Who is Joe Lo Truglio? Everything You Need to Know

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Also Known As: Joseph Vincent Lo Truglio

Age: 53 Years, 53 Year Old Males

Born Country: United States

Actors Comedians

Height: 5'7" (170 cm), 5'7" Males

Ancestry: Irish American, Italian American

U.S. State: New Yorkers

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education: New York University

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Childhood & Early Life

Joe Lo Truglio was born on December 2, 1970, in Ozone Park, Queens, New York, to Joseph Lo Truglio and Helen. Truglio has Irish and Italian ancestry. During his childhood days, Truglio was interested in making horror movies using his ‘Super 8’ camera. He also used to create his own comic books.

Truglio was raised in Margate, Florida. He attended the ‘Coconut Creek High School.’ Later, he joined the ‘New York University Film School.’ At the film school, he formed a sketch comedy group with several of his like-minded friends. This paved the way for his entry into comedy and movies.

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Career

Joe Lo Truglio started his career in 1992, as a writer of the sketch comedy series ‘You Wrote It, You Watch It.’; healso played various characters in the show, whichwas aired on the ‘MTV’ channel. In 1993, Truglio and several other members of his sketch comedy group were selected to perform in the sketch comedy show ‘The State.’ Truglio performed in several episodes; he was also the creator and writer of the show. It was telecast on ‘MTV’ and remained on air till 1995.

In 2001, Truglio starred as ‘Neil’ in ‘Wet Hot American Summer.’ It was a satirical comedy film directed by David Wain, and had several artists from ‘The State.’

In 2002, he acted in ‘Stella shorts,’ which was a collection of several short films by the comedy group ‘Stella.’

In 2005, Truglio appeared in single episodes of ‘Stella’ and ‘Cheap Seats.’ In the same year, he was chosen for the comedy series ‘Reno 911!’ It was telecast on the ‘Comedy Central’ network. In the series, Truglio performed as ‘Deputy Frank Rizzo.’ He remained on the show till 2009.

In 2007, he performed as ‘Francis the Driver’ in the comedy movie, ‘Superbad.’ In 2008, he performed as ‘Mr. Edwards’ in ‘Pineapple Express’ and as ‘Kuzzik,’ in ‘Role Models.’

In 2009, he performed as ‘Lonnie’ in the American comedy movie ‘I Love You, Man.’ In 2010, he appeared in a small role in the fantasy adventure movie ‘Gulliver’s Travels.’

In 2011, Truglio was seen as ‘O’Reilly’ in the ‘Paul.’ From 2010 to 2011, he lent his voice to the stop-motion animated series, ‘Glenn Martin, DDS.’ In 2012, he lent his voice to the animated sitcom ‘American Dad!’

In 2013, he bagged the most prominent role of his career. He was chosen to portray ‘Charles Boyle’ in the TV series, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine.’ The series tells the story of a talented but immature detective ‘Jake Peralta.’ ‘Charles Boyle’ is a fellow detective who is hard working, but timid. The series is telecast on the ‘Fox’ channel. It is a highly popular sitcom and is still on air.

In 2015, Joe Lo Truglio performed in 5 episodes of the web series ‘Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.’ It was a prequel to the movie ‘Wet Hot American Summer.’ In the series, he performed as ‘Neil.’ In 2017, Truglio was seen in the sequel to the series ‘Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later.’

In the latter half of 2010, he performed in TV series such as ‘New Girl,’ ‘Animals,’ ‘Dice,’ and ‘Do You Want To See a Dead Body?’ He lent his voice to several video games, too, including ‘Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories’ and ‘The Warriors.’ Truglio has appeared on several comedy podcasts such as ‘Comedy Bang Bang,’ ‘Never Not Funny,’ and ‘Superego.’

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Family & Personal Life

In 2014, Joe Lo Truglio married actress Beth Dover. They were co-stars in series such as ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ and ‘Burning Love.’ They have a son, Eli.

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