Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
70
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 14, 1944 ( 80 years old )
Place of Birth
Buffalo - New York - USA
Also Known As
Joseph G. Grifasi
Joseph Grifasi
Joe Grifasi
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.
Known For
City of Hope
1991-10-11A Crime
2006-09-11Batman Forever
1995-06-16The Feud
1989-09-30Chances Are
1989-03-10Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983-02-22Benny & Joon
1993-04-16Brewster's Millions
1985-05-22Presumed Innocent
1990-07-27One Fine Day
1996-12-20