Joe Tippett

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Joe Tippett
Born (1982-03-01) March 1, 1982 (age 42)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
Partner(s) Sara Bareilles (2015–present; engaged)

Joe Tippett (born March 1, 1982) is an American actor. [1] [2] He is known for playing Sam Strickland in the NBC drama series Rise [1] and John Ross in the HBO crime drama miniseries Mare of Easttown.

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Early life

Tippett was born on March 1, 1982, and grew up in Damascus, Maryland. [3] He attended Damascus High School, where he was on the football team. [4] He was also involved in his school's theater department, where he performed in his first musical, Bye Bye Birdie. [3] After graduating from high school, he went to West Virginia University on a full scholarship but later dropped out. [3]

Career

Tippett did an apprenticeship and worked his first professional job at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. [3] [5] In 2015, he made his Broadway debut as Bait Boy in Airline Highway . [3] The same year, he played Earl Hunterson in the American Repertory Theater production of Waitress . [6] Two years later, Tippett played the leading man in the Off-Broadway production of All the Fine Boys. [7]

In 2018, Tippett played Coach Strickland on NBC's Rise. [5] In 2019, Tippett filmed the TV movie Patsy & Loretta , playing the role of Doolittle Lynn, Loretta Lynn's husband. The TV film was broadcast on the Lifetime channel on October 19, 2019. [8] [9] [10] The same year, Tippett was cast as Lucius King in NBC's Prism which is inspired by Rashomon , a 1950 Japanese drama directed by Akira Kurosawa. [11]

In September 2021 Tippett reprised his role as Earl Hunterson in the Broadway return engagement of Waitress . [12]

Personal life

In August 2015, Tippett met singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles during the out-of-town tryout for Waitress at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and they began a relationship in 2016. [13] [14] [15] [16] The couple made their first public appearance at the 2017 Tony Awards. [17] On New Year's Day in 2023, Tippett and Bareilles announced their engagement. [18] [19]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Gray Matters Ben
2011 Doctors of the Dark Side UnknownDocumentary
2012Damascus RoadsFinchShort film
2016Our TimeJamie
2018 Monsters and Men Officer Montori
2019 Patsy & Loretta Doolittle Lynn
2022 Mr. Harrigan's Phone Craig's father
Spirited Owen Briggs
TBA A Complete Unknown Filming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Boardwalk Empire CalEpisodes: White Horse Pike, The North Star
2015 The Blacklist Jasper SkeehanEpisode: "Kings of the Highway"
2016 Bull Merle DeaversEpisode: "Callisto"
2017 Chicago Justice Jake BenjaminEpisode: "Friendly Fire"
2018 Rise Sam Strickland10 Episodes
2018 Dirty John BobbyEpisodes: "Red Flags and Parades", "Shrapnel"
2019 The Act Scott / Wolverine 2Episode: "Two Wolverines"
2019 Patsy & Loretta Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn Lifetime TV film
2019 The Morning Show Hal Jackson4 episodes
2021 Mare of Easttown John RossMiniseries
2022 Alaska Daily JamieRecurring
2023 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters TimMain role

Stage

YearTitleRoleVenue
2013AshvilleJakeOff-Broadway
2015 Airline Highway [20] Bait BoyBroadway
Waitress Earl HuntersonBoston
2016Indian SummerJeremyOff-Broadway
Familiar Brad
This Day ForwardEmil
2017All the Fine BoysJoseph
2017-18 Waitress Earl HuntersonBroadway
2018Our Very Own Carlin McCullough [21] JayLos Angeles
2021 Waitress [12] Earl HuntersonBroadway

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  2. ↑ Fierberg, Ruthie (March 12, 2018). "Rise's Joe Tippett Proves His Theatre Credentials". Playbill. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Airline Highway's Joe Tippett on Scraping Change Out of Ashtrays & Learning to Swim Without Floaties". Broadway.com. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Mare of Easttown Actor, Joe Tippett, Graduated From Damascus High School". The MoCo Show. August 27, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Fierberg, Ruthie (March 12, 2018). "Rise's Joe Tippett Proves His Theatre Credentials". Playbill. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  6. ↑ "A.R.T. revamps old recipe with production of 'Waitress'". The Tufts Daily. September 8, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Interview: Getting to Know 'All the Fine Boys' Leading Man Joe Tippett". StageBuddy.com. March 21, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
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  12. 1 2 McPhee, Ryan (September 2, 2021). "Opening Up…Again: Waitress Returns to Broadway September 2". Playbill. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
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  18. ↑ Jones, Alexis (January 3, 2023). "Sara Bareilles Shows Off Her Unique Gold Feather Band Engagement Ring from Fiancé Joe Tippett". People . Retrieved January 3, 2023.
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