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Joel "J. H." Wyman is an American-born Canadian Actor
, Producer
, Screenwriter
and Director
. He is known for his role in various Canadian and US shows and films, including Billy K.(William Kramer) in Catwalk
, Cory Robbins in Pacific Palisades
and Lyle Springer in Sirens
, as well as for creating the TV show Keen Eddie
. He is currently working on the critically acclaimed FOX science-fiction
series Fringe
, as a Executive producer, Writer, and Co-show-runner (along with Jeff Pinkner
).
, but grew up in Montreal, Quebec. He left for Toronto
to pursue an acting career and later attended the American Academy of Dramatic Art in Los Angeles, California
. He now has established a career both in front of and behind the camera.
His first movie role was in Prom Night IV
in which he played Mark opposite fellow co-star Nicole de Boer
with whom he later worked with again in the series Catwalk
. In addition to appearing in films, he has also had some notable roles in popular shows including, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
, Lonesome Dove: The Series, and Counterstrike. Joel also appeared in the second season of Highlander: The Series
as Immortal Gregor Powers. Wyman is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Lyle Springer in the series Sirens
, and he later appeared in the short lived soap Pacific Palisades
in 1997 but left the show after six episodes. He wrote and produced the 2001 film The Mexican
.
of the FOX TV show Fringe
as a Writer and Co-executive producer. At the start of season 2
, he was promoted to Executive producer and Co-show-runner (along with Jeff Pinkner
). Episodes he has co-written include:
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, Producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
, Screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and Director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
. He is known for his role in various Canadian and US shows and films, including Billy K.(William Kramer) in Catwalk
Catwalk (TV series)
Catwalk is a Canadian musical drama series that ran for 49 episodes on the YTV network from 1992 until 1994. The series' first season aired in syndication in the United States, while the second season aired on MTV.-Synopsis:...
, Cory Robbins in Pacific Palisades
Pacific Palisades (TV series)
Pacific Palisades is an American soap opera that aired on Fox during prime time from April to July 1997. Produced by Aaron Spelling, the show was cancelled after just thirteen episodes despite a last-minute attempt to increase ratings by casting Joan Collins.-Plot summary:Set in the Los Angeles...
and Lyle Springer in Sirens
Sirens (TV series)
Sirens is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC in 1993, and then in syndication from 1994 to 1995.-Synopsis:Sirens focused on the work and lives of three rookie female Pittsburgh Police officers...
, as well as for creating the TV show Keen Eddie
Keen Eddie
Keen Eddie is an American action, comedy-drama television series that aired in 2003 on the Fox Network. The series follows a brash NYPD detective who goes to London when one of his cases goes sour and remains to work with New Scotland Yard...
. He is currently working on the critically acclaimed FOX science-fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
series Fringe
Fringe (TV series)
Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...
, as a Executive producer, Writer, and Co-show-runner (along with Jeff Pinkner
Jeff Pinkner
Jeff Pinkner is an American television writer and producer. He graduated from Pikesville High School in Baltimore Maryland in 1983. He is known for his work on Alias where he served as executive producer. In 2006 and 2007, he worked as an executive producer and writer for the mystery series Lost...
).
Biography
Joel was born January 5, 1967 in Oakland, CaliforniaOakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, but grew up in Montreal, Quebec. He left for Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
to pursue an acting career and later attended the American Academy of Dramatic Art in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. He now has established a career both in front of and behind the camera.
His first movie role was in Prom Night IV
Prom Night IV
Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil is the fourth and final film in the original Prom Night series. It was released briefly in theaters on February 14, 1992 before being released to video three months later.-Plot:...
in which he played Mark opposite fellow co-star Nicole de Boer
Nicole de Boer
Nicole de Boer is a Canadian actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Ezri Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from 1998 to 1999 and as Sarah Bannerman on The Dead Zone from 2002 to 2007.-Career:...
with whom he later worked with again in the series Catwalk
Catwalk (TV series)
Catwalk is a Canadian musical drama series that ran for 49 episodes on the YTV network from 1992 until 1994. The series' first season aired in syndication in the United States, while the second season aired on MTV.-Synopsis:...
. In addition to appearing in films, he has also had some notable roles in popular shows including, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is a spin-off of the 1972-1975 television series Kung Fu. David Carradine and Chris Potter starred as a father and son trained in kung fu - Carradine playing a Shaolin monk, Potter a police detective. This series aired in syndication for four seasons, from January 27,...
, Lonesome Dove: The Series, and Counterstrike. Joel also appeared in the second season of Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series is a fantasy-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the Highlander. It was an offshoot and another alternate sequel of the 1986 feature film with a twist: Connor MacLeod did not win the prize and Immortals still exist post-1985...
as Immortal Gregor Powers. Wyman is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Lyle Springer in the series Sirens
Sirens (TV series)
Sirens is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC in 1993, and then in syndication from 1994 to 1995.-Synopsis:Sirens focused on the work and lives of three rookie female Pittsburgh Police officers...
, and he later appeared in the short lived soap Pacific Palisades
Pacific Palisades (TV series)
Pacific Palisades is an American soap opera that aired on Fox during prime time from April to July 1997. Produced by Aaron Spelling, the show was cancelled after just thirteen episodes despite a last-minute attempt to increase ratings by casting Joan Collins.-Plot summary:Set in the Los Angeles...
in 1997 but left the show after six episodes. He wrote and produced the 2001 film The Mexican
The Mexican
The Mexican is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, with a plot that is an unusual mixture of romantic comedy and road movie....
.
Fringe
Wyman joined the freshmen seasonFringe (Season 1)
The first season of the American science fiction television series Fringe commenced airing on September 9, 2008, and concluded on May 12, 2009. The season contained 21 episodes, although only 20 of them aired as part of the first season...
of the FOX TV show Fringe
Fringe (TV series)
Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...
as a Writer and Co-executive producer. At the start of season 2
Fringe (Season 2)
The second season of the American science fiction television series Fringe commenced airing on the Fox network on September 17, 2009, and concluded on May 20, 2010. The season was produced by Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, and its showrunners...
, he was promoted to Executive producer and Co-show-runner (along with Jeff Pinkner
Jeff Pinkner
Jeff Pinkner is an American television writer and producer. He graduated from Pikesville High School in Baltimore Maryland in 1983. He is known for his work on Alias where he served as executive producer. In 2006 and 2007, he worked as an executive producer and writer for the mystery series Lost...
). Episodes he has co-written include:
- "Midnight" (01.18) (co-written by Co-executive producer Andrew KreisbergAndrew KreisbergAndrew Kreisberg is an American television Writer. His first job was on the short-lived animated sitcom Mission Hill. Since its cancellation, he has written for Justice League, The Simpsons, Hope & Faith, Boston Legal, and Fringe...
) - "There's More Than One of EverythingThere's More Than One of Everything"There's More Than One of Everything" is the finale of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The finale followed David Robert Jones' attempts to open a doorway to the parallel universe, while the Fringe team tries to stop him.The episode's story was...
" (01.20) (Wyman and Pinkner wrote a teleplay, based on a story by Executive producer Bryan BurkBryan BurkBryan Burk is an American film and television producer, as well as an occasional screenwriter.A graduate of USC's School of Cinema-Television, Bryan Burk began his career working with producers Brad Weston at Columbia Pictures, Ned Tanen at Sony Pictures and John Davis at FOX...
and Consulting producer Akiva GoldsmanAkiva GoldsmanAkiva J. Goldsman from Walker Valley, New York is an American screenwriter and film producer. He received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the 2001 film, A Beautiful Mind, which also won the Oscar for Best Picture....
) - "Night of Desirable ObjectsNight of Desirable Objects (Fringe)"Night of Desirable Objects" is the second episode of the second season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode followed Olivia and Peter's investigation into mysterious disappearances taking place in a small Pennsylvania town.The episode was written by executive...
" (02.02) (co-written with Pinkner) - "EarthlingEarthling (Fringe)"Earthling" is the sixth episode of the American science fiction drama television series Fringes second season. The episode followed the Fringe team's investigation into random people mysteriously disintegrating into ash, a case which Agent Broyles had become deeply obsessed with in the past.It was...
" (02.06) (co-written by Supervising producer Jeff VlamingJeff VlamingJeff Vlaming is an American television Writer and Producer. He has worked on numerous series throughout the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s...
) - "AugustAugust (Fringe)"August" is the eighth episode of the American science fiction drama television series Fringes second season. The episode was written by executive producers J. H. Wyman and Jeff Pinkner, and directed by Dennis Smith...
" (02.08) (co-written by Pinkner) - "PeterPeter (Fringe)"Peter" is the 16th episode of the second season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 36th episode overall. Considered a keystone episode of the series, "Peter" is a flashback episode, told as Walter Bishop reveals to Olivia Dunham that his son Peter is really the...
" (02.16) (Wyman, Pinkner, and Supervising producer Josh SingerJosh SingerJosh Singer is a WGA-award nominated television Writer and Producer, whose most noticeable work includes writing and producing episodes of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, the critically acclaimed series The West Wing, the crime series Bones, and the FOX science-fiction series Fringe.- Fringe...
wrote a teleplay, based on a story that they, along with Goldsman, imagined) - "White TulipWhite Tulip"White Tulip" is the 18th episode of the second season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. It followed a scientist in his quest to time travel back and save his fiancée, while the Fringe team investigates the consequences of his actions, and Walter struggles to tell his...
" (02.18) (co-written by Vlaming) - "Brown BettyBrown Betty (Fringe)"Brown Betty" is the 20th episode of the second season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and is the only one of the series performed as a musical. The episode was written by co-showrunners Jeff Pinkner and J. H. Wyman, and consulting producer Akiva Goldsman. It was...
" (02.20) (co-written with Goldsman and Pinkner) - "Over There (Part 1)Over There (Fringe)"Over There" is the two-part second-season finale of the Fox science fiction drama series Fringe. They are the 22nd and 23rd episodes of the season, and the 42nd and 43rd episodes of the series overall. Both parts were written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, together with...
" (02.22) (co-written by Pinkner and Goldsman) - "Over There (Part 2)Over There (Fringe)"Over There" is the two-part second-season finale of the Fox science fiction drama series Fringe. They are the 22nd and 23rd episodes of the season, and the 42nd and 43rd episodes of the series overall. Both parts were written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, together with...
" (02.23) (co-written by Goldsman and Pinkner) - "OliviaOlivia (Fringe)"Olivia" is the first episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode was written by executive producers J. H. Wyman and Jeff Pinkner, and was directed by Joe Chappelle. The third season spent its time alternating between the prime and...
" (03.01) (co-written with Pinkner) - "EntradaEntrada (Fringe)"Entrada" is the eighth episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 51st episode overall. The third season spent much of its time alternating between the prime and parallel universes, and "Entrada" was the first of the season to have time...
" (03.08) (co-written by Pinkner) - "The FireflyThe Firefly (Fringe)"The Firefly" is the 10th episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 53rd episode overall. The episode centers on a chain of events created by Walter crossing over into the parallel universe in 1985 that has had subtle but significant effects...
" (03.10) (co-written by Pinkner) - "Subject 13Subject 13"Subject 13" is the 15th episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 58th episode overall. Inspired by fan reaction to the show's previous flashback episode, "Peter", "Subject 13" occurs 25 years before the show's current timeline, in 1985 a...
" (03.15) (co-written with Pinkner and Goldsman) - "StowawayStowaway (Fringe)"Stowaway" is the 17th episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 60th episode overall. It followed the Fringe team's investigation into a woman, Dana Gray , who repeatedly tries to commit suicide only to meet with little success...
" (03.17) (Danielle Dispaltro wrote the teleplay, based on a story from Wyman, Goldsman, and Pinkner) - "Lysergic Acid DiethylamideLysergic Acid Diethylamide (Fringe)"Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" is the 19th episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 62nd episode overall...
" (03.19) (Wyman and Pinkner wrote the teleplay, based on a story that they, along with Goldsman, imagined) - "The Day We DiedThe Day We Died"The Day We Died" is the third season finale of the Fox science fiction drama television series Fringe. It is the season's 22nd episode and the series' 65th episode overall. The finale follows the aftermath of Peter entering and activating the doomsday device...
" (03.22) (Wyman and Pinkner wrote the teleplay, based on a story that they, along with Goldsman, imagined) - "Neither Here Nor ThereNeither Here Nor There (Fringe)"Neither Here Nor There" is the fourth season premiere of the Fox science fiction drama television series Fringe. It is the season's 1st episode and the series' 66th episode overall....
" (04.01) (Wyman and Pinkner wrote the teleplay, based on a story that they, along with Goldsman, imagined) - "Subject 9Subject 9"Subject 9" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the Fox science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the series 69th episode overall.-Plot:...
" (04.04) (co-written by Goldsman and Pinkner)