Joel Bissonnette

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Joel Bissonnette
Born
Education Dawson College
OccupationActor
Relatives Matt Bissonnette (brother)

Joel Bissonnette is a Canadian-American actor.

Early life and education

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bissonnette was raised in Montreal, Quebec. He is a graduate of the Dawson College Theatre Program in Montreal.

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Career

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

Bissonnette's brother is film director Matt Bissonnette. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 PCU Sanskrit Major
1994April OneO.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
2001Heart of StoneDetective Jones
2002 Looking for Leonard Luka
2002 The Sum of All Fears Jared Mason
2005Break a LegNot 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Street Legal WaiterEpisode: "Sing for Me, Olivia"
1993 Beyond Reality John WoodbridgeEpisode: "Keepsake"
1993 Top Cops TorresEpisode: "Clarence Comer/Scott Atwood/Charles Falzon"
1994X-RatedMack FischerTelevision film
1994TekWar: TekLabTristan / Mark Stewart
1994 Sirens RichardEpisode: "The Needle and the Damage Done"
1995 Picture Windows MischaEpisode: "Language of the Heart"
1995Prince for a DaySalTelevision film
1995 Liberty Street Mack Fischer13 episodes
1995 Nancy Drew Billy FeralEpisode: "The Death & Life of Billy Feral"
1996 Silk Stalkings Alex ThorneEpisode: "Playing Doctor"
1997A Nightmare Come TruePaul ChaneyTelevision film
1997 Arliss Glenn DapensilEpisode: "Truth and Responsibility"
1997 F/X: The Series CarlEpisode: "House of Horrors"
1998 Psi Factor Murphy PomeranceEpisode: "The Edge"
1999 Cracker Ron MillerEpisode: "The Club"
2000–2002 The Invisible Man Arnaud de Ferhn9 episodes
2002 Push, Nevada The Artist2 episodes
2003 The Shield AdamEpisode: "Breakpoint"
2003 Cold Case CarlEpisode: "Our Boy Is Back"
2003 Miracles JohnEpisode: "Battle at Shadow Ridge"
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Bobby JonesEpisode: "Suckers"
2004 NYPD Blue Eric PraegitzerEpisode: "Dress for Success"
2004 Veronica Mars Jeremy MastersonEpisode: "Like a Virgin"
2005 The Inside AmosEpisode: "Loneliest Number"
2005 Alias Keach2 episodes
2006 Without a Trace Justin PomeroyEpisode: "Expectations"
2006 Standoff Baron LentEpisode: "Accidental Negotiator"
2007 House JohnEpisode: "Whatever It Takes"
2007 Nip/Tuck RobEpisode: "Chaz Darling"
2008 Eleventh Hour Karl AltschulerEpisode: "Argo"
2008 The Mentalist Mitchell ReeseEpisode: "Flame Red"
2009 Saving Grace Curtis MarksEpisode: "She's a Lump"
2010 24 Pavel Tokarev4 episodes
2010 The Closer Darren TatemEpisode: "In Custody"
2012, 2013 NCIS: Los Angeles Viktor Varlamov2 episodes
2015 The Blacklist Lyle FisherEpisode: "The Troll Farmer (No. 38)"

References

  1. "Blowup Arthouse Filmfest". www.blowupfilmfest.com. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  2. 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.