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  • BIRTH 14/06/1944
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 16
  • MOVIES 40

Joe Grifasi

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Joseph G. "Joe" Grifasi (born June 14, 1944) is an American character actor of film, stage and television. Grifasi was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Patricia (née Gaglione) and Joseph J. Grifasi, a skilled laborer. Grifasi graduated from Bishop Fallon High School, a now defunct Catholic high school in Buffalo. He played football and acted in many of the school's plays. Grifasi briefly attended Canisius College in Buffalo before joining the United States Army. He went on to study at the Yale School of Drama. While at the Yale School of Drama, he met his future wife, the jazz soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. Grifasi has played two separate members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who played for the New York Yankees. In 61, set in 1961, he played Phil Rizzuto; in The Bronx Is Burning, set in 1977, he played Yogi Berra. Paul Borghese played Berra in 61, while actual 1977 broadcast recordings of Rizzuto were used in The Bronx Is Burning.

Joe Grifasi

Shows (16)

New Amsterdam (2018)
New Amsterdam (2018)
Lilo Steinhauser
Evil
Evil
Lombino
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Hashi Horowitz
Elementary
Elementary
Captain Moretti
ER
ER
Tom Williams
The Good Wife
The Good Wife
Judge John Mata
Bull (2016)
Bull (2016)
Judge Arlen Rand / Judge Rand
I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True
Steve Falice
Law & Order
Law & Order
Defense Attorney James Linde / Ezra Gould
Moonlighting
Moonlighting
Kapatkin
Hope & Faith
Hope & Faith
Leo
The Equalizer
The Equalizer
Lt. Vocek
L.A. Law
L.A. Law
Dominic Nuzzi
Conviction
Conviction
Judge Harrigan
Some of My Best Friends
Some of My Best Friends
Joe Zito
The Bronx is Burning
The Bronx is Burning
Yogi Berra

Movies (40)

Batman Forever
Batman Forever
Bank Guard
13 Going on 30
13 Going on 30
Mr. Flamhaff
The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter
Bandleader
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police…
Foreman
Splash
Splash
Manny
Money Train
Money Train
Riley
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Hudsucker Proxy
Lou
Benny & Joon
Benny & Joon
Mike
Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent
Tommy Molto
Changing Lanes
Changing Lanes
Judge Cosell
Moonstruck
Moonstruck
Shy Waiter
One Fine Day
One Fine Day
Manny Feldstein
F/X
F/X
Mickey
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions
J.B. Donaldo
Chances Are
Chances Are
Omar
Radium Girls
Radium Girls
Grandpa
The American Side
The American Side
The Serb
Baked in Brooklyn
Baked in Brooklyn
David's Dad
Big Business
Big Business
Desk Clerk
61*
61*
Phil Rizzuto
One Police Plaza
One Police Plaza
Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
The Pope of Greenwich Village
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Jimmy the Cheese Man
Switching Goals
Switching Goals
Dave
The Gentleman Bandit
The Gentleman Bandit
Det. Esposito
The Flamingo Kid
The Flamingo Kid
Mario Minetta
Ironweed
Ironweed
Jack
A Crime
A Crime
Bill
Matewan
Matewan
Fausto
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Peter Quince
Still of the Night
Still of the Night
Joseph Vitucci
Looking for an Echo
Looking for an Echo
Vic
Honky Tonk Freeway
Honky Tonk Freeway
Osvaldo
Two Bits
Two Bits
Uncle Joe
Auto Focus
Auto Focus
Strip Club M.C.
The Other Me
The Other Me
Conrad
City of Hope
City of Hope
Pauly
Heavy
Heavy
Leo
The Naked Man
The Naked Man
Koski
The Dreams of Rene Sendam
The Dreams of Rene Sendam
Dr. Bradley
The Front
The Front
Mr. Zeffirelli