Joe Egender (born 1976/77), is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with

The Butcher Brothers The Butcher Brothers are the filmmaking alter-egos of American film directors Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores. Biography Phil Flores Flores's first film was ''Long Cut'' (2002); he then joined with Mitchell Altieri to produce ''Lurking in ...

, '' Holy Ghost People'', and his television roles.

Career

Film

Egender has made several films with

(

Mitchell Altieri Mitchell Altieri is an American film director, Film producer, producer and writer. Career His first feature film ''Lurking in Suburbia'' was discovered by Sundance Film Festival programmer Trevor Groth. Altieri and long time film partner Phil ...

and Phil Flores). Their first collaboration was ''

Lurking in Suburbia ''Lurking in Suburbia'' is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Mitchell Altieri, produced by Altieri and Phil Flores, and stars Joe Egender, Samuel Child, Ari Zaragis, and Buffy Charlet. Plot On his thirtieth birthday, Conrad Stevens, ...

'' (2004); Don R. Lewis of '' Film Threat'' wrote of Egender's starring performance, "He reminds me of a less whiny

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and, mark my words, this performance will gain him some big roles." Egender had a cameo in their next film, '' The Hamiltons'' (2006), and a larger supporting role in ''

The Violent Kind ''The Violent Kind'' is a 2010 American horror film directed by The Butcher Brothers (Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores), who co-wrote it with Adam Weis. It stars Cory Knauf, Taylor Cole, Bret Roberts, Christina Prousalis, Tiffany Shepis, Joseph M ...

'' (2010). Scott Beggs of

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called the performance "...a hell of a lot of fun... frenetic and interesting", and Matt Glasby of ''

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'' called it "gobsmacking overacting". Egender produced, co-wrote, and co-starred in Altieri's '' Holy Ghost People'' (2013). Egender said that he enjoyed the greater control over the film, which heightened his performance. Scott Weinberg of

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wrote that Egender "steals numerous scenes". Besides his collaborations with Altieri and Flores, he also starred in ''

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'' (2009). In a negative review, Bill Gibron of

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called Egender's character deeply annoying but possibly a good performance if that were the intent. He had a supporting role in '' The Frankenstein Theory'' (2013). Describing Egender's performance, Truly Disturbing said Egender "makes a hairpin turn from being funny and kind of silly to being harrowing in an organic way". Patrick Naugle of DVD Verdict called his character an out-of-place "supporting character in a Jim Carrey film." In 2015, he co-starred in the horror-thriller film '' The Diabolical'' and starred in '' I Remember You''.

Television

On television, Egender has starred in the TV film ''To My Future Assistant'' (2013) and was cast in a co-starring role in the miniseries '' Texas Rising'' (2015). He also had guest appearances on ''

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'' (2012) and '' American Horror Story: Asylum'' (2012). He was also in an episode of ''Hawaii Five-0'' (2016). Egender is a co-creator of the 2019

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miniseries, ''Unnatural Selection''.

Theater

In 2008, he starred in the play ''He Asked for It'', a gay-themed story about AIDS. His performance brought best actor nominations from the

Ovation Awards The Ovation Awards are a Southern California award for excellence in theatre, established in 1989. They are given out by the non-profit arts service organization LA Stage Alliance and are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles. Winne ...

and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.

Other work

In the video game ''

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'', Egender appears as Stitch.

Personal life

Egender is from Kansas City, Missouri. He currently resides in

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. He volunteers for the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Egender, Joe Living people American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors American male video game actors Male actors from Kansas City, Missouri Year of birth missing (living people)