| Joel Rush | |
| Birth Place: | Logansport, Indiana, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 2009 - present |
Joel Rush (born August 26, 1981) is an American actor and model, best known for his role as Edward "Eddie" Willis in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong.
Rush was born in Logansport, Indiana. In 2009, he was the runner-up of the first season of ABC competition reality show True Beauty.[1] He later began appearing on television, include a recurring role on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives, and guest starring roles in Make It or Break It, Big Time Rush, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, and Femme Fatales. Rush also appeared in a number of gay romantic comedy films, including (2011), (2011), and Love or Whatever (2012).[2]
In 2014, Rush was cast as Edward 'Eddie' Willis in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong.[3] [4] He later has appeared in films Bachelors (2015), Naked (2017), (2018), This Is Our Christmas (2018), A Madea Family Funeral (2019) and The Trap (2019).[5] On television, he had a recurring role on Netflix series Lucifer as Zadkiel in 2021,[6] and on HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones in 2022.
| 2011 | Andy | |||
| 2011 | ||||
| 2012 | Love or Whatever | Pete | ||
| 2013 | Four of Hearts | Kevin | ||
| 2013 | Out West | Buck Wildstone | ||
| 2015 | Bachelors | Jesse | ||
| 2017 | Naked | Groom | ||
| 2018 | Luke | |||
| 2018 | Runnin' from My Roots | Cameron Somers | ||
| 2018 | This Is Our Christmas | Mike Davenport | ||
| 2019 | A Madea Family Funeral | Officer | ||
| 2019 | The Trap | Powers | ||
| 2021 | Beverly Hills Christmas 2 Director's Cut | Mike Davenport | ||
| 2021 | The Shallow | Simpson |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–2011 | Days of Our Lives | Assistant Manager / Chez Rouge Patron | 7 episodes | |
| 2010 | Make It or Break It | Carlos | Episode: "Are We Family?" | |
| 2010 | Party Down | Sato | Episode: "Party Down Company Picnic" | |
| 2010 | Big Time Rush | Hunky Manager | Episode: "Big Time Christmas" | |
| 2012 | The Ropes | Ralph | 2 episodes | |
| 2012 | Betty White's Off Their Rockers | Hunky Police Officer | ||
| 2012 | Femme Fatales | Pecs | Episode: "16 Minutes of Fame" | |
| 2013 | Marked | Ryan | Television film | |
| 2013 | My Synthesized Life | Sam | Episode: "Turn the Music Off" | |
| 2013 | Ironside | Brian | Episode: "Sleeping Dogs" | |
| 2013 | Christmas in the City | Hunky Santa #1 | Television film | |
| 2014–2017 | If Loving You Is Wrong | Edward 'Eddie' Willis | 61 episodes | |
| 2018 | MacGyver | Darryl | Episode: "Riley + Airplane" | |
| 2021 | Genius | First Famous Producer | Episode: "Aretha: Young, Gifted and Black" | |
| 2021 | Lucifer | Zadkiel | 3 episodes | |
| 2022 | The Righteous Gemstones | Sky | 6 episodes |