Joel Polis (October 3, 1951) is an American actor and producer best known for The Thing (1982), The Rookie (1990) (1990), and Seinfeld (1997).
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1982: The Thing (1982) as Fuchs
- 1982: Born Beautiful as Ted
- 1984: Best Defense 1984 as First Agent
- 1989: True Believer as Dean Rabin
- 1989: Those She Left Behind as Kerns
- 1990: Burning Bridges as Dr. Paletsky
- 1990: My Blue Heaven as U.S. Attorney
- 1990: The Rookie (1990) as Lance
- 1991: Deadly Medicine as Dr. George Reardon
- 1992: Fly By Night as Halbein
- 1993: Bloodlines Murder In The Family as Robert Homick
- 1995: Serial Killer 1995 as Jack Blund
- 1995: Never Say Never The Deidre Hall Story as Bill Handel
- 1996: Its My Party as Tim Bergen
- 1996: Twilight Man as Harper
- 1997: Prison Of Secrets as Brad
- 1997: The Sleepwalker Killing as Asst. Atty. Jimmy
- 1999: Tumbleweeds 1999 as Vice Principal
- 2000: Rockets Red Glare as Col. Mitchell
- 2000: Attraction as William
- 2002: Alikes as Sgt. Hunter
- 2002: A Light In The Darkness as Coporate Flunkie #1
- 2003: Alien Hunter as Copeland
- 2005: Mc Bride Its Murder Madam as Harold Paxton
- 2006: Fallen Angels 2006 as Horace Millhouse
- 2009: Chasing A Dream as Dr. Aldicott
- 2013: Paulie as Assistant Manager
- 2015: The Return Of Mike And Ike as Bad Guy #1
- 2018: Trouble Sleeping as Jack McKay
Television Roles
- 1983: Remington Steele as Eldon Veckmer
- 1984: CBS Schoolbreak Special as Coach
- 1984: St. Elsewhere as Jeff Hassett
- 1984: Fatal Vision as Brian Murtagh
- 1985: T.J. Hooker as John Jenkins
- 1985: A Death In California as Tom Breslin
- 1985: Moonlighting as Frank Harbert
- 1985: Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Eddie Munson
- 1985: Cagney & Lacey as Deputy D.A. Ackerman
- 1985: The Twilight Zone (1985) as Dad
- 1985: The Hitchhiker as Carl
- 1985: Misfits of Science as Lonnie/Dwayne
- 1985-1990: Cheers as Gary (3 episodes)
- 1989: Gideon Oliver as Iselin Cort
- 1989: Alien Nation as Carl Peterson/Dr. Edward Windsor (2 episodes)
- 1990: The Famous Teddy Z as Barry
- 1990: Matlock as Gary Benton
- 1990: WIOU as Stanley Corman
- 1991: Equal Justice as Mark
- 1992: Law & Order as Dr. Joel Friedman
- 1992: Northern Exposure as Matthew Miller
- 1992: Doogie Howser, M.D. as Jack Fogle
- 1993: Picket Fences as Dr. Bob Taymer
- 1993-1994: Home Improvement as Wes Davidson (2 episodes)
- 1994: Diagnosis: Murder as Larry Macklin
- 1995: Star Trek: Voyager as Ny Terla
- 1995: Roseanne as Pete
- 1995: The Larry Sanders Show as Ron
- 1995: One West Waikiki as Abe Weiner
- 1995: Touched by an Angel as Garland Ketter
- 1996: The Secret World of Alex Mack as Mr. Reynolds
- 1996-2000: Chicago Hope as Dr. Sidney Herman/Dr. Joel Bronson (2 episodes)
- 1997: Seinfeld as Reilly
- 1997: The Pretender as Agent Russell Gillson
- 1998: Night Man as Frederick Grace
- 1998: Pensacola: Wings of Gold as Gus Reynolds
- 1998: Beverly Hills, 90210 as Pharmacist
- 1998: 7th Heaven as Ted Jacob
- 1999: Ally McBeal as Atty. Woodson
- 1999: Judging Amy as Dr. Eaton
- 1999-2000: Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Dr. Sapperstein (2 episodes)
- 2000: Bull (2000) as Mr. Goomer
- 2000: Party of Five as Dr. Michael Frieder
- 2000: The Invisible Man as John Castagnacci
- 2000: Dharma & Greg as Col. Glickman
- 2001: Boston Public as Dawson
- 2002: The Best Sex Ever as Donald
- 2002: For The People 2002 as Attorney
- 2003: Without a Trace as Joel Landers
- 2003: Mister Sterling as Quinn
- 2004: Angel as Capt. Franklin
- 2004: The Guardian as Jerry Lazar
- 2004: Dragnet as Kutler's Attorney
- 2005: Revelations as Hospital Administrator
- 2005: CSI as Judge Silvio Peters
- 2006: Boston Legal as Atty. Eric Yavitch
- 2006: CSI: Miami as Agent Robert Wynn
- 2006: The Unit as Administrator
- 2007: Murder 101 as George Lampton
- 2007: CSI: NY as Prof. Clark Risenhoover
- 2008: Stargate Atlantis as Elson
- 2009: The Forgotten as Judge Cooperman
- 2010: Cold Case as Steve Burke (2010)
- 2010: Bones as Mario Trivisonno
- 2011: Castle as John Raglan
- 2011: Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior as Police Chief Shelly
- 2012: NCIS as Ronald Ostrowski
- 2013: Rizzoli & Isles as Starbridge Warden
- 2014: Growing Up Fisher as Richard Barr
- 2015: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as The Banker
- 2015: Best Buy Commercial as Clutch-Dad
- 2017: Gurl as Steve Purvee (also producer)
Video Game Roles
- 1995: Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom as Telamon Citizen
Shorts
- 2000: Shadows as Kapo
- 2003: Swallow as Agent Miller
- 2011: An Idea For The Killing as Judge #3
- 2020: Two Out Of Work Actors as Frank Madar
- 2021: Late Daters as Joel (also producer)
