Acting
Joe Pingue
Born May 3, 1972 · Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Joe Pingue (born 3 May 1972, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian character actor, filmmaker, and voice artist with over 100 credits. He is best known as Captain McDowell in The Expanse (2015–2022) and for film roles in Pacific Rim (2013), Room (2015), Miss Sloane (2016), and The Apprentice (2024). He has worked with directors including David Cronenberg, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Guillermo del Toro. In voice work, he is known as Barney in PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021) and Johnny in The Nut Job (2014).
Known for
7.8
Drive
Assistant Director #1
6.9
Pacific Rim
Captain Merrit
8.1
Room
Officer Grabowski
6.8
The Book of Eli
Hoyt
8.4
Suits
Ackerman
5.5
Pompeii
Graecus
6.3
Devil
Business Bureau Clerk
8.5
The Expanse
Captain McDowell
7.4
Titans
Jacob
7.6
The Boondock Saints
Geno
6.3
Repo Men
Ray
7.3
The Strain
Caldwell
7.5
Miss Sloane
Little Sam
6.1
Anon
Lester Goodman
8.3
Orphan Black
Detective Troy Collier
6.0
Dream House
Martin
6.5
Blindness
Taxi Driver
6.1
PAW Patrol: The Movie
Barney (Voice)
6.2
Maps to the Stars
Arnold
5.7
The Nut Job
Johnny (voice)
Filmography
- 2026Unholy NightNazarioMovie
- 2026Memory of a KillerBuilding SuperintendentSeries
- 2025The Killer Is CallingEdMovie
- 2025Star Trek: Section 31Dada NoeMovie
- 2024The ApprenticeTony SalernoMovie
- 2024The Burning SeasonTomMovie
- 2024Law & Order Toronto: Criminal IntentFelixSeries
- 2024TrackerBarrySeries
- 2023Thomas & Friends: The Great Bubbly BuildWhiff (Voice)Movie
- 2023Alert: Missing Persons UnitRenwickSeries
- 2022The SwitchJohnMovie
- 2022Daniel SpellboundAdditional Voices (voice)Series
- 2022See for MeDaveMovie
- 2021Station ElevenDieterSeries
- 2021The Expanse: One ShipCaptain McDowellSeries
- 2021PAW Patrol: The MovieBarney (Voice)Movie
- 2020TransplantAndySeries
- 2019StumptownWhaleSeries
- 2018TitansJacobSeries
- 2018Fahrenheit 451Wayne AndersonMovie
- 2018AnonLester GoodmanMovie
- 2017GodlessAlonzo BunkerSeries
- 2017The Glass CastleStanleyMovie
- 2017Save MeJojoSeries
- 2016An American Dream: The Education of William BowmanMr. BreederMovie
- 2016Miss SloaneLittle SamMovie
- 2015The ExpanseCaptain McDowellSeries
- 2015RoomOfficer GrabowskiMovie
- 2014One Christmas EveGorikMovie
- 2014The StrainCaldwellSeries
- 2014Maps to the StarsArnoldMovie
- 2014PompeiiGraecusMovie
- 201419-2Charlie FigoSeries
- 2014The Nut JobJohnny (voice)Movie
- 2013The Twelve Trees of ChristmasMackMovie
- 2013The Art of the StealCarmenMovie
- 2013Pacific RimCaptain MerritMovie
- 2013Orphan BlackDetective Troy CollierSeries
- 2012AntiviralArvidMovie
- 2012Still MineDerekMovie
- 2012BloodworkAaronMovie
- 2011Dream HouseMartinMovie
- 2011DriveAssistant Director #1Movie
- 2011AlphasQuinnSeries
- 2011SuitsAckermanSeries
- 2010The Town Christmas ForgotJeremiah BeeMovie
- 2010DevilBusiness Bureau ClerkMovie
- 2010Casino JackLittle TonyMovie
- 2010Lost GirlSalvatore FerraroSeries
- 2010Repo MenRayMovie
- 2010The Book of EliHoytMovie
- 2009SplicedEntrée (voice)Series
- 2009SuckMovie
- 2008TesteesNuggetSeries
- 2008BlindnessTaxi DriverMovie
- 2008Jack and Jill vs. The WorldCasting DirectorMovie
- 2007Across the River to Motor CitySeries
- 2007A Cure For Terminal LonelinessJoseph StrobeMovie
- 2006The State WithinSeries
- 2006Rent-a-GoalieJoey AlmostSeries
- 2006Homie SpumoniPaulie (uncredited)Movie
- 2006Citizen DuaneVince VaserelliMovie
- 2006Louie and the CrewAdditional voicesSeries
- 2006The Very Good Adventures of Yam Roll in Happy KingdomTamagoSeries
- 2006A Lobster TaleBubba JenkinsMovie
- 2006Drive Time MurdersGus PapadisMovie
- 2005Crazy for ChristmasHugoMovie
- 2005Mee-Shee: The Water GiantJim NeildsMovie
- 2004Direct ActionUS AttourneyMovie
- 2004HighwaymenLong Hair MechanicMovie
- 2004This Is WonderlandMr. LitvackSeries
- 2004Il Duce CanadeseMommoSeries
- 2003CybermuttMaxMovie
- 2003Ice BoundPixal PeteMovie
- 2003Owning MahownyPlain Clothes CopMovie
- 2003ThoughtcrimesCostasMovie
- 2002The RatsKarlMovie
- 2002Guilty HeartsHenryMovie
- 2001Knockaround GuysKlanderudMovie
- 2001TrackerSaahmSeries
- 2001DegrassiTonySeries
- 2001Harvard ManJoeMovie
- 2001The Big HeistMarty KrugmanMovie
- 2001A Nero Wolfe MysteryArchie 2Series
- 2000Phantom of the MegaplexMerleMovie
- 2000BaitCopMovie
- 2000The Thin Blue LieDetective RegossiMovie
- 1999Twice in a LifetimeFrankSeries
- 1999Pushing TinMarkMovie
- 1999The Boondock SaintsGenoMovie
- 1998Mr. HeadmistressGrangerMovie
- 1998Twitch CityItalian Man, GregSeries
- 1997Balls UpAnatoliMovie
- 1997The Defenders: PaybackMitchellMovie
- 1997The Wonderful World of DisneyGrangerSeries
- 1997Color of JusticePrison Guard #1Movie
- 1997The Don's AnalystHood #1Movie
- 1996Hidden in AmericaDispatcherMovie
- 1996Shadow Zone: The Undead ExpressTransit CopMovie
- 1996Once a ThiefSeries
- 1996Maximum RiskBohemia DoormanMovie
- 1996FX: The SeriesTito, Guard #1Series
- 1996GottiSecond ManMovie
- 1995Visitors of the NightCustomerMovie
- 1994Due SouthSandor, Jimmy RoastbeefSeries