Born in Rhinebeck, New York on September, 21, 1983. He got into acting when he was 5 years old after his sister appeared in 30 some odd commercials. Since then, he has acted opposite some of the best actors in Hollywood, as a bright, expressive actor with complexity and sensitivity and emotion. Recently he attended Film School at USC and got his degree in Cinema/Television Production. He plans on continuing is acting career while also following his aspirations of becoming a director.


His parents own and operate a dance studio Steven Spielberg swapped the ages of the children in Jurassic Park (1993) so Joe could play Tim He was originally going to play Jack, Robin Williams' son in Hook (1991), but he was too small, so Steven Spielberg went out of his way to the point of changing the script for Jurassic Park (1993), to let him play Tim. Favorite movie is It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Favorite actor is his idol, James Stewart. Has been passionate about oldies music, and when he was growing up, his sister teased him for being old-fashioned. When work began on Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) in 1993, he was cast as David.