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Joe Flynn (American actor)

Joe Flynn (1924–1974), American comic character actor from Youngstown, Ohio; played Captain Binghamton on McHale's Navy (1962–1966) and Disney's Dean Higgins; voiced Mr. Snoops in The Rescuers.

Joe Freeman

Joe Freeman (born 2006, London) is a British actor, son of Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington, who plays Luke Ellis as series lead in MGM+'s The Institute (2025), after a 2024 Doctors episode.

Joe Gilgun

Joe Gilgun (Joseph William Gilgun, born 1984, Chorley) is an English actor and co-creator of Brassic, also known for Woody in This Is England, Rudy in Misfits, and Cassidy in Preacher.

Joe Keery

Joe Keery (born 1992, Newburyport, Massachusetts) is an American actor and musician, aka Djo. Known for Steve Harrington on Stranger Things (2016–2025, 42 episodes), Post Animal, and solo albums Twenty Twenty, Decide, The Crux.

Joe Lando

Joe Lando, born Joseph John Lando in 1961, is an American actor best known as Byron Sully, Jane Seymour's love interest on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, from 1993 to 1998.

Joe Lara

Joe Lara (William Joseph Lara, 1962–2021), American actor who played Tarzan in Tarzan in Manhattan (1989) and Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996–1997), later a country musician; died in the 2021 Percy Priest Lake plane crash with his wife Gwen Shamblin Lara.

Joe Lo Truglio

Joe Lo Truglio (Joseph Vincent LoTruglio, born 1970, Ozone Park, Queens) is an American actor and comedian, a founding member of The State, best known as Detective Charles Boyle on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and for Superbad, Wet Hot American Summer, and directing Outpost.

Joe Manganiello

Joe Manganiello (born 1976, Pittsburgh) is an American actor known for True Blood's Alcide, Magic Mike's Big Dick Richie, Deathstroke, and Netflix's One Piece as Crocodile; also D&D chief creative officer and author of the 2026 memoir Bloodlines.

Joe Mantegna

Joe Mantegna (Joseph Anthony Mantegna Jr., born 1947, Chicago) is an American actor, Tony winner for Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, star of Criminal Minds as David Rossi, and voice of Fat Tony on The Simpsons.

Joe McFadden

Joe McFadden (born 1975, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor known for The Crow Road, Heartbeat's PC Joe Mason, Holby City's Raf Di Lucca, and winning Strictly Come Dancing 2017 with Katya Jones.

Joe McGann

Joe McGann (born 1958, Liverpool) is an English actor, eldest of the four acting McGann brothers. Known for Charlie Burrows in ITV's The Upper Hand (1990–1996), Rockliffe's Babies, Night & Day, The Last Ship tour, and Elden Ring's Gideon Ofnir.

Joe Morton

Joe Morton (Joseph Thomas Morton Jr., born 1947, New York) is an American stage, film, and television actor known for The Brother from Another Planet, Terminator 2's Miles Dyson, and Emmy-winning Rowan Pope on Scandal.

Joe Pesci

Joe Pesci (born 1943, Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor and former singer-guitarist; Oscar winner as Tommy DeVito in GoodFellas (1990), also known for Raging Bull, Home Alone, Casino, and The Irishman.

Joe Pichler

Joe Pichler (Joseph David Wolfgang Pichler), American child actor of Beethoven's 3rd, Beethoven's 4th, and Varsity Blues; disappeared January 5, 2006 in Bremerton, Washington, at 18; case unsolved.

Joe Piscopo

Joe Piscopo (born 1951, Passaic, NJ) is an American comedian and actor, SNL cast member 1980-1984, famed for his Frank Sinatra impression, films Johnny Dangerously and Wise Guys, and New York radio hosting.

Joe Santos

Joe Santos (Joseph John Minieri Jr., 1931–2016), American character actor, played Lt. Dennis Becker on The Rockford Files (1974–80), earning a 1979 Emmy nomination, and later Angelo Garepe on The Sopranos.

Joe Spano

Joe Spano (Joseph Peter Spano, born 1946) is an American character actor known as Lt. Henry Goldblume on Hill Street Blues, Det. John Clark Sr. on NYPD Blue, and FBI Agent Tobias Fornell on NCIS; he won a 1989 Emmy for Midnight Caller.

Joe Thomas (actor)

Joe Thomas (Joseph Owen Thomas, born 1983, Chelmsford) is the English actor and comedian who played Simon Cooper in The Inbetweeners and Kingsley in Fresh Meat, also known for White Gold, The Festival, and Taskmaster.

Joe Tippett

Joe Tippett (born 1982) is an American actor who originated Earl in Waitress at A.R.T. and on Broadway, played Coach Strickland in Rise and John Ross in Mare of Easttown, and is married to Sara Bareilles.

Joe Urla

Joe Urla (Joseph Urla), American actor born 1958, in Pontiac, Michigan; known for Dugan on Seinfeld, roles in The Bodyguard, Sleepers, Deep Impact, The Wire, and a 1986 Theatre World Award.

Joel Courtney

Joel Courtney (born 1996) is an American actor from Monterey, California, raised in Moscow, Idaho, known for Super 8 (2011) and Netflix's The Kissing Booth trilogy as Lee Flynn.

Joel David Moore

Joel David Moore (born 1977, Portland, Oregon), American actor, director, and producer; plays Norm Spellman in James Cameron's Avatar films, broke out in Dodgeball (2004), founded Balcony 9 in 2019, and directed Spiral and Youth in Oregon.

Joel de la Fuente

Joel de la Fuente (born 1969) is an American actor known as Paul Wang in Space: Above and Beyond, Takeshi Kido in The Man in the High Castle, Ruben Morales on Law & Order: SVU, and the Drama Desk-nominated solo show Hold These Truths.

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton (born 1974, Blacktown, Australia) is an Australian actor, writer, director and producer, Blue-Tongue Films co-founder, known for Owen Lars in Star Wars, Loving, The Gift, Boy Erased, Train Dreams, and Apple TV's Dark Matter.

Joel Fabiani

Joel Fabiani (born 1936, Watsonville, California) is an American actor known for Stewart Sullivan in Department S and soap roles on Dallas, Dynasty, and All My Children.

Joel Gretsch

Joel Gretsch (Joel James Gretsch), American actor born 1963 in St. Cloud, Minnesota; lead roles as Tom Baldwin in The 4400 and Father Jack Landry in V, plus The Legend of Bagger Vance and Minority Report; married to Melanie Shatner.

Joel Grey

Joel Grey (born Joel David Katz, 1932) is an American actor, singer, dancer, photographer, and director, famous as the Emcee in Cabaret, winning the 1967 Tony and 1972 Oscar, plus Golden Globe and BAFTA, for the same role.

Joel Hodgson

Joel Hodgson (born 1960, Stevens Point, Wisconsin) is an American comedian and prop builder, creator and original host of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988, KTMA-TV), who left in 1993 and later revived the show via a record $5.7 million Kickstarter.

Joel Kim Booster

Joel Kim Booster (Kim Joonmin, born 1988) is a Korean-born American comedian, actor, and writer, known for Fire Island, Psychosexual, and Loot, and his 'hot idiot' persona.

Joel Kinnaman

Joel Kinnaman (Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman, born 1979) is a Swedish-American actor, Guldbagge winner for Snabba Cash, known as Stephen Holder in The Killing, Rick Flag in Suicide Squad, and Ed Baldwin in For All Mankind.