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.

Endgame
2023-04-14
The Dreams of Re
2022-01-18
Me To Play
2021-02-16
Radium Girls
2020-10-23
Baked in Brookly
2016-10-14
The American Sid
2016-04-14
A Midsummer Nigh
2014-09-08
The Front
2010-05-26
The Last New Yor
2010-02-19
A Crime
2006-09-11
Lewis Black: Red
2006-06-10
Slow Burn
2005-09-12
A Jersey Tale
2004-06-25
13 Going on 30
2004-04-13
Auto Focus
2002-10-18
Changing Lanes
2002-04-07
Queenie in Love
2001-09-12
61*
2001-04-28
Looking for an E
2000-11-10
The Other Me
2000-09-08
Switching Goals
1999-12-12
The Out-of-Towne
1999-04-02
The Naked Man
1998-08-02
The Deal
1998-01-01
Sunday
1997-05-01
One Fine Day
1996-12-20
Shadow of a Doub
1996-12-03
Undue Influence
1996-09-15
Money Train
1995-11-21
Two Bits
1995-10-22
Batman Forever
1995-06-16
Heavy
1995-12-29
Jack Reed: A Sea
1994-10-02
Natural Born Kil
1994-08-26
Naked Gun 33⅓:
1994-03-18
The Hudsucker Pr
1994-03-11
Household Saints
1993-09-15
Taking the Heat
1993-06-06
Benny & Joon
1993-04-16
Citizen Cohn
1992-08-22
Primary Motive
1992-08-02
City of Hope
1991-10-11
Presumed Innocen
1990-07-27
Kojak: Ariana
1989-11-02
Perfect Witness
1989-10-28
The Feud
1989-09-30
Chances Are
1989-03-10
The Naked Gun: F
1988-12-02
The Appointments
1988-09-07
Big Business
1988-06-10
Ironweed
1987-12-18
Moonstruck
1987-12-16
Matewan
1987-08-28
One Police Plaza
1986-11-29
F/X
1986-02-07
Bad Medicine
1985-11-22
Brewster's Milli
1985-05-22
The Flamingo Kid
1984-12-21
The Pope of Gree
1984-06-22
Splash
1984-03-09
Will There Reall
1983-02-22
Still of the Nig
1982-11-19
The Elephant Man
1982-01-04
Honky Tonk Freew
1981-08-21
The Gentleman Ba
1981-05-06
Hide in Plain Si
1980-03-21
Something Short
1979-09-14
The Deer Hunter
1978-12-08
On the Yard
1978-09-16
Secret Service
1977-01-12