Joe Pingue is a Canadian actor and film maker.

Early life

Pingue was born and raised in St. Catharines,

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. He attended

Ridley College Ridley College (also known as RC, Ridley) is a private boarding and day university-preparatory school located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, 20 miles (32 km) from Niagara Falls. The school confers the Ontario Secondary School Diploma ...

for both elementary and high school, and studied theatre at

York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...

. 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

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, 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 ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Repo Men ''Repo Men'' is a 2010 science fiction action film directed by Miguel Sapochnik, starring Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, Alice Braga and Carice van Houten. An American-Canadian production, it is based on the novel ''The Reposses ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Maps to the Stars ''Maps to the Stars'' is a 2014 internationally co-produced satire (film and television), satirical drama film directed by David Cronenberg, and starring Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson, Olivia Williams, Sarah Gadon, ...

'' and '' Dream House''. His television work includes appearances on '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'', ''

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'', '' Wild Card'', ''

24 Hour Rental ''24 Hour Rental'' is a Canadian television comedy series, created by Frank Massa and was originally optioned in 2008, which was finally picked up by the Canadian Super Channel Network In 2012. It premiered on Super Channel in 2014. The series ...

'', '' Across the River to Motor City'',

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., '' Godless'' and the 2021

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mini-series ''

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''. He also is the voice of Tamago on the animated series '' The Very Good Adventures Of Yam Roll In Happy Kingdom'', the voice of Entree in the cartoon ''

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'', Dan in Trucktown, Ming in ''Kody Kapow'', and additional voices in ''

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'', and '' Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe''.

Producing and writing

Pingue produced, wrote and appeared in the 2008 short film ''

The Answer Key ''The Answer Key'', also known as ''A Cure for Terminal Loneliness'', is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Samir Rehem and released in 2007. The film stars Joe Pingue as Joseph Strobe, a government contractor who faces the greatest challeng ...

'', which was nominated for a

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

. 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