Joe Hursley

Joseph Gregory "Joe" Hursley (born March 19, 1979) is an actor and musician living in Los Angeles, California.

Early life Hursley was born in Austin, Texas. His great-grandfather is Frank M. Hursley, co-creator of General Hospital, the longest running television soap opera. His father, Greg Hursley, is an architectural photographer and his mother Kelle is a nurse.

Hursley began his entertainment career after participating in the Schick "Groove n' Smooth" national talent search in 1999. He won the talent search, and started a karaoke company at age 19. He became well known in Austin nightlife scene as Karaoke Joe, going on to perform over five-hundred shows the next few years.

Career Hursley's first big break in the entertainment business was being tapped by Ashton Kutcher to star in the 2004 MTV reality comedy series You've Got a Friend. His task was to play an obnoxious 'friend' for 48 hours, while contestants had to prove their friendship in front of real friends and loved ones for a prize of $15,000. Hursley was increasingly sinister as the series progressed. After the show, Hursley joined Kutcher on Punk'd, where he pranked various celebrities.

He then appeared in major films including Accepted, Resident Evil: Extinction and Fast & Furious, which led him to his first starring feature role with cult director Penelope Spheeris in Balls to the Wall (2011). He also starred as the President of Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Nickelodeon's animated series, Fanboy & Chum Chum.

In 2009 Hursley starred in the rock opera Battle for Milkquarious, a promotional short film released by the California Milk Processor Board, creators of the "Got Milk?" campaign. Hursley played the film's protagonist, "Milktastic Rock Star" White Gold.

Hursley appeared in the 2013 action/fantasy/horror short "Sequence", which was internationally recognized at festivals worldwide, which included a nod for Best Actor (Short Shorts Film Festival Japan 2014), and winning overall Best Short at the LA Shorts Fest (2013).

In The Origins of Wit and Humor he played Les Candalero, a Woody Allen-esque outsider. In the upcoming indie feature "For All Eyes Always", he plays Thomas Devlin, a CIA operative starring in a government sanctioned reality TV show for the American public.

Music In late 2004, Hursley started the Los Angeles-based rock and roll band and Sunset Strip staples, The Ringers, with whom he released the albums Tokyo Massage III and Headlocks and Highkicks. They appeared in the Miami Ink episode "Ruthless and Toothless". The Ringers were featured in Spin in 2007. They also performed on stage in Accepted and were the only unsigned band to be featured on the movie soundtrack.

After the Ringers broke up in 2010, Joe and his cousin Patrick Hursley (the drummer of the Ringers) formed the indie rock band Indians. They released their self-titled debut in 2011. The first music video, "Sink Into You", was written and directed by Jordan Albertsen, and starred Joslyn Jensen and Taylor Handley.

Music by the Indians was featured in the 2012 film Rites of Passage, and the television shows Top Gear, and MTV's Catfish.

In 2013, Indians changed their name to We Were Indians, and released their debut album that same year.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2004 You've Got a Friend Frankie / Greg / Jack / ... TV series Episodes: "Elie""Erika""Jayson""Lindsey" 2004 No Pain, No Gain Zigbar Miekbach Feature 2004 10-8: Officers on Duty Shooter TV seriesEpisodes: "Gypsy Road" 2005 Keeping Up with the Jonesers Jonesers Nate Short 2005 Horror High Wild Willie Wilson Video 2006 Punk'd Field Agent / Himself TV seriesEpisodes: "Episode #7.8""Episode #7.6""Episode #7.2""Episode #7.4""Episode #7.3""Episode #7.1" 2006 Accepted Maurice Feature 2006 Accepted The Ringers Singer/Songwriter: "Spotlite", "Keepin' Your Head Up" 2006 Broken Rob Feature 2007 Campus Ladies Tambo TV seriesEpisode: "Safety First" 2007 Resident Evil: Extinction Otto Feature 2007 Weekend Junkies Dirty Steve 2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Tristan Dewitt TV seriesEpisode: "Brothers of Nablus" 2009 Monk Winston Kasinsky TV seriesEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Lady Next Door" 2009 Fast & Furious Virgil Feature 2009 Battle for Milkquarious White Gold Short 2009 Glee Joe TV seriesEpisode: "Vitamin D" 2010 The Clinic Marty Forrest TV seriesEpisodes: "Trouble Brewing""Marijuana Meatloaf""Raiders of the Lost Pot""The Client Room""Jab's in Love""Marty's Home Away from Home" 2010 Burn Notice Justin Walsh TV seriesEpisode: "Brotherly Love" 2010 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Junkie TV seriesEpisode: "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead" 2011 Balls to the Wall Ben Camelino Feature 2011 Here's to Big Bear Short 2012 Awake Francis TV seriesEpisode: "Two Birds" 2012 Golden Winter Frankie Feature 2012 Jack's Not Sick Anymore Kip Short 2012 Fanboy & Chum Chum Nickelodeon President TV seriesEpisode: "Slime Day" 2012 From The Head John Feature 2013 RockBarnes: The Emperor in You One Armed Man Feature 2013 Sequence Billy Short 2013 Youth Large Cheffid Rigsby TV Pilot 2014 The Savages Dad Pilot 2014 L.A. Rangers Hiker / Cowboy TV seriesEpisode: "Once Upon a Time in the Park" 2014 The Origins of Wit and Humor Les Candalero Feature 2015 For All Eyes Always Thomas Devlin FeaturePost Production 2015-16 Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything Mr. Spanks Recurring Role (season 1) 2023 Rumble Through the Dark Skelly Feature 2024 Drugstore June Lucas Feature 2025 The Long Shot Sir James Feature