Joel Brooks

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Joel Brooks
Born	(1949-12-17) December 17, 1949 New York City, New York, US
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–present

Joel Brooks (born December 17, 1949 in New York City, New York, US) is an American actor, known for his roles in My Sister Sam, Six Feet Under, The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green and Phil of the Future. Brooks also had a recurring role as a psychologist in Ally McBeal. He also appeared, as the movie director, in the The Dukes Of Hazzard seventh season episode The Dukes in Hollywood.

In 1980, he played Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor's lawyer in the movie Stir Crazy.

Brooks was on Pyramid in 1976 and won $10,000. His celebrity partner was Lucie Arnaz. Arnaz and Brooks appeared on the same week of shows as celebrity partners in 1988. Brooks also appeared on an episode of M*A*S*H as a wounded Italian soldier who fell in love with Margaret and refused to be shipped back to his unit, because of his undying love for her. He played gay Secret Service Agent Randy in the short run of Hail To The Chief. He also appeared in two episodes of Three's Company as Dr. Prescott, a psychologist that Jack sees to build up his self-confidence, and in an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Falow in the episode "Move Along Home". In 1998, Brooks played Emperor Larry, the cousin of Sabrina Spellman on the television series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series). Recently, he appeared in an episode of The Big Bang Theory as a Jewish professor that Sheldon seeks advice from in the episode "The Jerusalem Duality".

Brooks is currently involved in teaching an audition techniques class, Auditions LA.

External links

Joel Brooks at the Internet Movie Database
http://www.joelbrooks.com Joel Brooks Official Website

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Persondata
Name	Brooks, Joel
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	December 17, 1949
Place of birth	New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death
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