Joseph Unger (born May 25, 1949) is an American actor who has starred in many films and on television. He is best known for his role in

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's 1984 horror hit film ''

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'' as Sgt. Garcia, and as one of

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's brothers, the hook handed Tinker, who appears in '' Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III'' (1990).

Early life

Unger was born and raised in

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in the

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Career

His first feature movie was in the 1978 movie '' Go Tell the Spartans''. His other films include ''

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'' (1981), ''

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'' (1985), '' Barfly'' (1987), '' Road House'' (1989), he did a voice in the 1990 hit science fiction '' Total Recall''. Unger has made many guest appearances on TV shows, some of those appearances range from ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Cagney & Lacey'', '' The Pretender'', and ''

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''. Unger provided the voice of "Joe the Vampire Hunter" on the

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series '' Mary Shelley's Frankenhole''.

Filmography

* 1978 '' Go Tell the Spartans'' as Lieutenant Raymound Hamilton * 1979 ''Fast Charlie... The Moonbeam Rider'' as The Bank Teller * 1981 ''

'' as Bill Taylor (scenes deleted) * 1984 ''

National Lampoon's Joy of Sex ''Joy of Sex'' (sometimes referred to as ''National Lampoon's Joy of Sex'') is a 1984 American sex comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge. It was written by Kathleen Rowell, and Joyce & John Salter (billed on screen as J.J. Salter), based on t ...

'' as Mr. Ranada * 1984 ''

'' as Sergeant Garcia * 1985 ''

'' as 1st Boyfriend * 1985 '' UFOria'' as Gas Station Attendant * 1986 '' The Deliberate Stranger'' (Direct-to-Television Film) as Unknown * 1986 ''

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'' (Direct-to-Television Film) as Captain Sickels * 1987 '' Barfly'' as Ben * 1987 ''Carly's Web'' (Direct-to-Television Film) as Unknown * 1988 '' Lucky Stiff'' as Kirby * 1989 '' Checking Out'' as Joe * 1989 '' Road House'' as Karpis * 1990 '' Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III'' as Tinker "Tink" Sawyer * 1990 '' Total Recall'' as Additional Voices (voice) * 1992 '' The Bodyguard'' as Journalist * 1992 '' Love Field'' as The Announcer * 1994 '' Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings'' (Direct-to-Video Film) as Ernst * 1995 '' Night of the Scarecrow'' as Deputy #2 * 1997 '' Drive'' as Waterfront Bartender * 1997 '' The Bad Pack'' as Fight Promoter * 1997 '' American Hero'' as Kipper * 1998 ''

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'' as Clemets * 1998 ''Together & Alone'' as Roscoe * 1999 ''Natural Selection'' as Detective Harry Richards * 1999 ''

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'' as Charlie Sanders * 2000 ''

South of Heaven, West of Hell ''South of Heaven, West of Hell'' is a 2000 American western film starring Dwight Yoakam, who also co-wrote, directed, and scored the film. The film follows Valentine Casey (Yoakam), a Marshal in the Arizona territory when he receives a surpri ...

'' as Nogales Sanches * 2000 '' Stranger than Fiction'' as Bubba * 2004 ''Death and Texas'' as Prison Guard * 2005 ''The Circle'' as The Motel Owner * 2006 '' The Visitation'' as Matt Kiley * 2006 '' Altered'' as Mr. Towne * 2007 ''Cold Ones'' as Hud * 2007 '' Broke Sky'' as Earl * 2007 '' Moving McAllister'' as Lanky * 2008 ''South of Heaven'' as "Rooster" * 2009 ''Sutures'' as Sheriff Baxter * 2010 '' Closed for the Season'' as The Carny * 2014 ''

In Your Eyes In Your Eyes may refer to: Film * ''In Your Eyes'', a 2004 film featuring Michael DeLorenzo * In Your Eyes (2010 film), ''In Your Eyes'' (2010 film), a Philippine romantic drama * In Your Eyes (2014 film), ''In Your Eyes'' (2014 film), a film writt ...

'' as Wayne

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Unger, Joe 1949 births Living people People from Lake County, Tennessee Male actors from Tennessee American male film actors American male television actors