Joe Pingue

Pingue was born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario. He attended Ridley College for both elementary and high school, and studied theatre at York University.

Giuseppe "Joe" Pingue is a Canadian character actor. He became known for playing supporting roles in many films such as Miss Sloane, American Whiskey Bar, Pompeii, Antiviral, The Boondock Saints, Repo Men, Blindness, The Book of Eli, Maps to the Stars and Dream House.

His television work includes appearances on Degrassi: The Next Generation, Orphan Black, Wild Card, 24 Hour Rental, Across the River to Motor City, The Expanse, Godless and the HBO miniseries Station Eleven. He also is the voice of Tamago on the animated series The Very Good Adventures of Yam Roll in Happy Kingdom, the voice of Entree on the animated series Spliced, Dan in Trucktown, Whiff in Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, Ming in Kody Kapow and additional voices in Norman Picklestripes, and Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe.

Producing and writing

Pingue produced, wrote and appeared in the short film The Answer Key, which was nominated for a Genie Award. He also directed, produced and wrote the short film Chili & Cheese: A Condimental Rift which won the top Prize at the Marin County Short Film Festival and had its television premiere on CBC.

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