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Joe Chrest

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Deepwater Horizon Premiere
Bucketnaut and Four By Three Productions are proud to present a new feature film from director Tyler Savino. 

After reconnecting with his unstable high-school ex, a failed comedian becomes complicit in an absurd revenge crusade that puts him in the crosshairs of a rural cult.

Starring SAG-Award winner Joe Chrest, Matthew Alan Porter, and introducing Marlee Carpenter

Directed by Tyler Savino. Produced by Chase Crawford
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The Cran (2022)
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After serving in the United States Air Force where he was recognized for Cold War service and for expert marksmanship, Chrest earned a BFA Degree in Directing from Marshall University (West Virginia) and a MFA Degree from Louisiana State University.

A veteran of over 100 screen roles, and over 60 plays and musicals, Chrest first appeared on the big screen as the malevolent bellhop, Ben, in Steven Soderbergh's King of the Hill (1993). He followed that with the widely acclaimed performance as Mr. Rodman in Soderbergh's "The Underneath". Nearly unrecognizable in many of his roles, Joe continues the chameleon-like range of these early performances to the widely different characters of recent films, from the steely quiet sharpshooter, Mitchell, in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) to Jonah Hill's nerdy dad, David Schmidt, in 22 Jump Street (2014) to the despicable Southern aristocrat, James Eakins, in Free State of Jones (2016).

Chrest performed onstage at, among other venues, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, working with Tony Award-winning directors, Gordon Davidson and Jerry Zaks, and London Theatre Award winner and Olivier Award nominee, Barry Kyle. He was a founding member of the regional theatre, Swine Palace, with RSC Director Emeritus Barry Kyle, and is the Founding Artistic Director of Ignition Film Repertory Company -- a company dedicated to nurturing and producing original works for the screen.

Married to choreographer Christine Chrest, the couple has two children, Nicolas and Samantha.
BornMay 26, 1963
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2017 SAG Awards, Stranger Things
Free State of Jones as James Deakins
Ant-Man, Marvel
Stranger Things, 2016
Killing Reagan Premiere, Washington DC 2016
Cara Buono and Joe Chrest in Stranger Things (2016)
Joe Chrest, Tinsley Price, and Anniston Price in Stranger Things (2016)
Joe Chrest in Out of Sight (1998)
Cara Buono and Joe Chrest in Stranger Things (2016)
Joe Chrest and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
Cara Buono, Joe Chrest, Natalia Dyer, Finn Wolfhard, Tinsley Price, and Anniston Price in Stranger Things (2016)
Dianne Butler, Joe Chrest, and James Wolk in Front of the Class (2008)

Known for

Winona Ryder, Tom Wlaschiha, David Harbour, Brett Gelman, Maya Hawke, Jamie Campbell Bower, Natalia Dyer, Joseph Quinn, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Priah Ferguson, and Eduardo Franco in Stranger Things (2016)
Stranger Things
8.7
TV Series
  • Ted Wheeler
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street (2012)
21 Jump Street
7.2
  • David Schmidt
  • 2012
Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef, and Abra in Assassination Nation (2018)
Assassination Nation
6.0
  • Lawrence
  • 2018
Mark Wahlberg in Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Deepwater Horizon
7.1
  • Sims
  • 2016

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  • Untitled Sister Comedy Project
    • Post-production
  • Lisa Frankenstein
    • Post-production
  • Ganymede
    • Post-production
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
    • Post-production
  • Anna Paquin, Colin Hanks, Jake Lacy, and Mckenna Grace in A Friend of the Family (2022)
    A Friend of the Family
  • Joe Chrest, Matthew Alan Porter, and Marlee Carpenter in The Cran (2022)
    The Cran
  • Winona Ryder, Tom Wlaschiha, David Harbour, Brett Gelman, Maya Hawke, Jamie Campbell Bower, Natalia Dyer, Joseph Quinn, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Priah Ferguson, and Eduardo Franco in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
  • Daisy Edgar-Jones in Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
    Where the Crawdads Sing
  • Gillian Anderson, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Viola Davis in The First Lady (2022)
    The First Lady
  • Turducken (2020)
    Turducken
  • Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae in The Lovebirds (2020)
    The Lovebirds
  • Paradise Lost (2020)
    Paradise Lost
  • Charlie Plummer, Denny Love, Jay Lee, and Kristine Froseth in Looking for Alaska (2019)
    Looking for Alaska
  • Noah Centineo in The Perfect Date (2019)
    The Perfect Date
  • Colson Baker, Douglas Booth, Daniel Webber, and Iwan Rheon in The Dirt (2019)
    The Dirt
  • The Purge (2018)
    The Purge
  • Brendan Gleeson in Mr. Mercedes (2017)
    Mr. Mercedes
  • Hugh Jackman in The Front Runner (2018)
    The Front Runner
  • Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef, and Abra in Assassination Nation (2018)
    Assassination Nation

Producer

  • Pillow Talk

Videos23

Joe Chrest Composite Reel
Demo Reel 11:22
Joe Chrest Composite Reel
Battle: Los Angeles 2011
Demo Reel 2:16
Battle: Los Angeles 2011
Deepwater Horizon
Clip 0:34
Deepwater Horizon
Who Do You Love
Clip 0:36
Who Do You Love
Who Do You Love
Clip 0:57
Who Do You Love
Who Do You Love
Clip 2:01
Who Do You Love
Official Teaser Trailer
Trailer 1:42
Official Teaser Trailer
Tonight 8/7c
Trailer 0:31
Tonight 8/7c
Welcome to the Rileys
Trailer 2:27
Welcome to the Rileys
The Butler
Trailer 2:32
The Butler
Faith of My Fathers
Trailer 2:50
Faith of My Fathers
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Trailer 1:41
G.I. Joe: Retaliation

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    • May 26, 1963
    • St. Albans, West Virginia, USA
    • May 10, 1997 - present (2 children)

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    Chrest is a veteran of the United States Air Force, where he received commendations for expert marksmanship and Cold War service.

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