Joshua Elijah Reese

Biography

Joshua Elijah Reese is an American actor from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He first took to the stage in high school musicals, playing Baker in Into the Woods, a part that brought him a best actor nomination from the Gene Kelly Awards, given by the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. He studied theater at Point Park University and began working professionally while still in college, performing with Pittsburgh companies including City Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theater, and Kuntu Repertory Theatre. His first television role came in 2007, as Derzius in The Kill Point on Spike TV, and he later played Billick in the indie thriller Homecoming (2009). Other film work includes Val Kilmer's independent film Riddle (2013) and One for the Money. He returned to the stage in 2010 for the premiere of When January Feels Like Summer and appeared in August Wilson's Jitney. In 2016 he played a Korean translator on Dr. Ken.

42years old

Turns 43 on July 14in 245 days

Born July 14, 1984Pittsburgh
Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22

Movie Career

Films: 4
Career span: 6 years2009 to 2015

Every film, newest first

2015Jenny's WeddingIMDb rating 5.6
2015KantemirIMDb rating 3.3
2013RiddleIMDb rating 4.1
2009HomecomingIMDb rating 5.3

Genres

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Languages
Reese learned Korean as an adult and played a Korean translator on the "Ken Learns Korean" episode of Dr. Ken in 2016; clips of the performance went viral in Korea about a decade later, with commenters praising his pronunciation and gestures and assuming he was partly Korean.
First role
Reese's first television part came in 2007, when he played Derzius on The Kill Point, an eight episode series that Spike TV aired as its first original drama. The character was a US Marine just back from Iraq.
First role
Reese got into acting after failing to make his high school basketball team; his English teacher encouraged him to audition for the annual school musical, he landed a role, and he went on to play Baker in Into the Woods, earning a Best Actor nomination from the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera's Gene Kelly Awards.