Actor

Joel Gelman

Lansing, Michigan, USA

Joel J. Gelman thinks John Pick is the coolest. Here’s some s#@t Joel’s done. Theatrical credits include Les Miserables at the Hollywood Bowl, Tobacco Road at the La Jolla Playhouse, Pride and Prejudice at South Coast Rep, Gallery Secrets with Chalk Rep, A Midsummer Nights Dream at Portland Center Stage, Loves and Hours at Pennsylvania Centre Stage, The Glass Menagerie with Ensemble Santa Barbara andThe Heliotropic Man a one-man clown piece that Joel co-created. Joel received his MFA in Acting from UC San Diego and his BA in Theatre Performance from Western Michigan University. He is a proud member of Actors Equity. Joel’s TV work includes, New Girl, The Newsroom, Vegas, The Young and the Restless, NBC/Universal web series In Gayle We Trust and the upcoming HBO Pilot The Brink.

Notable work

7.9
Modern Family (2009)
as Sam
8.1
The Bear (2022)
as Angry Chef
7.4
New Girl (2011)
as Officer Bill
8.3
Chicago Med (2015)
as Glen Eastman
8.3
Henry Danger (2014)
as Gary
8.1
The Newsroom (2012)
as Party Guest
6.7
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012)
as Young Man

Often works with

Fred Willard
2 titles together
Modern Family, In Gayle We Trust
Oliver Platt
2 titles together
The Bear, Chicago Med

Full filmography · 10

The Bear
as Angry Chef
20228.1
The Mighty Ones
as Goblin Prime Minister (voice)
2020
Chicago Med
as Glen Eastman
20158.3
Henry Danger
as Gary
20148.3
The Newsroom
as Party Guest
20128.1
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
as Young Man
20126.7
New Girl
as Officer Bill
20117.4
Modern Family
as Sam
20097.9
In Gayle We Trust
as Kyle Kaminski
2009