Joseph Coleman is an American painter, illustrator actor and performance artist. He has been described as the ‘Walking ghost of Old America’, by his wife photographer, Whitney Ward, for his over-riding interest in the historical arcana and personae that often populate his paintings.

KNOWN FOR

Scarlet Diva
2000
Don Peyote
2014
42 One Dream Rush
2010
Shadows in the City
1991
Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation
2007
The Broken Giant
1997
No Age New York
1993
How Dark My Love
2025
Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller
1980
Mondo New York
1988
Billy Buys Brooklyn
2021
R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman
1997

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
21
Directing
1
Writing
1
Producing
1
2025
How Dark My Love
as Self
2021
Billy Buys Brooklyn
2015
The Cruel Tale of the Medicine Man
2014
Don Peyote
as John the Baptist
2014
Serial Killer Culture
as Himself
2007
Disinfo.Con
as Self
2007
Llik Your Idols
2007
Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation
as Self
2000
Collectors
as Self
2000
Scarlet Diva
as Mr. Paar
1997
R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman
as Himself
1997
Trail of Blood
1997
The Broken Giant
as Samuel Woodbridge
1994
The Bowery
as Self
1993
No Age New York
as Himself
1992
Black Hearts Bleed Red
as The Misfit
1991
Shadows in the City
as Professor Mephisto
1988
Pranks!
1988
Mondo New York
as Professor Mambuzu
1985
Where Evil Dwells
Joe Coleman's Carnival
as Self