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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1951-10-03

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1982	The Thing	Fuchs	81
2	1982	Born Beautiful	Ted	0
3	1984	All The Kids Do It	Coach	0
4	1984	Best Defense	First Agent	41
5	1989	True Believer	Dean Rabin	62
6	1989	Those She Left Behind	Kerns	50
7	1990	Burning Bridges	Dr. Paletsky	10
8	1990	My Blue Heaven	U.S. Attorney	61
9	1990	The Rookie	Lance	59
10	1991	Deadly Medicine	Dr. George Reardon	0
11	1995	Serial Killer	Jack Blund	43
12	1995	Twilight Man	Harper	67
13	1996	Dark Angel	Jastrow	27
14	1997	Prison of Secrets	Brad	50
15	1998	The Thing: Terror Takes Shape	Self	75
16	1999	Tumbleweeds	Vice Principal	65
17	2000	Shadows	Kapo	0
18	2000	Rocket's Red Glare	Col. Mitchell	30
19	2001	Attraction	William	70
20	2003	Alien Hunter	Copeland	51
21	2004	Swallow	Agent Miller	0
22	2009	Chasing a Dream	Dr. Aldicott	63
23		The Thing Expanded	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1982	T. J. Hooker	John Jenkins	63
2	1982	Cagney & Lacey		69
3	1982	Cheers	Gary	76
4	1982	Remington Steele	Eldon Veckmer	71
5	1982	St. Elsewhere		54
6	1983	Scarecrow and Mrs. King		64
7	1983	The Hitchhiker	Carl	61
8	1984	Fatal Vision	Brian Murtagh	63
9	1985	Moonlighting	Frank Herbert	75
10	1985	The Twilight Zone		77
11	1985	Misfits of Science	Lonnie / Dwayne	66
12	1986	Matlock	Gary Benton	72
13	1989	Seinfeld	Reilly	83
14	1989	Alien Nation		70
15	1990	Capital News	Vartan	60
16	1990	Law & Order	Dr. Joel Friedman	74
17	1990	Beverly Hills, 90210		74
18	1991	Eddie Dodd		0
19	1991	Home Improvement	Wes Davidson	74
20	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Larry Macklin	71
21	1994	One West Waikiki		74
22	1994	Chicago Hope		72
23	1994	Touched by an Angel	Garland Ketter	72
24	1995	Star Trek: Voyager	Ny Terla	78
25	1996	7th Heaven	Ted Jacob	64
26	1996	The Pretender	Agent Russell Gillson	74
27	1997	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Dr. Sapperstein (segment "Morning Sickness")	72
28	1997	Ally McBeal	Attorney Woodson	66
29	1997	Dharma & Greg	Colonel Glickman	64
30	1999	Judging Amy	Dr. Eaton	75
31	1999	Angel	Captain Franklin	79
32	2000	The Invisible Man	John Castagnacci	70
33	2000	Bull		68
34	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Silvio Peters	76
35	2000	Boston Public	Dawson	77
36	2001	The Guardian		70
37	2002	The Best Sex Ever	Donald	38
38	2002	CSI: Miami	Robert Wynn	77
39	2002	Without a Trace	Joel Landers	73
40	2003	Mister Sterling		75
41	2003	NCIS	Ronald Ostrowski	76
42	2004	Stargate Atlantis	Elson	80
43	2004	CSI: NY	Clark Risenhoover	74
44	2004	Boston Legal	Attorney Eric Yavitch	79
45	2005	Bones	Mario Trivisonno	82
46	2006	The Unit	Administrator	73
47	2009	Castle	John Raglan	80
48	2009	The Forgotten	Judge Cooperman	60
49	2010	Rizzoli & Isles	Starbridge Warden	79
50	2013	Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	The Banker	75
51	2014	Growing Up Fisher	Richard Barr	65