Joe Grifasi
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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.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Hashi Horowitz
Law & Order
Ezra Gould
Law & Order
Defense Attorney James Linde
The Good Wife
Judge John Mata
Great Performances
Cpl. Matson
ER
Tom Williams
The Equalizer
Lt. Vocek
Elementary
Captain Moretti
The Good Fight
Judge John Mata
New Amsterdam
Lilo Steinhauser
Chicago Hope
Hill Street Blues
Bull
Judge Arlen Rand
Bull
Judge Rand
L.A. Law
Dominic Nuzzi
Evil
Lombino
Moonlighting
Kapatkin
Early Edition
Harry Hawks
Hope & Faith
Leo
Lodge 49
Roseanne
IRS Office Supervisor
Class of '96
Joe Morrisey
I Know This Much Is True
Steve Falice
The Bronx Is Burning
Yogi Berra
The Beat
Vince Marinelli
Remember WENN
Larry Looper
WIOU
Tony Pro
Moon Over Miami
Conviction
Judge Harrigan
Canterbury's Law
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Foreman
13 Going on 30
Mr. Flamhaff
Batman Forever
Bank Guard
Some of My Best Friends
Joe Zito
Deadline
Moonstruck
Shy Waiter
The Deer Hunter
Bandleader
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Director
Natural Born Killers
Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
Capital News
Tarzan
Lieutenant Scott Connor
Splash
Manny
Money Train
Riley
Brewster's Millions
J.B. Donaldo
One Fine Day
Manny Feldstein
Benny & Joon
Mike
Presumed Innocent
Tommy Molto
Changing Lanes
Judge Cosell
The Hudsucker Proxy
Lou
F/X
Mickey
Chances Are
Omar
Big Business
Desk Clerk
61*
Phil Rizzuto
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Jimmy the Cheese Man
Ironweed
Jack
Auto Focus
Strip Club M.C.
The Out-of-Towners
Arresting Cop
Sinatra
George Evans
Still of the Night
Joseph Vitucci
Slow Burn
Desk Sgt. Drown
Radium Girls
Grandpa
City of Hope
Pauly
The Front
Mr. Zeffirelli
Matewan
Fausto
The Other Me
Conrad
Bad Medicine
Gómez
Switching Goals
Dave
Heavy
Leo
A Crime
Bill
Honky Tonk Freeway
Osvaldo
Undue Influence
Clem
Two Bits
Uncle Joe
On the Yard
Morris
Looking for an Echo
Vic
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Wyler
Household Saints
Frank Manzone
Hide in Plain Sight
Matty Stanek
Perfect Witness
Breeze
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
Uncle Sam
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Peter Quince
The Naked Man
Koski
The Flamingo Kid
Mario Minetta
The American Side
The Serb
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Mike 'Gravedigger' Edwards
Baked in Brooklyn
David's Dad
Taking the Heat
Lou Valentine
No Pay, Nudity
Mr. Davenport
Citizen Cohn
Gerald Walpin
The Gentleman Bandit
Det. Esposito
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Bartender
The Elephant Man
Pinhead Manager
One Police Plaza
Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
Me To Play
Himself
Queenie in Love
Berthold
Something Short of Paradise
Barney Collins
Kojak: Ariana
Lieutenant Rastelli
The Last New Yorker
Jerry
The Feud
Bud Bullard
Secret Service
Cpl. Matson
The Dreams of Rene Sendam
Dr. Bradley
Sunday
Scottie Elster
Shadow of a Doubt
Sidney Sherman
Primary Motive
Paul Melton
The Deal
Boular
Endgame
Nagg
A Jersey Tale
Alphonso "Chunks" Colon