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Joey Slotnick

  • Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Birthday: October 2, 1968

With his receding hairline topped with a mop of tight curly hair and a warm, inviting smile, Joey Slotnick seems perfectly at home in comedy, although he has also proven a capable serious performer. The Chicago-born and Las Vegas-raised joined The Rainbow Company, a local children's theater troupe as an adolescent. Hooked on acting, Slotnick studied at Southern Methodist University (where he won the annual Greer Garson Award in his senior year) before returning to his home town where he honed his craft with appearances at the Lookingglass T…more

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Actor

Career Milestones

  • 2000

    Co-starred as a needy gay man in the Off-Broadway play "The Altruists"

  • 2000

    Delivered supporting performance as a scientist taking part in government sanctioned experiments to turn mammals invisible in "Hollow Man"

  • 2000 to 2010

    Returned to series TV as a nerdy English teacher in the David E Kelley-created Fox series "Boston Public"

  • 1999

    Cast as a soda jerk in "Blast from the Past"

  • 1999

    Portrayed Steve Wozniak in the TNT biopic "Pirates of Silicon Valley"