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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.
Filmography
all 109
Movies 75
TV Shows 34
self 2
Director 1
The Dreams of Rene Sendam (2022)
I Know This Much Is True (2020)
Evil (2019)
New Amsterdam (2018)
The Good Fight (2017)
Baked in Brooklyn (2016)
Bull (2016)
The American Side (2016)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014)
Elementary (2012)
The Front (2010)
The Good Wife (2009)
The Bronx Is Burning (2007)
Conviction (2006)
Slow Burn (2005)
A Jersey Tale (2004)
13 Going on 30 (2004)
Tarzan (2003)
Auto Focus (2002)
Changing Lanes (2002)
Queenie in Love (2001)
61* (2001)
Some of My Best Friends (2001)
The Other Me (2000)
The Beat (2000)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
Blood on Her Hands (1998)
The Deal (1998)
Sunday (1997)
One Fine Day (1996)
Shadow of a Doubt (1996)
Two Bits (1995)
Batman Forever (1995)
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (1995)
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (1994)
ER (1994)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Household Saints (1993)
Taking the Heat (1993)
Class of '96 (1993)
Sinatra (1992)
Citizen Cohn (1992)
Primary Motive (1992)
WIOU (1990)
Law & Order (1990)
Presumed Innocent (1990)
Down Home (1990)
Kojak: Ariana (1989)
The Feud (1989)
Men (1989)
Roseanne (1988)
Big Business (1988)
Moonstruck (1987)
Matewan (1987)
One Police Plaza (1986)
L.A. Law (1986)
F/X (1986)
The Equalizer (1985)
Brewster's Millions (1985)
Moonlighting (1985)
The Flamingo Kid (1984)
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
Still of the Night (1982)
The Elephant Man (1982)
The Gentleman Bandit (1981)
Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
Something Short of Paradise (1979)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
On the Yard (1978)
Secret Service (1977)
Great Performances (1971)
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GenderMale
Birthday1944-06-14 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceBuffalo, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJoseph G. Grifasi, Joseph Grifasi
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