Joel Polis
An American television, film and stage actor. He has appeared in over one hundred television programs and films during his career. Polis' first film role was the character 'Fuchs' in the science fiction film The Thing. He appeared in numerous television series including Cheers, Alien Nation, Northern Exposure, Star Trek: Voyager, Roseanne, Seinfeld, Chicago Hope, Boston Legal and CSI. He appeared in a recurring role on the television series Cheers as the mischievous Gary, owner of the rival bar, Gary's Olde Towne Tavern. Polis's theater credits include performances at the Astor Place Theatre, Hartford Stage, Old Globe Theater, South Coast Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, Odyssey Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Lillian Theater and the Pasadena Playhouse.
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station...
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The Rookie
as LanceVeteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in...
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Alien Hunter
as CopelandGovernment agents find evidence of extraterrestrial life at the South Pole.
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My Blue Heaven
as U.S. AttorneyFBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent...
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True Believer
as Dean RabinEddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug...
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Attraction
as WilliamA writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and...
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Tumbleweeds
as Vice PrincipalWhenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her...
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Burning Bridges
as Dr. PaletskyFact-based story of a woman who suffered a nervous breakdown after having an extra-marital affair.
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Serial Killer
as Jack BlundAs a member of FBI Psychological Profile Unit, Selby Younger tracks Morrano, vicious and...
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The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
as SelfAn in-depth look at the making of John Carpenter's cult classic sci-fi horror The Thing, telling...
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Chasing a Dream
as Dr. AldicottWhen high school football player Cam Stiles loses his best friend, he decides to drop football...
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Prison of Secrets
as BradLynn Schaffer is willfully irresponsible once too often, gets fired and refuses a plea-bargain...
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Twilight Man
as HarperJordan Cooper, a professor in Durham, has everything going for him. A beautiful girlfriend named...
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Deadly Medicine
as Dr. George ReardonA pediatrician becomes trapped in a web of betrayal and guilt when her best friend, a nurse,...
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Rocket's Red Glare
as Col. MitchellA troubled 17-year-old Todd Baker restores a Mercury Redstone rocket as a science project with...
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Swallow
as Agent MillerLacking the grades and money for college, a Florida high school senior takes assignment as a...
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CSI: Miami
as Robert WynnCSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as...
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Silvio PetersA Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the...
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Bones
as Mario TrivisonnoDr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special...
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Star Trek: Voyager
as Ny TerlaPulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp...
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Beverly Hills, 90210
as uncreditedFollow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of...
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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as The BankerAgent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics...
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Without a Trace
as Joel LandersThe series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
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The Twilight Zone
as uncreditedThis 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...
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7th Heaven
as Ted JacobReverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven...
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NCIS
as Ronald OstrowskiFrom murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents...
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Home Improvement
as Wes DavidsonThe daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with...
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Touched by an Angel
as Garland KetterMonica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...
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The Pretender
as Agent Russell GillsonRaised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can...
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T. J. Hooker
as uncreditedSergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who...
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as uncreditedScarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May...
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Stargate Atlantis
as uncreditedWith the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr....
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Boston Legal
as Attorney Eric YavitchAlan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston...
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Cheers
as uncreditedThe story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and...
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Law & Order
as Dr. Joel FriedmanIn cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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Seinfeld
as ReillyA stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in...
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Moonlighting
as Frank HerbertAfter being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in...
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Rizzoli & Isles
as Starbridge WardenPerhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane...
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Ally McBeal
as Attorney WoodsonAlly McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and...
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Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Dr. Sapperstein (segment "Morning Sickness")Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and...
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Judging Amy
as Dr. EatonJudging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through...
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Matlock
as Gary BentonMatlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of...
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Castle
as John RaglanAfter a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard...
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Angel
as Captain FranklinThe vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with...
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The Invisible Man
as John CastagnacciThe Invisible Man is a Sci-Fi American television series starring Vincent Ventresca, Paul...
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Diagnosis: Murder
as Larry MacklinDr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
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One West Waikiki
as uncreditedOne West Waikiki is an American crime/drama TV show set in Hawaii which ran from 1994-1996. It...
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CSI: NY
as Prof. Clark RisenhooverFollow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified...
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Boston Public
as DawsonPrincipal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the...
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The Best Sex Ever
as DonaldVeronica hosts a midnight radio show called "The Best Sex Ever". Each night "after all the good...
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Dharma & Greg
as Colonel GlickmanDharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30,...
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Chicago Hope
as uncreditedChicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...
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St. Elsewhere
as uncreditedSt. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from...
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The Guardian
as uncreditedNick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm....
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Remington Steele
as Eldon VeckmerLaura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...
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The Unit
as AdministratorA covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the...
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The Hitchhiker
as CarlA young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes...
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Alien Nation
as uncreditedDetective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien...
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Cagney & Lacey
as uncreditedMary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...
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Bull
as uncreditedBull is a short-lived American drama series created by Michael S. Chernuchin, who had worked on...
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Mister Sterling
as uncreditedMister Sterling is an American television serial drama created by Lawrence O'Donnell that ran...
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Fatal Vision
as Brian MurtaghA retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green...
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