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From IMDB.com - updated and edited my M. Cavanaugh - 02/18/07

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) (filming) .... David Hernandez
Directed by David Fincher
Writing credits
-F. Scott Fitzgerald (story)
-Eric Roth (screenplay)
Plot Outline: An odd romance sparks between a woman of 30 and a man who, at 50, begins aging backwards.
Cast includes Cate Blanchett, Julia Ormond, Brad Pitt, and Tilda Swinton.

Zodiac (2007) .... Inspector Kracke
Directed by David Fincher
Writing credits (WGA)
-James Vanderbilt (screenplay)
-Robert Graysmith (book)
Tagline: There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer.
Plot Outline: Based on the Robert Graysmith books about the real life notorious Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960s and 1970s.
Stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, and Robert Downey Jr.

Standoff .... Baron Lent (1 episode, 2006)
- Accidental Negotiator (2006) TV Episode .... Baron Lent

Without a Trace
... aka W.A.T (USA: short title)
- Expectations (2006) TV Episode .... Justin Pomeroy

Alias
- Out of the Box (2005) TV Episode .... Keach
- Mockingbird (2005) TV Episode .... Keach

The Heir Apparent (2005) .... Mark

The Inside
- Loneliest Number (2005) TV Episode .... Amos

Break a Leg (2005) - Not-so-happy Actor
Written by: Frank Cassini & John Cassini
Directed by: Monika Mitchell
Synopsis: A talented, but struggling actor is willing to go to any length to get a job - including "break a leg"... especially those of other actors.
Cast: John Cassini (Max Matteo), Molly Parker (I) (Kate), Rene Rivera (Detective Sanchez), Jennifer Beals (Juliet), Kevin Corrigan (I) (J.D.), Frank Cassini (Tony Felice), Sandra Oh (Young Turk), J.J. Johnston (Detective Coyle), Danny Nucci (EJ Inglewood), Eric Roberts (Michael Richard Lange), Freddy Andreiuci (Freddy), Tony Armatrading (Scruples Producer 2), Nadege Auguste (Actress (at Class)), Alice Barrett Mitchell (Lisa (Tony's Girlfriend)), Paul Bates (I) (Loud Customer), Elizabeth Berridge (NY Girl), Joel Bissonnette (Not-so-happy Actor), Kevin Breznahan (Photo Shop Employee), Dayton Callie (Saul Reuben), John Colella (Detective Grattola), Ryan Cutrona (Marty Lebowski), Michael DeLorenzo (Man on cell phone), Joey Diaz (Large Producer), James DiStefano (I) (Danny), Scott Forrest (2nd A.D.), Rick Foster (Disgruntled Moviegoer), Ellen Gerstein (Scruples Casting Director), Cathy Giannone (Casting Director at Precinct), Joanna Houghton (Girl in Acting Class), Kim Marie Johnson (Sexy Woman), Wendy Johnson (I) (Party Girl), Susan Johnston (Combustion Assistant), Beverly Leech (Badge Casting Director), Lara Lyon (III) (Rights Casting Assistant), Ali MacLean (Party Crasher), Carol Mansell (Phillip's Way Casting Director), Paula Marshall (Alice on cell phone), Andre Mayers (Cop #1), Eric McCormack (Dark Haired Actor), Jeffrey Meek (Barry Daniels), Laura Meshell (Actress at Bar), Denise Moses (TV Host/Announcer), Christopher Mur (Cop #3), Race Owen (Combustion Director), Susan Peretz (Acting Teacher), Robert Peters (I) (Detective Pasternak), Tony Pierce (I) (Bartender), Aric Porro (Ira's New Guy), Barry Primus (Ira Goldstein), Bruce Ramsay (Other Actor at Bar), Audrey Rapoport (Woman Fan), Charles Robinson (I) (Captain Stevens), Olivia Rosewood (Granola Girl), Steve Ruge, George Russo (George 'Bitter Actor'), Jamieson Stern (James 'Naive Actor'), David Sutcliffe (I) (Happy Actor), Paul Taegel (Fiorentino), Eileen T'Kaye (Rights Casting Director), Lori Ann Triolo (Cathy (as Lori Triolo)), Karina Valdez (High Girl), Harry Van Gorkum (Scruples Producer 1), William Vogt (Scruples Director), Joshua Welsh (Movie Director), Phil Wilcox (Cop #2), Trey Wilkins (Tyrone)

Veronica Mars
- Like a Virgin (2004) TV Episode .... Jeremy

NYPD Blue
- Dress for Success (2004) TV Episode .... Eric Praegitzer

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004) playing "Bobby Jones" in episode: "Suckers" (episode # 4.13) 5 February 2004
Synopsis: from IMDB.com - This show follows the nights of the detectives working at the Las Vegas Police Department Crime Scene Investigations bureau. Being the second busiest crime lab in America, CSI officers use the best scientific and technical methods to solve puzzles and catch criminals.
Dual plotlines - one team works to solve a robbery at a casino - The other team finds a murdered girl who had been into vampirism and was into an underground scene. The team has to figure out exactly who punctured the girl's jugular and killed her. Guess who it was!

Cold Case (2003) playing "Carl" in episode: "Our Boy Is Back" (episode # 1.3) 12 October 2003
Synopsis: from IMDB.com - The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she's assigned "cold cases" -- older crimes that have never been solved.
from TV Tome - Lilly gets a mysterious letter that points to the return of a multiple rapist who stopped, leaving no trace in 1998. The letter mentions that the predator plans to return, and Lilly must find a way to stop him before he attacks another woman.  Joel's character is the rapist.

Miracles
- Battle at Shadow Ridge (2003) TV Episode .... John

The Shield (2003) playing Adam in episode: "Breakdown"
Synopsis: Male teens are disappearing, and the search for a perverted killer leads to an unlikely murderer. Joel plays a gay, young-guy-liking murder suspect.

"Push, Nevada" .... The Artist (2 episodes, 2002)
- The Color of... (2002) TV Episode .... The Tatoo Artist (Michael)
- The Black Box (2002) TV Episode .... The Tatoo Artist (Michael)

Looking for Leonard (2002) - Luka

The Sum of All Fears (2002) (2001 Paramount film, shooting in Montreal, Canada) - Jared Mason
Written by: Tom Clancy (novel), Paul Attanasio & Daniel Pyne (screenplay)
Directed by: Phil Alden Robinson
Synopsis: CIA analyst Jack Ryan hunts down a group of terrorists who plan to detonate a nuclear device at the Superbowl.
Cast: Ben Affleck (Jack Ryan), Morgan Freeman (DCI William Cabot), James Cromwell (President Fowler), Liev Schreiber (John Clark), Bridget Moynahan (Dr. Cathy Muller), Alan Bates (Dressler), Ciarán Hinds (President Nemerov), Philip Baker Hall (Defense Secretary Becker), Ron Rifkin (Secretary of State Owens), Bruce McGill (National Security Advisor Revell), Colm Feore (Olson), Josef Sommer (Senator Jessup), Russell Bobbitt (Israeli Pilot), Ken Jenkins (I) (Admiral Pollack), John Beasley (General Lasseter, Chairman Joint Chiefs)

Century Hotel (2000)
Written by: David Weaver and Bridget Newson
Directed by: David Weaver
Synopsis: A hotel room tracks the eras of the 20th century through the lives of the people that stayed there.
Cast: Eugene Lipinski (George), Lindy Booth (Sylvia/Super Girl), Colm Feore (Sebastian), Tom McCamus (Nicholas), Earl Pastko (The Hotel Detective), Mia Kirshner (Dominique), Noam Jenkins (The Thief), Michelle Nolden (Eloise), Janet Kidder (Beth), Joel Bissonnette (Danny), Sandrine Holt (Jin), Raine Maida (Damon Riley), David Hewlett (Michael), Albert Chung (Cheung), Chantal Kreviazuk (Mary)

Heart of Stone (2001) - Detective Jones

Invisible Man, The (2000) - Arnaud de Thiel/Arnaud de Fohn - multiple episodes - see link
Cast: Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Mike McCafferty, Shannon Kenney - Pilot episode, Reunion, Diseased, Money for Nothing: Parts I and II, The Importance of Being Eberts, Brother's Keeper

Suspicious River (2000) - Rick Schmidt
Written by: Laura Kasischke (novel), Lynne Stopkewich
Directed by: Lynne Stopkewich
Synopsis: A young married woman (Parker) sells her body, not just for money, to guests at the motel where she works as a receptionist.
Cast: Molly Parker (I) (Leila Murray), Callum Keith Rennie (Gary Jensen), Mary Kate Welsh (Young girl), Joel Bissonnette (Rick Schmidt), Deanna Milligan (Millie), Sarah-Jane Redmond (Bonnie, the mother), Norman Armour (Jack, the father), Byron Lucas (Uncle Andy), Michael Shanks (Ball cap man), Paul Jarrett (Rob), Don S. Davis (Golf shirt man), Jay Brazeau (Suitcase man), Bruno Verdoni (Ralph), Ingrid Tesch (Gary's wife), John R. Taylor (I) (Old man)

Fight Club (1999) - Food Court Maitre'd
Written by: Chuck Palahniuk (novel)
Directed by: David Fincher
Synopsis: With no family or close friends, the main character frequents cancer and disease support groups as a way to bond with others, pretending to be terminally ill or feigning various other infirmities to fit in. Sick of his dead end career, and disgusted with the empty consumer culture that his generation has been doomed to inherit, he and a friend named Tyler Durden create a new club where young men come to relieve their frustrations by beating each other to a pulp. The popularity of this club grows exponentially, and takes on cult status with new fight clubs are popping up everywhere across the nation. Tyler Durden, the fight club's founder, quickly becomes a cult hero of epic proportions, a new messiah for a dead generation. While all this is happening, the nameless, narrating main character manages to get involved in a love triangle with Tyler and a girl named Marla who seems to be as screwed up as he is.
Cast: Edward Norton (The Narrator), Brad Pitt (Tyler Durden), Helena Bonham Carter (Marla Singer), Meat Loaf (Robert 'Bob' Paulson), Zach Grenier (Richard Chesler), Richmond Arquette (Intern), David Andrews (I) (Thomas), George Maguire (Group Leader),
Eugenie Bondurant (Weeping Woman), Christina Cabot (Group Leader), Sydney 'Big Dawg' Colston (Speaker), Rachel Singer (Chloe), Christie Cronenweth (Airline Attendant), Tim De Zarn (Inspector Bird), Ezra Buzzington (Inspector Dent), Joel Bissonnette (Food Court Maitre'd)

"Cracker" .... Ron Miller (1 episode, 1999)
... aka Fitz (UK)
- The Club (1999) TV Episode .... Ron Miller

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1998) playing "Murphy Pomerance" in episode: "Edge, The" (episode # 2.12) 2/2/1998
Synopsis: Exotic toads are linked to a series of psychotic episodes.

Nightmare Come True, A (1997) (TV) - Paul
Written by: Nevin Schreiner & Gerald Di Pego
Directed by: Christopher Leitch
Cast: Gerald McRaney, Shelley Fabares, Katy Boyer, Joel Bissonnette, Jeremy Renner, DannFlorek 
Synopsis: A husband has been mistreating his wife, and their daughter's been encouraging her to leave him, but she can't or won't do it. One day the wife doesn't come home, and the husband tells everyone that she has left. However, the daughter doesn't believe this, and has dreams that her mother is dead. She sets out to try and find out what happened to her mother.

F/X: The Series (1997) playing "Carl" in episode: "House of Horrors" (episode # 2.6) Ep: 27 Production #205 Airdate: 10/20/97
Special Guest Stars: Frederique Van Der Wal (Danielle Vandenglas), James Gallanders (), Joel Bissonnette (Carl)
Featuring: Cameron Mathison (Masked Man), D. Garnet Harding (1st A.D.), Andrew Akman (Bailiff), Kenny Robinson (Eldon)
Written by: Avrum Jocobson
Directed by: Mario Azzopardi

"Arli$$" .... Glen Dapensil (1 episode, 1997)
- Truth and Responsibility (1997) TV Episode .... Glen Dapensil

Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996) - Mayo
Written by: Michael Colleary & Mike Werb
Directed by: Bradford May
Cast
:
  Jeff Fahey (Peter Rooker, Chairman Rooker Inc.), Arnold Vosloo (Darkman/Dr. Peyton Westlake), Darlanne Fluegel (Dr. Bridget Thorne), Roxann Dawson (Angela Rooker), Nigel Bennett (Nico, Rooker's #1 Henchman), Alicia Panetta (Jenny Rooker, Daughter), Ronn Sarosiak (Mack), Peter Graham (II) (Joey, Rooker Henchman), Shawn Doyle (I) (Adam, Rooker Henchman), Vieslav Krystyan (Ivan), Chris Adams (II) (Whit), Rick Parker (E.K., Rooker Henchman), Joel Bissonnette (Mayo), John Novak (Ryan Mitchell, District Attorney), Christopher Bondy (Gibson)
Synopsis: Darkman, needing money to continue his experiments on synthetic skin, steals a crate of cash from drug lord Peter Rooker, attracting the gangster's attention. Rooker is determined to find the source of Darkman's super strength, and uses his beautiful but evil doctor to lure Darkman into a trap. Thinking that the doctor will restore feeling to his tortured body, he discovers too late that they have taken a sample of his adrenaline, which they will market as a super steroid. As Darkman plans his revenge on Rooker's gang, he slowly begins to care about Rooker's neglected wife and daughter. He must now find a way to help them, and destroy Rooker before he uses the adrenaline to plunge the city into chaos.

Silk Stalkings (1996) playing "Alex Thorne" in episode #5.19 "Playing Doctor" (February 11, 1996) 
Written by: Hilary J. Bader
Directed by: Carl Weathers
Cast: Sara Aldrich, Judie Aronson, Joel Bissonnette, Charlie Brill, Shae Marks, Sara Mornell, Sandra Phillips, Richard Tanner, David Whalen
Synopsis: 
Cast: Sara Aldrich, Judie Aronson, Joel Bissonnette, Charlie Brill, Shae Marks, Sara Mornell, Sandra Phillips, Richard Tanner, David Whalen - Holly goes undercover as a drug addict, and Michael as her concerned brother, when Marla Hess, a counselor for Safe Haven is found strangled to death in a patient's room. The main suspect is Alex Throne, the guitarist and lead singer of Head-On Collision, in whose room the body was found. But the suspect soon becomes Dr. Peter Vanguard, the man in charge of the clinic, when Holly discovers his rather unethical medical practices. 

"Nancy Drew" .... Billy Feral (1 episode, 1995)
... aka Alice et les Hardy Boys (France)
- The Death & Life of Billy Feral (1995) TV Episode .... Billy Feral

Prince for a Day aka Prince and the Pizza Boy, The (1995) (TV) - Sal
Directed by: Corey Blechman
Written by: Corey Blechman
Synopsis: A modern adaptation of Mark Twain's the Prince and the Pauper. Joey Lawrence plays a dual role as a rock star and a pizza delivery boy. When they both meet, they exchange places.
Cast:
Joey Lawrence (Ralph Bitondo/Ricky Prince), Richard Belzer (Bernie Silver), Khrystyne Haje (Nora Flynn), Michelle Blakely (Elaine), Barry Flatman (Lenny Hollister), Lainie Kazan (Rose), Tony De Santis (Pascal), Andrew Lawrence (Timmy), Bruno Gerussi (Guido Bitando), Katie Griffin (Gina), Rod Wilson (I) (Vinny), Nicole Oliver (Marianne), Joel Bissonnette (Sal), John Wildman (I) (Frankie), Barry Moyle (Trucker)

Drive - Short film 1996
Written by: David Weaer &
Directed by: David Weaver

X-Rated: Liberty Street (1994/1995) TV Series - Mack Fischer
Directed by:: Alex Chapple (multiple episodes), Nicholas Kendall, Bruce McDonald (I)
Written by: Andrea Moodie
Cast: Pat Mastroianni (Frank), Henriette Ivanans (Tina), Kimberly Huie (Chris' Mom), Melissa Daniel (Chris), Billy Merasty (Nathan), Marcia Laskowski (Marcia), Joel Bissonnette (Mac), Richard Zeppieri (Ernie), Katherine Ashby (Lucille), Reiner Schwarz (Drive Home Dave), Nahanni Johnstone (Cynthia), Jim Codrington (James), Hamish McEwan (Ben), Keith Knight (II) (Lionel)

Boulevard (1994) J-Rod
Cast: Kari Wuhrer, Rae Dawn Chong, Lou Diamond Phillips

PCU (1994) Sanskrit Major
Written by: Adam Leff & Zak Penn
Directed by: Hart Bochner
Cast: Jeremy Piven (James 'Droz' Andrews), Chris Young (I) (Tom Lawrence), Megan Ward (Katy), Jon Favreau (Gutter), Alex Désert (Mullaney), Gale Mayron (Cecilia), Jake Beecham (Dave #1), Darin Heames (Dave #2), Matt Ross (I) (Raji), Stivi Paskoski (Deege), Jody Racicot (Pigman), Sarah Trigger (I) (Samantha), Viveka Davis (Womynist #1), Maddie Corman (Womynist #2), David Spade (Rand McPherson), George Clinton & Parliament (Themselves), Thomas Mitchell (II) (Bantam Draper), Kevin Jubinville (Carter rescott), Jake Busey (Mersh), Ted Kozma (Kosmo), Theo Caldwell (The Giggler), Jessica Walter (President Garcia-Thompson), Colin Fox (I) (Trustee #1), Larry Reynolds (II) (Trustee #2), Becky Thyre (Moonbeam), Kevin Thigpen (Afrocentrist), Rob Gfroerer (Computer Geek), Jonathan Wilson (Gay Activist), Joel Bissonnette (Sanskrit Major)

TekWar: TekLab (1994) (TV) - Tristan/Mark Stewart
Written by: Westbrook Claridge (story), Chris Haddock, from the novel by William Shatner
Directed by: Timothy Bond
Cast: Greg Evigan, Eugene Clark, Michael York, Joel Bissonnette, Laurie Holden, William Shatner, Richard Curnock, Maurice Dean Wint, Catherine N. Blythe
Synopsis:  The actual sword of Excalibur has been stolen in London, and futuristic detectives Jake Cardigan and Sid Gomez are assigned to track it down and to find out who is trying to block the British reign from its rightful heir. . dir: Timothy Bond. 93 min. (video) 

Picture Windows: Language of the Heart - 1993 (Picture Windows 1995)
Synopsis: Famous paintings come to life to tell stories by renowned authors.
Cast for Language of the Heart: Tamara Gorski, Joel Bissonnette

Sirens (1994) playing "Richard" in episode: "Needle And The Damage Done, The" (episode # 2.6) 11/3/1994
Synopsis: The personal and professional life of three female Pittsburgh police officers.
Writing credits: Sean Clark (IV), Todd Trotter
Cast: Actor (Character) - Jayne Brook (Sarah Berkezchuk), Ellen David (Amy Shapiro), Claude Genest (Dan Kelly), Jayne Heitmeyer (Jessie Jaworski), Adrienne-Joi Johnson (Lynn Stanton), D. Christopher Judge(Richie Stiles), Deirdre O'Connell (Heidi Schiller), Bryan A. Robinson (Robert), Robert Rothwell (Lt. Lyle Springer), Liza Snyder (Molly Whelan), John Speredakos (Cary Berkezchuk), John Terlesky (Dan Kelly), Tim Thomerson (James 'Buddy' Zunder), Joel Wyner aka J.H. Wyman (Lt. Lyle Springer)

April One (1993) O.P Sniper
Written by: Murray Battle
Directed by: Murray Battle
Synopsis: Ottawa police surround a government office seized by an ex-con holding a bomb, a gun and a hostage.
Cast: Stephen Shellen (David Maltby), Djanet Sears (Jane Briscoe), David Strathairn (John McCowan), Gordon Clapp (I) (Gordon Davies), Wayne Robson (Wayne Brock), Pierre Curzi (Jean Leduc), Martin Julien (II) (Tom Ennis), Jain Dickson (Justine Duckworth), Shannon Lawson (Sally Conway), Lyne Tremblay (Lucie Rivette), Thomas Hauff (Jerry Brownstein), Elizabeth Harpur (Gina Tyrell),
Géza Kovács (RCMP Interrogator), Steve Mousseau (RCMP Interrogator), Ed Clements (Audio Cop),

Beyond Reality (1991) playing John Woodbridge in episode: "Keepsake" (episode # 2.21) 2/27/1993
Synopsis: Two university parapsychologists investigate reports of ghosts, out-of-body experiences, telekinesis and other unexplained phenomena that occur in ordinary people's lives.
Cast: Shari Belafonte (Professor Laura Wingate), Carl Marotte (J.J. Stillman), Nicole de Boer (Celia Powell)
Directed by:: Allan Kroeker, Bruce Pittman
Writing credits: Alan Fine (episode "Intimate Shadows"), Durnford King (writer)
Produced by: Hans Beimler (II) (producer), Jon Slan (executive producer)

Street Legal - (1991) tv series - 1 episode - playing Waiter
episode: "Sing for Me, Olivia"

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