Giuseppe Pingue is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. His roles include Captain McDowell in the Prime sci-fi series The Expanse, Aloznzo Bunker in the Netflix Western limited series Godless, Whiff in Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go and Hoyt in the feature film The Book of Eli.
Early life 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.
Career 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.
Filmography Sources:
Film YearTitleRole1999 The Boondock SaintsGeno2002 The RatsKarl2008 The Answer KeyJoseph Strobe2010Repo MenRay2010 The Book of EliHoyt2012AntiviralArvid2013Pacific RimCaptain Merrit2013 The Nut JobJohnny2014PompeiiGraecus2014Maps to the StarsArnold2015RoomOfficer Grabowski2016Miss SloaneLittle Sam2017 The Glass CastleUncle Stanley2018AnonLester Hagen2021See for MeDave2021Paw Patrol: The MovieBarney2023 The Burning SeasonTom2024 The ApprenticeAnthony Salerno2025Star Trek: Section 31Dada Noe2026Unholy NightNazario
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref2006 ACTRA Awards Best Performance - Male Leo Canadian Comedy Awards Best Male Film Performance 2007 Gemini Awards Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series Rent-A-Goalie 2008 Genie Awards Best Live Action Short Drama The Answer Key ACTRA Awards Best Performance - Male 2009 Gemini Awards Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series Rent-A-Goalie 2015 NSI Online Short Film Festival Awards Best Comedy Chili and Cheese: A Condimental Rift
References
External links
Chili & Cheese: A Condimental Rift at National Screen Institute