Joe Pingue

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Joe Pingue
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Born
Giuseppe Pingue

St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
EducationBFA
Occupation(s)Actor, Producer, Writer
Years active1995-present
Known forFilm & 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 .

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Early life

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]

Career

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 , and Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe .

Producing and writing

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]

Filmography [2] [3]

Film

YearTitleRole
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


YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef
2006 ACTRA AwardsBest Performance - MaleLeoNominated [11]
Canadian Comedy Awards Best Male Film PerformanceNominated [12]
2007 Gemini Awards Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series Rent-A-Goalie Nominated [13]
2008Nominated
Genie Awards Best Live Action Short DramaThe Answer KeyNominated
ACTRA AwardsBest Performance - MaleNominated [11]
2009 Gemini Awards Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series Rent-A-Goalie Nominated [13]
2015NSI Online Short Film Festival AwardsBest ComedyChili and Cheese: A Condimental RiftWon [14]

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