Joe Grifasi

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.

Filmografi

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988 · ForemanNatural Born Killers1994 · Deputy Sheriff Duncan HomolkaThe Deer Hunter1978 · BandleaderBatman Forever1995 · Bank GuardNaked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult1994 · Director13 Going on 302004 · Mr. FlamhaffMoney Train1995 · RileyMoonstruck1987 · Shy WaiterPresumed Innocent1990 · Tommy MoltoSplash1984 · MannyThe Hudsucker Proxy1994 · LouBrewster's Millions1985 · J.B. DonaldoMatewan1987 · FaustoChanging Lanes2002 · Judge CosellChances Are1989 · OmarF/X1986 · MickeyOne Fine Day1996 · Manny FeldsteinRadium Girls2020 · GrandpaBenny & Joon1993 · MikeBig Business1988 · Desk ClerkThe Out-of-Towners1999 · Arresting CopTornado2024 · RichThe Deal1998 · BoularIronweed1987 · Jack