Joe Grifasi

Actor Jun 14 (age 81) Buffalo - New York - USA 1971–2024 (53 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

Joseph G. "Joe" Grifasi (born June 14, 1944) is an American character actor of film, stage and television. Born in Buffalo, New York, Grifasi joined the U.S. Army prior to studying acting. He has appeared in more than 50 feature films including Presumed Innocent, The Deer Hunter, Big Business, Beaches, Auto Focus, Matewan, Naked Gun, Dark Matter, Natural Born Killers, Chances Are, Changing Lanes, One Fine Day, F/X, Benny & Joon, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Brewster’s Millions, Batman Forever,…

Known For

Film

The Deer Hunter

Bandleader

Film

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Foreman

Film

13 Going on 30

Mr. Flamhaff

Film

Natural Born Killers

Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka

Film

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Director

Film

The Hudsucker Proxy

Lou

Film

Moonstruck

Shy Waiter

Film

Batman Forever

Bank Guard

Filmography

Acting (109)

Movies (73)

Tornado

2024

as Rich

Endgame

2023

as Nagg

The Dreams of Rene Sendam

2022

as Dr. Bradley

1.0

Me To Play

2021

as Himself

Radium Girls

as Grandpa

Baked in Brooklyn

as David's Dad

No Pay, Nudity

as Mr. Davenport

The American Side

as The Serb

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Peter Quince

The Front

as Mr. Zeffirelli

The Last New Yorker

as Jerry

A Crime

as Bill

Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed

as Uncle Sam

Slow Burn

as Desk Sgt. Drown

13 Going on 30

as Mr. Flamhaff

A Jersey Tale

as Alphonso "Chunks" Colon

Changing Lanes

as Judge Cosell

Auto Focus

as Strip Club M.C.

61*

as Phil Rizzuto

Queenie in Love

as Berthold

Looking for an Echo

as Vic

The Other Me

as Conrad

The Out-of-Towners

as Arresting Cop

Switching Goals

as Dave

The Naked Man

as Koski

The Deal

as Boular

Sunday

as Scottie Elster

One Fine Day

as Manny Feldstein

Undue Influence

as Clem

Shadow of a Doubt

as Sidney Sherman

Batman Forever

as Bank Guard

Money Train

as Riley

Heavy

as Leo

Two Bits

as Uncle Joe

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

as Director

The Hudsucker Proxy

as Lou

Natural Born Killers

as Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka

7.1

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

1994

as Mike 'Gravedigger' Edwards

Benny & Joon

as Mike

Household Saints

as Frank Manzone

Taking the Heat

as Lou Valentine

Primary Motive

as Paul Melton

Citizen Cohn

as Gerald Walpin

City of Hope

as Pauly

Presumed Innocent

as Tommy Molto

Chances Are

as Omar

The Feud

as Bud Bullard

Perfect Witness

as Breeze

Kojak: Ariana

as Lieutenant Rastelli

6.0

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

as Foreman

Big Business

as Desk Clerk

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

as Bartender

Moonstruck

as Shy Waiter

Matewan

as Fausto

Ironweed

as Jack

F/X

as Mickey

One Police Plaza

as Insp. Nicolas Zambrano

Brewster's Millions

as J.B. Donaldo

Bad Medicine

as Gómez

Splash

as Manny

The Flamingo Kid

as Mario Minetta

The Pope of Greenwich Village

1984

as Jimmy the Cheese Man

6.4

Will There Really Be a Morning?

as Wyler

The Elephant Man

as Pinhead Manager

Still of the Night

as Joseph Vitucci

The 6th Annual Young Comedians

1981

as Self (Audience Member) (uncredited)

Honky Tonk Freeway

as Osvaldo

The Gentleman Bandit

as Det. Esposito

Hide in Plain Sight

as Matty Stanek

Something Short of Paradise

as Barney Collins

The Deer Hunter

as Bandleader

On the Yard

as Morris

Secret Service

as Cpl. Matson

Television (36)

I Know This Much Is True

as Steve Falice

Evil

as Lombino

New Amsterdam

as Lilo Steinhauser

Lodge 49

The Good Fight

as Judge John Mata

Bull

as Judge Rand

Elementary

as Captain Moretti

The Good Wife

as Judge John Mata

Canterbury's Law

The Bronx Is Burning

as Yogi Berra

Conviction

as Judge Harrigan

Hope & Faith

as Leo

Tarzan

as Lieutenant Scott Connor

7.4

Some of My Best Friends

as Joe Zito

The Beat

as Vince Marinelli

Deadline

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Hashi Horowitz

The Practice

as Harry Papp

Early Edition

as Harry Hawks

Remember WENN

as Larry Looper

Undue Influence

as Clem

as Tom Williams

Chicago Hope

as Larry Ruscetti

Moon Over Miami

Class of '96

as Joe Morrisey

Sinatra

as George Evans

Law & Order

as Ezra Gould

Capital News

WIOU

as Tony Pro

Roseanne

as IRS Office Supervisor

L.A. Law

as Dominic Nuzzi

Matlock

as Hot Dog Vendor

The Equalizer

as Lt. Vocek

Moonlighting

as Kapatkin

Hill Street Blues

as Ronnie Delacroce

Great Performances

as Cpl. Matson