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Joe Grifasi

Cast & creator

Joe Grifasi

1944-06-14 (age 82) Buffalo - New York - USAIMDb

Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Law & Order

Joseph G. "Joe" Grifasi (born June 14, 1944) is an American character actor of film, stage and television. Born in Buffalo, New York, Grifasi joined the U.S. Army prior to studying acting. He has appeared in more than 50 feature films including Presumed Innocent, The Deer Hunter, Big Business, Beaches, Auto Focus, Matewan, Naked Gun, Dark Matter, Natural Born Killers, Chances Are, Changing Lanes, One Fine Day, F/X, Benny & Joon, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Brewster’s Millions, Batman Forever, The Flamingo Kid, Ironweed, and Splash. His television credits include The Bronx is Burning (as Yogi Berra), 61* (as Phil Rizzuto), Law & Order, ER, LA Law, Chicago Hope, Hill Street Blues, SCTV, Roseanne, and The Practice. Grifasi’s Broadway credits include Dinner at Eight, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Memory of Two Mondays, Boy Meets Girl, The Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The 1940’s Radio Hour and Happy End. His off-Broadway credits include Conversations in Tusculum, The Boys Next Door (Drama Desk Nomination), Once Around the City, Golden Boy, Filumena and Says I, Says He. He has been married to jazz soprano saxophonist and composer Jane Ira Bloom, whom he met while studying at the Yale School of Drama, since 1974.

Also known as: Joseph G. Grifasi, Joseph Grifasi

Movies

72

film credits

Series

39

television credits

Career

111

1971–2024 · acting roles

Credit score

6.5

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Hashi Horowitz · 1999

Law & Order

Law & Order

Ezra Gould · 1990

Law & Order

Law & Order

Defense Attorney James Linde · 1990

The Good Wife

The Good Wife

Judge John Mata · 2009

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

Larry Ruscetti · 1994

Across film & television

Filmography (111)

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Hashi Horowitz

Law & Order

Law & Order

Ezra Gould

Law & Order

Law & Order

Defense Attorney James Linde

The Good Wife

The Good Wife

Judge John Mata

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

Larry Ruscetti

Elementary

Elementary

Captain Moretti

ER

Tom Williams

Great Performances

Great Performances

Cpl. Matson

The Practice

The Practice

Harry Papp

L.A. Law

L.A. Law

Dominic Nuzzi

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Bud Bullard

Hill Street Blues

Hill Street Blues

Ronnie Delacroce

The Good Fight

The Good Fight

Judge John Mata

Matlock

Matlock

Hot Dog Vendor

Bull

Bull

Judge Arlen Rand

Bull

Bull

Judge Rand

New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam

Lilo Steinhauser

Evil

Evil

Lombino

Early Edition

Early Edition

Harry Hawks

The Equalizer

The Equalizer

Lt. Vocek

Moonlighting

Moonlighting

Kapatkin

Hope & Faith

Hope & Faith

Leo

13 Going on 30

13 Going on 30

Mr. Flamhaff

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Foreman

Lodge 49

Lodge 49

The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter

Bandleader

Remember WENN

Remember WENN

Larry Looper

Batman Forever

Batman Forever

Bank Guard

Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers

Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka

Conviction

Conviction

Judge Harrigan

I Know This Much Is True

I Know This Much Is True

Steve Falice

The Beat

The Beat

Vince Marinelli

Roseanne

Roseanne

IRS Office Supervisor

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Director

Capital News

Capital News

Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent

Tommy Molto

The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy

Lou

Deadline

Deadline

Mike Phelan

Class of '96

Class of '96

Joe Morrisey

The Bronx Is Burning

The Bronx Is Burning

Yogi Berra

Money Train

Money Train

Riley

Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes

Judge Cosell

Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions

J.B. Donaldo

Tarzan

Tarzan

Lieutenant Scott Connor

Moonstruck

Moonstruck

Shy Waiter

Splash

Splash

Manny

Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami

Undue Influence

Undue Influence

Clem

Canterbury's Law

Canterbury's Law

Benny & Joon

Benny & Joon

Mike

The Out-of-Towners

The Out-of-Towners

Arresting Cop

WIOU

WIOU

Tony Pro

One Fine Day

One Fine Day

Manny Feldstein

Chances Are

Chances Are

Omar

Sinatra

Sinatra

George Evans

Some of My Best Friends

Some of My Best Friends

Joe Zito

Still of the Night

Still of the Night

Joseph Vitucci

The Pope of Greenwich Village

The Pope of Greenwich Village

Jimmy the Cheese Man

Matewan

Matewan

Fausto

F/X

F/X

Mickey

Big Business

Big Business

Desk Clerk

Auto Focus

Auto Focus

Strip Club M.C.

Switching Goals

Switching Goals

Dave

Slow Burn

Slow Burn

Desk Sgt. Drown

The Flamingo Kid

The Flamingo Kid

Mario Minetta

Radium Girls

Radium Girls

Grandpa

Two Bits

Two Bits

Uncle Joe

The Other Me

The Other Me

Conrad

Ironweed

Ironweed

Jack

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Peter Quince

Honky Tonk Freeway

Honky Tonk Freeway

Osvaldo

Hide in Plain Sight

Hide in Plain Sight

Matty Stanek

The Naked Man

The Naked Man

Koski

Queenie in Love

Queenie in Love

Berthold

61*

61*

Phil Rizzuto

A Crime

A Crime

Bill

Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn

Gerald Walpin

The Front

The Front

Mr. Zeffirelli

Tornado

Tornado

Rich

City of Hope

City of Hope

Pauly

Bad Medicine

Bad Medicine

Gómez

Will There Really Be a Morning?

Will There Really Be a Morning?

Wyler

Household Saints

Household Saints

Frank Manzone

Something Short of Paradise

Something Short of Paradise

Barney Collins

Looking for an Echo

Looking for an Echo

Vic

The 6th Annual Young Comedians

Self (Audience Member) (uncredited)

Baked in Brooklyn

Baked in Brooklyn

David's Dad

Perfect Witness

Perfect Witness

Breeze

The Gentleman Bandit

The Gentleman Bandit

Det. Esposito

Shadow of a Doubt

Sidney Sherman

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings

Bartender

No Pay, Nudity

No Pay, Nudity

Mr. Davenport

The American Side

The American Side

The Serb

The Last New Yorker

The Last New Yorker

Jerry

Kojak: Ariana

Kojak: Ariana

Lieutenant Rastelli

Heavy

Heavy

Leo

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

Pinhead Manager

Secret Service

Secret Service

Cpl. Matson

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

The Feud

The Feud

Bud Bullard

Taking the Heat

Taking the Heat

Lou Valentine

A Jersey Tale

A Jersey Tale

Alphonso "Chunks" Colon

On the Yard

On the Yard

Morris

Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed

Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed

Uncle Sam

The Deal

The Deal

Boular

One Police Plaza

One Police Plaza

Insp. Nicolas Zambrano

Primary Motive

Primary Motive

Paul Melton

Sunday

Sunday

Scottie Elster

The Dreams of Rene Sendam

The Dreams of Rene Sendam

Dr. Bradley

Me To Play

Me To Play

Himself

Endgame

Endgame

Nagg