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Robert Joy

Robert Joy was born on the 17th August 1951 in Montreal in Quebec in Canada. He attended Oxford University and Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Robert appeared in the thriller called Fallen as Charles Olom alongside Denzel Washington, Donald Sutherland, James Gandolfini (from The Sopranos), and John Goodman.
He also appeared in an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, entitled "Ally's F" as Ally's math teacher, Mr. Putnam, and also in an episode of the E Ring as Mark Boskovich alongside Benjamin Bratt, Aunjanue Ellis, and Dennis Hopper.
Another role was in The Hills Have Eyes (listed as Hills Have Eyes , The - BLU-RAY Version) where he portrays a mutant named Lizard with Michael Bailey Smith, Ted Levine and Kathleen Quinlan.
Robert also starred as Ted Bedworth in It's a Boy Girl Thing alongside Kevin Zegers, Sherry Miller and Samaire Armstrong.
He also played the character of Colonel Stevens in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem with Steven Pasquale.
Robert has also had roles in the films Amityville 3D as Elliot West with Tess Harper and Tony Roberts, Land of the Dead (listed as Land of the Dead - HD DVD Version and Land of the Dead - BLU-RAY Version) as Charlie alongside Simon Baker and Dennis Hopper and Whole New Thing as Rog opposite Aaron Webber and Rebecca Jenkins.
Other film roles include starring in The Shipping News as an EMS Officer with Kevin Spacey, Alyssa Gainer, Cate Blanchett and Julianne Moore, Switching Parents as Ralph Kingsley alongside Kathleen York, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bill Smitrovich and in Sword Of Gideon as Hans with Steven Bauer and Michael York.
Perhaps though his most recognisable role is that of Dr. Sid Hammerback, the New York City Medical Examiner described as an "off-the-charts genius" who only recently traded in a career as a chef to become medical examiner. He is clearly identifiable for the breakaway reading glasses he uses in the morgue.
Robert's character of Sid on CSI - New York, has a habit of overtalking and oversharing. He stars in CSI - New York - Season 2 - Part 2, CSI - New York - Season 3 - Part 1, CSI - New York - Season 3 - Part 2, CSI - New York - Season 4 - Part 1, CSI - New York - Season 4 - Part 2, CSI - New York - Season 5 - Part 1 and CSI - New York - Season 5 - Part 2. Robert stars in CSI - New York opposite Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo and Anna Belknap.
Robert has also starred in The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood as Eddie Peddle opposite Andy Jones and Greg Malone and in Harriet The Spy as Mr. Welsch along with Eartha Kitt, Michelle Trachtenberg and Rosie O'Donnell.
He also appeared in Just Ask My Children as Sam Bennis with Virginia Madsen, Jeffrey Nordling and Graham Beckel.
Another role was in Desperately Seeking Susan as Jim alongside Rosanna Arquette, Madonna and Aidan Quinn and in Goosebumps - Escape from Horrorland (the episodes based on R. L. Stines best selling book series) as Madison Storm and Stump with Glynis Barber and Jeff Goldblum.








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  • CSI - New York - Season 4 - Part 1
  • CSI - New York - Season 4 - Part 1 review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor
    Rated - 5.0 stars superb.................................. 10 October 2008
    ...a Belknap as Lindsay, Eddie Cahill as Don Flack, Hill Harper as Sheldon Hawkes, Robert Joy as Sid, Melina Kanakaredes as Stella and Carmine Giovinazzo as Danny. The episo...   Read customer review
  • CSI - New York - Season 4 - Part 2
  • CSI - New York - Season 4 - Part 2 review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor
    Rated - 5.0 stars superb........................................ 10 October 2008
    ...a Belknap as Lindsay, Eddie Cahill as Don Flack, Hill Harper as Sheldon Hawkes, Robert Joy as Sid, Melina Kanakaredes as Stella and Carmine Giovinazzo as Danny. The episo...   Read customer review

Robert Joy - filmography


  • The Hills Have Eyes - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Aaron Stanford,  Ted Levine,  Billy Drago
    Director: Alexandre Aja
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Wes Craven produces this remake of his 1977 classic of the same name, about the Carters, an idyllic American family travelling through the great American southwest. The family's trip takes a detour into an area closed off from the public, but more importantly from society. An area originally used ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,987 member
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  • The Hills Have Eyes on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Aaron Stanford,  Ted Levine,  Billy Drago
    Director: Alexandre Aja
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Wes Craven produces this remake of his 1977 classic of the same name, about the Carters, an idyllic American family travelling through the great American southwest. The family's trip takes a detour into an area closed off from the public, but more importantly from society. An area originally used ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 38,995 members
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  • Land of the Dead on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Simon Baker,  John Leguizamo,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: George A. Romero
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Zombie movies slip in and out of fashion, but it's always a special occasion when the man who helped turn the undead into a worldwide phenomenon decides to add an instalment to his ongoing saga of flesh-eating films. George A. Romero's zombie movies have all appeared in different decades, beginning ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 25,025 members
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  • Whole New Thing (2005)
    Starring: Aaron Webber,  Robert Joy,  Rebecca Jenkins
    Director: Amnon Buchbinder
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    After years of being home schooled by hippie parents, Emerson is enrolled at his local high school. The intelligent and androgynous youth confounds his classmates and captures the attention of his English teacher. The teacher-student relationship leads to problems for everyone involved.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 7 members
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  • Just Ask My Children on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Jeffrey Nordling,  Graham Beckel,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Arvin Brown
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Virginia Madsen, Jeffrey Nordling, Graham Beckel, Robert Joy star in this based true movie directed by Arvin Brown. Parents, Brenda and Scott Kniffen are wrongly accused of abuse and child molestation, as time go by without any incriminating evidence, the children are taken into protective custody...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 227 members
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  • The Shipping News on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Rhys Ifans,  Pete Postlethwaite,  Judi Dench
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) is a newspaper inksetter in Poughkeepsie, silently suffering in a marriage of inconvenience to a woman, Petal (Cate Blanchett) who doesn't love him and is keen to put their baby daughter up for adoption. Petal is killed in an accident however, and worse, Quoyle's parents both ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 11,616 members
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  • Harriet The Spy on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Connor Devitt,  Gregory Smith,  Rosie O'Donnell
    Director: Bronwen Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    11-year-old Harriet (Michelle Trachtenberg) is encouraged in her writing aspirations by her nanny and friend Golly (Rosie O'Donnell), who tells her to write down everything she sees. This Harriet does with some gusto, but when her friends discover what Harriet has been writing about them in her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 652 members
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  • Switching Parents on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Kristin Griffith,  Geoffrey Bowes,  Bill Smitrovich
    Director: Linda Otto
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Drama following the true story of 12-year-old 'Gregory K', who went to court to divorce his alcoholic mother and abusive father and gain the right to be adopted by his foster parents. The case caused mixed reactions in the US as some saw the foster parents as bullies trying to put pressure on a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 203 members
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  • Sword Of Gideon on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Laurent Malet,  Michael York,  Steven Bauer
    Director: Michael Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Michael York and Rod Steiger star in this thriller based on the events that took place at the 1972 Munich Olympics when the extreme Palestinian group Black September held eleven Israeli athletes hostage in the Olympic Village. A team of anti-terrorist commandos are sent in but the raid backfires ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 97 members
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  • Amityville 3 on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Tess Harper,  Tony Roberts,  Robert Joy
    Director: Richard Fleischer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A journalist (Tony Roberts) moves to Long Island's least desirable residence, even though he is aware of its haunted history. Initially treating the stories with scepticism, he becomes less sure of himself upon discovery of a feature not mentioned in the estate agent's brochure: an abandoned well ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 790 members
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  • Amityville 3 on DVD (1983)
    Starring: John Harkins,  John Beal,  Tess Harper
    Director: Richard Fleischer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A journalist (Tony Roberts) moves to Long Island's least desirable residence, even though he is aware of its haunted history. Initially treating the stories with scepticism, he becomes less sure of himself upon discovery of a feature not mentioned in the estate agent's brochure: an abandoned well ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 497 members
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Robert Joy facts

5 most recent films

CSI - New York - Season 6 - 4.5 stars
CSI - New York - Season 4 - Part 2 - 4.5 stars
CSI - New York - Season 4 - Part 1 - 4.5 stars
The Hills Have Eyes - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
CSI - New York - Season 3 - Part 2 - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

CSI - New York - Season 6 - 4.5 stars
CSI - New York - Season 4 - Part 2 - 4.5 stars
CSI - New York - Season 4 - Part 1 - 4.5 stars
CSI - New York - Season 3 - Part 2 - 4.5 stars
The Equalizer - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Whole New Thing - 2.5 stars
Amityville 3 - 2.0 stars
Amityville 3 - 2.5 stars
Sword Of Gideon - 2.5 stars
Land of the Dead - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

A.J. Buckley - 15 times - show films
Emmanuelle Vaugier - 12 times - show films
Hill Harper - 11 times - show films
Anna Belknap - 11 times - show films
Gary Sinise - 11 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Norberto Barba - 11 times - show films
Jonathan Glassner - 8 times - show films
David Von Ancken - 8 times - show films
Jeffrey Hunt - 7 times - show films
Matt Earl Beesley - 7 times - show films