
Joe Chrest
Acting
Born: 1963-05-26 · St. Albans, West Virginia, USA
Biography
Joseph Chrest is an American academic and actor. He has had roles in numerous films and television shows including 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, Oldboy, Lee Daniels' The Butler, The Perfect Date, and as Ted Wheeler in Stranger Things.
🎬 Movies (30)

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026
Self (uncredited)

Senior Prank
2025
Officer Wyatt

Beware the Box Folk
2025
Congressman Holt

Lisa Frankenstein
2024
Dale Swallows

Fly Me to the Moon
2024
Senator Vanning

Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
Lawyer Freeling

Quiz Lady
2023
Mr. Walters

Ganymede
2023
Big Lee

The Cran
2022
Isaac

Where the Crawdads Sing
2022
Dr. Cone

Turducken
2020
Bob Miller

The Lovebirds
2020
Red Robe Man

The Dirt
2019
David

The Perfect Date
2019
Jerry Lieberman

Assassination Nation
2018
Lawrence

The Front Runner
2018
Ira Wyman

LBJ
2017
McGeorge Bundy

Gifted
2017
Kevin Larsen

Free State of Jones
2016
Amos Deason

Like Son
2016
Jeff Rugger

Showing Roots
2016
Fuzzy Canaday

I Saw the Light
2016
Oscar Davis

Deepwater Horizon
2016
David Sims

Killing Reagan
2016
Jerry Parr

Cold Moon
2016
Charlres Darrish

Black or White
2015
Dave

Ant-Man
2015
Frank

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
Mitchell

Focus
2015
Jeweler (uncredited)

American Heist
2014
Captain Sullivan
📺 TV Shows (20)

High Potential
2024
Ramsey Pike

A Friend of the Family
2022
Bishop Matthew Paulsen

Looking for Alaska
2019
Walter Halter

The Purge
2018
Ross Bailes

Stranger Things
2016
Ted Wheeler

True Detective
2014
Detective Demma

Thief
2006
Art Luster

Medium
2005
Henry Yellen

Surface
2005
Rich's Friend

One Tree Hill
2003
Investor

Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
Bar Patron

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Al Maguire

Snoops
1999
Joel Hilburn

Millennium
1996
Raymond Dees

Chicago Hope
1994
Judas

Touched by an Angel
1994
Joe

Fallen Angels
1993
Dino

Law & Order
1990
Lieutenant Charles Bates

Family Matters
1989
Officer Carmichael

Columbo
1971
Mercer