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Robert Joy
Actor 75 years old

Robert Joy

St. Johns - Newfoundland - Canada

Robert Joy (born August 17, 1951) is a European-Canadian actor and producer.

Filmography

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34 titles
The Institute

The Institute

2025 58m 5.0

A teen genius wakes up in a strange place full of children who got there the same way he did, and who all, like him, possess unusual abilities.

Don't Look Up

Don't Look Up

Adam McKay 2021 2h 18m 7.1

Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch

John Crowley 2019 2h 29m 5.7

A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.

That Guy... Who Was in That Thing

That Guy... Who Was in That Thing

Michael Schwartz, Ian Roumain 2012 1h 19m 6.0

Follows sixteen actors who detail their ups and downs as they struggle to forge careers in Hollywood.

Superhero Movie

Superhero Movie

Craig Mazin 2008 1h 22m 4.8

Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers, and becomes a hero. A spoof on Superhero movies by the creators of the "Scary Movie" franchise.

AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem

AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem

Colin Strause, Greg Strause 2007 1h 34m 4.9

The follow-up to the worldwide hit "Alien vs. Predator," the iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever, wage their most brutal battle yet in an unsuspecting Colorado town.

The Hills Have Eyes

The Hills Have Eyes

Alexandre Aja 2006 1h 47m 6.9

A suburban American family is being stalked by a group of psychotic people who live in the desert, far away from civilization.

It's a Boy Girl Thing

It's a Boy Girl Thing

Nick Hurran 2006 1h 35m 6.0

Sworn enemies find themselves in each other's bodies, and use this to ruin each other's lives

Whole New Thing

Whole New Thing

Amnon Buchbinder 2005 1h 32m

Socially isolated by his parents (Rebecca Jenkins, Robert Joy), an androgynous teen (Aaron Webber) enrolls in high school and develops a crush on his male teacher (Daniel MacIvor).

The Lazarus Child

The Lazarus Child

Graham Theakston 2005 1h 33m 5.0

A desperate couple uses a doctor's controversial method to revive their comatose daughter.

Pretty Persuasion

Pretty Persuasion

Marcos Siega 2005 1h 49m 6.8

A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

Land of the Dead

Land of the Dead

George A. Romero 2005 1h 33m 6.5

The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city.

Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter

John Gray 2004 2h 17m 5.0

A new take on the Manson Family murders, with a keen focus on Charles Manson himself.

CSI: NY

CSI: NY

2004 42m

CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004 to February 22, 2013 for a total of nine seasons and 197 original episodes. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".

Sweet November

Sweet November

Pat O'Connor 2001 1h 59m 5.9

"A woman lures emotionally crippled men into affairs, then helps them repair their lives" from imdb

Joe Somebody

Joe Somebody

John Pasquin 2001 1h 39m 5.0

When Joe is beat up by a co-worker in front of his daughter on "Bring Your Child To Work Day", he decides to fight back.

The '70s

The '70s

Peter Werner 2000 2h 50m 6.0

Four friends, fresh from tragedy at Kent Sate, graduate from college and begin their adult lives during the turbulent 1970s. But Dexter, Eileen, Byron and Christie find their paths are heading in different directions. Namely, toward the Black Panthers, the feminist movement, the Watergate Scandal and the Hustle.

Resurrection

Resurrection

Russell Mulcahy 1999 1h 48m 5.6

A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembered corpses along with perversely ironic biblical quotes.

Fallen

Fallen

Gregory Hoblit 1998 2h 4m 7.2

Detective John Hobbes is convinced that when killer Edgar Reese is executed, all of his troubles are over. But when the killings start again soon after the execution, John suspects things are not as they seem...

Harriet the Spy

Harriet the Spy

Bronwen Hughes 1996 1h 41m

When the secret notebook of a young girl who fancies herself a spy is found by her friends, her speculations make her very unpopular! Can she win her friends back?

Waterworld

Waterworld

Kevin Reynolds 1995 2h 15m 6.7

In a future where the polar ice caps have melted and most of Earth is underwater, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl find dry land.

Pharaoh's Army

Pharaoh's Army

Robby Henson 1995 1h 30m 5.0

During the American Civil War, a Union Army captain leads his ragtag cavalry force across a misty stream to a remote farm to capture enemy cattle.

I'll Do Anything

I'll Do Anything

James L. Brooks 1994 1h 55m

Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do.

Death Wish V: The Face of Death

Death Wish V: The Face of Death

Allan A. Goldstein 1994 1h 35m 5.3

Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters

The Dark Half

The Dark Half

George A. Romero 1993 2h 2m 6.9

A writer's fictional alter-ego wants to take over his life...at any price.

Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

Woody Allen 1991 1h 25m 7.6

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

Millennium

Millennium

Michael Anderson 1989 1h 45m 5.0

An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a novel by John Varley.

Longtime Companion

Longtime Companion

Norman René 1989 1h 39m

During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumor about a mysterious "gay cancer" soon turns into a major crisis as, one by one, some of the friends begin to fall ill, leaving the others to panic about who will be next.

Candy Mountain

Candy Mountain

Rudy Wurlitzer, Robert Frank 1988 1h 31m

A mediocre musician goes on the road in search of the world's greatest guitar maker.

Radio Days

Radio Days

Woody Allen 1987 1h 29m 7.2

The Narrator (Woody Allen) tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.

Desperately Seeking Susan

Desperately Seeking Susan

Susan Seidelman 1985 1h 44m 6.5

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.

Amityville 3-D

Amityville 3-D

Richard Fleischer 1983 1h 33m 2.5

To debunk the Amityville house's infamous reputation and take advantage of a rock-bottom asking price, skeptical journalist John Baxter buys the place and settles in to write his first novel.

Ragtime

Ragtime

Miloš Forman 1981 2h 35m 7.3

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Atlantic City

Atlantic City

Louis Malle 1980 1h 44m 6.8

In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.

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