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Joel Gretsch

Biography

Joel Gretsch is an American actor who studied at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and moved to Los Angeles in 1989. His stage roles include Molière's Tartuffe and John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. He started in television in the early 1990s with episodes of Friends, Married... with Children, Melrose Place and Saved by the Bell: The New Class, and later turned up in NCIS, Burn Notice, Silk Stalkings and JAG. His film work includes supporting roles in The Emperor's Club (2002), Minority Report (2002), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) and The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000). He is best known for playing Tom Baldwin on The 4400, Owen Crawford in Steven Spielberg's miniseries Taken, and Father Jack Landry in V.

62years old

Turns 63 on December 20in 40 days

  • Born St. Cloud
  • Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
  • Joel James Gretsch (birth name)Also credited as Joel J. Gretsch and J.J. Gretsch

Movie Career

Films
11
Career span
23 years2000 to 2023

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  1. Early training

    Gretsch trained as an actor at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis before he moved to Los Angeles in 1989, and his stage work there included Moliere's Tartuffe and John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.

Joel Gretsch movies on Netflix

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  1. Push2009 Action, Sci-Fi, Thrilleras Nick's Father

    IMDb rating 6.1120K votes

  2. The Legend of Bagger Vance2000 Drama, Fantasy, Sportas Bobby Jones

    IMDb rating 6.763K votes

  3. Air2023as John O'Neil

    IMDb rating 7.4199K votes

  4. National Treasure: Book of Secrets2007as Thomas Gates

    IMDb rating 6.5270K votes

  5. Are You Here2013as Red Coulter

    IMDb rating 5.317K votes

  6. Glass House: The Good Mother2006as Raymond Goode

    IMDb rating 5.53.0K votes

  7. Zodiac2014as Neil Martin

    IMDb rating 3.32.0K votes

  8. The Emperor's Club2002as Sedgewick Bell (older)

    IMDb rating 6.919K votes

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Joel Gretsch shares two films with Matt Damon, 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.

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