Joe Herrera

Joe Herrera was born on Sep 27, 1973 in USA. Joe Herrera's big-screen debut came with Don't Panic directed by Rubén Galindo Jr. in 1987, strarring Jose (as Jose Herrera). Joe Herrera is known for The Girl in the Watermelon directed by Sergio M. Castilla, Lisa Abukusumo stars as Bride and Michael Allinson as Julius. The upcoming new movie Joe Herrera plays is Megaboa which will be released on Dec 31, 2021.

Joe Herrera is a Puerto Rican American actor. He has appeared in films Inheritance, Megaboa, Let There Be Light, The God Cafe, and The Girl In The Watermelon. On television, he has appeared on FOX TV series The Resident and BET's The Family Business.Joe Herrera was born in New York, New York, to Puerto-Rican parents Jose Rafael Herrera and Elsa Miriam Gonzalez. He began his acting career during his early teen years with roles in Grease and Hans Christian Andersen. After receiving his actor training from Brooklyn College, in 1994, he made his Off-Broadway debut at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre in A Popol Vuh Story: Heart of the Earth, an original play written by Cherrie Moraga and directed by grand master puppeteer Ralph Lee, where Joe also worked with former cast-mates Wilson Jermaine Heredia and David Norona. In 1993, he landed the supporting role of Coco in his independent feature film debut, "The Girl in The Watermelon" directed by Sergio Castilla playing opposite of Meredith Scott Lynn. The film went on to the Sundance Film Festival in 1995 and was nominated for the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize. The film had a TV premiere on Starz on June 10, 1995.Joe continued to work on various New York Stage Productions and tour across the country as well as a musical theatre performer. He worked with award-winning songwriter Robert Lopez on Ferdinand the Bull the Musical in collaboration with TheatreWorksUSA, playing the supporting lead role of Alejandro the Bull.Joe later went on to further his training as an actor with Master-Teacher Lisa Dalton to study the Michael Chekhov Technique at the National Michael Chekhov Association. In 2017, he earned a Master of Arts Degree in Theatre at Regent University, graduating with honors and earning the Outstanding Graduate of the Year Award.After graduating Joe went on to act in several films, such as Student Emmy Award-Winning Short Film Revolving Child and Forget About The World, and several independent feature films that have garnered many film festival awards.He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Theatre/Acting at Florida Southern College and Pasco-Hernando State College when he is not acting on set or on stage.