Joel Polis
Birthday
1951/10/03 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
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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,...Read more
Acting
(1982) The Thing
as Fuchs
(1990) Burning Bridges
as Dr. Paletsky
(2000) Shadows
as Kapo
(1995) Serial Killer
as Jack Blund
(1991) Deadly Medicine
as Dr. George Reardon
(1997) Prison of Secrets
as Brad
(1995) Twilight Man
as Harper
(2000) Rocket's Red Glare
as Col. Mitchell
(1989) Those She Left Behind
as Kerns
(1998) The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
as Self
(1984) All The Kids Do It
as Coach
(1984) Best Defense
as First Agent
(1990) The Rookie
as Lance
(2009) Chasing a Dream
as Dr. Aldicott
(2003) Alien Hunter
as Copeland
(1989) True Believer
as Dean Rabin
(1990) My Blue Heaven
as U.S. Attorney
(2001) Attraction
as William
(2004) Swallow
as Agent Miller
(1999) Tumbleweeds
as Vice Principal
(1982) Born Beautiful
as Ted
The Thing Expanded
as Self
(1996) Dark Angel
as Jastrow
(2007) Fallen Angels
as Horace Millhouse
(1982) St. Elsewhere
as ---
(2000) Boston Public
as Dawson
(1982) Cheers
as Gary
(1990) Law & Order
as Dr. Joel Friedman
(1989) Seinfeld
as Reilly
(1982) Remington Steele
as Eldon Veckmer
(2000) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Silvio Peters
(1982) T. J. Hooker
as John Jenkins
(1991) Home Improvement
as Wes Davidson
(2002) CSI: Miami
as Robert Wynn
(2001) The Guardian
as ---
(1990) Beverly Hills, 90210
as ---
(1999) Judging Amy
as Dr. Eaton
(1995) Star Trek: Voyager
as Ny Terla
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Garland Ketter
(1986) Matlock
as Gary Benton
(1996) The Pretender
as Agent Russell Gillson
(1985) The Twilight Zone
as (segment "The Uncle Devil Show")
(2006) The Unit
as Administrator
(1985) Moonlighting
as Frank Herbert
(1999) Angel
as Captain Franklin
(2004) CSI: NY
as Clark Risenhoover
(1983) Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as ---
(1997) Dharma & Greg
as Colonel Glickman
(2003) Mister Sterling
as ---
(1982) Cagney & Lacey
as ---
(1993) Diagnosis: Murder
as Larry Macklin
(1996) 7th Heaven
as Ted Jacob
(2000) The Invisible Man
as John Castagnacci
(1994) Chicago Hope
as ---
(2004) Boston Legal
as Attorney Eric Yavitch
(1983) The Hitchhiker
as Carl
(2000) Bull
as ---
(1991) Eddie Dodd
as ---
(1989) Alien Nation
as ---
(2010) Rizzoli & Isles
as Starbridge Warden
(2009) Castle
as John Raglan
(2013) Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as The Banker
(2002) The Best Sex Ever
as Donald
(1994) One West Waikiki
as ---
(1984) Fatal Vision
as Brian Murtagh
(2004) Stargate Atlantis
as Elson
(2003) NCIS
as Ronald Ostrowski
(2005) Bones
as Mario Trivisonno
(1997) Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Dr. Sapperstein (segment "Morning Sickness")
(2002) Without a Trace
as Joel Landers
(1985) Misfits of Science
as Lonnie / Dwayne
(1990) Capital News
as Vartan
(1997) Ally McBeal
as Attorney Woodson
(2009) The Forgotten
as Judge Cooperman
(2014) Growing Up Fisher
as Richard Barr