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The Dreams of Rene Sendam

as Dr. Bradley

2022
Me To Play

as Himself

2021
Baked in Brooklyn

as David's Dad

2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Peter Quince

2014
The Front

as Mr. Zeffirelli

2010
A Crime

as Bill

2006
Slow Burn

as

2007
61*

as

2001
The Other Me

as Conrad

2000
Switching Goals

as Dave

1999
The Naked Man

as Koski

1998
One Fine Day

as Manny Feldstein

1996
Money Train

as Riley

1995
Heavy

as Leo

1996
Two Bits

as Uncle Joe

1995
Benny & Joon

as Mike

1993
Primary Motive

as Paul Melton

1992
Sinatra

as George Evans

1992
Presumed Innocent

as Tommy Molto

1990
Chances Are

as Omar

1989
Perfect Witness

as Breeze

1989
F/X

as Mickey

1986
Brewster's Millions

as J.B. Donaldo

1985
Bad Medicine

as Gómez

1985
Still of the Night

as Joseph Vitucci

1982
Hide in Plain Sight

as Matty Stanek

1980
Something Short of Paradise

as Barney Collins

1979
Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi

Birthday

1944-06-14

Place of Birth

Buffalo - New York - USA

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 States Army. He went on to study at the Yale School of Drama. While at the Yale School of Drama, he met his future wife, the jazz soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. Grifasi has played two separate members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who played for the New York Yankees. In 61, set in 1961, he played Phil Rizzuto; in The Bronx Is Burning, set in 1977, he played Yogi Berra. Paul Borghese played Berra in 61, while actual 1977 broadcast recordings of Rizzuto were used in The Bronx Is Burning.
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