Joe Pingue | |
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Born | Giuseppe Pingue St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
Education | BFA |
Occupation(s) | Actor, Producer, Writer |
Years active | 1995-present |
Known for | Film & Television Actor |
Notable work | Station Eleven , The Expanse , The Boondock Saints , Godless |
Joe Pingue is a Canadian actor and film maker. His roles include Captain McDowell in the Prime sci-fi series The Expanse , Aloznzo Bunker in the Netflix Western limited series Godless and Hoyt in the feature film The Book of Eli .
Pingue was born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario. [1] He attended Ridley College for both elementary and high school, [1] [2] and studied theatre at York University. [1]
Giuseppe "Joe" Pingue is a Canadian character actor. He became known for playing supporting roles in many films such as Miss Sloane , American Whiskey Bar , Pompeii , [3] Antiviral , [4] The Boondock Saints , [1] Repo Men , [1] Blindness , [1] The Book of Eli , [1] Maps to the Stars [5] and Dream House . [6]
His television work includes appearances on Degrassi: The Next Generation , [1] Orphan Black , [7] Wild Card , [1] 24 Hour Rental , [8] Across the River to Motor City , [9] The Expanse. [10] Godless and the 2021 HBO mini-series Station Eleven . He also is the voice of Tamago on the animated series The Very Good Adventures Of Yam Roll In Happy Kingdom , the voice of Entree in the cartoon Spliced , [1] Dan in Trucktown, Ming in Kody Kapow, and additional voices in Norman Picklestripes , the voice of Whiff in Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go and Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe .
Pingue produced, wrote and appeared in the 2008 short film The Answer Key , which was nominated for a Genie Award. [1] He also directed, produced and wrote the short film Chili & Cheese: A Condimental Rift which won the top Prize at the Marin County Short Film Festival and had its television premiere on CBC. [1]
Year | Title | Role |
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1999 | The Boondock Saints | Geno |
2002 | The Rats | Karl |
2008 | The Answer Key | Joseph Strobe |
2010 | Repo Men | Ray |
2010 | The Book of Eli | Hoyt |
2012 | Antiviral | Arvid |
2013 | Pacific Rim | Captain Merrit |
2013 | The Nut Job | Johnny |
2014 | Pompeii | Graecus |
2014 | Maps to the Stars | Arnold |
2015 | Room | Officer Grabowski |
2016 | Miss Sloane | Little Sam |
2017 | The Glass Castle | Uncle Stanley |
2018 | Anon | Lester Hagen |
2021 | See for Me | Dave |
2021 | PAW Patrol: The Movie | Barney |
2023 | The Burning Season | Tom |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
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2006 | ACTRA Awards | Best Performance - Male | Leo | Nominated | [11] |
Canadian Comedy Awards | Best Male Film Performance | Nominated | [12] | ||
2007 | Gemini Awards | Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series | Rent-A-Goalie | Nominated | [13] |
2008 | Nominated | ||||
Genie Awards | Best Live Action Short Drama | The Answer Key | Nominated | ||
ACTRA Awards | Best Performance - Male | Nominated | [11] | ||
2009 | Gemini Awards | Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series | Rent-A-Goalie | Nominated | [13] |
2015 | NSI Online Short Film Festival Awards | Best Comedy | Chili and Cheese: A Condimental Rift | Won | [14] |
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