Exclusive: Average Joe cast interviews
Now playing on BET+ is the new series Average Joe, starring comedian and NAACP award-winning actor, Deon Cole. The 10-episode series premiered Monday, June 26 exclusively on BET+
Switching gears from comedian to leading man, Cole stars in the gritty comedy alongside Tammy Townsend (“Angela Washington”), Michael Trucco (“Benjamin ‘Touch’), Cynthia Kaye McWilliams (“Cathy Montgomery”), Malcolm Barrett (“Leon Montgomery”), Ashley Olivia Fisher (“Jennifer Washington”), and Pasha Lychnikoff (“Nicolai Dzhugashvili”)
Inspired by the life of creator Robb Cullen, Average Joe is a darkly comedic, intense one-hour ensemble, set in “The Hill” district of Pittsburgh. Blue-collar plumber, Joe Washington, discovers his recently deceased father lived a secret, second life and stole millions of dollars from dangerous people just before he died. Now those people think Joe knows where it is. A bloody and violent confrontation triggers a chain of events that force Joe and his close-knit circle of family and friends out of their very average and mundane lives into a life-or-death race against time to find the truth and the millions.
A comedian, writer, and actor, Cole was recently seen in The Harder They Fall, Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill’s You People and will next appear in Blitz Bazawule’s The Color Purple. He spent several years playing Charlie in Black-ish and on Freeform’s Grown-ish.
Townsend most recently wrapped a series regular role on the seventh and final season of OWN’s acclaimed drama series, “Queen Sugar,” from filmmaker Ava DuVernay and executive producer Oprah Winfrey. Townsend previously starred as tough but loveable mom and veteran spy ‘Kira Cooper’ in the Disney live-action spy series, “K.C. Undercover.”
Barrett recently wrapped shooting a role in the upcoming series The Changeling for Apple TV+ opposite LaKeith Stanfield and Adina Porter. He was previously seen in the National Geographic series GENIUS: ARETHA opposite Tony Award winner and Academy Award nominee Cynthia Erivo, in which he played Ted White, Aretha Franklin’s first husband and business partner.
McWilliams was last seen in the Apple TV miniseries THE LAST DAYS OF PTOLEMY GREY, where she plays opposite Samuel L. Jackson’s character. Before that she starred opposite Michael Chiklis on the Paramount Network series COYOTE and in a recurring role on the Amazon series BOSCH.
Trucco is best known for his portrayal of ‘Samuel T. Anders’ on the critically acclaimed Sci-Fi series “BATTLESTAR GALACTICA” He currently recurs on the CBS drama series FIRE COUNTRY.
A graduate from the prestigious LaGuardia High School in NYC, Ashley appeared in the New York production of ``I'M AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE,” co-directed by Eve Ensler and Rosario Dawson.
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with the cast regarding their characters on Average Joe.
