Joel Bissonnette

Actor

Joel Bissonnette

Born October 29, 1966 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA24 films

Joel Bissonnette (born 29 October 1966, Baltimore, Maryland) is a Canadian-American actor raised in Montreal, Québec. He graduated from the Dawson College Theatre Program, where he performed in Shakespeare and classical repertory. His younger brother is Canadian film director Matt Bissonnette, with whom he has collaborated on several projects. He won the Best Actor Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival for his lead role in Salton Sea (2018). His most notable screen roles include the Food Court Maitre D' in Fight Club (1999) (Brad Pitt, Edward Norton), Jared Mason in The Sum of All Fears (2002) (Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman), Inspector Kracke in Zodiac (2007) (Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo), David Hernandez in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett), Antonio in The Dinner (2017) (Richard Gere, Laura Linney), and Brendan in Death of a Ladies' Man (2020) (Gabriel Byrne, Suzanne Clément). On television, he is best known as Arnaud DeFöhn in The Invisible Man (2000–2002) and Pavel Tokarev in 24 (2010) (Kiefer Sutherland).

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24 films as actor
  1. 2021Death of a Ladies' Man
  2. 2018Salton SeaBrian
  3. 2017The DinnerAntonio
  4. 2014FallMichael
  5. 2009Passenger SideTobey
  6. 2008The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonDavid Hernandez
  7. 2007ZodiacInspector Kracke
  8. 2005Break a LegNot So Happy Actor
  9. 2002The Sum of All FearsJared Mason
  10. 2002Looking for LeonardLuka
  11. 2001Heart of StoneDetective Jones
  12. 2001Century HotelDanny
  13. 2001Suspicious RiverRick Schmidt
  14. 2000The Invisible ManArnaud de Thiel / Arnaud de Ferhn
  15. 1999Fight ClubFood Court Maitre d'
  16. 1997A Nightmare Come TruePaul Chaney
  17. 1996Darkman III: Die Darkman DieMayo
  18. 1995Prince for a DaySal
  19. 1995Picture Windows: Language of the HeartMischa
  20. 1994April OneO.P. Sniper
  21. 1994BoulevardJ-Rod
  22. 1994PCUSanskrit Major
  23. 1994TekWar: TekLabTristan / Mark Stewart
  24. 1994X-RatedMack Fischer