{{Short description|American film director}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2014}}

'''Joe Dietl''' is an American actor, writer, director and producer.<ref name=frontiers>[http://www.frontiersla.com/Features/Highlights/story.aspx?ID=1748756 "Who Let the Bears Out?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715001323/http://www.frontiersla.com/Features/Highlights/story.aspx?ID=1748756 |date=2014-07-15 }}. ''Frontiers'', July 31, 2012.</ref>

Dietl is gay and he lives in Palm Springs, California with Ben Zook, his creative partner in the comedy web series ''Where the Bears Are''.<ref name=frontiers /> They began their relationship in December 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=30 Years ago today @dietlart Joe Dietl and I went on our first date! Happy Anniversary, Joe! I love you more than you can ever imagine:) |url=https://www.instagram.com/benzook/p/C04aO-kJa2v/ |website=instagram.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Actor=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director ! class="unsortable"| Notes |- | 1991 | ''Poison'' | Man in the Alley | Todd Haynes | |- | 1993 | ''Calendar Girl'' | Usher | John Whitesell | |- | rowspan=2| 1998 | ''Melrose Place'' | Mover | Charles Correll | TV series (1 Episode : "Buona Sera, Mr.Campbell: Part 1") |- | ''The Thin Pink Line'' | Royce Cannon | Joe Dietl <br> Michael Irpino | |- | 1999 | ''Can't Stop Dancing'' | Butch | Stephen David <br> Ben Zook | |- | 2002 | ''The Drew Carey Show'' | A Cop | Bob Koherr | TV series (1 Episode : "Drew and the Life-Size Jim Thome Cut-Out") |- | 2006 | ''Rene Turns 40'' | Jim | Joe Dietl <br> Michael Irpino | Short |- | 2008 | ''Monk'' | Stage Manager | Michael Zinberg | TV series (1 Episode : "Mr. Monk Gets Lotto Fever") |- | rowspan=4|2010 | ''Two and a Half Men'' | Mailman Mike | James Widdoes | TV series (1 Episode : "Fart Jokes, Pie and Celeste") |- | ''Big Time Rush'' | A Director | Savage Steve Holland | TV series (1 Episode : "Big Time School of Rocque") |- | ''United States of Tara'' | DJ | Adam Davidson | TV series (1 Episode : "The Truth Hurts") |- | ''iCarly'' | Jeb Birch | Steve Hoefer | TV series (1 Episode : "iDo") |- | rowspan=2|2011 | ''Better with You'' | A Mailman | Rob Schiller | TV series (1 Episode : "Better with Skinny Jeans") |- | ''The Suite Life on Deck'' | Clyde Pickett | Bob Koherr (2) | TV series (2 episodes) |- | 2012–2013 | ''Where the Bears Are'' | Wood Burns | Joe Dietl | TV series (44 episodes) |- | rowspan=2|2013 | ''Maron'' | Leo | Bobcat Goldthwait | TV series (1 Episode : "Projections") |- | ''The Neighbors'' | Customer | John Fortenberry | TV series (1 Episode : "The Neighbours") |- | 2014 | ''Crisis'' | Chuck | Greg Thompson | Short |}

===Director=== All of this project involved the actor Michael Irpino at the direction, except for Sorry and Where the Bears Are.

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! With ! Notes |- | 1998 | ''The Thin Pink Line'' | Jennifer Aniston, Margaret Cho, David Cross, Tate Donovan, Illeana Douglas, Christine Elise, Will Ferrell, Janeane Garofalo, Phil LaMarr, Anne Meara, Joel Murray, Mike Myers, Jason Priestley, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Andy Richter, David Schwimmer, Molly Shannon, Tuc Watkins, ... | |- | 2003 | ''The Mezzos'' | Joey Diaz | Short |- | 2006 | ''Rene Turns 40'' | Suzy Nakamura, Oren Skoog, ... | Short |- | 2008 | ''Sorry'' | Vincent Ventresca, Kevin Chamberlin, ... | Short |- | 2012–2013 | ''Where the Bears Are'' | Rick Copp, Tuc Watkins, Brooke Dillman, Margaret Cho ... | TV series (50 episodes) |}

===Writer=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Notes |- | 1998 | ''The Thin Pink Line'' | |- | 2008 | ''Sorry'' | Short<br>With Michael Irpino |}

===Producer=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Notes |- | 2008 | ''Sorry'' | Short |- | 2012–2013 | ''Where the Bears Are'' | TV series (28 episodes)<br> With Ben Zook and Rick Copp |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0226202}} * {{Allocine name|id=179001}}

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