Pingue, Joe

PERSONAL

Addresses:

Agent—Edna Talent Management, Ltd., 318 Dundas St. West, Toronto, Ontario MST 1G5 Canada.

Career:

Actor, screenwriter, and producer.

Awards, Honors:

ACTRA Award nomination, outstanding performance, Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television, and Radio Artists, 2006, for Leo; Gemini Award nomination (with others), best ensemble performance in a comedy program or series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 2007, for Rent-a-Goalie; ACTRA Award nomination, outstanding performance, 2008, for The Answer Key.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Bohemia doorman, Maximum Risk (also known as Bloodstone and The Exchange), Columbia, 1996.

Bouncer, Men with Guns, Norstar Entertainment, 1997.

Mark, Pushing Tin (also known as Turbulenzen—und andere katastrophen), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

Geno, The Boondock Saints (also known as Mission des dieux), Indican Pictures, 1999.

Cop, Bait (also known as Piege), Warner Bros., 2000.

Joe, Harvard Man, Cowboy Pictures, 2001.

Hank Mott, A Man's Life (short), 2001.

Klanderud, Knockaround Guys, New Line Cinema, 2001.

Long hair mechanic, Highwaymen (also known as Pourchasse), New Line Cinema, 2003.

Plain clothes cop, Owning Mahowny (also known as La double vie de Mahowny), Sony Pictures Classics, 2003.

US attorney, Direct Action, GFT Action Films, Inc., 2004.

Petey, Zeyda and the Hitman (also known as Running with the Hitman), Marvista Entertainment, 2004.

Neilds, Mee-Shee: The Water Giant, ContentFilm, 2005.

Title role, Leo (short), 2005.

(Uncredited) Paulie, Homie Spumoni, 2006.

Vince Vaserelli, Citizen Duane, Shoreline Entertainment, 2006.

Bubba Jenkins, A Lobster Tale, 2006.

Joseph Strobe, A Cure for Terminal Loneliness (short), Capri Films, 2007.

Joseph Strobe, The Answer Key (short), Capri Films, 2007.

Taxi driver, Blindness (also known as Cegueira), Miramax 2008.

Film Work:

Director, The Fur Store (short), 2003.

Coproducer, A Cure for Terminal Loneliness (short), Capri Films, 2007.

Coproducer, The Answer Key (short), Capri Films, 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Joey Almost, Rent-a-Goalie, 2006-2007.

Del Mur, Across the River to Motor City, 2007.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Lenny Fortunato, The Last Don II (also known as Mario Puzo's "The Last Don II"), CBS, 1998.

Henry, Guilty Hearts, CBS, 2002.

Mommo, Il duce canadese (also known as Il duce canadesse: Le Mussolini canadien), 2004.

Leo Lombardi, Wild Card (also known as Zoe Busiek: Wild Card), Lifetime, 2004-2005.

Al Rivero, The State Within, BBC1 and BBC America, 2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Customer, Visitors of the Night, NBC, 1995.

Second man, Gotti, HBO, 1996.

Transit cop, Shadow Zone: The Undead Express, Showtime, 1996.

Dispatcher, Hidden in America, Showtime, 1996.

Anatoli, Balls Up, 1997.

Hood number one, The Don's Analyst (also known as National Lampoon's "The Don's Analyst"), TMC, 1997.

Prison guard number one, Color of Justice, Showtime, 1997.

Mitchell, The Defenders: Payback, Showtime, 1997.

Granger, Mr. Headmistress, ABC, 1998.

Detective Regossi, The Thin Blue Lie, Showtime, 2000.

Merle the movie operator, Phantom of the Megaplex, Disney Channel, 2000.

Gus Papadis, Drive Time Murders (also known as Breakfast with Dick and Dorothy), ION, 2001.

Harold McCoy, Final Jeopardy, ABC, 2001.

Marty Krugman, The Big Heist, Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Max, Cybermutt (also known as Rex: Le cyber chien), Animal Planet, 2002.

Karl, The Rats (also known as Killer Rats), Fox, 2002.

Pete, Ice Bound (also known as Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole and Prison de glace), CBS, 2003.

Costas, Thoughtcrimes (also known as Clairvoyance), USA Network, 2003.

Hugo, Crazy for Christmas, Lifetime, 2005.

Detective Walker, Obituary, Lifetime, 2006.

Deputy Sheriff Martin Potts, Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman, Nickelodeon, 2008.

Deputy Potts, Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid, Nickelodeon, 2008.

Deputy Potts, Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween, Nickelodeon, 2008.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Lowery, Kojak, USA Network, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Dinner at Eight," The Newsroom, CBC, 1996.

Jimmy Rosenthal, "Juliet Is Bleeding," Due South (also known as Direction: Sud), CTV and CBS, 1996.

Butcher, "Four Walls and a Roof: Part 1," Wind at My Back, CBC, 1996.

Neil Stephens, "Mac Daddy," Once a Thief (also known as John Woo's "Once a Thief"), syndicated, 1997.

Sandor, "Asylum," Due South (also known as Un tandem du choc), CTV, 1997.

Italian man, "My Pet, My Hero," Twitch City, Bravo, 1998.

Greg, "The Life of Reilly," Twitch City, Bravo, 2000.

Bruno, "You Can't Always Get What You Want," Falcone, CBS, 2000.

Bruno, "Paying the Piper," Falcone, 2000.

Frank, "My Blue Heaven," Twice in a Lifetime, CTV and PAX, 2000.

Marty, Queer as Folk (also known as Q.A.F. and Queer as Folk USA), Showtime, 2001.

Saahm, "Area 51," Tracker, syndicated, 2001.

Big man, "Kleptomanizack," The Zack Files, ITV and Fox Family, 2002.

Archie 2, "Before I Die," A Nero Wolfe Mystery (also known as Nero Wolfe), Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

Vince Bender, "Respect," Blue Murder (also known as En quete de preuves), Global, 2003.

Professor Otranto, "Except the Dying," The Murdoch Mysteries, 2004.

Professor Otranto, "Poor Tom Is Cold," The Murdoch Mysteries, 2004.

Lance Wempen, Doc, ION, 2004.

Mr. Litvack, This Is Wonderland, CBC, 2006.

Tamago, The Very Good Adventures of Yam Roll in Happy Kingdom, CBC, 2006.

Anatoli, "Mr. Big," Puppets Who Kill, Comedy Central, 2006.

Tony, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," Degrassi: The Next Generation (also known as Degrassi—La nouvelle generation), CTV and The N, 2006.

Tony, "Sunglasses at Night," Degrassi: The Next Generation (also known as Degrassi—La nouvelle generation), CTV and The N, 2007.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

The Fur Store (short), 2003.

Film Stories:

A Cure for Terminal Loneliness (short), Capri Films, 2007.

The Answer Key (short), Capri Films, 2007.