Joel Thomas Hynes

Joel Thomas Hynes

Born: January 1, 1976
in Calvert, Newfoundland, Canada
Joel Thomas Hynes is a Canadian novelist, musician, and stage and screen actor, writer and director.

Movies for Joel Thomas Hynes...

Party Pirate
Title: Party Pirate
Released: October 17, 2023
Type: Movie
When Tommy is fired twice in the same week and finds out his brilliant best friend and lifeline, Costa, is leaving the country for a better job, he seizes an opportunity to prove his worth by taking his friends on a trip - in a stolen boat.
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Mother's Skin
Title: Mother's Skin
Character: Father
Released: October 1, 2022
Type: Movie
A neglected six-year-old girl struggles to cope with her mother's depression, uncovering a secret from her mother's past.
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Wildhood
Title: Wildhood
Character: Arvin
Released: June 17, 2022
Type: Movie
Link and his brother flee their abusive father and embark on a journey where Link discovers his sexuality and rediscovers his Mi’kmaw heritage.
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A Small Fortune
Title: A Small Fortune
Character: Troy
Released: September 16, 2021
Type: Movie
Kevin is an Irish Moss farmer committed to his traditional way of doing things at the expense of a more lucrative life for himself and his pregnant wife. When he finds a bag of money washed up on the shores of Prince Edward Island, his decision to keep it secret turns his quaint fishing village into a growing crime scene as the money’s owners come calling. Adapted from Adam Perry's award-winning short film A Blessing from the Sea.
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Title: Pretty Hard Cases
Character: Callum O'Malley
Released: February 3, 2021
Type: TV
A fun and honest portrayal of two radically different female detectives in their early 40s following Guns and Gangs detective Sam and Narcotics detective Kelly, who by day are true action heroes in their own particular way: skilled, tough, determined, and ruthless. But by night, they’re both grappling with loneliness, dysfunctional families, screwed-up love lives, and a sense that their professional ambitions may not be totally in line with their personal needs.
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Body & Bones
Title: Body & Bones
Character: Danny Sharpe
Released: September 15, 2019
Type: Movie
Diminished by grief, 18-year-old Tess (Kelly Van Der Burg) is moving through her life like a ghost. The one thing that comforts her is listening to the music of Danny Sharpe (Joel Thomas Hynes), a local legend who left home almost 20 years ago. Tess is stunned when she wakes up one day to find him in her kitchen, igniting a spark of life in her that grows out of control.
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Goalie
Title: Goalie
Character: Doug Harvey
Released: March 1, 2019
Type: Movie
The life of a professional hockey player was not always a glamorous one. For legendary goaltender Terry Sawchuk, each save means one more gash to his unmasked face and one more drink to numb the pain. Sawchuk traveled across the country racking up 103 shutouts and 400 stitches to his face, proving that this is a man who lives, breathes, and dies a goalie.
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Title: Hudson & Rex
Character: Anton Pleschette
Released: February 25, 2019
Type: TV
Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team up with because he doesn't talk his ear off.
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Title: Little Dog
Character: Tommy Ross
Released: March 1, 2018
Type: TV
Pro-boxer Tommy “Little Dog” Ross, the favourite to win a Championship Belt, has a world-class meltdown in the middle of the fight and walks out of the ring. We meet up with him again five years later, living a life of general self-destruction, when he is caught on video in a bar fight, prompting old rival Rico “Havoc” St. George to challenge him to a title rematch. Tommy struggles to get the noise of his strong-willed family out of his head in order to make the decision of whether or not to get back in the ring.
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A Christmas Fury
Title: A Christmas Fury
Character: Nick
Released: December 3, 2017
Type: Movie
The Hatching Matching and Dispatching story continues in A Christmas Fury - an outrageously funny TV movie with unexpected heart.
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Hunting Pignut
Title: Hunting Pignut
Character: Pignut
Released: September 15, 2017
Type: Movie
Bernice, a 15 year old misfit runs away from her rural Newfoundland community in search of Pignut, a tormented and violent gutter punk, after he steals her father's ashes right out of his urn.
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A Blessing from the Sea
Title: A Blessing from the Sea
Character: Mitch
Released: September 7, 2017
Type: Movie
When a boat-full of money is discovered by two Irish Moss harvesters, their decision to keep it leads them down a dark and violent path.
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Title: Mary Kills People
Character: Sidney "Sid" Thomas-Haye
Released: January 25, 2017
Type: TV
Dr. Mary Harris, a single mother and emergency doctor by day, also moonlights as an underground angel of death - helping terminally ill patients who want to die and slip away on their own terms. So far Mary has managed to stay under the radar; but business is booming, and her double life is getting complicated. When her world starts to unravel, Mary realizes she's going to have to fight dirty if she's going to stay in the killing game.
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Flankers
Title: Flankers
Character: Peter
Released: October 14, 2014
Type: Movie
On the eve of a storm in rural Newfoundland, feuding fishermen are forced to set their conflicts aside when an emergency arises.
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Relative Happiness
Title: Relative Happiness
Character: Ernie the Car Thief
Released: September 13, 2014
Type: Movie
Plus-sized Lexie Ivy is a feisty B&B owner who desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding.
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Cast No Shadow
Title: Cast No Shadow
Character: Angus
Released: September 13, 2014
Type: Movie
One wild and tumultuous summer in the life of young Jude Traynor as he attempts to navigate his way through a life of delinquency and petty crime.
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Title: Orphan Black
Character: Dizzy
Released: March 30, 2013
Type: TV
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
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Little Man
Title: Little Man
Character: Man
Released: March 5, 2013
Type: Movie
An 11 year old boy pays a farewell visit to his estranged father. What ensues is a strained and inappropriate, but heartfelt exchange between a father and son whose paths have crossed for the briefest of moments and likely won't again for a long time.
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The Man of a Thousand Songs
Title: The Man of a Thousand Songs
Character: Himself
Released: December 2, 2010
Type: Movie
A feature length documentary about extraordinary Canadian singer songwriter, Ron Hynes... an insightful and entertaining exploration of the creative process, the genesis of song, the meaning of performance and the vulnerability of an artist compelled to bare his soul through his music. The film is comprised of Ron performing his music (distinct and live for the camera), interwoven with very intimate black box 'interviews' with Ron (shot tightly and directly addressed to the camera), in which he discusses the songs and the life that informed them: late nights, dark alleys, marriage, children, divorce, his near death and recovery from drug addiction... and punctuated with back stage moments, insight from the street, and Ron's nephew author Joel Thomas Hynes, taking the role of 'chorus of the people'.
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The Con Artist
Title: The Con Artist
Character: Carl
Released: November 25, 2010
Type: Movie
An ex-con finds his plan to go straight foiled by a loan shark who manipulates his target into taking on one last heist.
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Title: Republic of Doyle
Character: Taylor Gossad
Released: January 6, 2010
Type: TV
Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.
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Crackie
Title: Crackie
Character: Duffy
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Life on the Rock never seemed easy, but for Mitsy it is especially rough. The teenager has been abandoned by her mother, a particularly unfit parent prone to both the bottle and the sex trade. She is left to be brought up by her mercurial grandmother Bride, who is well-meaning but oppressively suffocating. Mitsy's dreams for the future hinge on her desire to be a hairdresser, but her current emotional well-being revolves around a wee dog named Sparky, an unwanted canine misfit to whom she becomes hopelessly attached. After Bride agrees to let Mitsy take the dog in as a pet, the teen tries desperately to create a happy, safe place for Sparky to thrive.
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Down to the Dirt
Title: Down to the Dirt
Character: Keith Kavanagh
Released: October 24, 2008
Type: Movie
Thirty-year-old Keith Kavanagh (Joel Thomas Hynes) ekes his way through life in a small town. A hard-drinking hooligan, he keeps his ragged collection of poetry a closely guarded secret... as secret as his regret for the shattered relationship with his father. When Keith meets the darkly exotic Natasha (Mylène Savoie), his life is changed forever.
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Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
Title: Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas
Character: Stagger
Released: September 9, 2008
Type: Movie
When a marriage is threatened by a long excursion for work, domestic trouble is buffeted by family and friends.
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Thick & Thin
Title: Thick & Thin
Character: Fred
Released: July 18, 2006
Type: Movie
For two best friends, Kathy and Selena couldn't seem more different. Kathy is confident, mysterious and alluring, while Selena is shy and inexperienced, forever standing in Kathy's shadow. However, when Selena is invited over the Kathy's house for the first time, hidden parts of Kathy's life are revealed, and her wall of confidence begins to crack. As brewing tension leads to a bitter face off between the girls, Kathy and Selena must choose between saving face and saving their friendship.
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The Sparky Book
Title: The Sparky Book
Character: Sparky
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
In Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis' live action/animation hybrid short film, a talking goldfish tells us the poignant story of his best friend, Sparky the dog, and Sparky's owner, a young girl suffering from a serious illness. The dog lords an unusual reign on a harbour city, but his bond to the girl is tested when her illness takes a dark turn.
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The Bread Maker
Title: The Bread Maker
Character: Curtis
Released: September 10, 2003
Type: Movie
Honey Reddigan is a celebrity at the Sweet Bea baking factory. She has just published her first romance novel, Carmen the Bee Keeper's Lover. Carmen, Honey's fictional heroine, is everything Honey ain't. In walks Edmund Goobie—a charming, commitment-phobic local TV personality. They begin a hot affair that quickly approaches relationship status. But happily-ever-after is not in the cards for this quirky couple. The affair comes to an end when they purchase a bread maker together and realize that they want different things. The monumental fight over the appliance forces Honey to change her life.
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Purgatory Jack
Title: Purgatory Jack
Character: Plater
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Purgatory Jack is a neo-noir mystery thriller set in the afterlife, a dangerous landscape that’s run by a bloodthirsty, limb-collecting gang and populated with outlaws and outcasts. The latest case for musician turned grizzled private detective, Jack Marlin, is helping new arrival Viv Vacious, a punk pop star who overdosed, stay safe as she races against time to find her mother who committed suicide twenty years earlier. While navigating the treacherous terrain of hells waiting room, these two musicians from clashing eras unlock a murderous conspiracy and discover why blood is more than a drug in Purgatory.