Joe Hursley

{{BLP primary sources|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Joe Hursley | image = Joehursley.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Joseph Gregory Hursley | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|03|19}} | birth_place = Austin, Texas | occupation = Actor, musician | years_active = | website = http://joehursley.com/ }} '''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.<ref>Stevens, Michael (Ed.). Family Letters of Victor and Meta Berger, 1894–1929. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1995, p. 14. {{ISBN|0-87020-277-4}}</ref> His father, Greg Hursley, is an architectural photographer and his mother Kelle is a nurse.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ttlmgt.com/testimonials/ghursley.html|title = Greg Hursley testimonial|accessdate = December 15, 2012|date = December 15, 2012|publisher = Through The Lens Management|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121351/http://www.ttlmgt.com/testimonials/ghursley.html|archive-date = April 2, 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.mtv.com/shows/got_a_friend/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=2531#moreinfo|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130129073044/http://www.mtv.com/shows/got_a_friend/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=2531%23moreinfo|url-status = dead|archive-date = January 29, 2013|title = Joe Hursley MTV Bio Page|accessdate = December 26, 2012|date = December 26, 2012|publisher = MTV}}</ref>

==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''.<ref name="MTV">{{cite web|url = http://www.mtv.com/shows/got_a_friend/series.jhtml|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100330073727/http://www.mtv.com/shows/got_a_friend/series.jhtml|url-status = dead|archive-date = March 30, 2010|title = You've Got a Friend|accessdate = December 15, 2012|date = December 15, 2012|publisher = MTV}}</ref><ref name="IMDB">{{cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443718/synopsis|title = You've Got a Friend|accessdate = December 15, 2012|date = December 15, 2012|publisher = IMDb}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1626135/|title = Balls to the Wall|accessdate = December 15, 2012|date = March 25, 2010|publisher = IMDb}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Citation|title=Battle for Milkquarious|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4200826/|access-date=2018-09-02}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=May 2, 2007 |title=The Ringers |url=https://www.spin.com/2008/11/ringers/ |access-date=December 15, 2012 |website=Spin}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://wewereindians.com/|title = Indians Home Page|accessdate = December 15, 2012|date = December 15, 2012|publisher = Ramshackle Outhouses R Us|archive-date = January 12, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160112045200/http://wewereindians.com/|url-status = dead}}</ref>{{non-primary source needed|date=December 2024}} They released their self-titled debut in 2011. The first music video, "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPvdhcXKX7A Sink Into You]", was written and directed by Jordan Albertsen, and starred Joslyn Jensen and Taylor Handley.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://vimeo.com/32499225 |title = "Sink Into You" Video|accessdate = December 15, 2012|date = December 15, 2012|publisher = Vimeo}}</ref>{{non-primary source needed|date=December 2024}}

Music by the Indians was featured in the 2012 film ''Rites of Passage'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2012 |title=''Rites of Passage'' |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745958/ |access-date=December 15, 2012 |publisher=IMDb}}</ref>{{unreliable source|date=December 2024|sure=y|reason=WP:IMDB}} 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.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | 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 series Episodes: "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 series Episodes: "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 series Episode: "Safety First" |- | 2007 | ''Resident Evil: Extinction'' | Otto | Feature |- | 2007 | ''Weekend Junkies'' | Dirty Steve | |- | 2008 | ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' | Tristan Dewitt | TV series Episode: "Brothers of Nablus" |- | 2009 | ''Monk'' | Winston Kasinsky | TV series Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Lady Next Door" |- | 2009 | ''Fast & Furious'' | Virgil | Feature |- | 2009 | ''Battle for Milkquarious'' | White Gold | Short |- | 2009 | ''Glee'' | Joe | TV series Episode: "Vitamin D" |- | 2010 | ''The Clinic'' | Marty Forrest | TV series Episodes: "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 series Episode: "Brotherly Love" |- | 2010 | ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' | Junkie | TV series Episode: "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 series Episode: "Two Birds" |- | 2012 | ''Golden Winter'' | Frankie | Feature |- | 2012 | ''Jack's Not Sick Anymore'' | Kip | Short |- | 2012 | ''Fanboy & Chum Chum'' | Nickelodeon President | TV series Episode: "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 series Episode: "Once Upon a Time in the Park" |- | 2014 | ''The Origins of Wit and Humor'' | Les Candalero | Feature |- | 2015 | ''For All Eyes Always'' | Thomas Devlin | Feature Post 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 |}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1120316}} *[http://joehursley.com/ Joe Hursley Official Site] *[http://vimeo.com/32499225 Sink Into You Music Video/Short Film by Indians] *[http://wewereindians.com We Were Indians band site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112045200/http://wewereindians.com/ |date=2016-01-12 }}

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