Joe Pingue is a Canadian actor and film maker.

Early life

Pingue was born and raised in

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. He attended Ridley College for both elementary and high school, and studied theatre at

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. While attending Ridley College, Pingue dreamed of playing Tight End for the Buffalo Bills of the NFL. Unfortunately, his lack of speed, hands, blocking skills and overall athletic ability prevented him from reaching that goal. Considered by many at the time to be the next Tony Danza, Pingue gave up his dreams of an NFL career for the business we call show.

Career

Giuseppe "Joe" Pingue is a Canadian character actor. He became known for playing supporting roles in many films such as '' Miss Sloane'', '' American Whiskey Bar'', '' Pompeii'', '' Antiviral'', '' The Boondock Saints'', '' Repo Men'', ''

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'', '' The Book of Eli'', '' Maps to the Stars'' and '' Dream House''. His television work includes appearances on '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'', ''

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'', '' Wild Card'', '' 24 Hour Rental'', '' Across the River to Motor City'', The Expanse., '' Godless'' and the 2021 HBO mini-series '' Station Eleven''. He also is the voice of Tamago on the animated series ''

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'', the voice of Entree in the cartoon '' Spliced'', Dan in Trucktown, Ming in ''Kody Kapow'', and additional voices in '' Norman Picklestripes'', and '' Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe''.

Producing and writing

Pingue produced, wrote and appeared in the 2008 short film '' The Answer Key'', which was nominated for a

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. He also directed, produced and wrote the short film ''Chili & Cheese: A Condimental Rift'' which won the top Prize at the Marin County Short Film Festival and had its television premiere on CBC.

Awards

References

External links

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Chili & Cheese: A Condimental Rift at National Screen Institute website
Living people Canadian people of Italian descent Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Male actors from Ontario 21st-century Canadian male actors Ridley College alumni York University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{canada-actor-stub