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Joel Rush

Joel Rush
BornAugust 26, 1981 (1981-08-26) (age 43)
Logansport, Indiana, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

Joel Rush (born August 26, 1981) is an American actor and model, best known for his role as Edward "Eddie" Willis in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong.

Life and career

Rush was born in Logansport, Indiana. In 2009, he was the runner-up of the first season of ABC competition reality show True Beauty.[1] He later began appearing on television, include a recurring role on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives, and guest starring roles in Make It or Break It, Big Time Rush, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, and Femme Fatales. Rush also appeared in a number of gay romantic comedy films, including Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011), Eating Out: The Open Weekend (2011), and Love or Whatever (2012).[2]

In 2014, Rush was cast as Edward 'Eddie' Willis in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong.[3][4] He later has appeared in films Bachelors (2015), Naked (2017), Honey: Rise Up and Dance (2018), This Is Our Christmas (2018), A Madea Family Funeral (2019) and The Trap (2019).[5] On television, he had a recurring role on Netflix series Lucifer as Zadkiel in 2021,[6] and on HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones in 2022.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Eating Out: Drama Camp Andy
2011 Eating Out: The Open Weekend
2012 Love or Whatever Pete
2013 Four of Hearts Kevin
2013 Out West Buck Wildstone
2015 Bachelors Jesse
2017 Naked Groom
2018 Honey: Rise Up and Dance Luke
2018 Runnin' from My Roots Cameron Somers
2018 This Is Our Christmas Mike Davenport
2019 A Madea Family Funeral Officer
2019 The Trap Powers
2021 Beverly Hills Christmas 2 Director's Cut Mike Davenport
2021 The Shallow Simpson

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009–2011 Days of Our Lives Assistant Manager / Chez Rouge Patron 7 episodes
2010 Make It or Break It Carlos Episode: "Are We Family?"
2010 Party Down Sato Episode: "Party Down Company Picnic"
2010 Big Time Rush Hunky Manager Episode: "Big Time Christmas"
2012 The Ropes Ralph 2 episodes
2012 Betty White's Off Their Rockers Hunky Police Officer
2012 Femme Fatales Pecs Episode: "16 Minutes of Fame"
2013 Marked Ryan Television film
2013 My Synthesized Life Sam Episode: "Turn the Music Off"
2013 Ironside Brian Episode: "Sleeping Dogs"
2013 Christmas in the City Hunky Santa #1 Television film
2014–2017 If Loving You Is Wrong Edward 'Eddie' Willis 61 episodes
2018 MacGyver Darryl Episode: "Riley + Airplane"
2021 Genius First Famous Producer Episode: "Aretha: Young, Gifted and Black"
2021 Lucifer Zadkiel 3 episodes
2022 The Righteous Gemstones Sky 6 episodes

References

  1. ^ "Wednesday: Joel Rush's true beauty". Project Q. 8 December 2010. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Love Or Whatever (2012)". 22 July 2014 – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
  3. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (5 June 2014). "OWN Sets Cast For New Tyler Perry Drama Series 'If Loving You Is Wrong'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
  4. ^ Thorne, Will (February 5, 2020). "Tyler Perry's 'If Loving You Is Wrong' to End With Season 5 on OWN".
  5. ^ "First Clip From Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral". February 14, 2019. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  6. ^ Stolworthy, Jacob (June 2, 2021). "Lucifer fans highlight finale detail that could take on bigger meaning in season 6". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-09. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
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