Joseph B. Sagal (born February 12, 1957) is an American actor and screenwriter. He is the son of film director

Boris Sagal Boris Sagal (October 18, 1923 – May 22, 1981) was an American television and film director. Early life and career Born in Yekaterinoslav, Ukrainian SSR (now known as Dnipro, Ukraine) to a Ukrainian-Jewish family, Sagal immigrated to the United ...

. Career highlights include, He originated the part of "The Visitor" on the Geffen Playhouse stage in the World Premiere Steppenwolf Production of the initial 357 performances of Steve Martin's ''

Picasso at the Lapin Agile ''Picasso at the Lapin Agile'' is a full-length play written by American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician Steve Martin in 1993. Description The play features the characters of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, who meet at a bar ...

.'' This production was the Los Angeles debut of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Played the D.C. Comics Villain, Gunn, in the D.C. Comics movie “Return of the Swampthing”. Wrote the screenplay for, acted in and executive produced the film ''

Elvis & Nixon ''Elvis & Nixon'' is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by Liza Johnson and written by Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal, and Cary Elwes. The film stars Michael Shannon as singer Elvis Presley and Kevin Spacey as President Richard Nixon, and focus ...

''. The first film officially acquired by Amazon. Sagal met Elvis on the set of his father's 1965 film ''

Girl Happy ''Girl Happy'' is a 1965 American musical romantic comedy and beach party film starring Elvis Presley in his eighteenth feature. The movie won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category Top Musical of 1965. It featured the song " Puppe ...

'', which eventually inspired him to take the role of Elvis "The Visitor" in Steve Martin's play “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” and write the screenplay for Elvis & Nixon. Played Elvis again for legendary writer Stephen King in his mini-series, “Nightmares and Dreamscapes”, in King's Rock n Roll story, “You Know They Got a Hell of a Band”, Sagal played the Mayor of Rock n Roll heaven Elvis Presley. Shot in Australia. “Not Another Celebrity Movie” a spoof of Oceans 11, playing George Clooney. Played the Elvis Impersonator Announcer in the movie “Redline” a Fast n Furious type movie with high end cars. Played “Elvis Presley the Vampire Hunter” on the SyFi channel in the series “The Chronicle” episode “ The King is Undead”. Did two movies for New Line Cinema “Quiet Cool” playing the stoner Toker, and “The Hidden” playing the Drunk. Sagal's father, Boris Sagal, was a

Ukrainian-Jewish The history of the Jews in Ukraine dates back over a thousand years; Jewish communities have existed in the territory of Ukraine from the time of the Kievan Rus' (late 9th to mid-13th century). Some of the most important Jewish religious and ...

immigrant who worked as a

television director A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the prod ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sagal, Joey 1957 births Living people American male actors American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent