“Charlie Pontus”

Joseph Culp’s film credits include leading roles in Alan J. Pakula’s Dream Lover, Monte Hellman’s Iguana, The Arrival, Assault on Dome 4, The Secret Life Of Houses on PBS, and Maria Novaro’s El Jardin del Eden. He played the original Doctor Doom in the first version of Marvel’s The Fantastic Four. He was featured in HBO’s Full Eclipse, Ron Howard’s Apollo 13, and Mario Van Peebles’ Panther, Los Locos and Baadasssss. He recently starred in the award winning comedy/sci-fi feature Cyxork VII, and co-starred with Richard Thomas in Hallmark’s Wild Hearts. His many television appearances include ER and Deep Space Nine.

Joseph won critical acclaim at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival for his performance in Hunger, the contemporary adaptation of Nobel winner Knut Hamsun’s novel, which he produced with director Maria Giese and which featured his father, veteran actor Robert Culp. He recently produced and starred in the investigative drama, The Reflecting Pool, the first narrative feature to challenge the official story of 9/11.

As founder of the L.A.-based Walking Theatre Group (integrating theatre and transpersonal work for actors, writers and directors), Joseph acted and directed his own adaptations of two short stories by Franz Kafka, The Judgment and In The Penal Colony. His original musical play The Hound – An American Poem about a spiritual journey on the Greyhound Bus is currently in development.

Joseph appeared in the New York stage premiere of Foul Shots by Raymond J. Barry, which he is currently adapting for film. He is set to produce and co-star in his screenplay, Justice, a darkly comedic tale about an ambitious "Reality-TV" cameraman descending into the lives of small-town cops.