J. H. Wyman Biography

Joel Howard "J. H." Wyman (born January 5, 1967) is an American-born Canadian actor, producer, screenwriter and director.

He is known for his role in various Canadian and American series and films, including Billy K. (William Kramer) in Catwalk, Cory Robbins in Pacific Palisades and Lyle Springer in Sirens.

Wyman created the short-lived Fox TV series Keen Eddie. He then worked on the FOX science-fiction series Fringe, as an executive producer, writer, director and showrunner. In 2013, Wyman wrote and produced the feature film, Dead Man Down.

Wyman is the creator, executive producer and showrunner of the FOX science fiction series Almost Human. After one season, Fox canceled the series on April 29, 2014.

Life and career

Wyman was born January 5, 1967 in Oakland, California, but grew up in Montreal, Quebec. He left for Toronto to pursue an acting career and later attended the American Academy of Dramatic Art in Los Angeles, California. He now has established a career both in front of and behind the camera.

His first movie role was in Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil in which he played Mark opposite fellow co-star Nicole de Boer with whom he later worked with again in the series Catwalk. In addition to appearing in films, he has also had some notable roles in popular series including, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Lonesome Dove: The Series and Counterstrike. Joel also appeared in the second season of Highlander: The Series as Immortal Gregor Powers. Wyman is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Lyle Springer in the series Sirens, and he later appeared in the short lived soap Pacific Palisades in 1997 but left the series after six episodes. He wrote and produced the 2001 film The Mexican.

He is also a musician and performs with the alternative rock band Angels Of Mercy.

Fringe

In 2008, Wyman joined the freshmen season of the FOX science fiction series Fringe as a writer and co-executive producer. At the start of season two, he was promoted to executive producer and co-showrunner (titles he shares with Jeff Pinkner). Episodes he has contributed to include:

• "Midnight" (1.18) (co-written by co-executive producer Andrew Kreisberg)
• "There's More Than One of Everything" (1.20) (Wyman and Pinkner wrote a teleplay, based on a story by executive producer Bryan Burk and consulting producer Akiva Goldsman)
• "Night of Desirable Objects" (2.02) (co-written with Pinkner)
• "Earthling" (2.06) (co-written by supervising producer Jeff Vlaming)
• "August" (2.08) (co-written by Pinkner)
• "Peter" (2.16) (Wyman, Pinkner, and supervising producer Josh Singer wrote a teleplay, based on a story along with Goldsman)
• "White Tulip" (2.18) (co-written by Vlaming)
• "Brown Betty" (2.20) (co-written with Goldsman and Pinkner)
• "Over There (Part 1)" (2.22) (co-written by Pinkner and Goldsman)
• "Over There (Part 2)" (2.23) (co-written by Goldsman and Pinkner)
• "Olivia" (3.01) (co-written with Pinkner)
• "Entrada" (3.08) (co-written by Pinkner)
• "The Firefly" (3.10) (co-written by Pinkner)
• "Subject 13" (3.15) (co-written with Pinkner and Goldsman)
• "Stowaway" (3.17) (Danielle Dispaltro wrote the teleplay, based on a story from Wyman, Goldsman, and Pinkner)
• "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" (3.19) (Wyman and Pinkner wrote the teleplay, based on a story along with Goldsman)
• "The Day We Died" (3.22) (Wyman and Pinkner wrote the teleplay, based on a story along with Goldsman)
• "Neither Here Nor There" (4.01) (Wyman and Pinkner wrote the teleplay, based on a story along with Goldsman)
• "Subject 9" (4.04) (co-written by Goldsman and Pinkner)
• "Making Angels" (4.11) (co-written by Pinkner and Goldsman)
• "A Short Story About Love" (4.15) (co-written with co-producer Graham Roland; also director)
• "Letters of Transit" (4.19) (co-written by Goldsman and Pinkner)
• "Brave New World (Part 1)" (4.21) (co-written by Pinkner and Goldsman)
• "Brave New World (Part 2)" (4.22) (co-written with Pinkner and Goldsman)
• "Transilience Thought Unifier Model-11" (5.01)
• "In Absentia" (5.02) (co-written with co-executive producer David Fury)
• "An Origin Story" (5.05)
• "An Enemy of Fate" (5.13) (also director)

Almost Human

In 2013, Wyman is the creator, executive producer and showrunner of the FOX science-fiction series Almost Human. Episodes he has contributed to include:

• "Pilot" (1.01)
• "You Are Here" (1.08) (co-written with executive producer Naren Shankar)

Filmography

• Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil (1992)
• The Club (1994)
• The Mexican (2001)
• Dead Man Down (2013)