J. H. Wyman

J. H. Wyman
Wyman at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010.
Other names	Joel Howard Wyman
Occupation	Writer, director, producer

Joel "J. H." Wyman (born Joel Howard Wyman) is an American-born Canadian actor, producer, screenwriter and director.

He is known for his role in various Canadian and US shows and films, including Billy K.(William Kramer) in Catwalk, Cory Robbins in Pacific Palisades and Lyle Springer in Sirens, as well as for creating the TV show Keen Eddie.

He is currently working on the critically acclaimed FOX science-fiction series Fringe, as a executive producer, writer, director and co-showrunner (along with Jeff Pinkner).

Life and Career

Joel was born January 5, 1967 in Oakland, California, but grew up in Montreal, Quebec. He left for Toronto to pursue an acting career and later attended the American Academy of Dramatic Art in Los Angeles, California. He now has established a career both in front of and behind the camera.

His first movie role was in Prom Night IV in which he played Mark opposite fellow co-star Nicole de Boer with whom he later worked with again in the series Catwalk. In addition to appearing in films, he has also had some notable roles in popular shows including, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Lonesome Dove: The Series, and Counterstrike. Joel also appeared in the second season of Highlander: The Series as Immortal Gregor Powers. Wyman is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Lyle Springer in the series Sirens, and he later appeared in the short lived soap Pacific Palisades in 1997 but left the show after six episodes. He wrote and produced the 2001 film The Mexican.

Fringe

In 2008, Wyman joined the freshmen season of the FOX science-fiction series Fringe as a writer and co-executive producer. At the start of season two, he agreed to stay on as an executive producer and co-showrunner (titles he shares with Jeff Pinkner). Episodes he has contributed to include:

• "Midnight" (01.18) (co-written by co-executive producer Andrew Kreisberg)
• "There's More Than One of Everything" (01.20) (Wyman and Pinkner wrote a teleplay, based on a story by executive producer Bryan Burk and consulting producer Akiva Goldsman)
• "Night of Desirable Objects" (02.02) (co-written with Pinkner)
• "Earthling" (02.06) (co-written by supervising producer Jeff Vlaming)
• "August" (02.08) (co-written by Pinkner)
• "Peter" (02.16) (Wyman, Pinkner, and supervising producer Josh Singer wrote a teleplay, based on a story that they, along with Goldsman, imagined)
• "White Tulip" (02.18) (co-written by Vlaming)
• "Brown Betty" (02.20) (co-written with Goldsman and Pinkner)
• "Over There (Part 1)" (02.22) (co-written by Pinkner and Goldsman)
• "Over There (Part 2)" (02.23) (co-written by Goldsman and Pinkner)
• "Olivia" (03.01) (co-written with Pinkner)
• "Entrada" (03.08) (co-written by Pinkner)
• "The Firefly" (03.10) (co-written by Pinkner)
• "Subject 13" (03.15) (co-written with Pinkner and Goldsman)
• "Stowaway" (03.17) (Danielle Dispaltro wrote the teleplay, based on a story from Wyman, Goldsman, and Pinkner)
• "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" (03.19) (Wyman and Pinkner wrote the teleplay, based on a story that they, along with Goldsman, imagined)
• "The Day We Died" (03.22) (Wyman and Pinkner wrote the teleplay, based on a story that they, along with Goldsman, imagined)
• "Neither Here Nor There" (04.01) (Wyman and Pinkner wrote the teleplay, based on a story that they, along with Goldsman, imagined)
• "Subject 9" (04.04) (co-written by Goldsman and Pinkner)
• "Making Angels" (04.11) (co-written by Pinkner and Goldsman)

External links

• J.H. Wyman at the Internet Movie Database