Joe Grifasi
Biography
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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.
Known For
Acting
1991
asPauly
2006
asBill
1995
asBank Guard
1989
asBud Bullard
1989
asOmar
1983
asWyler
1993
asMike
1985
asJ.B. Donaldo
1990
asTommy Molto
1996
asManny Feldstein
1978
asBandleader
1994
asLou
1982
asJoseph Vitucci
1984
asJimmy the Cheese Man
1995
asUncle Joe
1982
asPinhead Manager
2006
asUncle Sam
2023
asNagg
2000
asConrad
1981
asOsvaldo
1980
asMatty Stanek
2010
asMr. Zeffirelli
1988
asBartender
1998
asBoular
2022
asDr. Bradley
2020
asGrandpa
1984
asMario Minetta
1979
asBarney Collins
2010
asJerry
2001
asBerthold
1987
asFausto
1978
asMorris
1984
asManny
2000
asVic
1988
asDesk Clerk
1988
asForeman
1986
asMickey
1995
asLeo
1994
asDirector
2004
asAlphonso "Chunks" Colon
1995
asRiley
2016
asThe Serb
2014
asPeter Quince
1996
asSidney Sherman
1989
asLieutenant Rastelli
1992
asPaul Melton
2004
asMr. Flamhaff
1994
asDeputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
2016
asDavid's Dad
1999
asDave
1999
asArresting Cop
1981
asDet. Esposito
1996
asClem
1987
asShy Waiter
1989
asBreeze
1977
asCpl. Matson
1993
asFrank Manzone
2001
asPhil Rizzuto
1997
asScottie Elster
2005
asDesk Sgt. Drown
1985
asGómez
1992
asGerald Walpin
1993
asLou Valentine
2002
asStrip Club M.C.
1986
asInsp. Nicolas Zambrano
1994
asMike 'Gravedigger' Edwards
1998
asKoski
2002
asJudge Cosell
2021
asHimself
1987
asJack
asEzra Gould
asDominic Nuzzi
asLeo
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asKapatkin
asIRS Office Supervisor
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asTom Williams
asTony Pro
asJoe Morrisey
asCaptain Moretti
asHashi Horowitz
asYogi Berra
asGeorge Evans
asDefense Attorney James Linde
asJudge Arlen Rand
asLombino
asVince Marinelli
asLieutenant Scott Connor
asJudge Rand
asJudge Harrigan
asJudge John Mata
asSteve Falice
asLt. Vocek
asJoe Zito
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asCpl. Matson
asJudge John Mata
asLilo Steinhauser
asLarry Looper
Production
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