Joel de la Fuente
Biography
Joel de la Fuente, the American actor, is known above all for his television roles. The middle of three sons of Filipino immigrants, he was born in New Hartford, New York, and grew up in Evanston, Illinois, then earned a theater arts degree from Brown University and a graduate acting degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. His first wide notice came as 1st Lieutenant Paul Wang in Space: Above and Beyond. He went on to play Dr. Johann Pryce in Hemlock Grove and Kempeitai Chief Inspector Takeshi Kido in The Man in the High Castle, and he appeared repeatedly on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ruben Morales, a Technical Assistance Response Unit tech. He also played General Sam Lane in My Adventures with Superman and took the part of Mark Nava in William Atticus Parker's 2025 film Atrabilious.
57years old
Turns 58 on April 21in 190 days
- Born New Hartford
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 24 years1998 to 2022
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Early training
Joel de la Fuente earned a BA in theater arts from Brown University in 1991. In 1994 he received an MFA from the graduate acting program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Joel de la Fuente movies on Netflix
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Worked with
Joel de la Fuente shares two films with Lou Taylor Pucci, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Ross KatzDirector, 1 film, 2009
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Joseph RubenDirector, 1 film, 1998
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Mariama DialloDirector, 1 film, 2022
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