Biography

Joel Bissonnette (born 29 October 1966, Baltimore, Maryland) is a Canadian-American actor raised in Montreal, Québec. He graduated from the Dawson College Theatre Program, where he performed in Shakespeare and classical repertory. His younger brother is Canadian film director Matt Bissonnette, with whom he has collaborated on several projects. He won the Best Actor Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival for his lead role in Salton Sea (2018). His most notable screen roles include the Food Court Maitre D' in Fight Club (1999) (Brad Pitt, Edward Norton), Jared Mason in The Sum of All Fears (2002) (Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman), Inspector Kracke in Zodiac (2007) (Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo), David Hernandez in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett), Antonio in The Dinner (2017) (Richard Gere, Laura Linney), and Brendan in Death of a Ladies' Man (2020) (Gabriel Byrne, Suzanne Clément). On television, he is best known as Arnaud DeFöhn in The Invisible Man (2000–2002) and Pavel Tokarev in 24 (2010) (Kiefer Sutherland).