Trivia

Joe holds a lifetime Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit from the Federal Communications Commission which authorizes him to operate any radio station.

Joe's deceased Miniature Schnauzer Richard C. Fishel worked with him on several film and television projects.

Joe is related to the pop artist Andy Warhol on his mother's side.

During his senior year at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Joe portrayed legendary NFL coach and fellow alum Chuck Knox in the annual 'All Class Night' production at Oller Hall. All Class Night is an event at Juniata in which each class performs an original production spoofing campus events and personalities. A brave professor emcees the event and a panel of faculty and staff judge the performances. The winning class takes home the coveted silver All Class Night Cup. Joe's performance as Knox garnered some of the biggest laughter of the evening and greatly assisted his class in securing their only All Class Night Cup in four years at Juniata.

After he completed a class in film analysis during his senior year in high school, Joe has never been able to watch any movie without critiquing at least a small part of it.

Joe has been a screener and judge for several film festivals.

Joe has appeared in the popular YouTube video series 'Non-Arabs React to Arabic Food' from filmmaker Mutaiam bin Abdullah.

Joe won the Best Supporting Actor award for the 2019 short film Occurrence at Mills Creek at five film festivals, those being the American Golden Picture Film Festival, Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, DRUK International Film Festival, L'Age d'Or International Arthouse Film Festival, and Mindfield Film Festival-Albuquerque .

Joe won the the award for Best Cryptozoological Performance for his portrayal of Bigfoot in the film Bigfoot Unleashed, Part VII at the 2023 PRAYnksters Comedy & Family Film Festival.