Joel Reitsma
Biography
Joel Reitsma is a Chicago-based stage, screen, and voice actor, with a B.F.A. from Columbia College Chicago and has earned many local theatre and film credits. With a nomination for a Joseph Jefferson award for best actor in a principal role, Joel continues to work, live, and make theatre in the globally renowned Chicago theatre community, and he's often found working on stage at his artistic home as an ensemble member with the award-winning Steep Theatre Company. He has been working locally in the film and television industry, and has recently starred in leading roles in two local independent short films, Streamline, and Closure, and starred in two local independent features, Older Children, and The World Without You, both in supporting roles.
Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Detective Johnson
An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so rewarding and exhilarating. These courageous men and women are among the elite who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death.
Drama Series - 2014, 16 episodes • as Aldo
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Max Sylow
A man haunted by traumatic memories must confront his past while eluding mysterious pursuers.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Fred
When a serial killer abducts a young woman’s fiancé, she must race against the clock to discover the identity of the killer, and more importantly – his motive.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Leo
The Frankel family copes with the death of son Leo, a journalist killed on assignment in Iraq. During a weekend memorial service marking the one-year anniversary, old hurts and dark secrets emerge that threaten to tear the fragile threads holding the family together.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Adam
Young friends struggle to come to grips of getting older.