Acting
Joe Pingue
May 3, 1972 (54 years) Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Joe Pingue (born 3 May 1972, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian character actor, filmmaker, and voice artist with over 100 credits. He is best known as Captain McDowell in The Expanse (2015–2022) and for film roles in Pacific Rim (2013), Room (2015), Miss Sloane (2016), and The Apprentice (2024). He has worked with directors including David Cronenberg, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Guillermo del Toro. In voice work, he is known as Barney in PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021) and Johnny in The Nut Job (2014).
Known for
8.2
Suits
Ackerman
7.0
Pacific Rim
Captain Merrit
8.1
The Expanse
Captain McDowell
7.6
Drive
Assistant Director #1
7.8
Titans
Jacob
6.8
The Book of Eli
Hoyt
7.5
The Strain
Caldwell
8.0
Room
Officer Grabowski
7.8
Orphan Black
Detective Troy Collier
7.6
Tracker
Barry
7.4
Miss Sloane
Little Sam
5.5
Pompeii
Graecus
6.5
Blindness
Taxi Driver
7.1
The Glass Castle
Stanley
7.2
The Boondock Saints
Geno
Filmography
7.8
Memory of a Killer
2026 · Building Superintendent
Unholy Night
2026 · Nazario
4.7
Star Trek: Section 31
2025 · Dada Noe
5.9
The Killer Is Calling
2025 · Ed
7.6
Tracker
2024 · Barry
6.8
The Apprentice
2024 · Tony Salerno
7.5
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
2024 · Felix
5.0
The Burning Season
2024 · Tom
7.4
Alert: Missing Persons Unit
2023 · Renwick
5.7
Thomas & Friends: The Great Bubbly Build
2023 · Whiff (Voice)
6.0
See for Me
2022 · Dave
7.8
Daniel Spellbound
2022 · Additional Voices (voice)
4.7
The Switch
2022 · John
7.3
PAW Patrol: The Movie
2021 · Barney (Voice)
7.0
Station Eleven
2021 · Dieter
6.7
The Expanse: One Ship
2021 · Captain McDowell
7.5
Transplant
2020 · Andy
7.2
Stumptown
2019 · Whale
7.8
Titans
2018 · Jacob
6.0
Anon
2018 · Lester Goodman
5.5
Fahrenheit 451
2018 · Wayne Anderson
7.1
The Glass Castle
2017 · Stanley
7.7
Godless
2017 · Alonzo Bunker
7.4
Miss Sloane
2016 · Little Sam
5.0
An American Dream: The Education of William Bowman
2016 · Mr. Breeder
8.1
The Expanse
2015 · Captain McDowell
8.0
Room
2015 · Officer Grabowski
7.5
The Strain
2014 · Caldwell
5.5
Pompeii
2014 · Graecus
5.9
The Nut Job
2014 · Johnny (voice)