Joe Pingue (born c. 1976 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian character actor and filmmaker who has appeared quite a bit in film, television, and cartoons made in both Canada and the United States.
While not exactly a household name in acting, Joe Pingue has quite an extensive resume, with over 100 credits to his name since 1995. Among his many, many appearances across movies and TV shows, his most notable are probably such works as Miss Sloane, Blindness, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Pompeii, The Book of Eli, Orphan Black, Antiviral, Maps to the Stars, Wild Card, The Boondock Saints, Dream House, The Expanse, Repo Men, and Godless. He also has a decent-sized career in voice acting for animated TV shows, most notably in Nelvana series like Spliced, Trucktown, and The Day My Butt Went Psycho!, as well as CBC's Yam Roll.
Joe Pingue has also done a little bit of work behind the cameras. He produced and wrote in the 2008 Genie Award-nominated short film The Answer Key (and also starred in it), and also directed, produced and wrote the short film Chili and Cheese: A Condimental Rift. He also appears pretty regularly in commercials; his very first gig was actually an advertisement for a beer brand.
Film Roles
- Maximum Risk as Bohemia Doorman
- Shadow Zone The Undead Express as Transit Cop
- Men With Guns as Bouncer
- Pushing Tin as Mark
- The Boondock Saints as Geno
- The Thin Blue Lie as Det. Regossi
- Bait (2000) as Cop
- Phantom of the Megaplex as Merle
- Harvard Man as Joe
- The Big Heist as Marty Krugman
- Knockaround Guys as Klanderud
- Guilty Hearts as Henry
- Owning Mahowny as Plain Clothes Cop
- Ice Bound as Pixal Pete
- Cybermutt as Max
- Thoughtcrimes as Costas
- Highwaymen as Long Hair Mechanic
- Direct Action as US Attorney
- Zeyda And The Hitman as Petey
- Mee Shee The Water Giant as Jim Neilds
- Citizen Duane as Vince Vaserelli
- A Lobster Tale as Bubba Jenkins
- Jack And Jill Vs The World as Casting Director
- Roxy Hunter And The Secret Of The Shaman as Deputy Sheriff Martin Potts
- Roxy Hunter And The Horrific Halloween as Deputy Sheriff Martin Potts
- Roxy Hunter And The Myth Of The Mermaid as Deputy Potts
- Blindness as Taxi Driver
- Suck as Bouncer
- The Book of Eli as Hoyt
- Repo Men as Ray
- Casino Jack as Little Tony
- Devil as Business Bureau Clerk
- The Town Christmas Forgot as Jeremiah Bee
- Drive (2011) as Assistant Director #1
- Dream House as Martin
- Bloodwork as Aaron
- Antiviral as Arvid
- Still Mine as Food Terminal Employee
- Two Hands To Mouth as Frank
- Pacific Rim as Captain Merrit
- The Art of the Steal as Carmen
- The Nut Job as Johnny
- Pompeii as Graecus
- Maps to the Stars as Arnold
- One Christmas Eve as Gorik
- Room as Officer Grabowski
- Miss Sloane as Little Sam
- An American Dream The Education Of William Bowman as Mr. Breeder
- The Glass Castle as Uncle Stanley
- Anon (2018) as Lester Hagen
- Fahrenheit 451 (2018) as Wayne Anderson
Television Roles
- The Newsroom (1996) as Security
- Wind At My Back as Butcher
- F/X: The Series as Tito/Guard #1
- Once a Thief as Neil Stephens
- Due South as Sandor/Jimmy Roastbeef
- Falcone as Bruno
- Twice in a Lifetime as Frank
- Queer as Folk (US) as Marty
- Tracker (2001) as Saahm
- The Zack Files as Big Man
- A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Archie 2
- Blue Murder as Vince Bender
- Murdoch Mysteries as Prof. Otranto
- Doc as Lance Wempen
- Wild Card as Det. Leo Lombardi
- Yam Roll as Tamago
- Across The River To Motor City as Del Mur/Del Shurman
- Degrassi: The Next Generation as Tony
- Rent A Goalie as Joey Almost
- Testees as Nugget
- Living In Your Car as Munro
- Spliced as Entree
- The Adventures of Chuck & Friends as Adult Dump Truck
- Alphas as Quinn
- Lost Girl as Salvatore Ferraro
- The L.A. Complex as Wes
- Little Mosque on the Prairie as Brent
- Hard Rock Medical as Angelo
- The Day My Butt Went Psycho! as Maurice
- Lucky 7 as Gronk
- Working The Engels as Sal
- The Strain as Caldwell
- Trucktown as Dan
- Saving Hope as Angelo Ferraro
- The Expanse as Captain McDowell
- Orphan Black as Det. Troy Collier
- 19-2 as Charlie Figo
- Suits as Ackerman
- 3 Amigonauts as Doug
- Godless as Alonzo Bunker
- Kody Kapow as Ming
- Code Black as Cliff Abbott
- Save Me as Jojo
- Stumptown (2019) as Whale
