Joe Tippett (born March 1, 1982) is an American

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. He is known for playing Sam Strickland in the

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'' and John Ross in the

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Early life

Joe Tippett was born on March 1, 1982 and grew up in

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. He attended

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, where he was involved in the

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team. He was also involved in his school's theater department, where he performed in his first musical, ''Bye Bye Birdie''. After graduating from high school, he went to

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on a full scholarship but later dropped out.

Career

Tippett did an apprenticeship and worked his first professional job at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. In 2015, he made his Broadway debut as Bait Boy in ''Airline Highway''. The same year, he played Earl Hunterson in the American Repertory Theater production of ''Waitress''. Two years later, Tippett played the leading man in the Off-Broadway production of ''All the Fine Boys.'' In 2018, Tippett played Coach Strickland on NBC's ''Rise''. In 2019, Tippett filmed the TV movie '' Patsy & Loretta'', playing the role of Doolittle Lynn, Loretta Lynn's husband. The TV film was broadcast on the ''Lifetime'' channel on October 19, 2019. The same year, Tippett was cast as Lucius King in NBC's ''Prism'' which is inspired by ''Rashomon,'' a 1950 Japanese psychological thriller directed by Akira Kurosawa. In the fall of 2021 Tippett reprised his role as Earl Hunterson in the Broadway return engagement of ''Waitress''.

Personal life

In August 2015, Tippett met singer-songwriter

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during the out-of-town tryout for ''

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'' at the

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, and they began a relationship in 2016. The couple made their first public appearance at the 2017

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Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

References

External links

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