- He played Elvis Presley in the Stephen King mini-series Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006), in the film Unbeatable Harold (2006), and is credited as the "Elvis Announcer" in the speed thriller, Redline (2007). Sagal's father, Boris Sagal, directed the real Elvis Presley in the film Girl Happy (1965).
- Was best friends with actor Chris Penn. Spoke at his funeral and was also a pallbearer.
- He also co-wrote Elvis & Nixon (2016).
- Has played both Elvis Presley and George Clooney in movies.
- He is the nephew of the great Russian actor Daniil Sagal.
- Son of Boris Sagal and Sara Macon.
- Studied acting with Peggy Feury from 1979-1985. Classmates included Chris Penn, Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Laura Dern, Eric Stolz and Anjelica Huston. Did his first play "Moonchildren" by Michael Weller at A.C.T, opposite Denzel Washington.
- Brother-in-law of Kurt Sutter.
- Was nominated for 2012 page award for writing in the best historical film category for Elvis & Nixon (2016).
- Ex-brother-in-law of Jack White.
- Studied acting from 1975-1977 at Lee Strasberg theatre institute in Hollywood where he studied with Dominic Defasio for 2 years, he was then accepted to A.C.T the American Conservatory Theatre, where he went through there 1st year professional actor training program 1977-1978 studying speech with Edith Skinner as well as voice, dance, and movement. Classmate and friend included Denzel Washington.
- Stepbrother of Gregg Champion.
- Originated the role of "The Visitor" {Elvis Presley} in the World Premiere of the original Steppenwolf Theatre Company Production of Steve Martin's play, "Picasso at the Lapin Agile", at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. Did 357 performances, broke all box office records for The Geffen Playhouse and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company during this run, longest running play, highest box office. Shared the stage and a dressing room with friend and future Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts {August Osage County}.
- Joe is a life-long Elvis Presley fan.
- Stepson of Marge Champion.
- Took Stella Adlers script analysis class in New York and Hollywood.
- Natalie Maines [the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks] in September of 2008 started shooting a documentary about Joey, Maines filmed over 100 hours of footage of Joey's day to day life for this documentary only stopping the day after Joey got married. The documentary was then shelved after three years of filming.
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