Joe Scarpellino (born in May 31, 1994) is an actor from
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
.
Background
Scarpellino grew up in
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu () is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Canadian province of Quebec, about southeast of Montreal, located roughly halfway between Montreal and the Canada–United States border with the state of Vermont. It is sit ...
. His dad is from
Connecticut
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, while his mom is Québécoise.
Career
After 4 years studying drama arts at La Bulle college, he got his first role on TV in the
ICI Radio-Canada Télé
Ici Radio-Canada Télé (stylized as ICI Radio-Canada Télé, and sometimes abbreviated as Ici Télé) is a Television in Canada, Canadian Canadian French, French-language terrestrial television, free-to-air television network owned by the Can ...
show ''
The Parent Family
''The Parent Family'' (French: ''Les Parent'') is a French-language comedy television series created by Jacques Davidts. It originally aired on ICI Radio-Canada Télé from 8 September 2008 to 28 March 2016. The series was produced in Canada. It ...
''.
In 2011 and 2012, he was selected
person of the year __NOTOC__
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by the TV show
KARV, l'anti.gala.
In 2022 he had his first major leading role in a feature film, as Carter in
Renuka Jeyapalan
Renuka Jeyapalan is a Tamil Canadian film and television director. Her debut short film '' Big Girl'' won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival and was a shortlis ...
's romantic drama film ''
Stay the Night''.
[Marriska Fernandes]
"Can wandering Toronto streets in winter be sexy? New film ‘Stay the Night’ tackles the ‘one night’ romance story"
''Toronto Star
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...
'', November 17, 2022.
See also
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Canadian television
Television in Canada officially began with the sign-on of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, ...
References
External links
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Male actors from Quebec
1994 births
Living people
Canadian male television actors
21st-century Canadian male actors
People from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
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