Acting credits
43
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Joel Swetow
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
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Movies: 18Series: 26Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 156136
IMDb ID: nm0842498
Known for: Acting
Born: December 30, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2021
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.96
Wikidata: Q786410
Other jobs
ADR & Dubbing (1)
Biography
Joel Swetow (Born December 30th, 1951) is an American character actor who has nearly 80 credits to his name in film, television and video games. He is perhaps best known as Mr. Brown, the right hand man of Hugo Snyder, the main villain in the 1992 Martial Arts cult classic, the 3 ninjas. He has appeared on the hit tv series Charmed (1998) and played several roles in the Star Trek Franchise.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Joel Swetow.
6.9
The Grinch
as Additional Voices (voice)
2018 Movie
4.0
Stranger at the Pentagon
as The Empyrean
2013 Movie
6.5
The Lorax
as 1st Marketing Guy (voice)
2012 Movie
6.4
LEGO Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies
as Rotor (voice)
2010 Movie
6.6
Alice in Wonderland
as Man with Large Belly in Red Queen Court
2010 Movie
6.0
Jennifer's Body
ADR & Dubbing
2009 Movie
5.9
12 Rounds
as Additional Voices (voice)
2009 Movie
6.8
Rent
as Mr. Cohen
2005 Movie
6.7
Live from Baghdad
as Taxi Driver
2002 Movie
4.5
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand
as Abdul Rashid
2002 Movie
Breathing Hard
as Klein
2001 Movie
5.4
Toothless
as Joe #2
1997 Movie
5.1
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Roy Marks
1996 Movie
6.0
Lord of Illusions
as Valentin
1995 Movie
5.7
3 Ninjas
as Brown
1992 Movie
4.0
Framed
as Karl
1990 Movie
3.3
She's Back
as Razorface
1989 Movie
6.8
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
as Cabbie
1989 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Joel Swetow.
7.8
American Horror Stories
as Dayle Hendricks • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.6
Kidding
as Rabbi Michael Epstein • 4 eps
2018 Series
7.6
The Orville
as Krill Captain • 1 eps
2017 Series
8.4
Lucifer
as Niels Shuman • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.5
Rosewood
as Zavier Salvas • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.4
Selfie
as Keynote Speaker • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.1
Silicon Valley
as Rod Morgenstern • 2 eps
2014 Series
7.2
2 Broke Girls
as Father Kozac • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.4
Young Justice
as Shade (voice) • 2 eps
2010 Series
6.0
The Forgotten
as Chiropractor • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.5
Burn Notice
as Eli Zamar • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.6
She Spies
as Gerald the Mortician • 1 eps
2002 Series
6.8
Alias
as Jens • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.5
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Andorian Ambassador Thoris • 1 eps
2001 Series
6.6
Crusade
as Ris • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.2
Charmed
as Avatar Alpha • 10 eps
1998 Series
6.7
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Joe #2 • 1 eps
1997 Series
8.3
Stargate SG-1
as First Minister Valis • 1 eps
1997 Series
5.8
Cybill
as Art Teacher • 1 eps
1995 Series
6.9
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Henchman • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Gul Jasad • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.3
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
as Rod • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.9
Alien Nation
as Joe Comet • 1 eps
1989 Series
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Yog • 1 eps
1987 Series