
Joe Grifasi
Known for: Acting
Born: June 14, 1944
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,…
Known for

The Deal
1998

Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
2006

Endgame
2023

The Dreams of Rene Sendam
2022

Looking for an Echo
2000

A Jersey Tale
2004

Me To Play
2021

A Crime
2006

Still of the Night
1982

Two Bits
1995

Hide in Plain Sight
1980

The Front
2010

The Gentleman Bandit
1981

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
1994

Something Short of Paradise
1979

On the Yard
1978

Heavy
1995

Switching Goals
1999

The Naked Man
1998

The Other Me
2000

The Last New Yorker
2010

Money Train
1995

Shadow of a Doubt
1996

Primary Motive
1992

Perfect Witness
1989

Taking the Heat
1993

Chances Are
1989

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
1988

F/X
1986

Kojak: Ariana
1989

Baked in Brooklyn
2016

Bad Medicine
1985

One Police Plaza
1986

Tornado
2024

Benny & Joon
1993

Presumed Innocent
1990

Secret Service
1977

Brewster's Millions
1985

One Fine Day
1996

Queenie in Love
2001

Radium Girls
2020

Household Saints
1993
The 6th Annual Young Comedians
1981

Batman Forever
1995

The Deer Hunter
1978

The Hudsucker Proxy
1994

Matewan
1987

The American Side
2016

Slow Burn
2005

The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984

13 Going on 30
2004

61*
2001

The Feud
1989

Honky Tonk Freeway
1981

A Midsummer Night's Dream
2014

Big Business
1988

Moonstruck
1987

Changing Lanes
2002

Ironweed
1987

City of Hope
1991

The Elephant Man
1982

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

Sunday
1997

Citizen Cohn
1992

The Flamingo Kid
1984

Splash
1984

Auto Focus
2002

No Pay, Nudity
2016

The Out-of-Towners
1999

Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994

Natural Born Killers
1994

Law & Order
1990

L.A. Law
1986

Hope & Faith
2003

Early Edition
1996

Moonlighting
1985

Roseanne
1988

Deadline
2000

Canterbury's Law
2008

Chicago Hope
1994

Moon Over Miami
1993

ER
1994

WIOU
1990

Class of '96
1993

Elementary
2012

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

The Bronx Is Burning
2007

Sinatra
1992

Bull
2016

Evil
2019

The Beat
2000

Tarzan
2003

Conviction
2006

The Good Fight
2017

I Know This Much Is True
2020

The Equalizer
1985

Some of My Best Friends
2001

Lodge 49
2018

Capital News
1990

Great Performances
1971

The Good Wife
2009

New Amsterdam
2018

Remember WENN
1996

The Practice
1997

Hill Street Blues
1981

Matlock
1986

Undue Influence
1996