Joseph Chrest is an American academic and actor. He has had roles in numerous films and television shows including 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, Oldboy, Lee Daniels' The Butler, The Perfect Date, and as Ted Wheeler in Stranger Things.

Filmography

• 2025Senior Prank — Officer Wyatt
• 2024Fly Me to the Moon — Senator Vanning
• High Potential — Ramsey Pike
• 2024Lisa Frankenstein — Dale Swallows
• 2023Ganymede — Big Lee
• 2023Killers of the Flower Moon — Lawyer Freeling
• 2023Quiz Lady — Mr. Walters
• A Friend of the Family — Bishop Matthew Paulsen
• 2022The Cran — Isaac
• 2022Where the Crawdads Sing — Dr. Cone
• 2020The Lovebirds — Red Robe Man
• 2020Turducken — Bob Miller
• Looking for Alaska — Walter Halter
• 2019The Dirt — David
• 2019The Perfect Date — Jerry Lieberman
• 2018Assassination Nation — Lawrence
• 2018The Front Runner — Ira Wyman
• The Purge — Ross Bailes
• 2017Gifted — Kevin Larsen
• 2017LBJ — McGeorge Bundy
• 2016Cold Moon — Charlres Darrish
• 2016Deepwater Horizon — David Sims
• 2016Free State of Jones — Amos Deason
• 2016I Saw the Light — Oscar Davis
• 2016Killing Reagan — Jerry Parr
• 2016Like Son — Jeff Rugger
• 2016Showing Roots — Fuzzy Canaday
• Stranger Things — Ted Wheeler
• 2015Ant-Man — Frank
• 2015Black or White — Dave
• 2015Focus — Jeweler (uncredited)
• 2015The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 — Mitchell
• 201422 Jump Street — David Schmidt
• 2014American Heist — Captain Sullivan
• 2014Barefoot — Trooper
• 2014King of Herrings — The Professor
• True Detective — Detective Demma
• 2013G.I. Joe: Retaliation — Chief of Staff
• 2013Homefront — DEA Agent #1
• 2013Now You See Me — Elkhorn Janitor Agent
• 2013Oldboy — Johnny / Schizophrenic Man
• 2013The Butler — White Usher
• 2013The Hot Flashes — Millie's Dad
• 2013The Last Exorcism Part II — Pastor
• 201221 Jump Street — David Schmidt
• 2012Battleship — JPL Controller
• 2012Butter — Butter Fan
• 2012Jeff, Who Lives at Home — Paul
• 2012Killing Them Softly — Business Suit Agent
• 2012On the Road — Virginia Cop
• 2012Playing for Keeps — Referee
• 2012The Baytown Outlaws — ATF Agent
• 2012The Campaign — Rainbowland Audience Member
• 2012The Lucky One — Deputy Moore
• 2011Battle: Los Angeles — 1st Sgt. John Roy
• 2011Drive Angry — Passenger
• 2011Hound Dogs — Trainer
• 2011Love, Wedding, Marriage
• 2011Mask Maker — Electrician
• 2011Seeking Justice — Detective Rudeski
• 2011Texas Killing Fields — Salter
• 2011That's What I Am — Mr. Clear
• 2010House of Bones — Benjamin
• 2010I Love You Phillip Morris — Steven's Dad
• 2010Knucklehead — Child Services Inspector
• 2010Louis — Tom Anderson
• 2010RED — Retirement Home Detective
• 2010Secretariat — Sports Broadcaster
• 2010Welcome to the Rileys — Jerry
• 2009Kink — Ed
• 2009The Blind Side — Clemson Coach
• 2009The Informant! — Visiting Client
• 2008Front of the Class — Jim Ovbey
• 2008Miracle at St. Anna — MP Doyle Ellis
• 2008The Secret Life of Bees — Mr. Forrest
• 2008Who Do You Love — Malcolm Chisholm
• 2007Ocean's Thirteen — Fender Roads' Manager
• Thief — Art Luster
• 2005Faith of My Fathers — Craner
• Medium — Henry Yellen
• Surface — Rich's Friend
• 2005The Skeleton Key — Paramedic
• 20043: The Dale Earnhardt Story — Jake Elder
• Deadwood — Persimmon Phil
• 2004Nikki and Nora — Charlie
• 2004The Aviator — HELL'S ANGELS Director of Photography
• One Tree Hill — Investor
• 2003Runaway Jury — Owens
• 2002Full Frontal — Sex Shop Man #1
• 2002The Ring — Doctor
• Star Trek: Enterprise — Bar Patron
• 2000Auggie Rose — Rhineback (uncredited)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Al Maguire
• 2000Erin Brockovich — Tom Robinson
• 1999Hefner: Unauthorized — Ed Gunn
• 1999Lush — Greg
• Snoops — Joel Hilburn
• 1998Dangerous Proposition — Mark
• 1998Out of Sight — Andy
• 1998Solitude Point — Michael
• 1997Clockwatchers — Detective
• 1997Schizopolis — Man in Parking Lot
• Millennium — Raymond Dees
• 1996The Lottery — Deputy Jeff Simmons
• 1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long — Carl Weiss
• 1995The Underneath — Mr. Rodman
• Chicago Hope — Judas
• 1994Cries from the Heart — Brandon Richards
• Touched by an Angel — Joe
• Fallen Angels — Dino
• 1993House of Secrets — Batist
• 1993King of the Hill — Ben
• 1993The Pelican Brief — Song and Dance Man from Bar
• Law & Order — Lieutenant Charles Bates
• Family Matters — Officer Carmichael
• Columbo — Mercer
• 99.9 FEAR FM — Phillip Montgomery
• Beware the Box Folk — Congressman Holt

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2026One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 — Self (uncredited)