Robert Joy

Gender: Male
Born: 17th August 1951 (currently 60 years old)
Nationality: Canada
TV programs: CSI: NY, E-Ring, MDs, The Equalizer, Dieppe
Movies: Millennium, Whole New Thing, Amityville 3-D, The Hills Have Eyes, Land of the Dead, Resurrection, It's a Boy Girl Thing, Death Wish V: The Face of Death, Pharaoh's Army, Superhero!, The Divine Ryans, Big Shots, Sweet November, Atlantic City, Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace, Joe Somebody, Fallen, Harriet the Spy, Dieppe: Disc 1, Sword of Gideon, Helter Skelter, Love on the Land, Judgment, Henry and Verlin, Just Ask My Children, Desperately Seeking Susan, AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem, Singularity, Down to the Dirt, Bedroom

Robert Joy (born August 17, 1951) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. Sid Hammerback in CSI: NY and playing Charlie in Land of the Dead.

Joy was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and grew up in St John's, Newfoundland. He is the son of Flora Louise (née Pike) and Clifton Joseph Joy. He attended Corpus Christi College, Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Joy played Madonna's punk musician boyfriend Jim in 1985's Desperately Seeking Susan, and the Dutch-Israeli Hans in the 1986 Alliance/CTV production Sword of Gideon, an adaptation of George Jonas's book, Vengeance.

In 1998, he appeared in Gregory Hoblit's thriller Fallen, where he fit into the all-star cast that included Denzel Washington, Donald Sutherland, James Gandolfini, and John Goodman. In 2005, he had a lead role as the simple-minded sharpshooter Charlie in George A. Romero's latest zombie movie, Land of the Dead.

In the fall of 2005, Joy joined the CBS television show, CSI: NY, during its second season as a recurring character, Dr. Sid Hammerback, the Chief Medical Examiner, and became a main cast member in season five. Joy stated, "I basically read the script and

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