Joseph B. Sagal (born February 12, 1957) is an American actor and screenwriter. He is the son of film director Boris Sagal and brother of actor and singer Katey Sagal.
Career He originated the part of "The Visitor" on the Geffen Playhouse stage in the World Premiere Steppenwolf Production of the initial 357 performances of Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile. This production was the Los Angeles debut of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He played the supervillain, Gunn, in the DC movie The Return of Swamp Thing. He then wrote the screenplay for, acted in and worked as an executive producer for the film Elvis & Nixon. The first film has recently been officially acquired by Amazon.com. Sagal even met Elvis Presley on the set of his father's 1965 film Girl Happy, which eventually inspired him to personally take the role of Elvis first as "The Visitor" in Steve Martin's play “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” and then write and sell the screenplay for Elvis & Nixon. He later played Elvis again for legendary writer Stephen King in his televised mini-series, “Nightmares and Dreamscapes”, particularly in King's Rock n Roll story, “You Know They Got a Hell of a Band”, as the Mayor of Rock 'n' Roll in Heaven. The miniseries was shot in Australia. He also appeared in “Not Another Celebrity Movie,” meant to be a spoof of the Ocean's Eleven film, playing a comedic version of George Clooney. He later played an announcer directly made to impersonate Elvis in the movie Redline, which was meant to pay homage to the Fast and the Furious franchise. Sagal returned to his Elvis role by playing him again as a vampire hunter on the SyFy channel in the series The Chronicle in the episode “ The King is Undead”. Additionally, he did two more movies for New Line Cinema: “Quiet Cool” playing the stoner Toker, and “The Hidden” playing the Drunk.
Family Sagal's father, Boris Sagal, was a Ukrainian-Jewish immigrant who worked as a television director.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1985 Final Jeopardy Mike TV movie1986 Quiet Cool Toker 1987 The Hidden Drunk 1989 The Return of Swamp Thing Gunn 1992 Out for Blood Bubbah 1993 Beyond the Law Talco Artist 1993 Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair Clive Hoskin TV movie1994 The Chase Sgt. Hodges 1996 Barb Wire Fred the Bartender 1998 Whatever It Takes Pope Kim 2003 Lost Treasure Chuck "Chucky" Daniels 2004 Retrograde Andrew Schrader 2005 Into the Sun Tech #1 2006 Unbeatable Harold Elvis Presley 2007 Cult Logan - Mindy's Dad 2007 Redline Elvis Announcer 2007 Anna Nicole L.A. Doctor 2013 Not Another Celebrity Movie George Clooney 2015 Flora Tango George Rooney Short2016 Elvis & Nixon Elvis Impersonator
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