Robert Joy

Highest Rated: 100% Atlantic City (1980)

Lowest Rated: 0% Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1993)

Birthday: Aug 17, 1951

Birthplace: Montréal, Québec, Canada

Canadian actor Robert Joy has been appearing in films on both sides of the Canada/U.S. border since the 1970s. He has always been a welcome presence, even when the scripts took pains not to make him feel welcome. As Susan Sarandon's husband in Atlantic City (1981), Joy stuck around just long enough to be bumped off by drug dealers. And as demented socialite Harry K. Thaw in Ragtime (1981), Joy existed principally to shoot Stanford White (Norman Mailer) full of holes and then get thrown in the looney bin. One of Robert Joy's largest, and most unorthodox, film assignments was as the would-be political demagogue (and one-time flamenco dancer) in the Newfoundland-based The Adventures of Faustus Bidgood (1986). Over the next several years, Joy would continue to remain an ongoing force on screen, appearing in films like Joe Somebody, Pretty Persuasion, Land of the Dead, and Superhero Movie. He would find success with a starring role on the long running crime proceedural CSI: NY.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

		CREDIT
No Score Yet	The Goldfinch	Welty	—	2019
No Score Yet	That Guy... Who Was in That Thing	Actor	—	2012
No Score Yet	Archetype	Actor	—	2011
50%	Down to the Dirt	Robert Kavanaugh	—	2008
17%	Superhero Movie	Dr. Stephen Hawking	$25.9M	2008
11%	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (AVP 2)	Colonel Stevens	$41.7M	2007
67%	It's a Boy Girl Thing	Ted Bedworth	—	2006
51%	The Hills Have Eyes	Lizard	$41.7M	2006
64%	Whole New Thing	Rog	—	2006
32%	Pretty Persuasion	Larry Horowitz	$59.1K	2005
74%	Land of the Dead	Charlie	$20.5M	2005
No Score Yet	The Lazarus Child	Actor	—	2004
No Score Yet	Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong	Dr. Rene Sutter	—	2003
55%	The Shipping News	EMS Officer	$11.5M	2001
21%	Joe Somebody	Pat Chilcutt	$22.7M	2001
No Score Yet	Just Ask My Children	Sam Bennis	—	2001
82%	61*	Bob Fishel	—	2001
15%	Sweet November	Buddy Leach	$24.5M	2001
No Score Yet	Haven	Lawrence Dickson	—	2001
11%	Perfume	Andrew	—	2001
No Score Yet	Nuremberg	Pachelogg	—	2000
No Score Yet	Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace	Actor	—	2000
80%	Cheaters	Actor	—	2000
17%	Resurrection	Demus	—	1999
No Score Yet	The Divine Ryans	Donald Ryan	—	1999
No Score Yet	Seasons of Love	Jim Brewster	—	1999
No Score Yet	Moonlight Becomes You	Actor	—	1998
40%	Fallen	Charles	—	1997
No Score Yet	Henry & Verlin	Ferris	—	1997
48%	Harriet the Spy	Mr. Welsch	—	1996
No Score Yet	Pharaoh's Army	Chicago	—	1995
No Score Yet	A Modern Affair	Ernest Pohlsab	—	1995
61%	I'll Do Anything	US Marshal	—	1994
0%	Death Wish V: The Face of Death	Freddie Flakes	—	1993
57%	The Dark Half	Fred	—	1993
No Score Yet	Gregory K	Ralph Kingsley	—	1993
No Score Yet	Dieppe	Actor	—	1993
No Score Yet	Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story	Sheldon Zenner	—	1993
50%	Shadows and Fog	Spiro's Assistant	—	1992
No Score Yet	The First Circle	Actor	—	1992
No Score Yet	Judgment	Mr. Hummel	—	1990
94%	Longtime Companion	Ron	—	1990
No Score Yet	Desert Blades - The Escape from Iran	Actor	—	1990
11%	Millennium	Sherman	—	1989
No Score Yet	She's Back	Paul	—	1989
No Score Yet	Big Shots	Dickie	—	1987
88%	Radio Days	Fred	—	1987
No Score Yet	The Suicide Club	Michael Collins	—	1987
No Score Yet	Sword of Gideon	Hans	—	1986
No Score Yet	Joshua Then and Now	Colin Fraser	—	1985
No Score Yet	Terminal Choice	Dr. Harvey Rimmer	—	1985
85%	Desperately Seeking Susan	Jim	$27.5M	1985
5%	Amityville: The Demon	Eliot West	—	1983
No Score Yet	Threshold	David Art	—	1983
90%	Ragtime	Harry K. Thaw	—	1981
78%	Ticket to Heaven	Patrick	—	1981
100%	Atlantic City	Dave	—	1980

TV

		CREDIT
96%	The Good Wife 2009-2016	Martha Toms	2014
No Score Yet	The Mentalist 2008-2015	Alexander Lark	2014
No Score Yet	CSI: NY 2004-2013	Sid Hammerback Dr. Sid Hammerback	2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
No Score Yet	Commander in Chief 2005-2006	Frank Devane	2006
No Score Yet	E-Ring 2005-2006	Mark Boskovich	2005
No Score Yet	Medium 2005-2011	Dr. Kenneth Holloway	2005
87%	Boston Legal 2004-2008	Preston	2005 2004
No Score Yet	Everybody Loves Raymond 1996-2005	Mr. Putnam	2004
No Score Yet	Malcolm in the Middle 2000-2006	Danny	2004
89%	Alias 2001-2006	Jurgens Dr. Hans Jurgen	2003
No Score Yet	Without a Trace 2002-2009	Norman	2003
No Score Yet	Crossing Jordan 2001-2007	Ethan Grady	2002
77%	Star Trek: Voyager 1995-2001	Yerid	2001
No Score Yet	The Guardian 2001-2004	Larry Hines	2001
No Score Yet	Relic Hunter 1999-2002	Flaubert	2000
No Score Yet	Two Guys and a Girl 1998-2001	Ed	1999
No Score Yet	The Outer Limits 1995-2002		1998
No Score Yet	Law & Order 1990-2010	Lewis Dutton Leo Barnett Louis Dutton	1998 1995
82%	Picket Fences 1992-1996	Serge	1996
No Score Yet	Wings 1990-1997	Grayson	1996
No Score Yet	New York Undercover 1994-1998		1995
No Score Yet	Miami Vice 1984-1990	Sebastian Ross	1989 1986
No Score Yet	The Equalizer 1985-1989	Stock	1989 1986
No Score Yet	American Playhouse 1982-1996	Tapping	1988 1987
97%	Moonlighting 1985-1989	Clark Greydon	1985
45%	The High Life 1996	Emmett

QUOTES FROM Robert Joy CHARACTERS

Sherman the Robot

This is not the end. This is not the beginning of the end. This is the end of the beginning.

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Stanford, Levine & Several Others Head for the "Hills"

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