Joe Hansard

Joe Hansard's film debut was alongside Oscar winner Adolph Caesar in the feature film The Hitter (1978). Not a bad start for the teen from Baltimore, landing a speaking role as "Graveyard Redneck" and getting his SAG card to boot. The acting bug bit around age seven when Joe's mom Caroline brought him to an audition for "King Fluff" laundry detergent. Some of Hansard's noteworthy roles include portraying "Detective Tuggle" in Steven Soderbergh's The Knick (2014), the lead role as New Jersey fugitive John Schlump in America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988), harried high school teacher "Mr. Matusek" for David Letterman's Worldwide Pants in their debut feature film We Made This Movie (2012), "Joe" in episode five of HBO's Veep (2012), "Tim Womack" in the pilot episode of The Onion News Network (2011) for IFC, and sharing screen time with Kip Pardue and Chris Matthews as "Cosgrove" in Dave Fraunces Below the Beltway (2010)," HBO tapped Hansard for the pivotal role of "Nathan Lev