Joe Lo Truglio
Joe during a movie screening of Superbad
Born	Joseph Lo Truglio December 2, 1970 (1970-12-02) (age 39) Ozone Park, Queens, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, Writer, Comedian
Years active	1991—present

Joseph "Joe" Lo Truglio (born December 2, 1970) is an American actor, writer and comedian. He is best known for his work as a cast member on the cult MTV sketch-comedy series The State. He also joined the main cast of the popular Comedy Central series Reno 911!, for its final season in 2009.

[edit] Early life

Lo Truglio was born in Ozone Park, New York, but grew up in Margate, Florida, and graduated from Coconut Creek High School. He met many of his future State cast members at New York University, where he participated in the school's sketch comedy group. The group, whose members included David Wain, Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black, Michael Patrick Jann, Kevin Allison, Ken Marino, Todd Holoubek, Thomas Lennon, Kerri Kenney-Silver, and Robert Ben Garant, formed what would become the cast of MTV's The State.

[edit] Career

Lo Truglio not only wrote and acted in various skits for The State, but also animated for the show. After The State ended in 1995, he went on to appear in various other shows, ranging from another sketch comedy show, Upright Citizens Brigade, to Law & Order and Third Watch.

He also had a supporting role in Artie Lange's Beer League as Dave.

In 2001, Lo Truglio appeared in fellow State alumni David Wain's Wet Hot American Summer, where he played a camp counselor. He went on to make cameo appearances on Wain/Showalter/Black's Stella shorts.

He would later appear on the 2005 Comedy Central show Stella and cameo in Showalter's film The Baxter. He made cameos on Reno 911!, as well as in the 2007 movie, Reno 911!: Miami. He has provided his voice for multiple video games, including Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and The Warriors. In 2005, he provided the voice of Vincenzo 'Lucky' Cilli in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

Lo Truglio has appeared in several television commercials, including spots for Gateway Computer and a particularly memorable one for Jack Link's Beef Jerky.

Recently, Lo Truglio portrayed "Francis the Driver" in Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen's hit comedy Superbad and appeared as Paul Mardino in David Wain's The Ten. He also appeared in Apatow's Pineapple Express and in the films Role Models, and Fanboys. Lo Truglio plays the "high voice man" in the 2009 film I Love You, Man

In July of 2008, Lo Truglio starred in the web series The Line on Crackle.^[1]

Lo Truglio appears on the September 2008 Superego Podcast, Season 2: Episode 2.

Lo Truglio recently appeared on the Starz original comedy Party Down, Season 1: Episode 9.

Lo Truglio has also appeared in a Jack Link's Beef Jerky commercial where he and a friend offer Sasquatch a ride, but then slowly creep forward in their vehicle, not allowing Sasquatch to get in. Finally Sasquatch punches through the windshield, pulls Lo Truglio out, and throws him down the hill. Lo Truglio was severely injured in one take and will never work again.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Joe Lo Truglio at the Internet Movie Database