Joe Grifasi
Age: N/A | From: Buffalo - New York - USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Joseph G. Grifasi , Joseph Grifasi
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Buffalo - New York - USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 40
TV Involvements: 17
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order
(1990) Defense Attorney James Linde
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Judge Hashi Horowitz
Elementary
(2012) Captain Moretti
L.A. Law
(1986) Dominic Nuzzi
Bull
(2016) Judge Arlen Rand
ER
(1994) Tom Williams
Evil
(2019) Lombino
The Equalizer
(1985) Lt. VocekActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Nagg | |
| 2022 | Dr. Bradley | |
| 2021 | Himself | |
| 2020 | Grandpa | |
| Steve Falice | ||
| 2019 | Lombino | |
| 2018 | N/A | |
| 2016 | David's Dad | |
| Judge Rand | ||
| Judge Arlen Rand | ||
| The Serb | ||
| 2014 | Peter Quince | |
| 2012 | Captain Moretti | |
| 2010 | Mr. Zeffirelli | |
| Jerry | ||
| 2008 | N/A | |
| 2007 | Yogi Berra | |
| 2006 | Bill | |
| Uncle Sam | ||
| Judge Harrigan | ||
| 2005 | Desk Sgt. Drown | |
| 2004 | Alphonso "Chunks" Colon | |
| Mr. Flamhaff | ||
| 2003 | Leo | |
| 2002 | Strip Club M.C. | |
| Judge Cosell | ||
| 2001 | Berthold | |
| Phil Rizzuto | ||
| Joe Zito | ||
| 2000 | Vic | |
| N/A | ||
| Conrad | ||
| 1999 | Dave | |
| Hashi Horowitz | ||
| Judge Hashi Horowitz | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1998 | Koski | |
| Boular | ||
| 1997 | Scottie Elster | |
| 1996 | Manny Feldstein | |
| Sidney Sherman | ||
| N/A | ||
| Clem | ||
| 1995 | Leo | |
| Riley | ||
| Uncle Joe | ||
| Bank Guard | ||
| 1994 | Mike 'Gravedigger' Edwards | |
| Tom Williams | ||
| N/A | ||
| Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka | ||
| Director | ||
| Lou | ||
| 1993 | N/A | |
| Frank Manzone | ||
| Lou Valentine | ||
| Mike | ||
| Joe Morrisey | ||
| 1992 | George Evans | |
| Gerald Walpin | ||
| Paul Melton | ||
| 1991 | Pauly | |
| 1990 | Tony Pro | |
| Ezra Gould | ||
| Defense Attorney James Linde | ||
| Tommy Molto | ||
| 1989 | Lieutenant Rastelli | |
| Breeze | ||
| Bud Bullard | ||
| Omar | ||
| 1988 | Foreman | |
| N/A | ||
| Bartender | ||
| Desk Clerk | ||
| 1987 | Jack | |
| Shy Waiter | ||
| Fausto | ||
| 1986 | Insp. Nicolas Zambrano | |
| Dominic Nuzzi | ||
| Mickey | ||
| 1985 | Gómez | |
| Lt. Vocek | ||
| J.B. Donaldo | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1984 | Mario Minetta | |
| Jimmy the Cheese Man | ||
| Manny | ||
| 1983 | Wyler | |
| 1982 | Joseph Vitucci | |
| Pinhead Manager | ||
| 1981 | Osvaldo | |
| Det. Esposito | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1980 | Matty Stanek | |
| 1979 | Barney Collins | |
| 1978 | Morris | |
| Bandleader | ||
| 1977 | Cpl. Matson | |
| 1971 | Cpl. Matson | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
