Joe Tippett (born March 1, 1982) is an American actor.[1][2] He is known for playing Sam Strickland in the NBC drama series Rise[1] and John Ross in the HBO crime drama miniseries Mare of Easttown.
Joe Tippett | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1982-03-01) March 1, 1982 (age 40) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Partner | Sara Bareilles (2015-present) |
Joe Tippett was born on March 1, 1982 and grew up in Damascus, Maryland.[3] He attended Damascus High School, where he was involved in the football team.[4] He was also involved in his school's theater department, where he performed in his first musical, Bye Bye Birdie.[3] After graduating from high school, he went to West Virginia University on a full scholarship but later dropped out.[3]
Tippett did an apprenticeship and worked his first professional job at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.[3][5] In 2015, he made his Broadway debut as Bait Boy in Airline Highway.[3] The same year, he played Earl Hunterson in the American Repertory Theater production of Waitress.[6] Two years later, Tippett played the leading man in the Off-Broadway production of All the Fine Boys.[7]
In 2018, Tippett played Coach Strickland on NBC's Rise.[5] In 2019, Tippett filmed the TV movie Patsy & Loretta, playing the role of Doolittle Lynn, Loretta Lynn's husband. The TV film was broadcast on the Lifetime channel on October 19, 2019.[8][9][10] The same year, Tippett was cast as Lucius King in NBC's Prism which is inspired by Rashomon, a 1950 Japanese psychological thriller directed by Akira Kurosawa.[11]
In the fall of 2021 Tippett reprised his role as Earl Hunterson in the Broadway return engagement of Waitress.[12]
In August 2015, Tippett met singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles during the out-of-town tryout for Waitress at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and they began a relationship in 2016.[13][14][15][16] The couple made their first public appearance at the 2017 Tony Awards.[17]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Gray Matters | Ben | |
| 2011 | Doctors of the Dark Side | Unknown | Documentary |
| 2012 | Damascus Roads | Finch | Short film |
| 2016 | Our Time | Jamie | |
| 2018 | Monsters and Men | Officer Montori | |
| 2019 | Patsy & Loretta | Doolittle Lynn | |
| 2022 | Mr. Harrigan's Phone | Craig's father | |
| 2022 | Spirited |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Boardwalk Empire | Cal | Episodes: "White Horse Pike", "The North Star" |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | Jasper Skeehan | Episode: "Kings of the Highway (No. 108)" |
| 2016 | Bull | Merle Deavers | Episode: "Callisto" |
| 2017 | Chicago Justice | Jake Benjamin | Episode: "Friendly Fire" |
| 2018 | Rise | Sam Strickland | 10 Episodes |
| 2018 | Dirty John | Bobby | Episodes: "Shrapnel", "Red Flags and Parades" |
| 2019 | The Act | Scott / Wolverine 2 | Episode: "Two Wolverines" |
| 2019 | Patsy & Loretta | Doolittle "Mooney" Lynn | Lifetime TV film |
| 2019 | The Morning Show | Hal Jackson | 4 episodes |
| 2021 | Mare of Easttown | John Ross | Miniseries |
| TBA | Godzilla and the Titans | Tim | Main role, upcoming series |
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Ashville | Jake | Off-Broadway |
| 2015 | Airline Highway[18] | Bait Boy | Broadway |
| 2015 | Waitress | Earl Hunterson | Boston |
| 2016 | Waitress | Earl Hunterson | Broadway |
| 2016 | Indian Summer | Jeremy | Off-Broadway |
| 2016 | Familiar | Brad | Off-Broadway |
| 2016 | This Day Forward | Emil | Off-Broadway |
| 2017 | All the Fine Boys | Joseph | Off-Broadway |
| 2018 | Our Very Own Carlin McCullough[19] | Jay | Los Angeles |
| 2021 | Waitress[12] | Earl Hunterson | Broadway |