Joel Bissonnette is a Canadian-American actor.

Joel Bissonnette
Born
EducationDawson College
OccupationActor
RelativesMatt Bissonnette (brother)

Early life and education

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

Career

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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

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

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 PCU Sanskrit Major
1994 April One O.P Sniper
1994 Boulevard J-Rod
1996 Darkman III: Die Darkman Die Mayo
1999 Fight Club Food Court Maitre D'
2000 Suspicious River Rick Schmidt
2001 Century Hotel Danny
2001 Heart of Stone Detective Jones
2002 Looking for Leonard Luka
2002 The Sum of All Fears Jared Mason
2005 Break a Leg Not So Happy Actor
2007 Zodiac Inspector Kracke
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Hernandez
2009 Passenger Side Tobey
2014 Fall Michael
2017 The Dinner Antonio
2018 Salton Sea Brian
2020 Death of a Ladies' Man Brendan

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1991 Street Legal Waiter Episode: "Sing for Me, Olivia"
1993 Beyond Reality John Woodbridge Episode: "Keepsake"
1993 Top Cops Torres Episode: "Clarence Comer/Scott Atwood/Charles Falzon"
1994 X-Rated Mack Fischer Television film
1994 TekWar: TekLab Tristan / Mark Stewart
1994 Sirens Richard Episode: "The Needle and the Damage Done"
1995 Picture Windows Mischa Episode: "Language of the Heart"
1995 Prince for a Day Sal Television film
1995 Liberty Street Mack Fischer 13 episodes
1995 Nancy Drew Billy Feral Episode: "The Death & Life of Billy Feral"
1996 Silk Stalkings Alex Thorne Episode: "Playing Doctor"
1997 A Nightmare Come True Paul Chaney Television film
1997 Arliss Glenn Dapensil Episode: "Truth and Responsibility"
1997 F/X: The Series Carl Episode: "House of Horrors"
1998 Psi Factor Murphy Pomerance Episode: "The Edge"
1999 Cracker Ron Miller Episode: "The Club"
2000–2002 The Invisible Man Arnaud de Ferhn 9 episodes
2002 Push, Nevada The Artist 2 episodes
2003 The Shield Adam Episode: "Breakpoint"
2003 Cold Case Carl Episode: "Our Boy Is Back"
2003 Miracles John Episode: "Battle at Shadow Ridge"
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Bobby Jones Episode: "Suckers"
2004 NYPD Blue Eric Praegitzer Episode: "Dress for Success"
2004 Veronica Mars Jeremy Masterson Episode: "Like a Virgin"
2005 The Inside Amos Episode: "Loneliest Number"
2005 Alias Keach 2 episodes
2006 Without a Trace Justin Pomeroy Episode: "Expectations"
2006 Standoff Baron Lent Episode: "Accidental Negotiator"
2007 House John Episode: "Whatever It Takes"
2007 Nip/Tuck Rob Episode: "Chaz Darling"
2008 Eleventh Hour Karl Altschuler Episode: "Argo"
2008 The Mentalist Mitchell Reese Episode: "Flame Red"
2009 Saving Grace Curtis Marks Episode: "She's a Lump"
2010 24 Pavel Tokarev 4 episodes
2010 The Closer Darren Tatem Episode: "In Custody"
2012, 2013 NCIS: Los Angeles Viktor Varlamov 2 episodes
2015 The Blacklist Lyle Fisher Episode: "The Troll Farmer (No. 38)"

References

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  1. ^ "Blowup Arthouse Filmfest". www.blowupfilmfest.com. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  2. ^ Roberts, Katherine Ann (2018-04-18). West/Border/Road: Nation and Genre in Contemporary Canadian Narrative. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-5440-5.
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