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Joe Dante

Star

🔄 View as Director

📈 Top Grossing Movie Gremlins 2: The New Batch $50,916,623

📉 Lowest Grossing Movie Tales of Halloween $416,792

🎬 First Film Debut Cannonball 1976

🌟 Latest Film Release Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex 2016

Filmography

Released in 2026

Tales of Halloween

Joe Dante plays Prof. Milo Gottleib (segment Bad Seed) | Released: November 1, 2026

Released in 2016

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

Joe Dante plays Himself | Released: April 22, 2016

Released in 2015

A Fuller Life

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: May 15, 2015

Released in 2012

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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Joe Dante plays Self - Director of Piranha & Gremlins | Released: November 9, 2012

Released in 1994

Beverly Hills Cop III

Joe Dante plays Jailer | Released: July 1, 1994

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The Silence of the Hams

Joe Dante plays Dying Man | Released: March 4, 1994

Released in 1992

Sleepwalkers

Joe Dante plays Lab Assistant | Released: July 3, 1992

Released in 1991

Oscar

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: September 6, 1991

Released in 1990

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Joe Dante plays Grandpa Fred Director / Beanie Gremlin / Wicked Witch Gremlin | Released: June 15, 1990

Released in 1987

Innerspace

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: November 27, 1987

Released in 1981

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Joe Dante plays Riot Cop with Sunglasses | Released: February 11, 1981

Released in 1978

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Piranha

Joe Dante plays Scuba Diver #2 | Released: November 23, 1978

Released in 1976

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Cannonball

Billed as a Cast Member | Released: November 1, 1976