
Tornado
Rich
Taking the Heat
Lou Valentine
Something Short of Paradise
Barney Collins
Secret Service
Cpl. Matson
Perfect Witness
Breeze
Kojak: Ariana
Lieutenant Rastelli
The Elephant Man
Pinhead Manager
A Jersey Tale
Alphonso "Chunks" Colon
No Pay, Nudity
Mr. Davenport
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
Uncle Sam
The Last New Yorker
Jerry
Queenie in Love
Berthold
One Police Plaza
Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
The Dreams of Rene Sendam
Dr. Bradley
Sunday
Scottie Elster
Primary Motive
Paul Melton
The Deal
Boular
The Feud
Bud Bullard
Endgame
Nagg
TV Shows (39)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Hashi Horowitz · 14 eps
Law & Order
Ezra Gould · 1 eps
Law & Order
Defense Attorney James Linde · 3 eps
The Good Wife
Judge John Mata · 1 eps
Elementary
Captain Moretti · 1 eps
ER
Tom Williams · 1 eps
Great Performances
Cpl. Matson · 1 eps
Chicago Hope
Larry Ruscetti · 1 eps
The Practice
Harry Papp · 1 eps
L.A. Law
Dominic Nuzzi · 5 eps
Hill Street Blues
Ronnie Delacroce · 1 eps
The Good Fight
Judge John Mata · 1 eps
Bull
Judge Arlen Rand · 1 eps
Bull
Judge Rand · 3 eps
Evil
Lombino · 3 eps
New Amsterdam
Lilo Steinhauser · 1 eps
Matlock
Hot Dog Vendor · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Bud Bullard · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Lt. Vocek · 1 eps
Moonlighting
Kapatkin · 1 eps
Early Edition
Harry Hawks · 3 eps
Hope & Faith
Leo · 1 eps
Remember WENN
Larry Looper · 1 eps
Conviction
Judge Harrigan · 1 eps
Lodge 49
Burt · 6 eps
I Know This Much Is True
Steve Falice · 1 eps
Roseanne
IRS Office Supervisor · 1 eps
The Beat
Vince Marinelli · 2 eps
Deadline
Mike Phelan · 1 eps
The Bronx Is Burning
Yogi Berra · 8 eps
WIOU
Tony Pro · 13 eps
Tarzan
Lieutenant Scott Connor · 1 eps
Canterbury's Law
1 eps
Capital News
1 eps
Class of '96
Joe Morrisey · 1 eps
Moon Over Miami
1 eps
Undue Influence
Clem · 2 eps
Some of My Best Friends
Joe Zito · 3 eps
Sinatra
George Evans · 2 eps
