Joe Pingue

Actor

Born May 3, 1972 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Joe Pingue (born 3 May 1972, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian character actor, filmmaker, and voice artist with over 100 credits. He is best known as Captain McDowell in The Expanse (2015–2022) and for film roles in Pacific Rim (2013), Room (2015), Miss Sloane (2016), and The Apprentice (2024). He has worked with directors including David Cronenberg, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Guillermo del Toro. In voice work, he is known as Barney in PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021) and Johnny in The Nut Job (2014).

Acting

Unholy Night
Film, 2026
as Nazario
Memory of a Killer
TV series, 2026
as Building Superintendent
The Killer Is Calling
Film, 2025
as Ed
Star Trek: Section 31
Film, 2025
as Dada Noe
The Apprentice
Film, 2024
as Tony Salerno
The Burning Season
Film, 2024
as Tom
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
TV series, 2024
as Felix
Tracker
TV series, 2024
as Barry
Thomas & Friends: The Great Bubbly Build
Film, 2023
as Whiff (Voice)
Alert: Missing Persons Unit
TV series, 2023
as Renwick
The Switch
Film, 2022
as John
Daniel Spellbound
TV series, 2022
as Additional Voices (voice)
See for Me
Film, 2022
as Dave
Station Eleven
TV series, 2021
as Dieter
The Expanse: One Ship
TV series, 2021
as Captain McDowell
PAW Patrol: The Movie
Film, 2021
as Barney (Voice)
Transplant
TV series, 2020
as Andy
Stumptown
TV series, 2019
as Whale
Titans
TV series, 2018
as Jacob
Fahrenheit 451
Film, 2018
as Wayne Anderson
Anon
Film, 2018
as Lester Goodman
Godless
TV series, 2017
as Alonzo Bunker
The Glass Castle
Film, 2017
as Stanley
Save Me
TV series, 2017
as Jojo
An American Dream: The Education of William Bowman
Film, 2016
as Mr. Breeder
Miss Sloane
Film, 2016
as Little Sam
The Expanse
TV series, 2015
as Captain McDowell
Room
Film, 2015
as Officer Grabowski
One Christmas Eve
Film, 2014
as Gorik
The Strain
TV series, 2014
as Caldwell