Joel Polis
Acting
Biography
An American television, film and stage actor. He has appeared in over one hundred television programs and films during his career. Polis' first film role was the character 'Fuchs' in the science fiction film The Thing. He appeared in numerous television series including Cheers, Alien Nation, Northern Exposure, Star Trek: Voyager, Roseanne, Seinfeld, Chicago Hope, Boston Legal and CSI. He appeared in a recurring role on the television series Cheers as the mischievous Gary, owner of the rival bar, Gary's Olde Towne Tavern. Polis's theater credits include performances at the Astor Place Theatre, Hartford Stage, Old Globe Theater, South Coast Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, Odyssey Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Lillian Theater and the Pasadena Playhouse.
Born: October 3, 1951
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Seinfeld
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
Bones
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
The Thing
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Stargate Atlantis
With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to contact Earth, but their explorations unexpectedly reawaken the Ancients' deadly enemies, The Wraith, who hunger for this new prey. Now with the help of newfound local allies like Teyla Emmagan, the Atlantis Team sets about to uncover their new home's secrets even as their war of survival against the Wraith begins.
Castle
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
Boston Legal
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
Rizzoli & Isles
Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets her guard down, while the impeccably dressed Maura displays a sometimes icy temperament — she is, after all, more comfortable among the dead than the living. Together, the best friends have forged a quirky and supportive relationship; they drop the protective shield in each other's company, and combine their expertise to solve Boston's most complex cases.
Northern Exposure
After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.
Angel
The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Star Trek: Voyager
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.
Filmography
as Richard Barr
as The Banker
as Starbridge Warden
as Judge Cooperman
as Dr. Aldicott
as John Raglan
as Horace Millhouse
as Administrator
as Mario Trivisonno
as Attorney Eric Yavitch
as Clark Risenhoover
as Elson
as Agent Miller
as Ronald Ostrowski
as Copeland
as Quinn
as Joel Landers
as Robert Wynn
as Donald
as Jerry Lazar
as William
as Dawson
as Silvio Peters
as Col. Mitchell
as John Castagnacci
as Vice Principal
as Captain Franklin
as Dr. Eaton
as ER Doctor
as Colonel Glickman
as Attorney Woodson
as Dr. Sapperstein (segment "Morning Sickness")
as Asst. Atty. Jimmy
as Brad
as Agent Russell Gillson
as Jastrow
as Ted Jacob
as Harper
as Tim Bergen
as Jack Blund
as Ny Terla
as Garland Ketter
as Sidney Herman
as Dr. Michael Frieder
as Larry Macklin
as Ron
as Dr. George Reardon
as Wes Davidson
as Lance
as Pharmacist
as Dr. Joel Friedman
as U.S. Attorney
as Matthew Miller
as Dr. Paletsky
as Vartan
as Carl Peterson
as Reilly
as Kerns
as Dean Rabin
as Gary Benton
as Lonnie / Dwayne
as (segment "The Uncle Devil Show")
as Frank Herbert
as Brian Murtagh
as First Agent
as Coach
as Carl
as Ted
as Jeff Hassett
as Eldon Veckmer
as Gary
as Fuchs
as John Jenkins
as Self