Joey Vieira

Joey Vieira (born 1989) is a Latin American film and TV actor best known for his appearances in Reef Break, Romance On The Menu, Dora and The Lost City of Gold and Spiderhead. Vieira rose to prominence after starring in Josh Tanner's highly acclaimed sci-fi horror short film Decommissioned, which went viral and received over 119 thousand views online.
Vieira has been in the entertainment industry for over two decades now and has played integral roles in a number of film and TV shows including Texas Rising, The Bureau of Magical Things, and Young Rock to name a few. As of 2022, Vieira’s net worth is estimated to be $4M – $6M USD, which positions him to be one of the fastest-rising Latin American actors.
==Early life and education==
Vieira was born in 1989 in California to José Vieira and Rosa Vieira. Vieira was a member of the Livingston High School’s band and choir. He participated in a number of sports activities as well including baseball, football, track & field, wrestling and was also a member of the student body government. It was during this time, he started ballet which kindled his interest in musical theater and sparked his passion for stage and drama.
Vieira was able to understand Latin-American culture as a result of growing up in a predominantly Mexican neighborhood in the Central Valley. He grew up in Livingston, California, a tiny farming village, but later traveled to Los Angeles and Australia to pursue acting.
When he moved to Los Angeles, he continued his studies at California State University of Northridge, where he earned a BA degree with an emphasis in drama. The Meisner Technique was next studied at the Joanne Baron D.W. Brown Studio, followed by audition techniques with Brian Reise.
==Career==
In 1995, Vieira began his career as a commercial actor. A year later, he made his television debut in Pacific Blue, with actress Maria-Elena Laas, as a wealthy high school student. Some of his early credits include Strong Medicine (2001), Fastlane (2003), Kitchen Confidential (2005), and The Shield. Before coming to Australia, he also appeared as a guest star in season 25 of The Simpsons (2014).
Vieira landed a role in the 2015 blockbuster film San Andreas starring Dwayne Johnson shortly after landing in Australia. After that, he acted alongside Daniel Radcliffe in Jungle, followed by a Chinese action comedy called At Last released in 2019, and finally, he played Nico in Dora and the Lost City of Gold that same year. A year later he starred in the films Romance on the Menu and Bloody Hell and in 2021 worked alongside Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney in the 2022 film Black Site and then Escape from Spiderhead as Miguel, alongside Miles Teller and Chris Hemsworth.
Throughout his career, Vieira has also appeared in a number of indie Australian short films, including Confession, How Not To Teach, Five Moons of Pluto, Decommissioned, and Jeff Horn's Slugger. Vieira also starred in Serena (2019), a short film he co-wrote with Alexandra MacDonald, in 2019. Apart from that, Vieira has also appeared in multiple episodes of Texas Rising: The Lost Soldier, the ABC series Reef Break, and season 2 of How to Stay Married broadcast by Network 10.
==Awards==
* 2020 Imagen Awards
* 2017 Visioning the Outdoors Film & Photo Comp
==Filmography==
S.No.	Title 	Year 	Type 	Role
1 	Pacific Blue 	1999 	TV Series 	Rafael
2 	Tales From The East Side 	1999 	TV Series 	Actor
3 	Home The Horror Story 	2000 	Film 	Mariachi
4 	Strong Medicine 	2001 	TV Series 	Eddie
5 	10 Attitudes 	2001 	Movie 	Leo
6 	Fast Lane 	2003 	TV Series 	Cosme
7 	Kitchen Confidential 	2005 - 2006 	TV Series 	Busboy/Dishwasher
8 	The Shield 	2007 	TV Series 	Rene
9 	Q: Secret Agent 	2008 	Short Film 	Joey Vargas
10 	Work That Room 	2008 	TV Series 	Actor
11 	The Simpsons 	2008 	TV Series 	Voice Actor
12 	Texas Rising: The Lost Soldier 	2015 	TV Mini Series 	Guillermo
13 	San Andreas 	2015 	Film 	Actor
14 	Agent Briggs 	2017 	TV Mini Series 	Javier Garcia
15 	Hoges 	2017 	TV Mini Series 	NY Cab Driver
16 	Jungle 	2017 	Film 	Black Jack
17 	Love At First Site? 	2018 	Short Film 	Actor
18 	The Devil May Care Trilogy Part 1: Blood	2018 	Short Film 	Detective Constantinos Klein
19 	The Devil May Care Trilogy 	2018 	Short Film 	Detective Constantinos Klein
20 	The Last Full Measure 	2019 	Film 	Casting Associate
21 	Lunatics 	2019 	TV Mini Series 	Casting
22 	Rogue Roy 	2019 	Short Film 	DA Guerra
23 	Dora and The Lost City of Gold 	2019 	Film 	Nico
24 	Confession 	2019 	Short Film 	Actor (Mr. Grey), Executive Producer
25 	Reef Break 	2019 	TV Series 	Detective Tolan
26 	Root Cause 	2019 	Documentary 	Dentist
27 	How (Not) To Teach 	2019 	TV Movie 	Jay Lopez
28 	Serena 	2019 	Film 	Actor (Hank), Writer
29 	How To Stay Married 	2020 	TV Series 	Carlos Garcis
30 	5 Moons of Pluto 	2020 	Short Film 	Miguel
31 	Romance On The Menu 	2020 	Film 	Nathaniel
32 	Bloody Hell 	2020 	Film 	Coach Thornquest
33 	My Life of Sport 	2020 	TV Series 	Self
34 	Decommissioned 	2021 	Short Film 	Commander Diaz
35 	Welcome To Wrigleton 	2021 	TV Movie 	Officer Gentle
36 	Slugger 	2021 	Short Film 	Juan Fernandez
37 	The Bureau Of Magical Things 	2021 	TV Series 	Harry
38 	Streamline 	2021 	Film 	Eddie Rivers
39 	At Last 	2021 	Film 	Oscar
40 	We Will Be Monsters 	2021 	TV Series Short	Wolfman
41 	Christmas on The Farm 	2021 	Film 	NY Cabby
42 	Dirty Splendid Money 	2015 (completed) 	Short Film 	Mr. Diez
43 	Smother 	2019 (completed) 	Short Film 	Husband
44 	Spiderhead 	2022 (post production)	Film 	Miguel
45 	Blacksite 	2022 (post production)	Film 	Garcia
46 	True Spirit 	TBD 	Film 	American News Presenter
47 	The Audition Bus 	TBD 	TV Movie 	Jose Vanderas
48 	Love In Bloom 	Post production 	Film 	Enrique
49 	The Edge 	2022 (Filming) 	Film 	Vickers
==Personal life==
Vieira is married to a woman he met in Australia in 2004. They have a son, four dogs, and a cat together. He is now based in Brisbane, Australia. Vieira is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
==In the media==
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Category:1989 births
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Category:American television actors
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Category:People from California
Category:Latin American people
Category:California State University, Northridge alumni
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