Joel Polis
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, Gary's Olde Towne Tavern. Polis's theater credits include performances at the Astor Place Theatre, Hartford Stage, Old Globe Theater, South Coast Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, Odyssey Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Lillian Theater and the Pasadena Playhouse.
81 acting credits
Acting · 81
Law & Order
1990
NCIS
2003
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Bones
2005
CSI: Miami
2002
Castle
2009
Seinfeld
1989
Without a Trace
2002
CSI: NY
2004
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
Cheers
1982
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Boston Legal
2004
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
Stargate Atlantis
2004
Chicago Hope
1994
Judging Amy
1999
Angel
1999
Home Improvement
1991
St. Elsewhere
1982
Touched by an Angel
1994
T. J. Hooker
1982
Matlock
1986
The Guardian
2001
The Twilight Zone
1985
Party of Five
1994
The Unit
2006
Boston Public
2000
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
The Pretender
1996
Moonlighting
1985
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Northern Exposure
1990
Remington Steele
1982
7th Heaven
1996
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Ally McBeal
1997
The Hitchhiker
1983
Dharma & Greg
1997
The Thing
1982
L.A. Doctors
1998
The Forgotten
2009
The Invisible Man
2000
Alien Nation
1989
The Best Sex Ever
2002
Bull
2000
Growing Up Fisher
2014
One West Waikiki
1994
Misfits of Science
1985
Capital News
1990
Mister Sterling
2003
The Rookie
1990
Eddie Dodd
1991
Fatal Vision
1984
The Thing Expanded
2026
My Blue Heaven
1990
Best Defense
1984
True Believer
1989
Alien Hunter
2003
It's My Party
1996
Tumbleweeds
1999
Dark Angel
1996
Chasing a Dream
2009
Rocket's Red Glare
2000
Attraction
2001
Twilight Man
1996
Born Beautiful
1982
Fallen Angels
2007
Serial Killer
1995
Those She Left Behind
1989
The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
1998
The Sleepwalker Killing
1997
All The Kids Do It
1984
Prison of Secrets
1997
Burning Bridges
1990
Deadly Medicine
1991
Shadows
2000
Swallow
2004