Joe Cobden (born October 7, 1978 in Halifax,

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) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. Joe started performing at age 10 as a street vaudevillian, touring festivals worldwide. In 1996, at age 17, Joe enrolled at Concordia University’s Theatre Performance Programme, in Montréal. Joe played triplets in the television series ''

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'', for which he received a

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nomination for

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at the

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in 2011,Mishki Vaccaro
"Gemini nominations announced: Flashpoint leads, once again, and controversial Kennedys miniseries gets some nods"
''

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'', August 4, 2011. as well as the lead role in the movi
Peepers
for which he was nominated for a 2011 Canadian Comedy Award (best actor). He was the sole voice role in the animated television series '' Knuckleheads'', for which he played over 60 characters was a

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nominee for Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series at the

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in 2017.Brent Furdyk
"2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed"

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, January 17, 2017. As a director, Joe made six shorts for Sesame Street, musical videos for Plants and Animals, Barr Brothers, and Mike O’Brien, and short films with premieres at SXSW, TIFF, and Palm Springs. His choreographic films have won awards, including at Cinédans and the Cabbagetown Film Festival. Joe was the showrunner of a sketch comedy show for

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, produced by Abso Lutely and Supper Club. The show
Toothpix
was based on a series of absurd video Yelp “reviews” of LA restaurants. In 2021 Joe mad
The Hundos
- a comedy fitness series, with his mother Jane. Joe is the writer and lead actor of four musicals with Canadian musician

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. All premiered at

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in Hamburg. Joe was nominated for a

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in 2015 for the lead role in the

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production of Ibsen’s

An Enemy of the People ''An Enemy of the People'' (original Norwegian title: ''En folkefiende''), an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, followed his previous play, '' Ghosts'', which criticized the hypocrisy of his society's moral code. That response inc ...

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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* 1978 births Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male stage actors Canadian male voice actors Male actors from Halifax, Nova Scotia Film directors from Nova Scotia {{Canada-actor-stub