Biography

Joel DeCandio is a New York actor working internationally in theatre and arthouse cinema. He made his film debut starring in Kenya Gillespie’s 16 mm film Give (Official selection: Aesthetica 2023; Winner: Best International, New Renaissance Amsterdam 2024; Jury Prize: KASHISH Mumbai 2024), followed by Dominic Mercurio’s He Won’t Belong and Barnabas Wilhelm’s All the Rest Is Noise (Germany-USA). He has recently wrapped shooting on Julian Alvarez’s Delicious, Shashwat Punjabi’s Fixed Memory, and Stickup directed by Muhil Vaseekaran. Upcoming: Le baiser. On stage, he has appeared in multiple productions of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tragedy of Cymbeline, as well as The Tempest, Twelfth Night at Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Tennessee Williams’ The Rose Tattoo, and The Tragedy of Antony & Cleopatra with the National Theatre of Ghana and artists of the Ankara State Theatre. Upcoming: Gertrude Stein’s Listen to Me. He is a member of Actors’ Equity and the Screen Actors Guild.