Joel Polis

Actor Oct 3 (age 74) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1982–2026 (44 year career)

6.6 avg rating

Biography

An American television, film and stage actor. He has appeared in over one hundred television programs and films during his career. Polis' first film role was the character 'Fuchs' in the science fiction film The Thing. He appeared in numerous television series including Cheers, Alien Nation, Northern Exposure, Star Trek: Voyager, Roseanne, Seinfeld, Chicago Hope, Boston Legal and CSI. He appeared in a recurring role on the television series Cheers as the mischievous Gary, owner of the rival bar,…

Known For

Film

The Thing

Fuchs

Film

The Rookie

Lance

Film

My Blue Heaven

U.S. Attorney

Film

Attraction

William

Film

True Believer

Dean Rabin

Film

Alien Hunter

Copeland

Film

The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

Self

Film

Tumbleweeds

Vice Principal

Filmography

Acting (81)

Movies (26)

The Thing Expanded

2026

as Self

Chasing a Dream

as Dr. Aldicott

Fallen Angels

as Horace Millhouse

Swallow

as Agent Miller

Alien Hunter

as Copeland

Attraction

as William

Shadows

as Kapo

Rocket's Red Glare

as Col. Mitchell

Tumbleweeds

as Vice Principal

The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

as Self

Prison of Secrets

as Brad

The Sleepwalker Killing

as Asst. Atty. Jimmy

Dark Angel

as Jastrow

It's My Party

as Tim Bergen

Twilight Man

as Harper

Serial Killer

as Jack Blund

Deadly Medicine

as Dr. George Reardon

The Rookie

as Lance

My Blue Heaven

as U.S. Attorney

Burning Bridges

as Dr. Paletsky

True Believer

as Dean Rabin

Those She Left Behind

as Kerns

Best Defense

as First Agent

All The Kids Do It

as Coach

The Thing

1982

as Fuchs

8.1

Born Beautiful

1982

as Ted

Television (55)

Growing Up Fisher

2014

as Richard Barr

6.3

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

as The Banker

Rizzoli & Isles

as Starbridge Warden

Castle

as John Raglan

The Forgotten

as Judge Cooperman

The Unit

as Administrator

Bones

as Mario Trivisonno

CSI: NY

as Clark Risenhoover

Stargate Atlantis

as Elson

Boston Legal

as Attorney Eric Yavitch

NCIS

as Ronald Ostrowski

Mister Sterling

as Quinn

CSI: Miami

as Robert Wynn

Without a Trace

as Joel Landers

The Best Sex Ever

as Donald

The Guardian

as Jerry Lazar

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Silvio Peters

Boston Public

as Dawson

The Invisible Man

as John Castagnacci

Bull

Angel

as Captain Franklin

Judging Amy

as Dr. Eaton

L.A. Doctors

as ER Doctor

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

1997

as Dr. Sapperstein (segment "Morning Sickness")

Ally McBeal

as Attorney Woodson

Dharma & Greg

as Colonel Glickman

The Pretender

as Agent Russell Gillson

7th Heaven

as Ted Jacob

Star Trek: Voyager

as Ny Terla

Chicago Hope

as Sidney Herman

Touched by an Angel

as Garland Ketter

Party of Five

as Dr. Michael Frieder

One West Waikiki

Diagnosis: Murder

as Larry Macklin

The Larry Sanders Show

as Ron

Home Improvement

as Wes Davidson

Eddie Dodd

Law & Order

as Dr. Joel Friedman

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Pharmacist

Northern Exposure

as Matthew Miller

Capital News

as Vartan

Seinfeld

as Reilly

Alien Nation

as Carl Peterson

Matlock

as Gary Benton

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "The Uncle Devil Show")

Moonlighting

as Frank Herbert

Misfits of Science

as Lonnie / Dwayne

Fatal Vision

as Brian Murtagh

The Hitchhiker

as Carl

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Cheers

as Gary

T. J. Hooker

as John Jenkins

St. Elsewhere

as Jeff Hassett

Cagney & Lacey

Remington Steele

as Eldon Veckmer