Joseph Baird is an Italian/American actor from Oklahoma. A film he wrote, produced, and starred in - BEN & ARA - won the 2016 Best Diaspora Film at the African Movie Academy Awards. He was nominated for BEST ACTOR in the US Hollywood International Film Festival for his role as BEN.

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His television appearances include SCORPION, CRIMINAL MINDS and daytime soap operas. Joseph also appeared as sex-worker Blake Savage in the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival selection KING COBRA.

His theater work includes roles as Tybalt in ROMEO & JULIET, Sebastian in TWELFTH NIGHT, and even Juliet in a nutty production of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Abridged).

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Joseph graduated from The University of Oklahoma where he studied classics and archaeology and from St. Thomas University in Miami with a law degree. Joseph speaks Hebrew which he learned while doing archaeology in Israel. In his spare time he trains Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at the Gracie Academy and is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.