Joe Grifasi [4887] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.8499 Birthplace: Buffalo - New York - USA Birthday: 1944-06-14 Age: 81 years Movies: 70 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Endgame2023-04-14 The Dreams of Re2022-01-18 Me To Play2021-02-16 Radium Girls2020-10-23 Baked in Brookly2016-10-14 The American Sid2016-04-14 A Midsummer Nigh2014-09-08 The Front2010-05-26 The Last New Yor2010-02-19 A Crime2006-09-11 Lewis Black: Red2006-06-10 Slow Burn2005-09-12 A Jersey Tale2004-06-25 13 Going on 302004-04-13 Auto Focus2002-10-18 Changing Lanes2002-04-07 Queenie in Love2001-09-12 61*2001-04-28 Looking for an E2000-11-10 The Other Me2000-09-08 Switching Goals1999-12-12 The Out-of-Towne1999-04-02 The Naked Man1998-08-02 The Deal1998-01-01 Sunday1997-05-01 One Fine Day1996-12-20 Shadow of a Doub1996-12-03 Undue Influence1996-09-15 Money Train1995-11-21 Two Bits1995-10-22 Batman Forever1995-06-16 Heavy1995-12-29 Jack Reed: A Sea1994-10-02 Natural Born Kil1994-08-26 Naked Gun 33⅓:1994-03-18 The Hudsucker Pr1994-03-11 Household Saints1993-09-15 Taking the Heat1993-06-06 Benny & Joon1993-04-16 Citizen Cohn1992-08-22 Primary Motive1992-08-02 City of Hope1991-10-11 Presumed Innocen1990-07-27 Kojak: Ariana1989-11-02 Perfect Witness1989-10-28 The Feud1989-09-30 Chances Are1989-03-10 The Naked Gun: F1988-12-02 The Appointments1988-09-07 Big Business1988-06-10 Ironweed1987-12-18 Moonstruck1987-12-16 Matewan1987-08-28 One Police Plaza1986-11-29 F/X1986-02-07 Bad Medicine1985-11-22 Brewster's Milli1985-05-22 The Flamingo Kid1984-12-21 The Pope of Gree1984-06-22 Splash1984-03-09 Will There Reall1983-02-22 Still of the Nig1982-11-19 The Elephant Man1982-01-04 Honky Tonk Freew1981-08-21 The Gentleman Ba1981-05-06 Hide in Plain Si1980-03-21 Something Short 1979-09-14 The Deer Hunter1978-12-08 On the Yard1978-09-16 Secret Service1977-01-12