Joel Rush

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Joel Rush
BornAugust 26, 1981 (1981-08-26) (age 43)
OccupationActor
Years active2009present

Joel Rush (born August 26, 1981) is an American actor and model, best known for his role as Edward "Eddie" Willis in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong .

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Life and career

Rush was born in Logansport, Indiana. In 2009, he was the runner-up of the first season of ABC competition reality show True Beauty . [1] He later began appearing on television, include a recurring role on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives , and guest starring roles in Make It or Break It , Big Time Rush , Betty White's Off Their Rockers , and Femme Fatales . Rush also appeared in a number of gay romantic comedy films, including Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011), Eating Out: The Open Weekend (2011), and Love or Whatever (2012). [2]

In 2014, Rush was cast as Edward 'Eddie' Willis in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong . [3] [4] He later has appeared in films Bachelors (2015), Naked (2017), Honey: Rise Up and Dance (2018), This Is Our Christmas (2018), A Madea Family Funeral (2019) and The Trap (2019). [5] On television, he had a recurring role on Netflix series Lucifer as Zadkiel in 2021, [6] and on HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones in 2022.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Eating Out: Drama Camp Andy
2011 Eating Out: The Open Weekend
2012Love or WhateverPete
2013Four of HeartsKevin
2013Out WestBuck Wildstone
2015BachelorsJesse
2017 Naked Groom
2018 Honey: Rise Up and Dance Luke
2018Runnin' from My RootsCameron Somers
2018This Is Our ChristmasMike Davenport
2019 A Madea Family Funeral Officer
2019The TrapPowers
2021Beverly Hills Christmas 2 Director's CutMike Davenport
2021The ShallowSimpson

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009–2011 Days of Our Lives Assistant Manager / Chez Rouge Patron7 episodes
2010 Make It or Break It CarlosEpisode: "Are We Family?"
2010 Party Down SatoEpisode: "Party Down Company Picnic"
2010 Big Time Rush Hunky ManagerEpisode: "Big Time Christmas"
2012The RopesRalph2 episodes
2012 Betty White's Off Their Rockers Hunky Police Officer
2012 Femme Fatales PecsEpisode: "16 Minutes of Fame"
2013MarkedRyanTelevision film
2013My Synthesized LifeSamEpisode: "Turn the Music Off"
2013 Ironside BrianEpisode: "Sleeping Dogs"
2013Christmas in the CityHunky Santa #1Television film
2014–2017 If Loving You Is Wrong Edward 'Eddie' Willis61 episodes
2018 MacGyver DarrylEpisode: "Riley + Airplane"
2021 Genius First Famous ProducerEpisode: "Aretha: Young, Gifted and Black"
2021 Lucifer Zadkiel 3 episodes
2022 The Righteous Gemstones Sky6 episodes

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