Actor / Director Profile

Joe Carberry and his twin sister, were born to Irish parents at St. Vincent Hospital in New York City's West Village. He spent 10 years training at the Gramercy Boxing Gym on 14th St. Enlisted in the Marines and did a tour in Vietnam (1967-68). Attended the Neighborhood Playhouse and studied with Sanford Meisner, William Esper and Robert Neff Williams. Created the theater role of Longshoe Charlie Murphy in the "Short Eyes" and repeated his part in the film version. Is 24 years clean and sober, resides in L.A. with his wife, Mylene, and their two children, MaJah & Aidan, and teaches Special Education at an inner city High School in Los Angeles.