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Joel Thomas Hynes is a Actor, Writer and Associate Producer Canadien born on 1 january 1976

Joel Thomas Hynes

Joel Thomas Hynes
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Nationality Canada
Birth 1 january 1976 (48 years)

Joel Thomas Hynes (born 1976 in Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian writer, performer and actor. He may be credited as Joel Thomas Hynes or as Joel Hynes when acting, but is always credited as Joel Thomas Hynes as a writer.

His debut novel Down to the Dirt won the Percy Janes First Novel Award, was shortlisted for the Atlantic Book Award and the Winterset Award, and was longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the ReLit Award. The novel has been translated into numerous international languages and was subsequently adapted into the film Down to the Dirt, in which Hynes also played one of the lead roles.

Hynes has also performed numerous lead and leading roles for television, film and theatre. His credits include the television series Hatching, Matching and Dispatching (for which he was also a writer), as well as the films Rabbittown, Crackie, The Con Artist, Messiah from Montreal, Re-Genesis, The Sparky Book, Ashore and numerous others.
Hynes was named Artist of the Year by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council in 2008, has received the Lawrence Jackson Writer's Award, the Summerwork's Theatre Festival's Contra Guys Award, and most recently won the coveted Cuffer Prize. He has also played a recurring character on Republic of Doyle.

His book Straight Razor Days was released in September 2011.

He wrote the screenplay for and played a supporting character in the 2014 film Cast No Shadow, which also starred his son Percy Hynes-White.

He currently lives in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. He is the nephew of singer-songwriter Ron Hynes.

Usually with

Sherry White
Sherry White
(2 films)
Fred Olen Ray
Fred Olen Ray
(1 films)
Allan Hawco
Allan Hawco
(1 films)
Robert Joy
Robert Joy
(1 films)
Hugh Dillon
Hugh Dillon
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Joel Thomas Hynes (6 films)

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Actor

Eyewitness
Eyewitness (2015)

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, Robert Lieberman, Fred Olen Ray
Genres Thriller
Actors Brigid Brannagh, Julianne Nicholson, Ivan Sergei, Tyler Young, James Paxton, Tim Abell
Roles Angel
Rating43% 2.198592.198592.198592.198592.19859
Sharon et sa fille Cassie partent faire du rafting pour resserrer leurs liens après le divorce de Sharon. Diabétique, Cassie doit régulièrement vérifier son taux de glycémie. Elle voulant récupérer son sac tombé à l'eau, la jeune fille aperçoit trois évadés de prison à la recherche de l'argent qu'ils ont volé. Alors qu'ils se disputent, l'un d'eux tombe d'une falaise et, juste avant de mourir, confie à Cassie l'endroit où il a caché l'argent…
Cast No Shadow, 1h25
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy
Actors Joel Thomas Hynes
Roles Angus
Rating63% 3.193093.193093.193093.193093.19309
The Con Artist, 1h27
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Rossif Sutherland, Rebecca Romijn, Donald Sutherland, Sarah Roemer, Terra Vnesa, Greg Germann
Roles Carl
Rating47% 2.3608052.3608052.3608052.3608052.360805
When Vince (Rossif Sutherland) is paroled after five years in prison for a heist gone wrong, his dangerous and controlling former boss, Kranski (Donald Sutherland), forces him back into a life of crime. Working for Kranski as a car thief, Vince finds solace in welding sculptures out of metal and old car parts in Kranski’s chop shop. When Vince’s raw and evocative sculptures are discovered by the calculating art dealer, Belinda (Rebecca Romijn), his chance for a new life as an artist emerges, as well as romantic complications with Belinda’s gallery assistant, Kristen (Sarah Roemer). Caught between the pressure from Kranski and the demands of the art world, Vince has to cleverly maneuver his way out to become his own man and his own artist.
Crackie
Crackie (2009)
, 1h34
Directed by Sherry White
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Mary Walsh, Kristin Booth, Joel Thomas Hynes
Roles Duffy
Rating55% 2.7675852.7675852.7675852.7675852.767585
Mitsy (Greeley) is a teenage student who lives with her grandmother, Bride (Walsh) after having been left at an early age by her mother (Wells). Mitsy secretly dreams of leaving her small town to live with her mother in Alberta but finds her life disrupted when her mother suddenly reappears.
Down to the Dirt, 1h55
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Hugh Dillon, Robert Joy, Joel Thomas Hynes
Roles Keith Kavanagh
Rating50% 2.538042.538042.538042.538042.53804
Keith Kavanagh is a rowdy hooligan known for his hard drinking throughout the Southern shore. He also has a shattered relationship with his father. But when he meets Natasha (Mylène Savoie), his life changes. Both fall in love. But soon Natasha leaves Keith, fed up of his ways. Later Keith realizes that he himself is responsible for all his failures in life and thus embarks on a mission to find Natasha, where he not only finds her, but also himself and realizes he needs to make a change for the better.

Scriptwriter

Cast No Shadow, 1h25
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy
Actors Joel Thomas Hynes
Roles Writer
Rating63% 3.193093.193093.193093.193093.19309
Down to the Dirt, 1h55
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Hugh Dillon, Robert Joy, Joel Thomas Hynes
Roles Novel
Rating50% 2.538042.538042.538042.538042.53804
Keith Kavanagh is a rowdy hooligan known for his hard drinking throughout the Southern shore. He also has a shattered relationship with his father. But when he meets Natasha (Mylène Savoie), his life changes. Both fall in love. But soon Natasha leaves Keith, fed up of his ways. Later Keith realizes that he himself is responsible for all his failures in life and thus embarks on a mission to find Natasha, where he not only finds her, but also himself and realizes he needs to make a change for the better.

Producer

Cast No Shadow, 1h25
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy
Actors Joel Thomas Hynes
Roles Associate Producer
Rating63% 3.193093.193093.193093.193093.19309