Joey Dedio
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joey Dedio (born September 11, 1963) is an American film, television, and theatre actor. He is also a producer and screenwriter.
When he was young, Dedio appeared in the NBC soap opera Another World and the television version of The Karate Kid, as well as performing the voice of Wheeler in the environmentalist cartoon show, Captain Planet and the Planeteers. He also voiced the drug dealer in an anti-drug special Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue, which was introduced by then-President George H. W.
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His other voice roles include Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw, Extreme Ghostbusters and Denver, the Last Dinosaur.
He later appeared in Sunset Beach and guest starred on popular dramas like Law & Order and Chicago Hope. In theatres, he appeared in off Broadway productions like SoHo Reps Skin and workshopped for Joe Pintauro's Broadway bound The Dead Boy. He has appeared in over fifteen films including LA Rules, Somewhere in the City, Where the Day Takes You, The Last Great Ride, Queenie in Love, A Good Night to Die, Strays and Trick.
In 2004 he starred in and associate produced Bomb the System. Dedio's first screenplay titled Downtown: A Street Tale was completed in 2006. The film is about the lives of a group of twenty something year olds living in an abandoned building in New York City. He produced and stars in the film opposite Geneviève Bujold and Burt Young. The film's theme song, a remake Downtown by Petula Clark, was recorded by Irene Cara. The film was released in April 2007 by Slowhand Cinema Releasing and was directed by Rafal Zielinski. Dedio is currently working on Lullaby starring opposite Melissa Leo and shooting in South Africa.
Dedio and his cousin Greg Prestipino (both claiming spots on "Hollywood's 50 Hunkiest Men") have signed on to star in a remake of 1990 classic House Party to be released in 2013.
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Known for
Law & OrderDwyer7.3
Captain Planet and the PlaneteersWheeler (voice)6.9
TrickEx Go-Go Boy6.9
Chicago HopeRoberto Rodriguez7.2
Where the Day Takes YouTeen6.1
Denver, the Last DinosaurLouden (voice)6.8
Cartoon All-Stars to the RescueThe Dealer (voice)6.2
StraysFred5.2
The Karate Kid(voice)7.3
StonewallAngelo5.8
Bomb the SystemHazer
TimelockLarden
Filmography
- 2013Tio PapiFilm: Ray Ray, Writer
- 201336 SaintsFilm: Writer
- 2012Musical ChairsFilm: Chico
- 2008LullabyFilm: T-Boy
- 2005Bomb the SystemFilm: Hazer
- 2004Downtown: A Street TaleFilm: Angelo, Writer
- 2003A Good Night to DieFilm: Petey
- 2002BridgetFilm: Masked Man (uncredited)
- 2002Drive ByFilm
- 2001Queenie in LoveFilm: Chino
- 2001The Atlantis ConspiracyFilm: Bartender
- 1999TrickFilm: Ex Go-Go Boy
- 1999On the Q.T.Film: Pot Washer
- 1999The Last Great RideFilm: Bentley the Dog (voice)
- 1997StraysFilm: Fred
- 1996TimelockFilm: Larden
- 1995StonewallFilm: Angelo
- 1994Chicago HopeSeries: Roberto Rodriguez (1 episode)
- 1994Desert SteelFilm: Jose
- 1993L.A. Rules The Pros & Cons of BreathingFilm: Tony
- 1992Where the Day Takes YouFilm: Teen
- 1990Captain Planet and the PlaneteersSeries: Wheeler (voice) (113 episodes)
- 1990Law & OrderSeries: Dwyer (1 episode)
- 1990Cartoon All-Stars to the RescueFilm: The Dealer (voice)
- 1989The Karate KidSeries: (voice) (13 episodes)
- 1988Denver, the Last DinosaurSeries: Louden (voice) (50 episodes)
- 1988Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big PawFilm: Jeff (voice)
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