Joel Bissonnette
Biography
Joel Bissonnette (born 29 October 1966, Baltimore, Maryland) is a Canadian-American actor raised in Montreal, Québec. He graduated from the Dawson College Theatre Program, where he performed in Shakespeare and classical repertory. His younger brother is Canadian film director Matt Bissonnette, with whom he has collaborated on several projects. He won the Best Actor Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival for his lead role in Salton Sea (2018). His most notable screen roles include the Food Court Maitre D' in Fight Club (1999) (Brad Pitt, Edward Norton), Jared Mason in The Sum of All Fears (2002) (Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman), Inspector Kracke in Zodiac (2007) (Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo), David Hernandez in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett), Antonio in The Dinner (2017) (Richard Gere, Laura Linney), and Brendan in Death of a Ladies' Man (2020) (Gabriel Byrne, Suzanne Clément). On television, he is best known as Arnaud DeFöhn in The Invisible Man (2000–2002) and Pavel Tokarev in 24 (2010) (Kiefer Sutherland).
Movies 24
Fight Club
as Food Court Maitre d'
1999
Zodiac
as Inspector Kracke
2007
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
as David Hernandez
2008
The Sum of All Fears
as Jared Mason
2002
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die
as Mayo
1996
The Dinner
as Antonio
2017
PCU
as Sanskrit Major
1994
Death of a Ladies' Man
2021
Boulevard
as J-Rod
1994
Break a Leg
as Not So Happy Actor
2005
TekWar: TekLab
as Tristan / Mark Stewart
1994
Century Hotel
as Danny
2001
Picture Windows: Language of the Heart
as Mischa
1995
April One
as O.P. Sniper
1994
Prince for a Day
as Sal
1995
Fall
as Michael
2014
A Nightmare Come True
as Paul Chaney
1997
X-Rated
as Mack Fischer
1994
Suspicious River
as Rick Schmidt
2001
Heart of Stone
as Detective Jones
2001
Salton Sea
as Brian
2018
Passenger Side
as Tobey
2009
The Invisible Man
as Arnaud de Thiel / Arnaud de Ferhn
2000
Looking for Leonard
as Luka
2002TV Shows 21
House
as John
2004
The Mentalist
as Mitchell Reese
2008
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Bobby Jones
2000
24
as Pavel Tokarev
2001
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Victor Varlamov
2009
The Closer
as Darren Tatem
2005
Without a Trace
as Justin Pomeroy
2002
Cold Case
as Carl
2003
The Shield
as Adam
2002
Nip/Tuck
as Rob
2003
Veronica Mars
as Jeremy Masterson
2004
Arli$$
as Glenn Dapensil
1996
Saving Grace
as Curtis Marks
2007
FX: The Series
as Carl
1996
The Invisible Man
as Arnaud De Fehrn
2000
Alias
as Keach
2001
Eleventh Hour
as Karl Altschuler
2008
Miracles
as John
2003
The Inside
as Amos
2005
Liberty Street
as Mack Fischer
1995
Picture Windows
as Mischa
1995