Acting
Joe Grifasi
Born Jun 14, 1944 · 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.
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Acting
Tornado
2024
Drama
Endgame
2023
The Dreams of Rene Sendam
2022
Drama
Me To Play
2021
Documentary
Radium Girls
2020
Drama · History
I Know This Much Is True
2020
Drama
Evil
2019
Crime · Drama · Mystery
New Amsterdam
2018
Drama
Lodge 49
2018
Comedy · Drama · Mystery
The Good Fight
2017
Drama
No Pay, Nudity
2016
Drama · Comedy
Baked in Brooklyn
2016
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Bull
2016
Crime · Drama · Comedy
The American Side
2016
Mystery · Drama · Thriller
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2014
Comedy · Fantasy
Elementary
2012
Drama · Mystery · Crime
The Front
2010
Mystery · Crime · Action
The Last New Yorker
2010
Drama
The Good Wife
2009
Drama
Canterbury's Law
2008
Drama
The Bronx Is Burning
2007
Drama
A Crime
2006
Crime
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
2006
Comedy
Conviction
2006
Drama · Crime
Slow Burn
2005
Mystery · Crime · Drama
A Jersey Tale
2004
Comedy · Crime · Drama
13 Going on 30
2004
Comedy · Fantasy · Romance
Tarzan
2003
Action & Adventure · Drama
Hope & Faith
2003
Comedy
Auto Focus
2002
Crime · Drama
Changing Lanes
2002
Thriller · Drama
Queenie in Love
2001
Romance · Comedy
61*
2001
TV Movie · Drama · History
Some of My Best Friends
2001
Comedy
Looking for an Echo
2000
Drama · Music
Deadline
2000
Drama
The Other Me
2000
Family · Comedy · Science Fiction
The Beat
2000
Crime · Drama
Switching Goals
1999
Family · TV Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Crime · Drama · Mystery
The Out-of-Towners
1999
Comedy · Romance · Adventure
The Naked Man
1998
Drama · Comedy
The Deal
1998
Comedy
Sunday
1997
Drama · Romance
The Practice
1997
Drama
One Fine Day
1996
Romance · Comedy
Early Edition
1996
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Comedy
Undue Influence
1996
Drama · Crime
Remember WENN
1996
Comedy
Heavy
1995
Drama · Romance
Money Train
1995
Action · Comedy · Crime
Two Bits
1995
Drama · Family
Batman Forever
1995
Action · Crime · Fantasy
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
1994
Mystery · Drama · Crime
ER
1994
Drama
Chicago Hope
1994
Soap · Drama
Natural Born Killers
1994
Crime · Thriller · Drama
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
Comedy · Crime
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
Comedy · Drama · Fantasy
Household Saints
1993
Drama
Moon Over Miami
1993
Crime · Drama
Taking the Heat
1993
Action · Thriller · TV Movie
Benny & Joon
1993
Comedy · Drama
Class of '96
1993
Drama
Sinatra
1992
Drama
Citizen Cohn
1992
Drama · TV Movie · History
Primary Motive
1992
Thriller
City of Hope
1991
Drama
WIOU
1990
Drama
Law & Order
1990
Crime · Drama
Presumed Innocent
1990
Mystery · Crime · Thriller
Capital News
1990
Drama
Kojak: Ariana
1989
Thriller · Drama · TV Movie
Perfect Witness
1989
Thriller · Crime · Drama
The Feud
1989
Comedy
Chances Are
1989
Fantasy · Comedy · Romance
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988
Comedy · Crime
Roseanne
1988
Comedy
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
1988
Comedy
Big Business
1988
Comedy
Ironweed
1987
Drama
Moonstruck
1987
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Matewan
1987
Drama · History
One Police Plaza
1986
TV Movie · Crime · Drama
L.A. Law
1986
Drama · War & Politics
Matlock
1986
Drama · Crime
F/X
1986
Action · Thriller
Bad Medicine
1985
Comedy
The Equalizer
1985
Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama
Brewster's Millions
1985
Comedy
Moonlighting
1985
Comedy · Drama · Mystery
The Flamingo Kid
1984
Comedy · Drama · Romance
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
Action · Comedy · Crime
Splash
1984
Comedy · Romance · Fantasy
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983
TV Movie · Drama
Still of the Night
1982
Thriller · Drama · Horror
American Playhouse
1982
Drama · Comedy
The Elephant Man
1982
Drama · TV Movie
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
Comedy
The Gentleman Bandit
1981
Crime · Drama · TV Movie
Hill Street Blues
1981
Drama · Crime
Hide in Plain Sight
1980
Drama
Something Short of Paradise
1979
Drama · Comedy · Romance
The Deer Hunter
1978
Drama · War
On the Yard
1978
Drama
Secret Service
1977
Drama · TV Movie
Great Performances
1971
Comedy · Documentary · Drama