Joel Moore
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Joel David Moore is an American actor who has appeared in television commercials, feature films, and television series. He is best known for his roles as Owen Dittman in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
, Dr. Norm Spellman in Avatar, Colin Fisher in Bones
and J.P. in Grandma's Boy.
, where he attended Benson Polytechnic High School
. He went to Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon
for two years. In 1998, he transferred to Southern Oregon University
in Ashland, Oregon
where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree and performed for two summers at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
. In 2000, he moved to Los Angeles and reunited with his agent from Portland, Rachelle Ryan, who is now a manager in Los Angeles.
, Cingular Wireless
, and Best Buy
). Moore shot an international campaign for a branch of Siemens
cell phones, XELIBRI, which won a Lion Award. Moore's most-recognizable roles may be in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
, Hatchet
, Grandma's Boy and Avatar.
Moore has appeared in nearly a dozen television shows, including: LAX
, CSI
, The Guardian
, Strong Medicine
, Six Feet Under, Angel
, Providence
, Boomtown, Boston Public
, and House
, and most recently as Colin Fisher, a graduate student on Bones
. Moore's first major film role was in 2004's Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
, though he is also known for his supporting role in James Cameron
's Avatar (2009), opposite Sigourney Weaver
and Sam Worthington
. Moore also starred alongside Katy Perry
in her music video for "Waking Up in Vegas
", made a cameo in the "Beat It
" cover video from Fall Out Boy
, and co-starred with Katharine McPhee
playing her love interest in her music video "It's Not Christmas Without You" for her Christmas album Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You
.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, commonly referred to as simply DodgeBall, is a 2004 American sports comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox and Red Hour Productions, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, and Rip Torn...
, Dr. Norm Spellman in Avatar, Colin Fisher in Bones
Bones (TV series)
Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
and J.P. in Grandma's Boy.
Early life
Moore was born and raised in Portland, OregonPortland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, where he attended Benson Polytechnic High School
Benson Polytechnic High School
Benson Polytechnic High School is a technical public high school in the Portland Public Schools district. Its campus is located in the center of Portland's Eastside commercial area. Students are given a special emphasis in a technical area...
. He went to Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon
Gresham, Oregon
- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 90,205 people, 33,327 households, and 22,695 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,071.6 people per square mile . There were 35,309 housing units at an average density of 1,593.8 per square mile...
for two years. In 1998, he transferred to Southern Oregon University
Southern Oregon University
is a public liberal arts college located in Ashland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1926, it was formerly known as Southern Oregon College and Southern Oregon State College . SOU offers criminology, natural sciences, including environmental science, Shakespearean studies and theatre arts programs...
in Ashland, Oregon
Ashland, Oregon
Ashland is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States, near Interstate 5 and the California border, and located in the south end of the Rogue Valley. It was named after Ashland County, Ohio, point of origin of Abel Helman and other founders, and secondarily for Ashland, Kentucky, where other...
where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
degree and performed for two summers at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October...
. In 2000, he moved to Los Angeles and reunited with his agent from Portland, Rachelle Ryan, who is now a manager in Los Angeles.
Career
Starting his career in commercials, he has been in over 15 nationals (including eBayEBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
, Cingular Wireless
Cingular Wireless
AT&T Mobility LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T that provides wireless services to 100.7 million subscribers in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands...
, and Best Buy
Best Buy
Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States, accounting for 19% of the market. It also operates in Mexico, Canada & China. The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, CinemaNow, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and, in Canada operates...
). Moore shot an international campaign for a branch of Siemens
Siemens AG
Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company....
cell phones, XELIBRI, which won a Lion Award. Moore's most-recognizable roles may be in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, commonly referred to as simply DodgeBall, is a 2004 American sports comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox and Red Hour Productions, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, and Rip Torn...
, Hatchet
Hatchet (film)
Hatchet is a 2006 American slasher film written, produced, and directed by Adam Green.-Plot:Set in the Louisiana bayou, it is the story of the legend of Victor Crowley...
, Grandma's Boy and Avatar.
Moore has appeared in nearly a dozen television shows, including: LAX
LAX (TV series)
LAX is a television drama set at the Los Angeles International Airport and draws its name from the airport's IATA airport code, "LAX".-Synopsis:...
, CSI
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
, The Guardian
The Guardian (TV series)
The Guardian is an American drama series which aired on CBS from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. It is currently showing in re-runs on the Sleuth Channel in the US. The Guardian has also aired in the United Kingdom on the Hallmark Channel, ABC1 and more recently five USA and as of August...
, Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine is a medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict. The television series aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The series was created and produced in part by comedienne and...
, Six Feet Under, Angel
Angel (TV series)
Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon, in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999...
, Providence
Providence (TV series)
Providence is an American drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002.-Synopsis:The show revolves around Dr...
, Boomtown, Boston Public
Boston Public
Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place...
, and House
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
, and most recently as Colin Fisher, a graduate student on Bones
Bones (TV series)
Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
. Moore's first major film role was in 2004's Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, commonly referred to as simply DodgeBall, is a 2004 American sports comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox and Red Hour Productions, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, and Rip Torn...
, though he is also known for his supporting role in James Cameron
James Cameron
James Francis Cameron is a Canadian-American film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, environmentalist and inventor...
's Avatar (2009), opposite Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver is an American actress. She is best known for her critically acclaimed role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition .Other notable roles include Dana...
and Sam Worthington
Sam Worthington
Samuel Henry J. "Sam" Worthington is an English born, Australian actor. After almost a decade of roles in Australian TV shows and films, Worthington gained Hollywood's attention by playing Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation and the lead role, Jake Sully, in James Cameron's science...
. Moore also starred alongside Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
in her music video for "Waking Up in Vegas
Waking Up in Vegas
"Waking Up in Vegas" is a song by American recording artist Katy Perry, taken as the fourth and final single off her second studio album, One of the Boys. It was written by Katy Perry, Desmond Child and Andreas Carlsson. It is produced by Greg Wells and co-produced by Perry. Wells is credited with...
", made a cameo in the "Beat It
Beat It
"Beat It" is a song written and performed by American recording artist Michael Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones . It is the third single from the singer's sixth solo album, Thriller . Eddie Van Halen was hired to add the song's distinctive overdriven guitar solo, but was prevented by his...
" cover video from Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...
, and co-starred with Katharine McPhee
Katharine McPhee
Katharine Hope McPhee is an American pop singer, songwriter, actress, model, and television personality. She gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of the Fox reality show American Idol in 2006, eventually finishing as the runner-up.Her self-titled debut album was released on RCA Records...
playing her love interest in her music video "It's Not Christmas Without You" for her Christmas album Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You
Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You
Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You is the third studio album, and first holiday themed album from American Idol season five runner-up Katharine McPhee. The album was released on October 12, 2010. The album features mostly covers, and one original song, "It’s Not Christmas Without You"...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Foxfire | First Geek | |
| 2004 | Raising Genius Raising Genius Raising Genius is a comedy starring Justin Long, Wendie Malick, Ed Begley, Jr., Stephen Root, Danica McKellar, Mark DeCarlo, Tippi Hedren, Shirley Jones, Clint Howard, and Sam Huntington about a teenage genius who locks himself in his bathroom for three months, in order to work out his formulas... |
Rolf | |
| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, commonly referred to as simply DodgeBall, is a 2004 American sports comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox and Red Hour Productions, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, and Rip Torn... |
Owen Dittman | ||
| 2005 | Reel Guerrillas | Nick Walker | The Dukes Of Hazzard: The Beginning |
| 2006 | Grandma's Boy | J.P. | |
| Pound Employee | |||
| Art School Confidential | Bardo | ||
| Miles from Home | Miles | ||
| Hatchet Hatchet (film) Hatchet is a 2006 American slasher film written, produced, and directed by Adam Green.-Plot:Set in the Louisiana bayou, it is the story of the legend of Victor Crowley... |
Ben | ||
| 2007 | American Hustle | 3rd Spartan | |
| El Muerto El Muerto (film) El Muerto is a live-action independent film adaptation of the comic book series, El Muerto: The Aztec Zombie created by Javier Hernandez... |
Zak | ||
| Spiral | Mason | ||
| Shanghai Kiss Shanghai Kiss Shanghai Kiss is a 2007 direct-to-DVD romantic drama comedy. The film was released on DVD on October 9, 2007.Hayden Panettiere won the Feature Film Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival for her role as Adelaide.- Synopsis :... |
Joe | ||
| 2008 | Nate Cooper | ||
| Weiners | Greg | ||
| Sam Hane | |||
| Fairy Tale Police | Big Bad Wolf | ||
| 2009 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009 film) Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, a 2009 American film, is a remake of the 1956 film of the same name by Fritz Lang. Written, directed and filmed by Peter Hyams, the new version starred Michael Douglas and Amber Tamblyn. The production was announced in February 2008 and filming began the following... |
Corey Finley | |
| Bed Ridden | Jay | ||
| Stuntmen | Troy Lebowski | ||
| Avatar | Dr. Norm Spellman | ||
| 2010 | Peter | ||
| Janie Jones | Dave | ||
| Julia X | Sam | ||
| 2011 | Grassroots Grassroots (film) Grassroots is an American film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, based on the book Zioncheck for President by Phil Campbell. The film stars Jason Biggs as Phil Campbell, Joel David Moore as Grant Cogswell, Lauren Ambrose as Emily and Cedric the Entertainer as Richard McIver.- Cast :* Jason Biggs as... |
Grant Cogswell | |
| Chillerama | Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945... |
segment "The Diary Of Anne Frankenstein" | |
| Shark Night Shark Night 3D Shark Night 3D is a 3-D horror-thriller film directed by David R. Ellis. It stars Sara Paxton, Alyssa Diaz, Dustin Milligan, Katharine McPhee, and Joel David Moore... |
Gordon | ||
| 2012 | Gone Gone (2012 film) Gone is an upcoming thriller film written and directed by Heitor Dhalia and Allison Burnett. The film is scheduled for a theatrical release on February 24, 2012... |
Eric | post-production |
| Jonah and the Whale | Jonah | post-production | |
| Jewtopia Jewtopia Jewtopia is a comedic play by Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson.It focuses on two friends, Chris O'Connell and Adam Lipschitz, both approaching their 30th birthdays. Gentile Chris is interested in dating Jewish women because he feels that they will make his life easier by making all of life's decisions... |
Adam Lipschitz | post-production | |
| Savages Savages (2012 film) Savages is an upcoming crime-drama film directed by Oliver Stone. It is based on the novel of the same name by Don Winslow, who co-wrote the script with Shane Salerno... |
Craig | post-production | |
| Stuck | Guy | filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Boston Public Boston Public Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place... |
Hartzell | 2 episodes from 2001–2002 |
| 2002 | Deep Cover | Pete Steinem | |
| Boomtown | Usher #2 | Episode: "Insured by Smith & Wesson" | |
| Providence Providence (TV series) Providence is an American drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002.-Synopsis:The show revolves around Dr... |
Episode: "The Eleventh Hour" | ||
| 2003 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series) Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem... |
Episode: "Romance Looming" | |
| Angel Angel (TV series) Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon, in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999... |
Karl Vamp | Episode: "Salvage" | |
| Six Feet Under Six Feet Under Six Feet Under is an American drama television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It premiered on the premium cable network HBO in the United States on June 3, 2001 and ended on August 21, 2005, spanning five seasons and 63 episodes. The show was produced by Actual Size Films and The... |
Video Clerk | Episode: "The Opening" | |
| Strong Medicine Strong Medicine Strong Medicine is a medical drama with a focus on feminist politics, health issues and class conflict. The television series aired on the Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The series was created and produced in part by comedienne and... |
Dan | Episode: "Bad Liver" | |
| 2004 | Television film | ||
| Malcolm Reeves | Episode: "Sparkle" | ||
| LAX LAX (TV series) LAX is a television drama set at the Los Angeles International Airport and draws its name from the airport's IATA airport code, "LAX".-Synopsis:... |
Eddie Carson | 9 episodes from 2004–2005 | |
| 2005 | Cooked | Mike | Television film |
| Brian Pines | Episode: "Declawed" | ||
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer... |
Guy in the Yellow Hat | Episode: "Dog Eat Dog" | |
| E-Ring E-Ring E-Ring is an American television military drama, created by Ken Robinson and David McKenna and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, that premiered on NBC on September 21, 2005... |
Greg – NSA Liaison | 5 episodes from 2005–2006 | |
| 2007 | Cooter | Television film | |
| House M.D. House (TV series) House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in... |
Eddie | Episode: "One Day, One Room One Day, One Room "One Day, One Room" is the twelfth episode of the third season of House and the fifty-eighth episode overall.-Plot:Cuddy gives House extra mandatory clinic duty as a repayment for her perjury on his behalf in the previous episode. He is forced to examine three patients who fear that they may have... " Episode: "Act Your Age Act Your Age (House) "Act Your Age" is the nineteenth episode of the third season of House and the sixty-fifth episode overall.-Plot:The episode opens with a young boy, Jasper, who is suffering from a severe nose-bleed; the family situation is quickly revealed... " |
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| 2008– 2010 |
Bones Bones (TV series) Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent... |
Colin Fisher | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | My Name Is Earl My Name Is Earl My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States... |
Clyde | Episode: "Quit Your Snitchin'" |
| 2009 | Medium Medium (TV series) Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, and ended on CBS on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois , is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office... |
Keith Bruning | 4 episodes from 2009–2010 |
| 2010 | Chuck Chuck (TV series) Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central... |
Mackintosh | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Couch Lock Chuck Versus the Couch Lock "Chuck Versus the Couch Lock" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired October 18, 2010. When Colonel John Casey's Clinton-era team returns looking for him, Chuck Bartowski must decide what he's willing to sacrifice in order to find his mother... " |
| 2011 | Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-O (2010 TV series) Hawaii Five-0 is an American police procedural drama television series and a re-imagining of the original 1968–1980 television series. The series is produced by K/O Paper Products and 101st Street Television in association with CBS Productions... |
Sheldon Tunney | Episode: "Kai e'e" |
| 2011 | Last Man Standing Last Man Standing (U.S. TV series) Last Man Standing is an American television sitcom starring Tim Allen and Nancy Travis that currently airs on ABC. The series premiered on October 11, 2011... |
Bruce | Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "Grandparents Day" |
| 2012 | Transformers: Darkness Rising | Strongarm Strongarm (Transformers) Strongarm is the name of four fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. All four are Autobots.-Transformers: Energon:Strongarm is the name of one of the Autobot Omnicons... |
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