Joseph Lushi is an American actor and screenwriter from Los Angeles, CA. Born and raised in Metro Detroit, MI, Lushi studied the craft of acting after college, attending classes at the Purple Rose Theatre Academy and the Dramatic Arts Studio of Michigan. He starred in television, shorts, and independent films throughout Michigan before relocating to Los Angeles in 2012. Lushi's first script, a historical drama entitled "The Six-Starred Golden State," placed in the Top 20 percent of the Academy Nicholl Fellowships Screenwriting Competition for 2010. Lushi gained notoriety as an actor in 2011, when he was selected to co-star as a recurring character on ABC's television cop drama "Detroit 1-8-7" as a thug for mobster Al Stram (played by actor Tommy Flanagan) in two episodes. In that same year, he was cast in a supporting role as Cal in the independent film "The Key", directed by Jack Schaberg. In 2014, Lushi starred, wrote, and produced a short film entitled "Le Coeur Brisé," which made its official festival debut at the SVA Theatre of Chelsea in New York City on October 3rd of that same year. In 2015, Lushi played the role of Bob in the Young Actor's Space (Y.A.S.) theatre production of Christopher Durang's "Beyond Therapy," directed by Patrick Day. In 2016, Lovers and Madmen Productions cast Lushi in William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", playing the role of Sampson and Friar John for the entire month of October at the Levitt Pavilion in Pasadena, CA. Show less «