Joe Grifasi
Actor
Opening an Indie Film Theatrically Isn't Easy - CREATING KARMA Coming to the East Coast...of Saturday Night Fever fame, who does a refreshingly comic turn as Karma's shopaholic British mother Chanel; esteemed actor Joe Grifasi as Karma's sleazy boss; composer Joel Diamond, who scored Sundance winner The Believer; Wisoff's own... In this article: New York City, Broadway, Connecticut, Borscht, DVD, NYU, and Todd Solondz |
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ChicagoNow | November 03, 2009
Goodman: Hughie and Krapp's Last Tape
...- $83 and go on sale Friday, November 13 at GoodmanTheatre.org. In Hughie, high-rolling gambler Erie (Brian Dennehy) and Hughie (Joe Grifasi), the credulous night clerk at his apartment building, were confidants. Hughie admired Erie for...
In this article: Hughie, Krapp's Last Tape, Broadway, Brian Dennehy, Goodman Theatre, and Stratford Shakespeare Festival
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Wikipedia | October 28, 2009
Presumed Innocent (film)
...take charge of the investigation, especially since the election for County PA is due in a few days' time and that Tommy Molto (Joe Grifasi), the acting head of Homicide, has left to join the rival campaign of Nico Della Guardia (Tom...
In this article: Presumed Innocent, John Spencer, and Paul Winfield
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Catskill Mountains
...burning train and Ferry scene) Heavy (1995) An independent film starring Liv Tyler, Debbie Harry, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters, and Joe Grifasi was filmed partially in the Southern Catskills in Barryville, NY and Highland Lake, NY.
In this article: Rock, New York City, Hudson River, Hudson Valley, Washington Irving, New York, and Ulster County
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Heavy (film)
Callie's presence in the diner complicates the lives of the rest of the employees, and even some of the local regulars, such as Leo (Joe Grifasi), an alcoholic friend of Delores and long-time customer of Dolly. Victor's issues of...
In this article: Heavy, Liv Tyler, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Shelley Winters, James Mangold, Sundance Film Festival, and Deborah Harry
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PR Newswire: Multicultural News | October 05, 2009
US Theatrical Premiere of CREATING KARMA
...sister, the cast includes top-billed dancing diva and co-star of Saturday Night Fever, Karen Lynn Gorney, and esteemed actor Joe Grifasi. CREATING KARMA is the winner of the 2008 Best Feature award at the Broad Humor Film Festival that...
In this article: DVD, US, Sheryl Crow, Karen Lynn Gorney, and Los Angeles
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Tarzan (2003 TV series)
...of Greystoke Industries Mitch Pileggi as billionaire Richard Clayton, CEO & Shareholder of Greystoke Industries Fulvio Cecere as Detective Gene Taylor Joe Grifasi as Lieutenant Scott Connor Johnny Messner as Detective Michael Foster
In this article: Jane Porter, Tarzan, Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, New York City, and NYPD
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A Memory of Two Mondays
...by Tennessee Williams, it ran for 67 performances. The cast included Thomas Hulce, John Lithgow, Tony Musante, Meryl Streep, and Joe Grifasi. Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (Streep, nominee) Drama Desk Award for...
In this article: Arthur Miller, A Memory of Two Mondays, Meryl Streep, Jack Warden, Broadway, Coronet Theatre, A View from the Bridge, ITV, and Tennessee Williams
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The Spitfire Grill
...(Deborah Harry) and a young waitress (Liv Tyler), and had a regular customer whose name was Leo, not Joe, although he was played by Joe Grifasi. Also echoing in the caverns of my memory were several other movies about stalwart women running...
In this article: The Spitfire Grill, Sundance, Lee David Zlotoff, The Spitfire Grill, Ellen Burstyn, and Sundance Film Festival
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Joseph G. 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 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.
- Birth Date:
- June 14, 1944
- Birthplace:
- Buffalo, New York, U.S.
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