Joey Dedio

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Joey Dedio born September 11 1963 is an American film television and theatre actor He is also a producer and screenwriter When he was young Dedio appeared in the NBC soap opera Another World and the television version of The Karate Kid as well as performing the voice of Wheeler in the environmentalist cartoon show Captain Planet and the Planeteers He also voiced the drug dealer in an antidrug special Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue which was introduced by thenPresident George H W Bush and his wife First Lady Barbara Bush His other voice roles include Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw Extreme Ghostbusters and Denver the Last Dinosaur He later appeared in Sunset Beach and guest starred on popular dramas like Law Order and Chicago Hope In theatres he appeared in off Broadway productions like SoHo Reps Skin and workshopped for Joe Pintauros Broadway bound The Dead Boy He has appeared in over fifteen films including LA Rules Somewhere in the City Where the Day Takes You The Last Great Ride Queenie in Love A Good Night to Die Strays and Trick In 2004 he starred in and associate produced Bomb the System Dedios first screenplay titled Downtown A Street Tale was completed in 2006 The film is about the lives of a group of twenty something year olds living in an abandoned building in New York City He produced and stars in the film opposite Geneviève Bujold and Burt Young The films theme song a remake Downtown by Petula Clark was recorded by Irene Cara The film was released in April 2007 by Slowhand Cinema Releasing and was directed by Rafal Zielinski Dedio is currently working on Lullaby starring opposite Melissa Leo and shooting in South Africa Dedio and his cousin Greg Prestipino both claiming spots on Hollywoods 50 Hunkiest Men have signed on to star in a remake of 1990 classic House Party to be released in 2013 Description above from the Wikipedia article Joey Dedio licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia