Joe Grifasi

Joe Grifasi

出生 : 1944-06-14, Buffalo - New York - USA

略歴

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.

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The Dreams of Rene Sendam
Dr. Bradley
Rene Sendam is deeply troubled. A lonely graduate student studying poetry and an often alienating eccentric, Rene leads a fantasy life built on delusion and wonder… and a real life of isolation and rejection. “The Dreams of Rene Sendam” follows Rene’s friendships with three other students, including with Marie DiPierro, a free spirit traumatized by her father’s untimely death. Eventually Rene’s dangerous dreams threaten to rupture reality, putting Marie's life at risk.
Me To Play
Himself
As their bodies give way to Parkinson's disease, two New York actors put their hearts into one final Off-Broadway production of Beckett's "Endgame," the play that posits, "there's nothing funnier than unhappiness."
Radium Girls
Grandpa
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
Baked in Brooklyn
David's Dad
A recent college graduate decides to sell marijuana on the streets of Manhattan after losing his job at a consulting firm. He soon meets the girl of his dreams. With an unsupportive girlfriend, an increase of clienteles, and the growing threats of being caught or killed, he soon realizes he is in way over his head.
The American Side
The Serb
Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Peter Quince
A recording of Julie Taymor's New York stage production of William Shakespeare's comedy.
The Front
Mr. Zeffirelli
A detective uncovers a sinister conspiracy when he is sent to research a disintegrating neighborhood for a public relations campaign.
A Crime
Bill
Vincent's life is on hold until he finds his wife's killer. Alice, his neighbor, is convinced she can make him happy. She decides to invent a culprit, so that Vincent can find revenge and leave the past behind. But there is no ideal culprit and no perfect crime.
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed
Uncle Sam
Lewis Black stars in his second HBO solo special, an all-new hour of frenetic, take-no-prisoners stand-up comedy, taped before a live audience at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC. Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed features Black's opinions and insights into such issues as the State of the Union, abortion, frozen embryos, defecation habits, fossils, bad language, FEMA and, of course, Dick Cheney's aim.
Slow Burn
Desk Sgt. Drown
A district attorney (Ray Liotta) is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader (LL Cool J) and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney (Jolene Blalock) and a cryptic stranger.
A Jersey Tale
Alphonso "Chunks" Colon
Jersey City teen Ray Ray Morales is wasting time in a low paying job until a local loan shark offers him a job — making sure that Ray Ray's friend, an immigrant pawnbroker makes his weekly payments.
13 ラブ 30 サーティン・ラブ・サーティ
Mr. Flamhaff
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. With a little magic, her wish is granted, but it turns out that being thirty isn't as always as awesome as she thought it would be!
ボブ・クレイン 快楽を知ったTVスター
Strip Club M.C.
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.
チェンジング・レーン
Judge Cosell
車線変更(チェンジング・レーン)による些細な接触事故をきっかけに激しく憎しみ合うようになる二人の対照的な男の姿を描いたサスペンス映画である。
Queenie in Love
Berthold
A quirky, romantic New York comedy about the pursuit of love, life and the right to be yourself.
61*
Phil Rizzuto
In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both were nearing Babe Ruth's 60 home run record. Which man would reach it?
Looking for an Echo
Vic
The lead singer of an oldies group reminisces about the good ol' days and a potential comeback.
The Other Me
Conrad
When Will Browning is threatened with military summer school if he doesn't get better grades, he decides to do a science project that will definitely get an A. So he buys some Ocean Pups, unhatched sea creatures that will look spectacular, but he hasn't bargained for the cloning agent that the unscrupulous manufacturers have put in the kit. Next thing he knows there's another him.
Switching Goals
Dave
Twin sisters Emma and Sam come up with a scheme to switch places so each can play in the soccer team they prefer.
The Naked Man
Koski
A man takes matters into his own hands when a pharmaceutical kingpin moves into his town to cause some real trouble.
The Deal
Boular
A big-idea farce about big, badass businessmen.
Sunday
Scottie Elster
This film concerns two mysterious characters who meet on a Sunday in Queens. Madeleine the most unsettling creature of that name since "Vertigo" is a middle-aged, moderately successful actress. Oliver/Matthew is either a homeless man or a famous film director or both. Madeleine hails him on the street as the latter, launching a bizarre chain of events that includes a conversation in a diner, a very unromantic sexual encounter, the arrival of Madeleine's odd husband and unsuspecting daughter, and a child's birthday party. The film also compassionately tracks the daily rounds of Oliver/Matthew's fellow denizens of the homeless shelter, some of whom will be recognizable to New York audiences.
素晴らしき日
Manny Feldstein
子供が課外授業に行く朝、集合時間遅れたことで偶然知り合ったメラニーとジャック。その日お互い仕事で一大イベントがあった二人は協力して仕事の合間に子供の世話をすることにする。ハイセンスな大人のラヴ・ロマンス。
Shadow of a Doubt
Sidney Sherman
Charlie Sloan is an alcoholic defence lawyer drawn back into the courtroom by Robin Harwell, a woman he once loved who wants him to defend her stepdaughter Angel, who is accused of murder. Sloan is out of his depth as his opponents mount a bitter campaign to portray him as a drunk and the trial becomes a media circus. Can Sloan justify Robin's faith in him?
Undue Influence
Clem
When a senator's new wife is murdered, the prime suspect is his ex-wife, Laurel. Laurel's brother-in-law, lawyer Paul Madriani, still reeling from the death of his wife, takes on the case.
マネートレイン
Riley
NY地下警察の捜査官ジョンとチャーリーは、黒人と白人でありながら同じ家で育った乳兄弟。ある日二人は警備担当者と大喧嘩し“マネートレイン”が運ぶ集金袋をひとつ紛失してしまう……。NYを舞台にしたアクション作。
Two Bits
Uncle Joe
It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter, which he's promised to Gennaro and which Gennaro would like to have to buy a ticket to the plush new movie theater. But grandpa's not ready to pass on the quarter or pass on to his final reward: he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past, and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.
バットマン フォーエヴァー
Bank Guard
大都市ゴッサムシティ。敏腕検事だったデントは、法廷で硫酸をかけられた事件をきっかけに怪人トゥー・フェイスと化して悪事を働くように。一方、バットマンの表の顔、大富豪ウェインの会社で働く研究員ニグマは、自分の発明したマインドコントロール装置が無視されたことを逆恨みし、クイズで相手を翻弄する怪人リドラーに生まれ変わる。正義の味方バットマンは、多重人格の権威チェイス博士とこれら新たな敵に立ち向かっていく。
Heavy
Leo
Victor is a cook who works in a greasy bar/restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college drop-out, shows up as a new waitress and steals Victor's heart. But Victor is too shy to do anything about it, and too self-consciously overweight to dream of winning Callie away.
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Mike 'Gravedigger' Edwards
Chicago police detective Jack Reed investigates the brutal murder of a stripper while he deals with corruption and bureaucracy within his own department.
ナチュラル・ボーン・キラーズ
Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolka
クエンティン・タランティーノの原案を社会派作家オリヴァー・ストーンが映画化。マスコミの過熱報道で若者のヒーローとなってしまった殺人犯、ミッキー&マロリーを描く。実際のニュース映像や75曲もの音楽のコラージュで作り上げた斬新な映像は圧巻。
裸の銃(ガン)を持つ男PART33 1/3 最後の侮辱
Director
ドレビン刑事は出会いと別れを繰り返したジェーンとついに結婚し、警察を辞職して専業主夫になる道を選ぶ。だが元同僚のホッケン署長らに、刑事への復職と、刑務所に服役中の爆弾魔ロッコのセクシーな恋人タニヤの身辺捜査を依頼される。ドレビンが復職したら離婚するというジェーンとの約束を破ってしまったため、ジェーンは家出するが、ドレビンはロッコの次なる陰謀を知るべく、ロッコがいる刑務所に受刑者となって潜入するが?
未来は今
Lou
物語の舞台は1958年のアメリカ合衆国。大学を卒業したばかりのノーヴィル・バーンズは、ニューヨークに出て職探しに励む。経験の無さからなかなか仕事が見つからなかったが、ようやくハッドサッカー社の郵便室に職を得た。一方、ハッドサッカー社の社長ウェアリング・ハッドサッカーは、何を思ったのか会議中に重役室の窓から身投げをしてしまう。取締役シドニー・J・マスバーガーはこれを好機と見て会社の買収に動き出す。会社の株価を下げるため間抜けを社長に据える必要の出たマスバーガー。そんな彼が新社長に選んだのは、青二才のノーヴィルだった。
Household Saints
Frank Manzone
A chronicle of an eccentric Italian-American family in New York City in the 1950's and 60's. Young Teresa dreams of joing the convent, over the objections of her family.
Taking the Heat
Lou Valentine
When Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the police. A cop is ordered to bring him to the court, but before they get there they have to deal with several attacks from killers.
妹の恋人
Mike
ベニーには、自閉症気味の妹ジューンがいた。ある日彼らの前にサムという、サイレント映画に憧れる不思議な雰囲気を持つ青年が現れる。無口なサムのパントマイムは、たちまちジューンの心を開いていくが……。
Citizen Cohn
Gerald Walpin
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.
Primary Motive
Paul Melton
In this political thriller, a gubernatorial candidate's idealistic press secretary discovers that the opposing political candidate has feathered the nest of his campaigns with terrible lies.
City of Hope
Pauly
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.
推定無罪
Tommy Molto
有能と評価が高い首席検事補ラスティだが、美人の女性検事補キャロリンがレイプされ、惨殺された事件を担当することになるが、内心激しく動揺する。ラスティは以前、キャロリンを愛人にしていた時期があったからだ。キャロリンは検事局の他の男性たちとも関係を持っていたとはいえ、嫌な予感は的中してラスティは容疑者として逮捕されてしまう。続いて開かれる法廷で、ラスティは自分の身の潔白を証明することになる。
Kojak: Ariana
Lieutenant Rastelli
One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash young associate.
Perfect Witness
Breeze
An innocent man is thrust into a political power struggle in this drama. After witnessing a mob killing, New York restaurant owner Sam Paxton (Aidan Quinn) reports the crime. Overzealous attorneys (Brian Dennehy and Stockard Channing) put pressure on Paxton to testify in court, but Paxton is in a tough spot when the mob starts threatening his family. Paxton now faces an impossible choice: testify and put his family at risk … or go to jail.
The Feud
Bud Bullard
All Dolph Beeler wanted was a can of paint remover when he went to Bud Bullard's hardware store in Millville. But a simple misunderstandling between two men has turned into an outright war between two towns in this outrageous comedy of errors.--Summary from container. -- WorldCat
ワン・モア・タイム
Omar
23年前に交通事故で夫を亡くしたコリンヌは、娘と幸福に暮らしていた。しかしある日、娘の彼氏から“コリンヌの夫であった前世の記憶を取り戻した”と言われて……。幽霊ラヴ・コメディの異色作。
裸の銃(ガン)を持つ男
Foreman
ロサンゼルス市警のドレビン刑事は、自分が有能なタフガイだと信じるが実はそれほどでもなく、むしろトラブルメーカーになりがちだ。そんなとき、ロサンゼルスを英国のエリザベス女王が来訪する。一方、ドレビンはヘロイン密輸事件を捜査していてある財閥を調べるが、その過程で知り合った美女ジェーンと親密になり、彼女と恋に落ちてしまう。やがてドレビンは、何者かがエリザベス女王の暗殺計画を進行させていると気付く。
Big Business
Desk Clerk
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Bartender
Dennis Jennings is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an attempt to release his pent-up feelings of isolation, he begins seeing a psychiatrist, only to discover that the doctor is somewhat less than interested in what he has to say. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
黄昏に燃えて
Jack
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped; visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. That night, out drinking, Helen tries to sing at a bar. Next day, Fran visits his wife and children and meets a grandson. He could stay, but decides it's not for him. Helen gets their things out of storage and finds a hotel. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, the film explores their code of fairness and loyalty.
月の輝く夜に
Shy Waiter
ニューヨークのダウンタウンに住むロレッタを中心に、人の心を狂わす満月の夜に起こるイタリア人一家のさまざまな出来事をユーモアを交えて描くドラマ。この作品でシェールはオスカーに輝いた。
メイトワン-1920
Fausto
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
One Police Plaza
Insp. Nicolas Zambrano
A veteran New York City Police Lieutenant's investigation of a woman's murder uncovers corruption in high places.
F/X 引き裂かれたトリック
Mickey
A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
Bad Medicine
Gómez
Jeff Marx wants to study medicine and become a physician. However, his grades are far from enough to get him into an American medical school. But then he gets a chance to study medicine abroad in a small Latin American dictatorship governed by the dictator Ramon Madera who has a big interest in how the medical students behave.
Brewster's Millions
J.B. Donaldo
Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!
The Flamingo Kid
Mario Minetta
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.
パッショネイト 悪の華
Jimmy the Cheese Man
スチュアート・ローゼンバーグ監督による文芸ドラマ。ニューヨークの街を舞台に、いとこ同士の男二人の熱い友情をフランク・シナトラの名曲に乗せて描く。いつの間にか犯罪に手を染め、マフィアのボスに追われるニ人の運命やいかに……。
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Wyler
This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.
Still of the Night
Joseph Vitucci
When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. He's then visited by the patient's mistress, Brooke Reynolds, whom he quickly falls for despite her being a likely murder suspect. As the police pressure on him intensifies, Rice decides to attempt solving the case on his own and soon discovers that someone is trying to kill him as well.
Honky Tonk Freeway
Osvaldo
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by its Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.
The Gentleman Bandit
Det. Esposito
Based on the real-life ordeal of Baltimore priest Bernard Pagano, who was accused of several armed robberies in the late Seventies.
Hide in Plain Sight
Matty Stanek
True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.
Something Short of Paradise
Barney Collins
A young couple in New York are having problems with their relationship.
On the Yard
Morris
Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance.
ディア・ハンター
Bandleader
ペンシルベニア州で育ったマイケル、ニック、スティーヴンは、鹿狩りを楽しむ普通の若者であった。3人は戦況が悪化する一方の北ベトナムへと召集され、前線に放り出された。そこで偶然再会した3人はベトコンの捕虜となり、賭けの対象として実弾入りのロシアンルーレットを強制される。辛くも生き延びた3人だったが、お互い行方がわからないまま時は過ぎる。その後マイケルは、陸軍病院にいたスティーヴンから、ニックがベトナムで生きているという情報を得る。
Secret Service
Cpl. Matson
Set in Richmond, Virginia in October 1864, tells the story of a Union spy working to seize control of the telegraph office.