Joel Bissonnette
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Joel Bissonnette | |
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| Born | |
| Education | Dawson College |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Relatives | Matt Bissonnette (brother) |
Joel Bissonnette is a Canadian-American actor.
Early life and education[edit]
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bissonnette was raised in Montreal, Quebec. He is a graduate of the Dawson College Theatre Program in Montreal.
Career[edit]
Bissonnette is best known as Arnaud DeFöhn from the SciFi channel's show Invisible Man and was a lead in Canadian series Liberty Street.
He has appeared in the films Looking for Leonard, Century Hotel, Boulevard, Suspicious River, The Sum of All Fears, Fight Club, Darkman III, Language of the Heart, Fall, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Death of a Ladies' Man. In 2010, Bissonnette played the assassin Pavel Tokarev in the eighth season of the television series 24. In 2018, played Brian in the film Desert Shores for which he won the Best Actor Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Bissonnette's brother is film director Matt Bissonnette.[2]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | PCU | Sanskrit Major | |
| 1994 | April One | O.P Sniper | |
| 1994 | Boulevard | J-Rod | |
| 1996 | Darkman III: Die Darkman Die | Mayo | |
| 1999 | Fight Club | Food Court Maitre D' | |
| 2000 | Suspicious River | Rick Schmidt | |
| 2001 | Century Hotel | Danny | |
| 2001 | Heart of Stone | Detective Jones | |
| 2002 | Looking for Leonard | Luka | |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | Jared Mason | |
| 2005 | Break a Leg | Not So Happy Actor | |
| 2007 | Zodiac | Inspector Kracke | |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | David Hernandez | |
| 2009 | Passenger Side | Tobey | |
| 2014 | Fall | Michael | |
| 2017 | The Dinner | Antonio | |
| 2018 | Salton Sea | Brian | |
| 2020 | Death of a Ladies' Man | Brendan |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Street Legal | Waiter | Episode: "Sing for Me, Olivia" |
| 1993 | Beyond Reality | John Woodbridge | Episode: "Keepsake" |
| 1993 | Top Cops | Torres | Episode: "Clarence Comer/Scott Atwood/Charles Falzon" |
| 1994 | X-Rated | Mack Fischer | Television film |
| 1994 | TekWar: TekLab | Tristan / Mark Stewart | |
| 1994 | Sirens | Richard | Episode: "The Needle and the Damage Done" |
| 1995 | Picture Windows | Mischa | Episode: "Language of the Heart" |
| 1995 | Prince for a Day | Sal | Television film |
| 1995 | Liberty Street | Mack Fischer | 13 episodes |
| 1995 | Nancy Drew | Billy Feral | Episode: "The Death & Life of Billy Feral" |
| 1996 | Silk Stalkings | Alex Thorne | Episode: "Playing Doctor" |
| 1997 | A Nightmare Come True | Paul Chaney | Television film |
| 1997 | Arliss | Glenn Dapensil | Episode: "Truth and Responsibility" |
| 1997 | F/X: The Series | Carl | Episode: "House of Horrors" |
| 1998 | Psi Factor | Murphy Pomerance | Episode: "The Edge" |
| 1999 | Cracker | Ron Miller | Episode: "The Club" |
| 2000–2002 | The Invisible Man | Arnaud de Ferhn | 9 episodes |
| 2002 | Push, Nevada | The Artist | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | The Shield | Adam | Episode: "Breakpoint" |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Carl | Episode: "Our Boy Is Back" |
| 2003 | Miracles | John | Episode: "Battle at Shadow Ridge" |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Bobby Jones | Episode: "Suckers" |
| 2004 | NYPD Blue | Eric Praegitzer | Episode: "Dress for Success" |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars | Jeremy Masterson | Episode: "Like a Virgin" |
| 2005 | The Inside | Amos | Episode: "Loneliest Number" |
| 2005 | Alias | Keach | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Without a Trace | Justin Pomeroy | Episode: "Expectations" |
| 2006 | Standoff | Baron Lent | Episode: "Accidental Negotiator" |
| 2007 | House | John | Episode: "Whatever It Takes" |
| 2007 | Nip/Tuck | Rob | Episode: "Chaz Darling" |
| 2008 | Eleventh Hour | Karl Altschuler | Episode: "Argo" |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Mitchell Reese | Episode: "Flame Red" |
| 2009 | Saving Grace | Curtis Marks | Episode: "She's a Lump" |
| 2010 | 24 | Pavel Tokarev | 4 episodes |
| 2010 | The Closer | Darren Tatem | Episode: "In Custody" |
| 2012, 2013 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Viktor Varlamov | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | Lyle Fisher | Episode: "The Troll Farmer (No. 38)" |
References[edit]
- ^ "Blowup Arthouse Filmfest". www.blowupfilmfest.com. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
- ^ Roberts, Katherine Ann (2018-04-18). West/Border/Road: Nation and Genre in Contemporary Canadian Narrative. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-5440-5.
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