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    Joe Grifasi

    1944-06-14 (80 years old) in Buffalo - New York - USA

    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.

    Movies

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    Endgame
    0 %|Apr 14, 2023
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    The Dreams of Rene Sendam
    10 %|Jan 18, 2022
    Drama
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    Me To Play
    0 %|Feb 16, 2021
    Documentary
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    Radium Girls
    67 %|Oct 23, 2020
    Drama, History
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    Baked in Brooklyn
    52 %|Oct 14, 2016
    Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
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    The American Side
    47 %|Apr 14, 2016
    Mystery, Drama, Thriller
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    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    64 %|Sep 8, 2014
    Comedy, Fantasy
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    The Front
    56 %|May 26, 2010
    Crime, Mystery, Action, Thriller, TV Movie
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    The Last New Yorker
    65 %|Feb 19, 2010
    Drama
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    A Crime
    57 %|Sep 11, 2006
    Crime
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    Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
    66 %|Jun 10, 2006
    Comedy
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    Slow Burn
    53.07000000000001 %|Sep 12, 2005
    Mystery, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    A Jersey Tale
    0 %|Jun 25, 2004
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    13 Going on 30
    67.52 %|Apr 13, 2004
    Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
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    Auto Focus
    63.650000000000006 %|Oct 18, 2002
    Crime, Drama
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    Changing Lanes
    63 %|Apr 7, 2002
    Thriller, Action, Drama
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    Queenie in Love
    59 %|Sep 12, 2001
    Romance, Comedy
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    61*
    69 %|Apr 28, 2001
    TV Movie, Drama, History
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    Looking for an Echo
    35 %|Nov 10, 2000
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    The Other Me
    57 %|Sep 8, 2000
    TV Movie, Family, Comedy, Fantasy
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    Switching Goals
    59 %|Dec 12, 1999
    Family, TV Movie
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    The Out-of-Towners
    57.32 %|Apr 2, 1999
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Naked Man
    43 %|Aug 2, 1998
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Deal
    50 %|Jan 1, 1998
    Comedy
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    Sunday
    52 %|May 1, 1997
    Drama, Romance
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    One Fine Day
    64.42999999999999 %|Dec 20, 1996
    Romance, Comedy
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    Shadow of a Doubt
    50 %|Dec 3, 1996
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    Undue Influence
    57 %|Sep 15, 1996
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Heavy
    66 %|Dec 29, 1995
    Drama, Romance
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    Money Train
    58 %|Nov 21, 1995
    Action, Comedy, Crime
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    Two Bits
    56.97 %|Oct 22, 1995
    Drama, Family
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    Batman Forever
    54.34 %|Jun 16, 1995
    Action, Crime, Fantasy
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    Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
    55 %|Oct 2, 1994
    Mystery, Drama, Crime, TV Movie
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    Natural Born Killers
    71 %|Aug 26, 1994
    Crime, Thriller, Drama
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    Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
    65 %|Mar 18, 1994
    Comedy, Crime
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    The Hudsucker Proxy
    71 %|Mar 11, 1994
    Comedy
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    Household Saints
    62 %|Sep 15, 1993
    Drama
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    Taking the Heat
    48 %|Jun 6, 1993
    Action, Thriller, TV Movie
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    Benny & Joon
    70 %|Apr 16, 1993
    Comedy, Drama
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    Citizen Cohn
    63 %|Aug 22, 1992
    Drama, TV Movie, History
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    Primary Motive
    70 %|Aug 2, 1992
    Thriller
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    City of Hope
    67 %|Oct 11, 1991
    Drama
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    Presumed Innocent
    68 %|Jul 27, 1990
    Mystery, Crime, Thriller
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    Kojak: Ariana
    60 %|Nov 2, 1989
    Thriller, Drama, TV Movie, Crime
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    Perfect Witness
    70 %|Oct 28, 1989
    TV Movie, Thriller
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    The Feud
    53 %|Sep 30, 1989
    Comedy
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    Chances Are
    66 %|Mar 10, 1989
    Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
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    The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
    72.52 %|Dec 2, 1988
    Comedy, Crime
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    Big Business
    63 %|Jun 10, 1988
    Comedy
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    Ironweed
    63.51 %|Dec 18, 1987
    Drama
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    Moonstruck
    68 %|Dec 16, 1987
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Matewan
    73 %|Aug 28, 1987
    Drama, History
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    One Police Plaza
    0 %|Nov 29, 1986
    TV Movie, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    F/X
    66 %|Feb 7, 1986
    Action, Thriller
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    Bad Medicine
    51 %|Nov 22, 1985
    Comedy
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    Brewster's Millions
    66 %|May 22, 1985
    Comedy
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    The Flamingo Kid
    60 %|Dec 21, 1984
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    The Pope of Greenwich Village
    62.95 %|Jun 22, 1984
    Action, Comedy, Crime
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    Splash
    63 %|Mar 9, 1984
    Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
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    Will There Really Be a Morning?
    70 %|Feb 22, 1983
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Still of the Night
    57 %|Nov 19, 1982
    Thriller, Drama, Crime, Horror
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    The Elephant Man
    56 %|Jan 4, 1982
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Honky Tonk Freeway
    51 %|Aug 21, 1981
    Comedy
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    The Gentleman Bandit
    60 %|May 6, 1981
    Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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    Hide in Plain Sight
    53 %|Mar 21, 1980
    Drama
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    Something Short of Paradise
    30 %|Sep 14, 1979
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    The Deer Hunter
    79.98 %|Dec 8, 1978
    Drama, War
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    On the Yard
    58 %|Sep 16, 1978
    Drama
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    Secret Service
    0 %|Jan 12, 1977
    Drama, TV Movie

    Series

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    I Know This Much Is True
    76 %|May 9, 2020
    Drama
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    Evil
    77.85 %|Sep 26, 2019
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    New Amsterdam
    84 %|Sep 25, 2018
    Drama
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    Lodge 49
    67 %|Aug 6, 2018
    Comedy, Drama, Mystery
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    The Good Fight
    76 %|Feb 19, 2017
    Drama
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    Bull
    71 %|Sep 20, 2016
    Crime, Drama, Comedy
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    Bull
    71 %|Sep 20, 2016
    Crime, Drama, Comedy
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    Elementary
    76.05000000000001 %|Sep 27, 2012
    Drama, Mystery, Crime
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    The Good Wife
    76 %|Sep 22, 2009
    Drama
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    Canterbury's Law
    63 %|Mar 10, 2008
    Drama
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    The Bronx Is Burning
    71 %|Jul 9, 2007
    Drama
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    Conviction
    56 %|Mar 3, 2006
    Drama, Crime
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    Tarzan
    75 %|Oct 5, 2003
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Hope & Faith
    53 %|Sep 23, 2003
    Comedy
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    Some of My Best Friends
    62 %|Feb 28, 2001
    Comedy
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    Deadline
    0 %|Oct 2, 2000
    Drama
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    The Beat
    20 %|Mar 21, 2000
    Crime, Drama
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    79 %|Sep 20, 1999
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Early Edition
    73 %|Sep 28, 1996
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
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    ER
    78 %|Sep 19, 1994
    Drama
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    Chicago Hope
    72 %|Sep 18, 1994
    Soap, Drama
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    Moon Over Miami
    75 %|Sep 15, 1993
    Crime, Drama
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    Class of '96
    50 %|Jan 19, 1993
    Drama
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    Sinatra
    80 %|Nov 8, 1992
    Drama
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    WIOU
    60 %|Oct 24, 1990
    Drama
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    Law & Order
    74 %|Sep 13, 1990
    Crime, Drama
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    Law & Order
    74 %|Sep 13, 1990
    Crime, Drama
    actor
    Capital News
    60 %|Apr 9, 1990
    Drama
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    Roseanne
    68.27 %|Oct 18, 1988
    Comedy
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    L.A. Law
    70.46000000000001 %|Sep 15, 1986
    Drama, War & Politics
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    The Equalizer
    71 %|Sep 18, 1985
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
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    Moonlighting
    75 %|Mar 3, 1985
    Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Crime
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    Hill Street Blues
    75.97 %|Jan 15, 1981
    Drama, Crime
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    Great Performances
    49 %|Jan 28, 1971
    Comedy, Documentary, Drama