Joe Grifasi

Joe Grifasi

Acting

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…

Filmography

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Tornado Tornado 2024 Endgame Endgame 2023 The Dreams of Rene Sendam ★ 1.0 The Dreams of Rene Sendam 2022 Radium Girls ★ 6.7 Radium Girls 2020 I Know This Much Is True ★ 7.6 I Know This Much Is True 2020 Evil ★ 7.8 Evil 2019 New Amsterdam ★ 8.3 New Amsterdam 2018 Lodge 49 ★ 6.7 Lodge 49 2018 The Good Fight ★ 7.5 The Good Fight 2017 No Pay, Nudity ★ 4.0 No Pay, Nudity 2016 Baked in Brooklyn ★ 5.2 Baked in Brooklyn 2016 Bull ★ 7.1 Bull 2016 The American Side ★ 4.7 The American Side 2016 A Midsummer Night's Dream ★ 6.4 A Midsummer Night's Dream 2014 Elementary ★ 7.6 Elementary 2012 The Front ★ 5.6 The Front 2010 The Last New Yorker ★ 7.3 The Last New Yorker 2010 The Good Wife ★ 7.6 The Good Wife 2009 Canterbury's Law ★ 6.3 Canterbury's Law 2008 The Bronx Is Burning ★ 7.2 The Bronx Is Burning 2007 A Crime ★ 5.5 A Crime 2006 Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed ★ 6.6 Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed 2006 Conviction ★ 6.0 Conviction 2006 Slow Burn ★ 5.3 Slow Burn 2005 A Jersey Tale ★ 7.0 A Jersey Tale 2004 13 Going on 30 ★ 6.8 13 Going on 30 2004 Tarzan ★ 7.5 Tarzan 2003 Hope & Faith ★ 5.4 Hope & Faith 2003 Auto Focus ★ 6.4 Auto Focus 2002 Changing Lanes ★ 6.3 Changing Lanes 2002 Queenie in Love ★ 6.3 Queenie in Love 2001 61* ★ 7.0 61* 2001 Some of My Best Friends ★ 5.4 Some of My Best Friends 2001 Looking for an Echo ★ 3.8 Looking for an Echo 2000 Deadline ★ 10.0 Deadline 2000 The Other Me ★ 5.6 The Other Me 2000 The Beat ★ 4.0 The Beat 2000 Switching Goals ★ 5.9 Switching Goals 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ★ 7.9 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 The Out-of-Towners ★ 5.8 The Out-of-Towners 1999 The Naked Man ★ 4.1 The Naked Man 1998 The Deal ★ 5.7 The Deal 1998 Sunday ★ 5.0 Sunday 1997 The Practice ★ 7.7 The Practice 1997 One Fine Day ★ 6.5 One Fine Day 1996 Shadow of a Doubt ★ 6.5 Shadow of a Doubt 1996 Early Edition ★ 7.4 Early Edition 1996 Undue Influence Undue Influence 1996 Remember WENN ★ 7.8 Remember WENN 1996 Heavy ★ 6.7 Heavy 1995 Money Train ★ 5.9 Money Train 1995 Two Bits ★ 5.7 Two Bits 1995 Batman Forever ★ 5.5 Batman Forever 1995 Jack Reed: A Search for Justice ★ 5.8 Jack Reed: A Search for Justice 1994 ER ★ 7.8 ER 1994 Chicago Hope ★ 7.2 Chicago Hope 1994 Natural Born Killers ★ 7.1 Natural Born Killers 1994 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult ★ 6.5 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult 1994 The Hudsucker Proxy ★ 7.1 The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 Household Saints ★ 6.7 Household Saints 1993 Moon Over Miami ★ 7.8 Moon Over Miami 1993 Taking the Heat ★ 5.0 Taking the Heat 1993 Benny & Joon ★ 7.0 Benny & Joon 1993 Class of '96 ★ 6.7 Class of '96 1993 Sinatra ★ 7.7 Sinatra 1992 Citizen Cohn ★ 6.3 Citizen Cohn 1992 Primary Motive ★ 7.0 Primary Motive 1992 City of Hope ★ 6.8 City of Hope 1991 WIOU ★ 8.0 WIOU 1990 Law & Order ★ 7.3 Law & Order 1990 Presumed Innocent ★ 6.8 Presumed Innocent 1990 Capital News ★ 6.5 Capital News 1990 Kojak: Ariana ★ 7.5 Kojak: Ariana 1989 Perfect Witness ★ 7.2 Perfect Witness 1989 The Feud ★ 5.2 The Feud 1989 Chances Are ★ 6.6 Chances Are 1989 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! ★ 7.3 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 Roseanne ★ 6.8 Roseanne 1988 The Appointments of Dennis Jennings ★ 6.7 The Appointments of Dennis Jennings 1988 Big Business ★ 6.4 Big Business 1988