Joe Vaz

Acting

Joe Vaz

Born — Died

1972-07-29 — 2025-06-07

Place of birth

Johannesburg, South Africa

Known for

Acting

Credits

35 titles

Johannesburg born, Joe Vaz was an actor/writer best known for his character work in Good Omens (2019), Black Sails (2014) and Dredd (2012). Joe started out his career as a musical theatre performer before moving into film and television. Joe also ran a micro-budget indie film company, Inkless Media, which produced three shorts, Play by Heart (2005), Blue Valentine (2005) and Beyond Words.

Known for

Agatha Christie's Marple poster
7.8

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

Black Sails poster
7.6

The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.

Black Sails

2014

Good Omens poster
8.0

Aziraphale and Crowley, of Heaven and Hell respectively, have grown rather fond of the Earth. So it's terrible news that it's about to end. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing. The Four Horsemen are ready to ride. Everything is going according to the Divine Plan...except that someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist. Can our heroes find him and stop Armageddon before it's too late?

Good Omens

2019

The Dark Tower poster
5.8

A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.

The Dark Tower

2017

Resident Evil poster
5.5

Years after a viral outbreak caused a global apocalypse, Jade Wesker vows to bring down those responsible while fighting to survive against the Infected.

Resident Evil

2022

How to Make a Killing poster
6.9

Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.

How to Make a Killing

2026

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

How to Make a Killing poster
6.9

Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.

How to Make a Killing

2026

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die poster
7.1

A 'Man from the Future' arrives at an LA diner where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

2026

Critters Attack! poster
5.9

Mysterious alien Critters have crash-landed in a small college town, devouring every living thing they encounter. Drea and the kids she's babysitting must try desperately to save themselves from the ravenous, rolling beasts. Will Drea discover her inner badass, and will it be enough to stop the Critter onslaught?

Critters Attack!

2020

Takeout poster
5.7

On a dead-end night shift at a remote fast food diner, three co-workers suspect a customer is a serial killer. After digging for proof, they quickly realize they're in over their heads.

Takeout

2025

Eventual poster
9.0

In a world where the future is for sale, a grieving man visits a mysterious Time Spa, seeking a glimpse of his future. However, he discovers that some truths are more challenging than the past he's desperate to escape.

Eventual

2023

Street Trash poster
4.6

A group of homeless misfits must fight for survival when they discover a plot to exterminate every homeless person in the city.

Street Trash

2025

Fried Barry poster
5.2

Barry is a drug-addled, abusive bastard who - after yet another bender - is abducted by aliens. Barry takes a backseat as an alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town. What follows is an onslaught of drugs, sex, and violence as our alien tourist enters the weird and wonderful world of humankind.

Fried Barry

2020

Slay poster
5.9

After a booking mistake, four drag queens find themselves performing for a mostly unwelcoming crowd, but when vampires attack, the crowd looks to the queens to save the day.

Slay

2024

2010s · 16 titles

The Dark Tower poster
5.8

A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.

The Dark Tower

2017

Dredd poster
6.9

In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.

Dredd

2012

Death Race 2 poster
5.9

In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas discovers there's a price on his head, his only hope is to survive a twisted race against an army of hardened criminals and tricked-out cars.

Death Race 2

2010

Momentum poster
5.7

When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a master assassin and his team of killers. Armed with her own set of lethal skills, Alex looks to exact revenge for her murdered friends while uncovering the truth.

Momentum

2015

Chronicle poster
6.9

Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.

Chronicle

2012

Grimsby poster
6.0

Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.

Grimsby

2016

Inside Man: Most Wanted poster
6.3

An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour seige at the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Inside Man: Most Wanted

2019

Northmen: A Viking Saga poster
5.4

A band of Vikings cross enemy lines and a panicked race begins. The losers will pay with their lives.

Northmen: A Viking Saga

2014

Action Point poster
5.5

A daredevil designs and operates his own theme park with his friends.

Action Point

2018

Blue Crush 2 poster
5.8

Haunted by the memory of her deceased mother, Dana leaves Malibu behind and heads to South Africa to fulfill her mother's dream of surfing Jefferys Bay.

Blue Crush 2

2011

Lost Boys: The Thirst poster
5.1

A mysterious fiend uses a designer drug to turn partiers at an all-night rave into his personal army of never-say-die bloodsuckers.

Lost Boys: The Thirst

2010

Empire of the Sharks poster
3.7

On a future earth where 98% of the surface is underwater, a Warlord who controls an army of sharks meets his match when he captures the daughter of a mysterious shark caller who must learn to marshal a supernatural ability if she is to free her people from the Warlord's dominion.

Empire of the Sharks

2018

Detour poster
6.2

A young law student, grieving for his dying mother, struggles to decide whether he should kill his unfaithful step-father.

Detour

2017

An American Girl: Lea to the Rescue poster
6.3

Born for adventure, Lea Clark heads deep into the Brazilian rainforest, where her most exciting story awaits.

An American Girl: Lea to the Rescue

2016

Long Street poster
NR

An intimate portrait of the fragile relationship between recovering drug addict Sia and her mother Maria.

Long Street

2010

There Are No Heroes poster
NR

Several years after a nuclear power plant in Cape Town had a meltdown; a young single-mother and factory worker, Drew, who must fight to survive in this dystopian future, ruled by a sinister pharmaceutical company called DARCORP.

There Are No Heroes

2011

Series credits

Agatha Christie's Marple poster
7.8

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

Black Sails poster
7.6

The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.

Black Sails

2014

Good Omens poster
8.0

Aziraphale and Crowley, of Heaven and Hell respectively, have grown rather fond of the Earth. So it's terrible news that it's about to end. The armies of Good and Evil are amassing. The Four Horsemen are ready to ride. Everything is going according to the Divine Plan...except that someone seems to have misplaced the Antichrist. Can our heroes find him and stop Armageddon before it's too late?

Good Omens

2019

Resident Evil poster
5.5

Years after a viral outbreak caused a global apocalypse, Jade Wesker vows to bring down those responsible while fighting to survive against the Infected.

Resident Evil

2022

Troy: Fall of a City poster
5.8

Told from the perspective of the Trojan Family, the rich history of the Trojan War is explored, as well as the love, intrigue and betrayal of those who lived through it. On a trip to Sparta as a guest of Menelaus, Paris, son of Troy, falls in love with Menelaus' wife, Helen. After they depart Sparta together for Troy, Helen and Paris risk not only their lives, but those of their families and people as they trigger a chain of events that ultimately lead them all into an unending war.

Troy: Fall of a City

2018

Ice poster
6.4

A diamond dealer navigates the culturally diverse and treacherous world of the diamond business.

Ice

2016

To the Ends of the Earth poster
6.1

From Nobel Laureate William Golding's (Lord of the Flies) epic sea-voyage trilogy comes the story of an ambitious British aristocrat, humbled by the lives of his fellow passengers, as he embarks on an ocean voyage for Australia where he is to be an official in the colonial government.

To the Ends of the Earth

2005

Jamillah And Aladdin poster
6.0

When Jamillah discovers a dusty old lamp in the attic of her family home, a magical genie transports her to an ancient world filled with enchantment and adventure...

Jamillah And Aladdin

2015

Buurtwag poster
6.0

A South African television sitcom as an adaptation of the 2012 feature film Die Buurtwag, which tells the story of a young couple who find themselves crossing paths with an overly dramatic neighborhood watch, having recently relocated to the Cape from Gauteng.

Buurtwag

2015