Joe Grifasi (b. June 14, 1944, Buffalo, New York) is an American character actor of film, stage and television.

Grifasi graduated from Bishop Fallon High School, a 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.

Selected filmography

• The Bronx Is Burning (2007)
• 13 Going on 30 (2004)
• Auto Focus (2002)
• Changing Lanes (2002)
• 61* (2001) (TV)
• The Other Me (2000) (TV)
• Switching Goals (1999) (TV)
• The Out-of-Towners (1999)
• One Fine Day (1996)
• Money Train (1995)
• Batman Forever (1995)
• Tall Tale (1995)
• Heavy (1995)
• Natural Born Killers (1994)
• Naked Gun 33â…": The Final Insult (1994)
• The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
• Benny & Joon (1993)
• Citizen Cohn (1992) (TV)
• Primary Motive (1992)
• Presumed Innocent (1990)
• Chances Are (1989)
• Beaches (1988)
• The Naked Gun (1988)
• Big Business (1988)
• The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988)
• Ironweed (1987)
• Moonstruck (1987)
• Matewan (1987)
• F/X (1986)
• Bad Medicine (1985)
• Brewster's Millions (1985)
• The Flamingo Kid (1984)
• The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
• Splash (1984)
• The Deer Hunter (1978)

External link

• Joe Grifasi at the Internet Movie Database

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