Joseph G. 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 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
The Bronx Is Burning (2007)
13 Going on 30 (2004)
Auto Focus (2002)
Changing Lanes (2002)
61* (2001) (TV)
The Other Me (2000) (TV)
Switching Goals (1999) (TV)
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
The Naked Man (1998)
One Fine Day (1996)
Money Train (1995)
Batman Forever (1995)
Tall Tale (1995)
Heavy (1995)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Benny & Joon (1993)
Citizen Cohn (1992) (TV)
Primary Motive (1992)
Presumed Innocent (1990)
Chances Are (1989)
Beaches (1988)
The Naked Gun (1988)
Big Business (1988)
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)
Ironweed (1987)
Moonstruck (1987)
Matewan (1987)
F/X (1986)
Bad Medicine (1985)
Brewster's Millions (1985)
The Flamingo Kid (1984)
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
Splash (1984)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
References
^ Joe Grifasi Biography (1944-)
External links
Joe Grifasi at the Internet Movie Database
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