Joe Grifasi

Acting

June 14, 1944 (82 years old)

Buffalo - New York - USA

Male

72 Movies

38 TV Shows

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.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 7.9

as Hashi Horowitz

Age 55 (now 82) 14 eps

14 eps

The Deer Hunter

1978 8.0

as Bandleader

Age 34 (now 82)

Money Train

1995 5.9

as Riley

Age 51 (now 82)

13 Going on 30

2004 6.8

as Mr. Flamhaff

Age 59 (now 82)

Benny & Joon

1993 7.0

as Mike

Age 48 (now 82)

Batman Forever

1995 5.5

as Bank Guard

Age 51 (now 82)

Presumed Innocent

1990 6.8

as Tommy Molto

Age 46 (now 82)

F/X

1986 6.6

as Mickey

Age 41 (now 82)

Still of the Night

1982 5.7

as Joseph Vitucci

Age 38 (now 82)

Switching Goals

1999 5.9

as Dave

Age 55 (now 82)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

1988 7.3

as Foreman

Age 44 (now 82)

The Hudsucker Proxy

1994 7.1

as Lou

Age 49 (now 82)

One Fine Day

1996 6.5

as Manny Feldstein

Age 52 (now 82)

Brewster's Millions

1985 6.6

as J.B. Donaldo

Age 40 (now 82)

Chances Are

1989 6.6

as Omar

Age 44 (now 82)

Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed

2006 6.6

as Uncle Sam

Age 61 (now 82)

Tornado

2024

as Rich

Age 80 (now 82)

Endgame

2023

as Nagg

Age 78 (now 82)

The Dreams of Rene Sendam

2022 1.0

as Dr. Bradley

Age 77 (now 82)

Me To Play

2021

as Himself

Age 76 (now 82)

Radium Girls

2020 6.7

as Grandpa

Age 76 (now 82)

No Pay, Nudity

2016 4.0

as Mr. Davenport

Age 72 (now 82)

Baked in Brooklyn

2016 5.2

as David's Dad

Age 72 (now 82)

The American Side

2016 4.7

as The Serb

Age 71 (now 82)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

2014 6.4

as Peter Quince

Age 70 (now 82)

The Front

2010 5.6

as Mr. Zeffirelli

Age 65 (now 82)

The Last New Yorker

2010 7.3

as Jerry

Age 65 (now 82)

A Crime

2006 5.5

as Bill

Age 62 (now 82)

Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed

2006 6.6

as Uncle Sam

Age 61 (now 82)

Slow Burn

2005 5.3

as Desk Sgt. Drown

Age 61 (now 82)

A Jersey Tale

2004 7.0

as Alphonso "Chunks" Colon

Age 60 (now 82)

13 Going on 30

2004 6.8

as Mr. Flamhaff

Age 59 (now 82)

Auto Focus

2002 6.4

as Strip Club M.C.

Age 58 (now 82)

Changing Lanes

2002 6.3

as Judge Cosell

Age 57 (now 82)

Queenie in Love

2001 6.3

as Berthold

Age 57 (now 82)

61*

2001 7.0

as Phil Rizzuto

Age 56 (now 82)

Looking for an Echo

2000 3.8

as Vic

Age 56 (now 82)

The Other Me

2000 5.6

as Conrad

Age 56 (now 82)

Switching Goals

1999 5.9

as Dave

Age 55 (now 82)

The Out-of-Towners

1999 5.8

as Arresting Cop

Age 54 (now 82)

The Naked Man

1998 4.1

as Koski

Age 54 (now 82)

The Deal

1998 5.7

as Boular

Age 53 (now 82)

Sunday

1997 5.0

as Scottie Elster

Age 52 (now 82)

One Fine Day

1996 6.5

as Manny Feldstein

Age 52 (now 82)

Shadow of a Doubt

1996 6.5

as Sidney Sherman

Age 52 (now 82)

Heavy

1995 6.7

as Leo

Age 51 (now 82)

Money Train

1995 5.9

as Riley

Age 51 (now 82)

Two Bits

1995 5.7

as Uncle Joe

Age 51 (now 82)

Batman Forever

1995 5.5

as Bank Guard

Age 51 (now 82)

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

1994 5.8

Age 50 (now 82)

Natural Born Killers

1994 7.1

as Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka

Age 50 (now 82)

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

1994 6.5

as Director

Age 49 (now 82)

The Hudsucker Proxy

1994 7.1

as Lou

Age 49 (now 82)

Household Saints

1993 6.7

as Frank Manzone

Age 49 (now 82)

Taking the Heat

1993 5.0

as Lou Valentine

Age 48 (now 82)

Benny & Joon

1993 7.0

as Mike

Age 48 (now 82)

Citizen Cohn

1992 6.3

as Gerald Walpin

Age 48 (now 82)

Primary Motive

1992 7.0

as Paul Melton

Age 48 (now 82)

City of Hope

1991 6.8

as Pauly

Age 47 (now 82)

Presumed Innocent

1990 6.8

as Tommy Molto

Age 46 (now 82)

Kojak: Ariana

1989 7.5

as Lieutenant Rastelli

Age 45 (now 82)

Perfect Witness

1989 7.2

as Breeze

Age 45 (now 82)

The Feud

1989 5.2

as Bud Bullard

Age 45 (now 82)

Chances Are

1989 6.6

as Omar

Age 44 (now 82)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

1988 7.3

as Foreman

Age 44 (now 82)

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

1988 6.7

as Bartender

Age 44 (now 82)

Big Business

1988 6.4

as Desk Clerk

Age 43 (now 82)

Ironweed

1987 6.3

as Jack

Age 43 (now 82)

Moonstruck

1987 6.8

as Shy Waiter

Age 43 (now 82)

Matewan

1987 7.4

as Fausto

Age 43 (now 82)

One Police Plaza

1986 9.0

as Insp. Nicolas Zambrano

Age 42 (now 82)

F/X

1986 6.6

as Mickey

Age 41 (now 82)

Bad Medicine

1985 5.2

as Gómez

Age 41 (now 82)

Brewster's Millions

1985 6.6

as J.B. Donaldo

Age 40 (now 82)

The Flamingo Kid

1984 6.0

as Mario Minetta

Age 40 (now 82)

The Pope of Greenwich Village

1984 6.3

as Jimmy the Cheese Man

Age 40 (now 82)

Splash

1984 6.3

as Manny

Age 39 (now 82)

Will There Really Be a Morning?

1983 7.0

as Wyler

Age 38 (now 82)

Still of the Night

1982 5.7

as Joseph Vitucci

Age 38 (now 82)

The Elephant Man

1982 5.9

as Pinhead Manager

Age 37 (now 82)

The 6th Annual Young Comedians

1981 8.0

as Self (Audience Member) (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 82)

Honky Tonk Freeway

1981 5.3

as Osvaldo

Age 37 (now 82)

The Gentleman Bandit

1981 5.7

as Det. Esposito

Age 36 (now 82)

Hide in Plain Sight

1980 5.7

as Matty Stanek

Age 35 (now 82)

Something Short of Paradise

1979 3.8

as Barney Collins

Age 35 (now 82)

The Deer Hunter

1978 8.0

as Bandleader

Age 34 (now 82)

On the Yard

1978 6.0

as Morris

Age 34 (now 82)

Secret Service

1977 9.0

as Cpl. Matson

Age 32 (now 82)