Joe Egender

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Joe Egender
Born1976or1977(age 47–48) [1]
Kansas City, Missouri, US
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • screenwriter

Joe Egender (born 1976/77), is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with The Butcher Brothers, Holy Ghost People , and his television roles.

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Career

Film

Egender has made several films with The Butcher Brothers (Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores). Their first collaboration was Lurking in Suburbia (2004); Don R. Lewis of Film Threat wrote of Egender's starring performance, "He reminds me of a less whiny Giovanni Ribisi and, mark my words, this performance will gain him some big roles." [2] Egender had a cameo in their next film, The Hamiltons (2006), [3] and a larger supporting role in The Violent Kind (2010). Scott Beggs of Film School Rejects called the performance "...a hell of a lot of fun... frenetic and interesting", [4] and Matt Glasby of Total Film called it "gobsmacking overacting". [5] Egender produced, co-wrote, and co-starred in Altieri's Holy Ghost People (2013). Egender said that he enjoyed the greater control over the film, which heightened his performance. [6] Scott Weinberg of Fearnet wrote that Egender "steals numerous scenes". [7] Besides his collaborations with Altieri and Flores, he also starred in Hunger (2009). In a negative review, Bill Gibron of DVD Talk called Egender's character deeply annoying but possibly a good performance if that were the intent. [8] He had a supporting role in The Frankenstein Theory (2013). Describing Egender's performance, Truly Disturbing said Egender "makes a hairpin turn from being funny and kind of silly to being harrowing in an organic way". [9] Patrick Naugle of DVD Verdict called his character an out-of-place "supporting character in a Jim Carrey film." [10] In 2015, he co-starred in the horror-thriller film The Diabolical [11] and starred in I Remember You . [12]

Television

On television, Egender has starred in the TV film To My Future Assistant (2013) [13] and was cast in a co-starring role in the miniseries Texas Rising (2015). [14] He also had guest appearances on Alcatraz (2012) [15] and American Horror Story: Asylum (2012). [14] He was also in an episode of Hawaii Five-0 (2016). [16] Egender is a co-creator of the 2019 Netflix TV documentary miniseries, Unnatural Selection. [17]

Theater

In 2008, he starred in the play He Asked for It, a gay-themed story about AIDS. [18] His performance brought best actor nominations from the Ovation Awards [19] and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. [20]

Other work

In the video game Dead Rising 3 , Egender appears as Stitch. [21]

Personal life

Egender is from Kansas City, Missouri. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. [18] He volunteers for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. [1]

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