Joe Grifasi

American actor
Person human Q922952
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Summary

Joe Grifasi was born on June 14, 1944[1], in Buffalo[2]. He has worked as a television actor[3], film actor[4], stage actor[5], and actor[6]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,991 views/month, #7,029 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[8]
  • Native language: English[9]
  • Educated at: Canisius University[10], Yale School of Drama[11]
  • Sex or gender: male[12]
  • Family name: Grifasi[13]
  • Given name: Joe[14]
  • Student of: Carmen De Lavallade[15]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[16]
  • Start of work period: 1976[17]
  • Writing language: English[18]
  • P14419: 41980[19]
  • P14750: 2EE0-1C3B-31B7-BC1E-0787[20]

Why It Matters

Joe Grifasi has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] He is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

FAQs

Where was Joe Grifasi born?

Joe Grifasi was born in Buffalo[2].

What did Joe Grifasi do for work?

Joe Grifasi worked as a television actor[3], film actor[4], stage actor[5], and actor[6].

Where did Joe Grifasi go to school?

Joe Grifasi was educated at Canisius University[10] and Yale School of Drama[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema person id → 44455
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Allcinema person id: 44455, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/321995962|ジョー・グリファシ (#321995962)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8395|Allcinema person]] #mix"
  2. 10d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 15
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'ckb', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nl', 'sr',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57984|batch #57984]]: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/3"
  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person id → 44526
    Cine21 person id → 41724
    P14750 → 2EE0-1C3B-31B7-BC1E-0787
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sinemalar person id: 44526, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270112|batch #270112]]"
  4. 21w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Canisius University, Yale School of Drama
    Aliases → —
    Occupation → —
    Given name → Joe
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31877|batch #31877]]"
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