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Portland, Oregon, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joel David Moore (born September 25, 1977) is an American actor who has appeared in television commercials, feature films, and television series. He is best known for his roles as Owen Dittman in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Dr. Norm Spellman in Avatar, Colin Fisher in Bones and J.P. in Grandma's Boy.
Known for
- Avatar 5 — Norm Spellman2031
- Avatar 4 — Norm Spellman2029
- Daniel's Gotta Die — Daniel Powell2025
- Kinda Pregnant — Mark2025
- Avatar: Fire and Ash — Norm2025
- Inside Pandora's Box — Self2023
- The Retirement Plan — Fitzsimmons2023
- The Baker — Peter2023
- The Morning After — Guy2023
- Avatar: The Way of Water — Norm Spellman2022
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1977-09-25 ) September 25, 1977 (age 48) , Portland , Oregon , U.S.
- Education
- Mt. Hood Community College , Southern Oregon University ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actor, director
- Years active
- 1996–present
- Spouse
- Kineret Karen Ben Yishay ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2009 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2011 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joel
- Family name
- Moore
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Portland
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Joel David Moore (Tribeca 2016).jpg
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- Commons category
- Joel Moore
- date of birth
- 1977-09-25
- name in native language
- Joel David Moore
- start of work period
- 1996-00-00
- social media followers
- 62039
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Joel David Moore
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Encyclopedic overview
Joel David Moore (born September 25, 1977) is an American character actor and director. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Moore studied acting in college before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a film career. His first major role was as Owen Dittman in the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, followed by roles in the comedy Grandma's Boy (2006), Terry Zwigoff's Art School Confidential (2006), and the independent slasher film Hatchet (2006).
In 2008, he was cast in the role of Colin Fisher on the Fox series Bones, a guest role he portrayed in sixteen episodes until the series' conclusion in 2017. In 2009, he was cast as Dr. Norm Spellman in James Cameron's Avatar (2009), a role he reprised for the film's sequels, Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025).
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