Joshua Close

Joshua Close
Born (1981-08-31) August 31, 1981 (age 43)
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Other namesJosh Close
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
SpouseAlex McKenna (m. 2016)

Joshua Close (born August 31, 1981) is a Canadian film and television actor.[1]

Early life

Close was born in Oakville, Ontario[2] and has a brother and two stepsisters.[3] Close attended Iroquois Ridge High School and after graduating went on to Circle in the Square Theatre School, New York City.[4]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Undressed Kurt Season 6, unknown episodes
K-19: The Widowmaker Viktor
Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl Devin Short film
Adam and Eve Micheal
2003 Twist Oliver [5][6]
Sex and the Single Mom Tyler
Tarzan Kurt Episode "Secrets and Lies"
2003–2004 Blue Murder Various roles 2 episodes
2004 A Home at the End of the World Reiner Uncredited
Life as We Know It Matt Gleason 3 episodes
2005 The Exorcism of Emily Rose Jason
The Stranger I Married Joe Original title: "The Man Who Lost Himself"
2006 The Plague Kip
2007 The Third Eye Jacob Printz
Full of It Kyle Plunkett
Diary of the Dead Jason Creed
2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still Flash Chamber Engineer
2009 The Unusuals Detective Henry Cole 10 episodes
Short on Love — Director and writer
2010 The Dead Sleep Tim
The Pacific Edward Sledge 2 episodes
The Glades Terry Evans Episode "Breaking 80"
Thorne: Sleepyhead Josh Ramsey 6 episodes
Law & Order: LA Kevin Miller Episode "Sylmar"
2011 The Craigslist Killer Detective Frye
Republic of Doyle Tyler Episode "A Stand Up Guy"
Isolation Jake
2012 In Their Skin Mark Hughes Also writer[7]
The Master Wayne Gregory
2013 Justified Joe Hoppus 2 episodes
The Privileged Richard Hunter
Waterloo Montgomery Kessler Short film
2014 Rake Jedidiah Miller Episode "A Close Shave"
Fargo Chazz Nygaard 6 episodes
Kill the Messenger Rich Kline
Legends Aaron Rawley 2 episodes
2015 12 Monkeys Ivan Episode "The Night Room"
The Blacklist Dr. Julian Powell Episode "The Longevity Initiative"
Solace Linus Harp
Brooklyn Animal Control William Salo 1 episode
2016 Person of Interest Jeff Blackwell 5 episodes
We Reese Short film
Julianne Unknown role Short film
1,2,3... You Please. Young Man Short film; also director, writer, and producer
2017 Go North Martin
Sensum Matthew Mitchell Short film
Animal Kingdom Nate Episode "Custody"
2018 Anthem of a Teenage Prophet Mr. Thorp Also writer
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair Luther Caleb 10 episodes
2019 Capsized: Blood in the Water Mark Adams
III William Sparks
2020 Within These Walls Ben Shields
2022 Monica Paul
2023 Plan B Andy [8]
Killers of the Flower Moon Horace Burkhart

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2011 26th Gemini Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Thorne: Sleepyhead Won [9]

References

  1. ^ Joshua Close's bio at www.northernstars.ca
  2. ^ "Colin Ferrell likes Toronto" at The Peterborough Examiner (31 July, 2004) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 354746441
  3. ^ "What the Dickens is he doing?" by Rita Zekas, Toronto Star (27 Dec, 2002) [Ontario Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 438546968
  4. ^ "Oakville actor puts new Twist on classic Dickens tale" by Craig MacBride, Oakville Beaver (12 May, 2004) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 362572593
  5. ^ "Nominees for performance by an actor in a leading role" by Distin Dinoff at playbackonline.ca
  6. ^ Twist review by David Stratton at variety.com
  7. ^ "Which of this year’s Halloween flicks scared me most?" by Kate Taylor at www.theglobeandmail.com
  8. ^ "Patrick J. Adams stars in CBC’s new drama ‘Plan B,’ a fitting followup to his ‘Suits’ stint" by Debra Yeo at www.thestar.com
  9. ^ "Call Me Fitz comes up big at Geminis" by Etan Vlessing at playbackonline.ca


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