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Joe Grifasi‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1944-06-14

Popularity

star5.4

Joe Grifasi

Buffalo - New York - USA

Joe Grifasi

Buffalo - New York - USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1944-06-14

Popularity

star5.4

Biography

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 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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City of Hope

City of Hope‌
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calendar 1991

A Crime

A Crime‌
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calendar 2006

Batman Forever

Batman Forever‌
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calendar 1995

The Feud

The Feud‌
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calendar 1989

Chances Are

Chances Are‌
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calendar 1989

Will There Really Be a Morning?

Will There Really Be a Morning?‌
star7.0
calendar 1983

Benny & Joon

Benny & Joon‌
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calendar 1993

Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions‌
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calendar 1985

Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent‌
star6.8
calendar 1990

One Fine Day

One Fine Day‌
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calendar 1996

The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter‌
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calendar 1978

The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy‌
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calendar 1994

Still of the Night

Still of the Night‌
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calendar 1982

The Pope of Greenwich Village

The Pope of Greenwich Village‌
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calendar 1984

Two Bits

Two Bits‌
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calendar 1995

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man‌
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calendar 1982

Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed

Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed‌
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calendar 2006

Endgame

Endgame‌
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calendar 2023

The Other Me

The Other Me‌
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calendar 2000

Honky Tonk Freeway

Honky Tonk Freeway‌
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calendar 1981

Hide in Plain Sight

Hide in Plain Sight‌
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calendar 1980

The Front

The Front‌
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calendar 2010

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings‌
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calendar 1988

The Deal

The Deal‌
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calendar 1998

The Dreams of Rene Sendam

The Dreams of Rene Sendam‌
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Radium Girls

Radium Girls‌
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calendar 2020

The Flamingo Kid

The Flamingo Kid‌
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calendar 1984

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Something Short of Paradise‌
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calendar 1979

The Last New Yorker

The Last New Yorker‌
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calendar 2010

Queenie in Love

Queenie in Love‌
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calendar 2001

Matewan

Matewan‌
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calendar 1987

On the Yard

On the Yard‌
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calendar 1978

Splash

Splash‌
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calendar 1984

Looking for an Echo

Looking for an Echo‌
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calendar 2000

Big Business

Big Business‌
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calendar 1988

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!‌
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calendar 1988

F/X

F/X‌
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calendar 1986

Heavy

Heavy‌
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calendar 1995

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult‌
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calendar 1994

A Jersey Tale

A Jersey Tale‌
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calendar 2004

Money Train

Money Train‌
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calendar 1995

The American Side

The American Side‌
star4.7
calendar 2016

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream‌
star6.4
calendar 2014

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt‌
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calendar 1996

Kojak: Ariana

Kojak: Ariana‌
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calendar 1989

Primary Motive

Primary Motive‌
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calendar 1992

13 Going on 30

13 Going on 30‌
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calendar 2004

Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers‌
star7.1
calendar 1994

Baked in Brooklyn

Baked in Brooklyn‌
star5.2
calendar 2016

Switching Goals

Switching Goals‌
star5.8
calendar 1999

The Out-of-Towners

The Out-of-Towners‌
star5.7
calendar 1999

The Gentleman Bandit

The Gentleman Bandit‌
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calendar 1981

Undue Influence

Undue Influence‌
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calendar 1996

Moonstruck

Moonstruck‌
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calendar 1987

Perfect Witness

Perfect Witness‌
star7.0
calendar 1989

Secret Service

Secret Service‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Household Saints

Household Saints‌
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calendar 1993

61*

61*‌
star6.9
calendar 2001

Sunday

Sunday‌
star5.2
calendar 1997

Slow Burn

Slow Burn‌
star5.3
calendar 2005

Bad Medicine

Bad Medicine‌
star5.1
calendar 1985

Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn‌
star6.3
calendar 1992

Taking the Heat

Taking the Heat‌
star4.8
calendar 1993

Auto Focus

Auto Focus‌
star6.4
calendar 2002

One Police Plaza

One Police Plaza‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice‌
star5.5
calendar 1994

The Naked Man

The Naked Man‌
star4.3
calendar 1998

Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes‌
star6.3
calendar 2002

Me To Play

Me To Play‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

Ironweed

Ironweed‌
star6.4
calendar 1987

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Law & Order

Law & Order‌
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calendar 1990

L.A. Law

L.A. Law‌
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calendar 1986

Hope & Faith

Hope & Faith‌
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calendar 2003

Early Edition

Early Edition‌
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calendar 1996

Moonlighting

Moonlighting‌
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calendar 1985

Roseanne

Roseanne‌
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calendar 1988

Deadline

Deadline‌
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calendar 2000

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues‌
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calendar 1981

Canterbury's Law

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calendar 2008

Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami‌
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calendar 1993

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope‌
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calendar 1994

ER

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calendar 1994

WIOU

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calendar 1990

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calendar 1993

Elementary

Elementary‌
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calendar 2012

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit‌
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calendar 1999

The Bronx Is Burning

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calendar 2007

Sinatra

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calendar 1992

Law & Order

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calendar 1990

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star7.1
calendar 2016

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calendar 2019

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calendar 2000

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Conviction

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The Good Fight

The Good Fight‌
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calendar 2017

I Know This Much Is True

I Know This Much Is True‌
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calendar 2020

The Equalizer

The Equalizer‌
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calendar 1985

Some of My Best Friends

Some of My Best Friends‌
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calendar 2001

Lodge 49

Lodge 49‌
star6.7
calendar 2018

Capital News

Capital News‌
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calendar 1990

Great Performances

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calendar 1971

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calendar 2009

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New Amsterdam‌
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calendar 2018