Joe Whyte's Professional Acting Career Began After Attending California State University-Northridge
As a Theater student, Joe Whyte started his professional acting career in 1982. He began performing with an improv comedy sketch group called The Left Fielders, comprised of a group of friends from CSUN. This marked the beginning of his lifelong love for improv comedy.
Joe's improv comedy career led him to perform with Comedysportz Los Angeles, the highly acclaimed musical/comedy improv group The Impromptones, and, in 2000, the music/comedy group The Newtonics with Jeff Bryan Davis (Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998)),all based out of Hollywood, California.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Joe also appeared in numerous plays and musicals in and around the Los Angeles area, along with appearances in several TV sitcoms and soap operas, most notably The Drew Carey Show (1995),Sports Night (1998),General Hospital (1963),Miss Match (2003),and Rodney (2004).
Voice-Over Career
Joe began his voice-over career while working as a production assistant on Hercules (1997) at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He started by performing as a "scratch" actor, providing temporary character voice-over for a film so that the director and producers could work out sequences and timing. This role eventually led him to land a voice-over agent and begin working regularly in the voice-over field.
Joe has provided voice-over for films, TV shows, and video games, most notably the role of Chris Redfield in the highly successful video game series remake, Resident Evil / Biohazard, a remake of the original Resident Evil game.
Digital Artistry
In addition to his voice-over career, Joe is also a digital artist. He worked as a 3D modeler for Walt Disney Animation Studios and has modeled on Disney's Tarzan (1999),Treasure Planet (2002),Home on the Range (2004),Chicken Little (2005),Meet the Robinsons (2007),and as of this writing, is a Senior Modeler on Bolt (2008).
