Joseph Fuqua

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Joseph Fuqua (born May 3, 1962 in Washington, D.C.) is an American actor. Joseph received his acting training at Yale Drama School and spent a little over two years acting and auditioning in New York before moving to California for film and television work.

He is perhaps best known for his role as J.E.B. Stuart in the films Gettysburg and Gods and Generals.

He has guest starred in popular television series such as The X-Files (in the episode "Synchrony"), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "Rocks and Shoals") and Becker.

The great bulk of his work, however, has been in the legitimate theatre. Joseph has acted in over 100 plays over the past twenty-five years, and has the honor of being the first permanent company member at the prestigious Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura, California. He has acted in seventeen plays at Rubicon over the course of their eight seasons and received an L.A. Ovation Award for his performance as George in Arthur Miller's All My Sons, directed by Rubicon Artistic Director James O'Neill.

Throughout his tenure at Rubicon, Joseph's versatility has been his defining characteristic, playing a variety of characters of different ages, types, dialects, and backgrounds. For Rubicon's 2006-2007 Balancing Acts season, Joseph took on an enormous challenge by tackling the title role in Shakespeare's Hamlet, under the direction of Rubicon Artistic Associate Jenny Sullivan.

Along with acting at Rubicon, Joseph also teaches their weekly Adult Acting Class, and served as Associate Director for their production of Jenny Sullivan's original play, J for J.