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Joel Swetow

Acting

Born December 30, 1951 · New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Joel Swetow (Born December 30th, 1951) is an American character actor who has nearly 80 credits to his name in film, television and video games. He is perhaps best known as Mr. Brown, the right hand man of Hugo Snyder, the main villain in the 1992 Martial Arts cult classic, the 3 ninjas. He has appeared on the hit tv series Charmed (1998) and played several roles in the Star Trek Franchise.

Filmography34 titles

Lucifer

2016as Niels Shuman

Young Justice

2010as Shade (voice)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987as Yog

Stargate SG-1

1997as First Minister Valis

Charmed

1998as Avatar Alpha

Silicon Valley

2014as Rod Morgenstern

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993as Gul Jasad

American Horror Stories

2021as Dayle Hendricks

Kidding

2018as Rabbi Michael Epstein

The Orville

2017as Krill Captain

Burn Notice

2007as Eli Zamar

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001as Andorian Ambassador Thoris

She Spies

as Gerald the Mortician

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

1990as Rod

Night Court

1984as Producer

2 Broke Girls

2011as Father Kozac

L.A. Law

1986as Sydney Lowenstein

Alien Nation

1989as Joe Comet

The Grinch

2018as Additional Voices (voice)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993as Henchman

Rent

2005as Mr. Cohen

Alias

2001as Jens

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

1989as Cabbie

Alice in Wonderland

2010as Man with Large Belly in Red Queen Court

Crusade

1999as Ris

Rosewood

2015as Zavier Salvas

The Lorax

2012as 1st Marketing Guy (voice)

Jennifer's Body

2009ADR & Dubbing

12 Rounds

2009as Additional Voices (voice)

Lord of Illusions

1995as Valentin

Cybill

1995as Art Teacher

3 Ninjas

1992as Brown

The President's Man: A Line in the Sand

2002as Abdul Rashid

She's Back

1989as Razorface