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Joe Grifasi is a Actor American born on 14 june 1944 at Buffalo (USA)
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.
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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.
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Filmography of Joe Grifasi (58 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Front | Actor | Mr. Zeffirelli |
| 2008 | Dark Matter | Actor | Professor Colby |
| 2006 | A Crime | Actor | Bill |
| 2005 | Slow Burn | Actor | Desk Sgt. Drown |
| 2005 | Creating Karma | Actor | |
| 2004 | 13 Going on 30 | Actor | Mr. Flamhaff |
| 2003 | Auto Focus | Actor | Strip Club M.C. |
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Actor | Judge Cosell |
| 2001 | 61* | Actor | Phil Rizzuto |
| 2001 | Queenie in Love | Actor | Berthold |
| 2000 | Looking for an Echo | Actor | Vic |
| 2000 | The Other Me | Actor | Conrad |
| 1999 | The Out-of-Towners | Actor | |
| 1999 | Switching Goals | Actor | Dave |
| 1998 | The Naked Man | Actor | Koski |
| 1997 | Sunday | Actor | Scottie Elster |
| 1997 | Blood on Her Hands | Actor | |
| 1996 | One Fine Day | Actor | Manny Feldstein |
| 1995 | Batman Forever | Actor | Bank Guard |
| 1995 | Money Train | Actor | Riley |
| 1995 | Heavy | Actor | Leo |
| 1995 | Tall Tale | Actor | Man in Top Hat |
| 1995 | Two Bits | Actor | Uncle Joe |
| 1995 | Shadow of a Doubt | Actor | Sidney Sherman |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Actor | Lou |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Actor | Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka |
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Actor | Director |
| 1994 | Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Actor | Mike 'Gravedigger' Edwards |
| 1993 | Benny & Joon | Actor | Mike |
| 1993 | Household Saints | Actor | Frank Manzone |
| 1992 | Sinatra (TV miniseries) | Actor | George Evans |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Actor | Gerald Walpin |
| 1992 | Primary Motive | Actor | Paul Melton |
| 1991 | City of Hope | Actor | Pauly |
| 1990 | Presumed Innocent | Actor | Tommy Molto |
| 1989 | Beaches | Actor | Otto Titsling |
| 1989 | Chances Are | Actor | Omar |
| 1988 | Moonstruck | Actor | Shy Waiter |
| 1988 | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Actor | Foreman |
| 1988 | The Appointments of Dennis Jennings | Actor | Bartender |
| 1988 | Big Business | Actor | Desk Clerk |
| 1987 | Ironweed | Actor | Jack |
| 1987 | Matewan | Actor | Fausto |
| 1986 | F/X | Actor | Mickey |
| 1985 | Bad Medicine | Actor | Gómez |
| 1985 | Brewster's Millions | Actor | J.B. Donaldo |
| 1985 | One Police Plaza | Actor | Insp. Nicolas Zambrano |
| 1984 | Splash | Actor | Manny |
| 1984 | The Flamingo Kid | Actor | Mario Minetta |
| 1984 | The Pope of Greenwich Village | Actor | Jimmy the Cheese Man |
| 1982 | Still of the Night | Actor | Joseph Vitucci |
| 1982 | The Elephant Man | Actor | Pinhead Manager |
| 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway | Actor | Osvaldo |
| 1980 | Hide in Plain Sight | Actor | Matty Stanek |
| 1979 | The Deer Hunter | Actor | Bandleader |
| 1979 | Something Short of Paradise | Actor | Barney Collins |
| 1978 | On the Yard | Actor | Morris |
| 1946 | Under New Management | Actor |