- Born
- Birth nameJoseph Gaglione Grifasi
- Height5′ 5¾″ (1.67 m)
- Joe Grifasi was born on June 14, 1944 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), Presumed Innocent (1990) and The Deer Hunter (1978). He has been married to Jane Ira Bloom since November 1974.
- SpouseJane Ira Bloom(November 1974 - present)
- ParentsJoseph James GrifasiPatricia Tina Gaglione
- Usually plays bored or pessimist character close to the main characters or opposed to them.
- Playing Experienced New Yorkers
- Joe Grifasi has played two different New York Yankees ballplayers: Phil Rizzuto in "61*" and Yogi Berra in "The Bronx Is Burning". Ironically, on both occasions, he did not portray them during their playing careers. In "61*", he plays Rizzuto when he was the TV "color man" for the Yankee games. In "The Bronx Is Burning", he plays Berra when he was the bench coach for the Yankees.
- A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, where he was a classmate of Lewis Black.
- 1963-1966 Served in US Army as specialist fourth class.
- He is of Italian descent.
- 2001 Directed the stage play "Heaven Can Wait", performed at the Westport Country Playhouse.
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