Joel Swetow

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Joel Swetow
Born (1951-01-30) January 30, 1951 (age 74)
OccupationActor
Years active1989–present

Joel Swetow (born January 30, 1951) is an American actor.

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Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989She's BackRazorface
1991 Prison Stories: Women on the Inside Counselor D'AmicoTelevision film
1992 3 Ninjas Mr. Nigel Brown
1995 Lord of Illusions Valentin
1998 The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy ShahklanTelevision film
2002 The President's Man: A Line in the Sand Abdul RashidTelevision film
2003 Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt Casting DirectorTelevision film
2005 Rent Mr. Cohen
2010 Alice in Wonderland Man with Large Belly in Red Queen Court
2012 The Lorax 1st Marketing GuyVoice [1]
2015Eternity HillJoel
2018 The Grinch Additional voices [1]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Gul JasadEpisode: "Emissary"
1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation YogEpisode: "Firstborn"
2002 Stargate SG-1 First Chancellor Valis of Kelowna on LangaraEpisode: "Shadow Play"
2002–2005 Charmed Avatar Alpha10 Episodes
2003 Alias JensEpisode: "Second Double"
2005 Star Trek: Enterprise Andorian Ambassador ThorisEpisode: "Terra Prime"
2007 Days of Our Lives Dr. Granger5 Episodes
2010 Lego Hero Factory Rotor / Meltdown [1] Voice, 3 episodes
2014 Selfie Keynote SpeakerEpisode: "Here's This Guy"
2016 Mad Dogs Abram2 Episodes
Swedish Dicks OscarEpisode: "Tale of the Tape"
2 Broke Girls Father KozacEpisode: "And the Godmama Drama"
2017 Rosewood Zavier SalvasEpisode: "Asphyxiation & Aces"
The Orville Krill CaptainEpisode: "Old Wounds"
The Brave Ambassador Dimitri GrombykoEpisode: "Stealth"
2018–2020 Kidding Rabbi Michael Epstein5 Episodes
2019 Bunk'd Pa GordonEpisode: "Lone Wolf"
Silicon Valley Rod MorgensternEpisode: "Exit Event"
2019–2021 Young Justice Richard Swift / Shade [1] Voice, 2 episodes
2020 Lucifer Nils Schuhmann (Opera singer)Episode: "Mojo"
2022 American Horror Stories Mr. HendricksEpisode: "Aura"

Videogames

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Off-World Interceptor Colonel Fancy
2000 Star Trek: Armada Additional voicesCredited as Joel Sweton
Star Trek: Invasion Cardassian Commander / Borg
Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force Unseen Alien / Borg
2001 Star Trek: Armada II Additional voices
2009 Infamous Male Pedestrian
2011 Dead or Alive: Dimensions Tengu [1] English dub
2013 Grand Theft Auto V The Local Population
2019 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare The Wolf

Audio books

YearTitleRoleNote
2015 Rain of the Ghosts Bernie CohenOpposite his real life wife Deborah Strang as Maude Cohen

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