Joel Polis

Joel Polis

Birthday: 1951-10-03

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0689177

Biography:

An American television, film and stage actor. He has appeared in over one hundred television programs and films during his career. Polis' first film role was the character 'Fuchs' in the science fiction film The Thing. He appeared in numerous television series including Cheers, Alien Nation, Northern Exposure, Star Trek: Voyager, Roseanne, Seinfeld, Chicago Hope, Boston Legal and CSI. He appeared in a recurring role on the television series Cheers as the mischievous Gary, owner of the rival bar, Gary's Olde Towne Tavern. Polis's theater credits include performances at the Astor Place Theatre, Hartford Stage, Old Globe Theater, South Coast Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, Odyssey Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Lillian Theater and the Pasadena Playhouse.

Played in movies:

The Thing

Score: 8.1

The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

Score: 7.4

Attraction

Score: 7.0

Twilight Man

Score: 6.7

Those She Left Behind

Score: 6.7

Tumbleweeds

Score: 6.5

It's My Party

Score: 6.3

Chasing a Dream

Score: 6.3

True Believer

Score: 6.2

My Blue Heaven

Score: 6.1

The Sleepwalker Killing

Score: 5.9

The Rookie

Score: 5.9

Alien Hunter

Score: 5.1

Prison of Secrets

Score: 5.1

Serial Killer

Score: 4.3

Best Defense

Score: 4.3

Fallen Angels

Score: 3.0

Rocket's Red Glare

Score: 3.0

Dark Angel

Score: 2.3

Deadly Medicine

Score: 1.0

Burning Bridges

Score: 1.0

The Thing Expanded

Score: 0.0

Born Beautiful

Score: 0.0

Swallow

Score: 0.0

All The Kids Do It

Score: 0.0

Shadows

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Seinfeld

Score: 8.3

Bones

Score: 8.2

Stargate Atlantis

Score: 8.0

Castle

Score: 8.0

Boston Legal

Score: 7.9

Northern Exposure

Score: 7.9

Angel

Score: 7.9

Rizzoli & Isles

Score: 7.9

Star Trek: Voyager

Score: 7.8

The Twilight Zone

Score: 7.7

CSI: Miami

Score: 7.7

NCIS

Score: 7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Score: 7.6

Boston Public

Score: 7.6

Cheers

Score: 7.6

Moonlighting

Score: 7.5

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Score: 7.5

Mister Sterling

Score: 7.5

Judging Amy

Score: 7.5

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

One West Waikiki

Score: 7.4

CSI: NY

Score: 7.4

Home Improvement

Score: 7.4

The Pretender

Score: 7.4

Beverly Hills, 90210

Score: 7.3

The Unit

Score: 7.3

Without a Trace

Score: 7.3

Chicago Hope

Score: 7.2

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Score: 7.2

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

Matlock

Score: 7.1

Diagnosis: Murder

Score: 7.1

Remington Steele

Score: 7.1

The Invisible Man

Score: 7.0

L.A. Doctors

Score: 7.0

Cagney & Lacey

Score: 7.0

Alien Nation

Score: 6.9

Misfits of Science

Score: 6.8

Bull

Score: 6.8

The Guardian

Score: 6.8

Ally McBeal

Score: 6.6

Growing Up Fisher

Score: 6.5

7th Heaven

Score: 6.4

T. J. Hooker

Score: 6.4

Dharma & Greg

Score: 6.4

Fatal Vision

Score: 6.3

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Score: 6.3

The Hitchhiker

Score: 6.2

The Forgotten

Score: 6.0

Capital News

Score: 6.0

St. Elsewhere

Score: 5.6

The Best Sex Ever

Score: 3.8

Eddie Dodd

Score: 0.0