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, Beach ... es, 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 Yogi Berra), 61* (as Phil Rizzuto), Law & Order, ER, LA Law, Chicago Hope, Hill Street Blues, SCTV, Roseanne, and The Practice. Grifasi’s Broadway credits include Dinner at Eight, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Memory of Two Mondays, Boy Meets Girl, The Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The 1940’s Radio Hour and Happy End. His off-Broadway credits include Conversations in Tusculum, The Boys Next Door (Drama Desk Nomination), Once Around the City, Golden Boy, Filumena and Says I, Says He. He has been married to jazz soprano saxophonist and composer Jane Ira Bloom, whom he met while studying at the Yale School of Drama, since 1974.
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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WIOU
as Tony Pro
Episodes: 20
First Aired: Oct 24, 1990
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Hashi Horowitz
Episodes: 14
First Aired: Sep 20, 1999
The Bronx Is Burning
as Yogi Berra
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Jul 09, 2007
L.A. Law
as Dominic Nuzzi
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 15, 1986
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney James Linde
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Evil
as Lombino
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 26, 2019
Bull
as Judge Rand
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 20, 2016
Some of My Best Friends
as Joe Zito
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 28, 2001
Sinatra
as George Evans
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 08, 1992
The Beat
as Vince Marinelli
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 21, 2000
Law & Order
as Ezra Gould
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Hope & Faith
as Leo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2003
Moonlighting
as Kapatkin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 03, 1985
Roseanne
as IRS Office Supervisor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 18, 1988
ER
as Tom Williams
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1994
Class of '96
as Joe Morrisey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 19, 1993
Elementary
as Captain Moretti
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 27, 2012
Bull
as Judge Arlen Rand
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 2016
Tarzan
as Lieutenant Scott Connor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 2003
Conviction
as Judge Harrigan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 03, 2006
The Good Fight
as Judge John Mata
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 19, 2017
I Know This Much Is True
as Steve Falice
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 09, 2020
The Equalizer
as Lt. Vocek
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1985
Great Performances
as Cpl. Matson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1971
The Good Wife
as Judge John Mata
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 2009
New Amsterdam
as Lilo Steinhauser
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 2018
Lodge 49
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Aug 06, 2018
Early Edition
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 28, 1996
Deadline
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 2000
Hill Street Blues
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 15, 1981
Canterbury's Law
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 10, 2008
Chicago Hope
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1994
Moon Over Miami
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1993
Capital News
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 09, 1990
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