Garret Joseph Noel is an American born actor, writer, director best known for his role as Pratt a young Marine in Marvel Studio's production of Ironman, and also for the supporting role as "Duke," in Jake Lonergan's (Daniel Craig) gang in Dreamworks production of "Cowboys and Aliens." Noel has taken on more serious work in recent years. The film "Wayward Pilgrim" with which he wrote directed and starred in Noel plays a young father recently released from prison who struggling to adjust to a deteriorating society and reconnect with his 4-year old daughter. Wayward Pilgrim is set for a 2012 release. Currently Noel is penning the screenplay to "Folsom Prison Blues" with John Carter Cash. "Folsom Prison Blues" will tell the story behind the infamous Johnny Cash song among several other Cash works.

Noel was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, raised in Minnesota and through out the Pacific Northwest. His Grand Father Earl Warner was one of the founders of the American Crystal Sugar Company. His Mother Rebecca Ann Warner was born in the small Scandinavian farming community of Hillsboro and worked on a sugar beat farm eventually taking a position with Northwest Airlines. His father Roger was born in Mayville, ND and worked as a salesman for a chain of retail clothing stores. Noel is of Swedish and Norwegian ancestry.