Joe Pingue
Giuseppe Pingue is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. His roles include Captain McDowell in the Prime sci-fi series The Expanse, Aloznzo Bunker in the Netflix Western limited series Godless, Whiff in Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go and Hoyt in the feature film The Book of Eli.
Joe Pingue
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- Name
- Joe Pingue
- Birth Name
- Giuseppe Pingue
- Birthplace
- St.
- Education
- BFA
- Occupation
- Actor, producer, writer
- Known for
- Film & television actor
- Born
- 1972 · Niagara Falls.
- Nationality
- Canada
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Giuseppe Pingue is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. His roles include Captain McDowell in the Prime sci-fi series The Expanse, Aloznzo Bunker in the Netflix Western limited series Godless, Whiff in Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go and Hoyt in the feature film The Book of Eli.
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• Name — Joe Pingue • Birth Name — Giuseppe Pingue • Birthplace — St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada • Education — BFA • Occupation — Actor, producer, writer • Years Active — 1995–present • Known for — Film & television actor • Notable Works — Station Eleven, The Expanse, The Boondock Saints, Godless • Website — https: m.imdb.com/name/nm0684187/
Early life
Early life
Pingue was born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario. He attended Ridley College for both elementary and high school, and studied theatre at York University.
Career
Career
Giuseppe "Joe" Pingue is a Canadian character actor. He became known for playing supporting roles in many films such as Miss Sloane, American Whiskey Bar, Pompeii, Antiviral, The Boondock Saints, Repo Men, Blindness, The Book of Eli, Maps to the Stars and Dream House. His television work includes appearances on Degrassi: The Next Generation, Orphan Black, Wild Card, 24 Hour Rental, Across the River to Motor City, The Expanse, Godless and the HBO miniseries Station Eleven. He also is the voice of Tamago on the animated series The Very Good Adventures of Yam Roll in Happy Kingdom, the voice of Entree on the animated series Spliced, Dan in Trucktown, Whiff in Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, Ming in Kody Kapow and additional voices in Norman Picklestripes, and Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe.
Producing and writing
Producing and writing
Pingue produced, wrote and appeared in the short film The Answer Key, which was nominated for a Genie Award. He also directed, produced and wrote the short film Chili & Cheese: A Condimental Rift which won the top Prize at the Marin County Short Film Festival and had its television premiere on CBC.
Filmography
Filmography
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• Year — Title — Role • 1999 — data-sort-value="Boondock Saints, The" | The Boondock Saints — Geno • 2002 — data-sort-value="Rats, The" | The Rats — Karl • 2008 — data-sort-value="Answer Key, The" | The Answer Key — Joseph Strobe • 2010 — Repo Men — Ray • 2010 — data-sort-value="Book of Eli, The" | The Book of Eli — Hoyt • 2012 — Antiviral — Arvid • 2013 — Pacific Rim — Captain Merrit • 2013 — data-sort-value="Nut Job, The" | The Nut Job — Johnny • 2014 — Pompeii — Graecus • 2014 — Maps to the Stars — Arnold • 2015 — Room — Officer Grabowski • 2016 — Miss Sloane — Little Sam • 2017 — data-sort-value="Glass Castle, The" | The Glass Castle — Uncle Stanley • 2018 — Anon — Lester Hagen • 2021 — See for Me — Dave • 2021 — Paw Patrol: The Movie — Barney • 2023 — data-sort-value="Burning Season, The" | The Burning Season — Tom • 2024 — data-sort-value="Apprentice, The" | The Apprentice — Anthony Salerno • 2025 — Star Trek: Section 31 — Dada Noe • 2026 — Unholy Night — Nazario
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Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result — Ref • 2006 — ACTRA Awards — Best Performance - Male — Leo • Canadian Comedy Awards — Best Male Film Performance • 2007 — Gemini Awards — Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series — Rent-A-Goalie • 2008 • Genie Awards — Best Live Action Short Drama — The Answer Key • ACTRA Awards — Best Performance - Male • 2009 — Gemini Awards — Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series — Rent-A-Goalie • 2015 — NSI Online Short Film Festival Awards — Best Comedy — Chili and Cheese: A Condimental Rift
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