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JOEL DECANDIO IS A NEW YORK-BASED ACTOR WORKING INTERNATIONALLY IN THEATRE AND ART HOUSE CINEMA. HE MADE HIS FILM DEBUT STARRING IN KENYA GILLESPIE'S 16 MM FILM GIVE (OFFICIAL SELECTION: AESTHETICA 2023), FOLLOWED BY HE WON'T BELONG (2023) 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. 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, TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' THE ROSE TATTOO, AND THE TRAGEDY OF ANTONY & CLEOPATRA WITH THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF GHANA AND ARTISTS OF ANKARA DEVLET TIYATROSU (TURKISH STATE THEATRE). IN ADDITION TO HIS WORK AS AN ACTOR, JOEL IS AN ACCOMPLISHED PIANIST AND COACH OFTEN SEEN IN BROADWAY AUDITION AND REHEARSAL ROOMS.