ABOUT

JOEL DECANDIO IS A NEW YORK-BASED ACTOR WORKING INTERNATIONALLY IN INDEPENDENT AND ART HOUSE CINEMA. 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 ABIBIGROMMA (NATIONAL THEATRE OF GHANA) AND ARTISTS OF ANKARA DEVLET TIYATROSU (TURKISH STATE THEATRE). IN 2023, HE MADE HIS FILM DEBUT STARRING IN KENYA GILLESPIE'S GIVE, FOLLOWED BY DOMINIC MERCURIO'S HE WON'T BELONG (2023) AND BARNABAS WILHELM'S ALL THE REST IS NOISE (GERMANY-USA). HE HAS JUST WRAPPED SHOOTING ON JULIAN ALVAREZ'S DELICIOUS. IN ADDITION TO HIS WORK AS AN ACTOR, JOEL IS AN ACCOMPLISHED PIANIST AND VOCALIST AS WELL AS A SWIMMER. HE IS CURRENTLY IN SCHOOL STUDYING FRENCH.