Joe Grifasi

Highest Rated: 100% A Midsummer Night's Dream (2015)

Lowest Rated: 0% Switching Goals (2000)

Birthday: Jun 14, 1944

Birthplace: Not Available

Stage actor Joe Grifasi was 33 when he made his inaugural movie appearance during the lengthy opening wedding sequence in 1978's The Deer Hunter as the bandleader. The actor has since been seen in such films as Still of the Night (1982) and Presumed Innocent (1990), appearing in the latter as Tommy Molto. In 1990, Joe Grifasi was cast in the regular role of TV-station public relations man Tony Pro on the brief TV series WIOU. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Grifasi first gained professional experience on the New York stage. In addition to his acting credits, Grifasi frequently appears in television commercials.

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RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
74%	Radium Girls	Actor	—	2020
79%	The American Side	The Serb	—	2016
No Score Yet	Baked in Brooklyn	David's Dad	—	2016
100%	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Peter Quince	—	2015
No Score Yet	The Front	Actor	—	2010
36%	The Last New Yorker	Jerry	—	2010
No Score Yet	Creating Karma	Prighorn	—	2009
No Score Yet	Under New Management	Actor	—	2009
40%	Dark Matter	Professor Colby	—	2008
No Score Yet	A Crime	Bill	—	2006
No Score Yet	A Jersey Tale	Chunks	—	2004
No Score Yet	Bought & Sold	Alphonso "Chunks" Colon	—	2004
65%	13 Going on 30	Mr. Flamhaff	$54.6M	2004
71%	Auto Focus	Salome's Announcer	$1.9M	2002
77%	Changing Lanes	Judge Cosell	$66.7M	2002
85%	61*	Phil Rizzuto	—	2001
No Score Yet	The Other Me	Conrad	—	2000
0%	Switching Goals	Dave	—	2000
27%	The Out-of-Towners	Arresting Cop	—	1999
20%	The Naked Man	Det. Koski	—	1998
67%	Looking for an Echo	Vic Spidero	—	1998
No Score Yet	Blood on Her Hands	Det. Lenny Beers	—	1998
80%	Sunday	Scotti Elster	—	1997
51%	One Fine Day	Manny Feldstein	—	1996
86%	Heavy	Leo	—	1996
No Score Yet	Undue Influence	Clem	—	1996
No Score Yet	Shadow of a Doubt	Sidney	—	1995
No Score Yet	Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life	Actor	—	1995
22%	Money Train	Riley	—	1995
40%	Two Bits	Uncle Joe	—	1995
No Score Yet	Jack Reed: A Search for Justice	Gravedigger	—	1994
48%	Natural Born Killers	Duncan Homolka	—	1994
54%	The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult	Director	—	1994
59%	The Hudsucker Proxy	Lou	—	1994
No Score Yet	Taking The Heat	Lou	—	1993
76%	Benny & Joon	Mike	—	1993
50%	Household Saints	Frank Manzone	—	1993
No Score Yet	Sinatra	George Evans	—	1992
No Score Yet	Citizen Cohn	Gerald Walpin	—	1992
No Score Yet	Primary Motive	Paul	—	1992
94%	City of Hope	Pauly	—	1991
87%	Presumed Innocent	Tommy Molto	—	1990
No Score Yet	Perfect Witness	Breeze	—	1989
67%	Chances Are	Omar	—	1989
No Score Yet	The Feud	Bud Bullard	—	1989
40%	Beaches	Otto Titsling	—	1988
44%	Big Business	Desk Clerk	—	1988
94%	Moonstruck	Shy Waiter	—	1987
58%	Ironweed	Jack	—	1987
94%	Matewan: A Luta Final	Fausto	—	1987
88%	F/X	Mickey	—	1986
No Score Yet	Bad Medicine	Gomez	—	1985
35%	Brewster's Millions	J.B. Donaldo	—	1985
83%	The Flamingo Kid	Mario Minetta	—	1984
90%	The Pope of Greenwich Village	Jimmy the Cheese	—	1984
91%	Splash	Manny	—	1984
63%	Still of the Night	Joseph Vitucci	—	1982
No Score Yet	Honky Tonk Freeway	Osvaldo	—	1981
No Score Yet	Hide In Plain Sight	Matty Stanke	—	1980
No Score Yet	Something Short of Paradise	Barney	—	1979
No Score Yet	On the Yard	Morris	—	1979
92%	The Deer Hunter	Bandleader	—	1978
No Score Yet	Marino's	Actor	—

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Bull 2016	Judge Arlen Rand Judge Rand	2019 2018 2017 2016
78%	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999	Horowitz Judge Heshy Horowitz Hashi Horowitz	2018 2015 2013 2006
93%	The Good Wife 2009-2016	Judge John Mata	2016
95%	Elementary 2012-2019	Captain Moretti	2014
25%	Tarzan 2003	Actor	2003
79%	The Education of Max Bickford 2001-2002	Larry	2002
58%	Deadline 2000-2001	Mike Phelan	2001
57%	Some of My Best Friends 2001	Joe Zito	2001
No Score Yet	Thieves 2001	Mickey	2001
No Score Yet	Law & Order 1990-2010	Attorney for the Warings Linde James Linde Ezra Gould	2001 1998 1996 1991
92%	The Beat 2000	Vince Marinelli	2000
No Score Yet	The Practice 1997-2004	Actor	1997
97%	Moonlighting 1985-1989	Kapatkin	1989
No Score Yet	Hill Street Blues 1981-1987	Ronnie	1987
89%	WIOU 1991	Tony Pro

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