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Most Recent Role: Pete Raynor on Women's Murder Club
Alias Name(s): Joel James Gretsch
Gender: Male
Birthplace: St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
Birthday: 12-20-1963
Birth Name: Joel James Gretsch
Joel GretschMore Photos Joel Gretsch stars as "Tom Baldwin" in the USA Network original series The 4400. Audiences were first introduced to Gretsch when he received rave reviews for his major motion picture debut: his portrayal of "Bobby Jones" for director Robert Redford in the DreamWorks film The Legend of Bagger Vance, starring Matt Damon, Will Smith, and Charlize Theron. In 2002, Gretsch was featured...

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Women's Murder Club
Never Tell
Tuesday 13 May 2008 on ABC

Lindsay risks the lives of both herself and her father in an effort to capture the Kiss Me Not Killer once and for all, when a woman's kidnapping leads to the killer's identity being revealed to The Club.

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His "The 4400" co-star, Patrick Flueger, and him are from Minnesota. (edit)
He has a role in the straight-to-video erotic thriller "Kate's Addiction". (edit)
His astrological sign is Sagittarius (edit)
One of his daughter is named Kaya. (edit)
When he did Taken, he had to make some researches because he didn't know a lot about the subject of sci-fi and space. He also remember watching Jodie Foster in Contact (1997). (edit)

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(when asked if he ever was a fan of "Star Wars")
Joel Gretsch: Yeah, God, it's hard not to be, especially the first Star Wars. I mean, when I watched that it was like a whole different world. It was a like a big opening of things that you had never even thought about it and it made you think bigger. It made you think broader. Yeah, it really influenced me. I can't wait to see this last one. I was reading in the paper about people seeing it, the fans and saying that it was kind of bittersweet that this is the last one and it's getting great reviews. So I'm very excited to see it, but it's sad that it's going to be over. (edit)
(about who he would like to work with)
Joel Gretsch: I was really interested in meeting Peter [Coyote]. Michael [Moriarty] and I worked together briefly on Taken, so it was great to catch up with him. They are both fantastic actors. (edit)
(about the show "The 4400")
Reporter: Is the show limited to only 4400 episodes?
Joel Gretsch: [laughs] Yeah, what will we do after that? (edit)
(about the researches he did for the show "Taken")
Joel Gretsch: When I did Taken, I researched quite a bit because I didn't know a lot about the subject of sci-fi and space. I remember watching Jodie Foster in "Contact", and that kind of opened my eyes, when she says that line, "It would be an incredible waste of space if there aren't other beings out there." The possibilities in sci-fi are wonderful, and I think it's great that we have shows like this because the subject is bigger than everything we know. So it's great to look into that. I know every actor says this, but the people that are behind the camera are great. They always have answers. Each storyline is thorough, too. It's not just good and bad guys. (edit)
(about the fact that he is doing a number of science fiction project lately)
Joel Gretsch: Yeah, but I wouldn't necessarily qualify as a sci-fi fan, but I can appreciate it. I think the commonality with all the stuff I've done is that it's all character-driven. It's not just sci-fi, and it's not just human drama, but a great combination of both. (edit)

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Taken
Owen Crawford
The 4400
Tom
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Camp Wilder
Something Wilder
Dorfman's guest
CSI: Miami
Death Grip
John Walker
CSI: NY
Live or Let Die
Dr. Keith Beaumont
DEA (1990)
MethLab
Stephen
Freshman Dorm
Pilot
Hunk
Friends
The One with the Candy Hearts
Fireman Ed
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minimax34
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10.0
Perfect
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Continue » Posted Feb 3, 2007 7:57 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
"Personal favorite"
Watch for his star rising
Continue » Posted Jul 30, 2005 6:15 am PST

moosetracks28
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10.0
Perfect
"Talented"
What a great actor -- handsome actor! There's something great about Joel that I can't put my finger on.. but he's definately awesome! I really like the chemistry that he has on screen with the other actors and enjoy his smile.
Continue » Posted Jul 28, 2005 6:44 pm PST

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Appalling
"Personal favorite"
He's extremely talented and very nice looking.
Continue » Posted Jul 25, 2005 10:23 pm PST

debbiwj
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9.1
Superb
"Talented"
He made Taken miniseries and 4400 the reason for watching!
Continue » Posted Jul 21, 2005 10:20 pm PST
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