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Joe narrated "The Great Depression" documentary series for PBS.
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Joe's favorite sci-fi movie is "Alien".
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Joe directed the movie "Sunday at the Rocks".
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Joe did the voice of Professor Richmond for the video game "Ghost Hunter".
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In 1990 Joe was in the play "Art" at the West End production in London.
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In 1984 Joe won a Caixa de Catalunya Award at the Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival for "The Brother from Another Planet".
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Joe has done the reading for the AudioBooks "Star Trek: The New Frontier" by Peter David and "SSN" by Tom Clancy.
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Joe's Broadway debut was in the play "Hair" in 1968.
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As part of the cast of "American Gangster" Joe was nominated for a 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
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Joe attended Hofstra University on Long Island in New York.
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In 1985 Joe was listed on John Willis' Screen World list of "Promising New Actors of 1985".
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In 1990 & 1993 Joe won NAACP awards for his performances in Equal Justice and Tribecca.
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Joe's mom was a secretary and his dad was a U.S. army intelligence officer.
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Joe was nominated for the Broadway's 1974 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical Production Category) for the theater production "Raisin"; he won a Theatre World Award for the role.
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Joe is 5'9" (1.75m) tall.
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Joe married Nora Chavooshian in October 1984, they have 2 children; son Ara and daughter Seta, born in 1989 and 1993. He has another daughter, Hopi, born in 1971, and a grandson, Moses, born in 1998.