Robert Joy (born August 17, 1951) is a Canadian actor.
Joy was born in Montreal, Quebec, but grew up in Newfoundland. He is the son of Flora Louise (née Pike) and Clifton Joseph Joy. He attended Corpus Christi College, Oxford and Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Joy played Madonna's punk musician boyfriend Jim in 1985's Desperately Seeking Susan. In 1998, Joy appeared in Gregory Hoblit's thriller Fallen, where he fit into the all star cast th...
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Robert Joy (born August 17, 1951) is a Canadian actor.
Joy was born in Montreal, Quebec, but grew up in Newfoundland. He is the son of Flora Louise (née Pike) and Clifton Joseph Joy. He attended Corpus Christi College, Oxford and Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Joy played Madonna's punk musician boyfriend Jim in 1985's Desperately Seeking Susan. In 1998, Joy appeared in Gregory Hoblit's thriller Fallen, where he fit into the all star cast that included Denzel Washington, Donald Sutherland, James Gandolfini and John Goodman. In 2004, Joy made an appearance on an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond entitled "Ally's F" as Ally's math teacher, Mr. Putnam.
Starting in fall 2005, he joined NBC television show, E-Ring and is now a regular on CSI: NY. Joy recently had a lead role as the simple-minded sharpshooter Charlie in George A. Romero's latest zombie movie, Land of the Dead. In 2006 he appeared onscreen in Alexandre Aja's remake of The Hills Have Eyes where he portrays a mutant...
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