Actor
Joe Grifasi
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 S ...

Known For
Acting
2023 -- Endgame | Nagg
2022 -- The Dreams of Rene Sendam | Dr. Bradley
2021 -- Me To Play | Himself
2020 -- Radium Girls | Grandpa
2016 -- Baked in Brooklyn | David's Dad
2016 -- The American Side | The Serb
2014 -- A Midsummer Night's Dream | Peter Quince
2010 -- The Front | Mr. Zeffirelli
2010 -- The Last New Yorker | Jerry
2006 -- A Crime | Bill
2006 -- Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed | Uncle Sam
2005 -- Slow Burn | Desk Sgt. Drown
2004 -- A Jersey Tale | Alphonso "Chunks" Colon
2004 -- 13 Going on 30 | Mr. Flamhaff
2002 -- Auto Focus | Strip Club M.C.
2002 -- Changing Lanes | Judge Cosell
2001 -- Queenie in Love | Berthold
2001 -- 61* | Phil Rizzuto
2000 -- Looking for an Echo | Vic
2000 -- The Other Me | Conrad
1999 -- Switching Goals | Dave
1999 -- The Out-of-Towners | Arresting Cop
1998 -- The Naked Man | Koski
1998 -- The Deal | Boular
1997 -- Sunday | Scottie Elster
1996 -- One Fine Day | Manny Feldstein
1996 -- Shadow of a Doubt | Sidney Sherman
1996 -- Undue Influence | Clem
1995 -- Heavy | Leo
1995 -- Money Train | Riley
1995 -- Two Bits | Uncle Joe
1995 -- Batman Forever | Bank Guard
1994 -- Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Mike 'Gravedigger' Edwards
1994 -- Natural Born Killers | Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
1994 -- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Director
1994 -- The Hudsucker Proxy | Lou
1993 -- Household Saints | Frank Manzone
1993 -- Taking the Heat | Lou Valentine
1993 -- Benny & Joon | Mike
1992 -- Citizen Cohn | Gerald Walpin
1992 -- Primary Motive | Paul Melton
1991 -- City of Hope | Pauly
1990 -- Presumed Innocent | Tommy Molto
1989 -- Kojak: Ariana | Lieutenant Rastelli
1989 -- Perfect Witness | Breeze
1989 -- The Feud | Bud Bullard
1989 -- Chances Are | Omar
1988 -- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Foreman
1988 -- The Appointments of Dennis Jennings | Bartender
1988 -- Big Business | Desk Clerk
1987 -- Ironweed | Jack
1987 -- Moonstruck | Shy Waiter
1987 -- Matewan | Fausto
1986 -- One Police Plaza | Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
1986 -- F/X | Mickey
1985 -- Bad Medicine | Gómez
1985 -- Brewster's Millions | J.B. Donaldo
1984 -- The Flamingo Kid | Mario Minetta
1984 -- The Pope of Greenwich Village | Jimmy the Cheese Man
1984 -- Splash | Manny
1983 -- Will There Really Be a Morning? | Wyler
1982 -- Still of the Night | Joseph Vitucci
1982 -- The Elephant Man | Pinhead Manager
1981 -- Honky Tonk Freeway | Osvaldo
1981 -- The Gentleman Bandit | Det. Esposito
1980 -- Hide in Plain Sight | Matty Stanek
1979 -- Something Short of Paradise | Barney Collins
1978 -- The Deer Hunter | Bandleader
1978 -- On the Yard | Morris
1977 -- Secret Service | Cpl. Matson
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