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 schools 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.
Bud Bullard
Film 1989
Wyler
Film 1983
Uncle Sam
Film 2006
Nagg
Film 2023
Conrad
Film 2000
Bartender
Film 1988
Boular
Film 1998
Dr. Bradley
Film 2022
Barney Collins
Film 1979
Jerry
Film 2010
Berthold
Film 2001
Vic
Film 2000
Mickey
Film 1986
Alphonso "Chunks" Colon
Film 2004
Sidney Sherman
Film 1996
Paul Melton
Film 1992
Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
Film 1994
Dave
Film 1999
Clem
Film 1996
Breeze
Film 1989
Frank Manzone
Film 1993
Scottie Elster
Film 1997
Gómez
Film 1985
Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
Film 1986
Himself
Film 2021
Ezra Gould
Tv 1990
Dominic Nuzzi
Tv 1986
Tv 1996
Kapatkin
Tv 1985
IRS Office Supervisor
Tv 1988
Tv 2000
Tv 1981
Tv 2008
Tv 1993
Tv 1994
Joe Morrisey
Tv 1993
Captain Moretti
Tv 2012
Hashi Horowitz
Tv 1999
Defense Attorney James Linde
Tv 1990
Judge Arlen Rand
Tv 2016
Lombino
Tv 2019
Vince Marinelli
Tv 2000
Lieutenant Scott Connor
Tv 2003
Judge Rand
Tv 2016
Judge Harrigan
Tv 2006
Judge John Mata
Tv 2017
Steve Falice
Tv 2020
Lt. Vocek
Tv 1985
Joe Zito
Tv 2001
Tv 2018
Tv 1990
Judge John Mata
Tv 2009
Lilo Steinhauser
Tv 2018