Joel Bissonnette Explained

Joel Bissonnette
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education:Dawson College
Occupation:Actor
Relatives:Matt Bissonnette (brother)

Joel Bissonnette is a Canadian-American actor.

Early life and education

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bissonnette was raised in Montreal, Quebec. He is a graduate of the Dawson College Theatre Program in Montreal.

Career

Bissonnette is best known as Arnaud DeFöhn from the SciFi channel's show Invisible Man and was a lead in Canadian series Liberty Street.

He has appeared in the films Looking for Leonard, Century Hotel, Boulevard, Suspicious River, The Sum of All Fears, Fight Club, Darkman III, Language of the Heart, Fall, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Death of a Ladies' Man. In 2010, Bissonnette played the assassin Pavel Tokarev in the eighth season of the television series 24. In 2018, played Brian in the film Desert Shores for which he won the Best Actor Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival.[1]

Personal life

Bissonnette's brother is film director Matt Bissonnette.[2]

Filmography

Film

Notes
1994PCUSanskrit Major
1994April OneO.P Sniper
1994BoulevardJ-Rod
1996Mayo
1999Fight ClubFood Court Maitre D'
2000Suspicious RiverRick Schmidt
2001Century HotelDanny
2001Heart of StoneDetective Jones
2002Looking for LeonardLuka
2002data-sort-value="Sum of All Fears, The" The Sum of All FearsJared Mason
2005Break a LegNot So Happy Actor
2007ZodiacInspector Kracke
2008data-sort-value="Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The" The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonDavid Hernandez
2009Passenger SideTobey
2014FallMichael
2017data-sort-value="Dinner, The" The DinnerAntonio
2018Salton SeaBrian
2020Death of a Ladies' ManBrendan

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Street LegalWaiterEpisode: "Sing for Me, Olivia"
1993Beyond RealityJohn WoodbridgeEpisode: "Keepsake"
1993Top CopsTorresEpisode: "Clarence Comer/Scott Atwood/Charles Falzon"
1994X-RatedMack FischerTelevision film
1994TekWar: TekLabTristan / Mark Stewart
1994SirensRichardEpisode: "The Needle and the Damage Done"
1995Picture WindowsMischaEpisode: "Language of the Heart"
1995Prince for a DaySalTelevision film
1995Liberty StreetMack Fischer13 episodes
1995Nancy DrewBilly FeralEpisode: "The Death & Life of Billy Feral"
1996Silk StalkingsAlex ThorneEpisode: "Playing Doctor"
1997data-sort-value="Nightmare Come True, A" A Nightmare Come TruePaul ChaneyTelevision film
1997ArlissGlenn DapensilEpisode: "Truth and Responsibility"
1997CarlEpisode: "House of Horrors"
1998Psi FactorMurphy PomeranceEpisode: "The Edge"
1999CrackerRon MillerEpisode: "The Club"
2000–2002data-sort-value="Invisible Man, The" The Invisible ManArnaud de Ferhn9 episodes
2002Push, NevadaThe Artist2 episodes
2003data-sort-value="Shield, The" The ShieldAdamEpisode: "Breakpoint"
2003Cold CaseCarlEpisode: "Our Boy Is Back"
2003MiraclesJohnEpisode: "Battle at Shadow Ridge"
2004Bobby JonesEpisode: "Suckers"
2004NYPD BlueEric PraegitzerEpisode: "Dress for Success"
2004Veronica MarsJeremy MastersonEpisode: "Like a Virgin"
2005data-sort-value="Inside, The" The InsideAmosEpisode: "Loneliest Number"
2005AliasKeach2 episodes
2006Without a TraceJustin PomeroyEpisode: "Expectations"
2006StandoffBaron LentEpisode: "Accidental Negotiator"
2007HouseJohnEpisode: "Whatever It Takes"
2007Nip/TuckRobEpisode: "Chaz Darling"
2008Eleventh HourKarl AltschulerEpisode: "Argo"
2008data-sort-value="Mentalist, The" The MentalistMitchell ReeseEpisode: "Flame Red"
2009Saving GraceCurtis MarksEpisode: "She's a Lump"
201024Pavel Tokarev4 episodes
2010data-sort-value="Closer, The" The CloserDarren TatemEpisode: "In Custody"
2012, 2013Viktor Varlamov2 episodes
2015data-sort-value="Blacklist, The" The BlacklistLyle FisherEpisode: "The Troll Farmer (No. 38)"

References

  1. Web site: Blowup Arthouse Filmfest. www.blowupfilmfest.com. en-US. 2019-01-15.
  2. Book: Roberts, Katherine Ann . West/Border/Road: Nation and Genre in Contemporary Canadian Narrative . 2018-04-18 . McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP . 978-0-7735-5440-5 . en.