Joe Unger
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Joe Unger | |
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| Born | Joseph Unger May 25, 1949 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1972–2014 |
Joseph Unger (born May 25, 1949) is an American actor who has starred in many films and on television. He is best known for his role in Wes Craven's 1984 horror hit film A Nightmare on Elm Street as Sgt. Garcia, and as one of Leatherface's brothers, the hook handed Tinker, who appears in Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990).
Unger was born and raised in Lake County, Tennessee in the United States of America.
His first feature movie was in the 1978 movie Go Tell the Spartans. His other films include Escape from New York (1981), Mask (1985), Barfly (1987), Road House (1989), he did a voice in the 1990 hit science fiction Total Recall.
Unger has made many guest appearances on TV shows, some of those appearances range from The A-Team, Alice, Airwolf, Cagney & Lacey, The Pretender, and Carnivàle.
Unger provided the voice of "Joe the Vampire Hunter" on the Adult Swim series Mary Shelley's Frankenhole.
Filmography[]
- Go Tell the Spartans (1978) as Lieutenant Raymound Hamilton
- (1979) as Bank Teller
- Escape from New York (1981) as Bill Taylor (scenes deleted)
- National Lampoon's Joy of Sex (1984) as Mr. Ranada
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) as Sergeant Garcia
- Mask (1985) as 1st Boyfriend
- UFOria (1985) as Gas Station Attendant
- The Deliberate Stranger (1986) (Direct-to-Television Film)
- Stagecoach (1986) (Direct-to-Television Film) as Captain Sickels
- Barfly (1987) as Ben
- (1987) (Direct-to-Television Film)
- Lucky Stiff (1988) as Kirby
- Checking Out (1989) as Joe
- Road House (1989) as Karpis
- Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) as Tinker 'Tink' Sawyer
- Total Recall (1990) (voice)
- The Bodyguard (1992) as Journalist
- Love Field (1992) as Announcer
- Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994) (Direct-to-Video Film) as Ernst
- Night of the Scarecrow (1995) as Deputy #2
- Drive (1997) as Waterfront Bartender
- The Bad Pack (1997) as Fight Promoter
- American Hero (1997) as Kipper
- Spoiler (1998) as Clemets
- (1998) as Roscoe
- (1999) as Detective Harry Richards
- Black and White (1999) as Charlie Sanders
- South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000) as Nogales Sanches
- Stranger than Fiction (2000) as Bubba
- (2004) as Prison Guard
- (2005) as Motel Owner
- The Visitation (2006) as Matt Kiley
- Altered (2006) as Mr. Towne
- (2007) as Hud
- Broke Sky (2007) as Earl
- Moving McAllister (2007) as Lanky
- South of Heaven (2008) as 'Rooster'
- (2009) as Sheriff Baxter
- Closed for the Season (2010) as The Carny
- In Your Eyes (2014) as Wayne
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- 1949 births
- Living people
- People from Lake County, Tennessee
- Male actors from Tennessee
- American male film actors
- American male television actors