Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/14/1944
Place of Birth
Buffalo - New York - USA
Also Known As
Joseph G. GrifasiJoseph Grifasi
Joe Grifasi
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, The Flamingo Kid, Ironweed, and Splash. His television credits include The Bronx is Burning (as Yog...
Known For
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
as Foreman
Batman Forever
as Bank Guard
Splash
as Manny
Household Saints
as Frank Manzone
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Director
Presumed Innocent
as Tommy Molto
Big Business
as Desk Clerk
Slow Burn
as Desk Sgt. Drown
Benny & Joon
as Mike
F/X
as Mickey
A Crime
as Bill
Changing Lanes
as Judge Cosell
Money Train
as Riley
Matewan
as Fausto
Citizen Cohn
as Gerald Walpin
Ironweed
as Jack
Switching Goals
as Dave
The American Side
as The Serb
Undue Influence
as Clem
13 Going on 30
as Mr. Flamhaff