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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 Son (송형민)

Joe Son, a Korean-born actor and mixed martial artist, played Random Task in Austin Powers. He was convicted of torture in 2011 and voluntary manslaughter for a prison cellmate's death.

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 Taslim

Joe Taslim (Johannes Taslim, born 1981, Palembang) is an Indonesian actor and former national judo team member (1997-2009) known for The Raid, Fast & Furious 6, Warrior, and Sub-Zero/Bi-Han in Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat II.

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.

Joe Zieja

Joe Zieja (born 1985, Sparta, New Jersey) is an American voice actor and author, voice of Claude in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Fox McCloud in Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins, Bumblebee, and author of the Epic Failure trilogy, ex-USAF intelligence officer.

Joel Coen

Joel Coen (born 1955, Minneapolis) is an American film director, screenwriter, and editor of the Coen brothers duo with Ethan Coen; Blood Simple, Fargo, No Country for Old Men; Palme d'Or and Oscar winner; solo films The Tragedy of Macbeth and Jack of Spades.

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 Dommett

Joel Dommett (born 1985, Rockhampton, Gloucestershire) is an English comedian and ITV presenter, runner-up on I'm a Celebrity 2016, host of The Masked Singer, Masked Dancer, National Television Awards, Survivor UK, and Celebrity Sabotage.

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.

Joel McCrea

Joel McCrea (1905-1990), American film actor in 86 pictures, star of Sullivan's Travels, Foreign Correspondent, and Westerns from 1946 onward, ending with Ride the High Country (1962); also a Ventura County rancher.

Joel McHale

Joel McHale (born 1971, Rome, Italy) is an American comedian, actor, and host known for E!'s The Soup (2004–2015) and Jeff Winger on Community, now starring in Fox's Animal Control.

Joel McKinnon Miller

Joel McKinnon Miller, American character actor born 1960 in Rockford, Minnesota; played Detective Norm Scully on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Don Embry on Big Love, after training in opera at Minnesota Duluth.

Joel Murray

Joel Murray (born 1963, Wilmette, Illinois) is an American actor, director, and writer, youngest brother of Bill and Brian Doyle-Murray; known for Dharma & Greg, Mad Men's Freddy Rumsen, Shameless, and God Bless America.

Joel Perez

Joel Perez is an American actor, writer, and playwright in New York City, an original Fun Home Broadway cast member, Lortel Award winner for Sweet Charity, and the voice of Valentino in Hazbin Hotel.

Joelle Carter

Joelle Carter (Joelle Marie Carter, born 1972, Thomasville, Georgia) is an American actress known as Ava Crowder on FX's Justified (2010-2015, 78 episodes), Penny Hardwick in High Fidelity, and Laura Nagel in Chicago Justice.

Joely Fisher

Joely Fisher (born 1967, Burbank, California) is an American actress, singer, and director, daughter of Eddie Fisher and Connie Stevens, known as Paige Clark on Ellen, Joy Stark on 'Til Death, Broadway turns in Grease and Cabaret, and SAG-AFTRA Secretary-Treasurer since 2021.