Electronic Press Kit

Press Kit

Biography, downloadable photography, selected credits, and press contact for Joseph Makkar. All materials on this page are approved for editorial use with credit.

Biography

Joseph Makkar is an American actor based in Los Angeles. His career began in 1986 with Down and Out in Beverly Hills — Walt Disney Studios’ first R-rated picture — and now spans four decades and more than sixty union-covered credits across film and television.

Recent television includes The Terminal List: Dark Wolf (Prime Video) as Hamid Al-Jabouri, SEAL Team, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and a recurring role on Hulu’s Reasonable Doubt. His film work ranges from Executive Decision, G.I. Jane, and The Siege to 13 Hours, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Marvel’s Eternals, with featured voice-over on Gladiator and decades of ADR and loop-group work, including the Call of Duty franchise.

A graduate of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Makkar is also a screenwriter — original features Braided Line and Daughter of the Sun — and an owner-operator filmmaker shooting on a Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K cinema package. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA.