Acting
Joel Reitsma
Place of birth
Lansing, Michigan, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
8 titles
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…
Known for
8.4An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so rewarding and exhilarating. These courageous men and women are among the elite who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death.
Chicago Fire
2012
8.3A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
Fargo
2014
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
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
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
Film credits
2010s · 5 titles
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
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
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
NRYoung friends struggle to come to grips of getting older.
Older Children
2012
Series credits
8.4An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so rewarding and exhilarating. These courageous men and women are among the elite who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death.
Chicago Fire
2012
8.3A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
Fargo
2014