Greg Joseph

About Greg Joseph

Gregory Nelson "Greg" Joseph has excelled in two highly competitive fields: as writer, Hollywood biographer and former journalist and critic who counts a Pulitzer Prize among his achievements, and as an actor honored with a prestigious Hollywood acting award whose work also has been recognized in Cannes and New York.The tall (six-foot-two-and-a-half), lean and angular actor, known for his many looks and ability to change his appearance to fit a wide range of characters in a variety of genres, stars as a military veteran in a romantic drama named an Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner ("The Last Dance"), won Best of Festival character acting honors at the Hollywood Shockfest Film Festival for re-creating an iconic horror favorite ("Ritual"), has the lead as a polygamist cult leader in a film à clef that won Best Ensemble Acting at the New York First Run Film Festival and a National Board of Review Commendation ("When the Dogs Cried Out"), was nominated as Best Lead Actor at the Show Low International Film Festival for his portrayal of a deadly Middle East sentencing judge ("Zarin"), stars as a fanatical collector, the film's sole onscreen character, in a thriller chosen as an Official Selection of the Phoenix Film Festival ("Detector"), and stars as a washed up ventriloquist in a two-character drama that won Best of Fest honors at the Southern Arizona Independent Film Festival and was a top winner at the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts ("The Amazing Mortimer").Other recent portrayals include The Soulless Gunfighter opposite Danny Trejo and Bill Engvall in the Western satire "Cowboy Dreams," the co-starring role of the veteran astronaut in the science fiction TV series "H.O.P.E.," the pivotal part of the lead attorney in the environmental feature film "Poison Sky" with Kevin Sorbo ("Hercules: The Legendary Journeys," "Andromeda"), and the role of the minister in the feature film "Switched for Inheritance" (also titled "Room for Rent") starring scream queen Lin Shaye ("A Nightmare on Elm Street," "Critters," the "Insidious" film series).Greg made his big screen debut in an auspicious way _ co-starring opposite Michael Douglas in the major feature "Adam at Six A.M.," which was produced by screen legend Steve McQueen ("Bullitt") and has since gone on to achieve cult status.He was nominated for the 2015 Governor's Arts Award, an honor described as "the most prestigious, recognizing excellence in artistic expression and outstanding contributions to the arts community," as well as for the 2016 Filmstock Film Festival Barry E. Wallace Citizenship Award, for "those that promote encouragement and positive influences in their film community."He continues to hone his craft, most recently studying improvisation with Oscar-winner Alan Arkin ("Little Miss Sunshine"), a founding member of Second City.In April 2019, he appeared on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) with host Ben Mankiewicz as a guest programmer as part of the cable channel's silver anniversary after winning a national contest as one of the country's top 25 "super classic movie fans," and was in a number of promotional spots marking the occasion.Greg was born and reared in Kansas City, Missouri, the only child of Theodore Joseph, a jeweler who as a young man dreamed of leaving his native Cleveland to go to Hollywood and become an actor himself, and Marcella (Nelson) Joseph, an artist and graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute who stud...

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