Acting
Joel Reitsma
Lansing, Michigan, USA
Joel Reitsma is a Chicago-based stage, screen, and voice actor, with a B.F.A. from Columbia College Chicago and has earned many local theatre and film credits. With a nomination for a Joseph Jefferson award for best actor in a principal role, Joel continues to work, live, and make theatre in the globally renowned Chicago theatre community, and he's often found working on stage at his artistic home as an ensemble member with the award-winning Steep Theatre Company. He has been working locally in the film and television industry, and has recently starred in leading roles in two local independent short films, Streamline, and Closure, and starred in two local independent features, Older Children, and The World Without You, both in supporting roles.
Acting credits
5.4When a serial killer abducts a young woman’s fiancé, she must race against the clock to discover the identity of the killer, and more importantly – his motive.
100 Days to Live
2019
Two young lovers refuse to accept the futility of their situation - for better or worse.
Closure
2017
NRA man haunted by traumatic memories must confront his past while eluding mysterious pursuers.
Streamline
2014
1.0The Frankel family copes with the death of son Leo, a journalist killed on assignment in Iraq. During a weekend memorial service marking the one-year anniversary, old hurts and dark secrets emerge that threaten to tear the fragile threads holding the family together.
The World Without You
2019
A home-invasion robbery quickly goes awry when it turns out the man of the house has been using some very dark magic after the death of his wife.
Taken From Me
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NRYoung friends struggle to come to grips of getting older.
Older Children
2012