Originally from Gary, IN. Joel has been in the arts since 1993. Studying at Emerson School for the Visual & Performing Arts, c/o 2000. Attending University of Northern Iowa, c/o 2005 BA in Theater Performance. His Atlanta theater credits include: Blues for An Alabama Sky, Black Nativity(True Colors Theater); Fly(Theatrical Outfit); Aida(Atlanta Lyric Theater)

TV & Film credits include: "The Rickey Smiley Show," "Tyler Perry's Have and Have Nots," "Fatal Attraction," "Atlanta," "American Soul," "Boomerang," and "Council of Dads," with releases An Actor Prepares and Disney's Noelle.

"It's just GOD doing HIS thing"- Joel Ray Ishman