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Joseph "Joe" Walker is one of the members of Team Starkid.

Joseph "Joe" Walker was born in New York City. Since then, he has lived in various cities such as San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Ann Arbor, and, most recently, Los Angeles.

He has portrayed several characters while working with Team StarKid, though cited recently that his role of Voldemort in A Very Potter Musical holds a special place in his heart. During the livestream rewatch of the show for the five-year anniversary, he stated that, when performing the show, he thought it was going to be the last musical he ever did, as musical theatre was never really his thing. In light of that, he just had fun with the role. He has played the roles of Dick (Me and My Dick), Dolores Umbridge (A Very Potter Sequel), Commander Up (Starship), Batman (Holy Musical B@man), Tom Riddle (A Very Potter Senior Year), and Prince Achmed (Twisted), all of which have a more in-depth description below. He has also starred in the StarKid Star Wars parody musical ANI as Moff Tarkin and, most recently, as Ducker in Firebringer. Additionally, he starred and wrote various skits for StarKid's sketch shows, Airport for Birds and 1Night 2Last 3EVER. He has also written the subtitles for the Team StarKid videos on YouTube, according to fellow StarKid Brian Holden.

Walker also starred in a YouTube comedy web series with fellow StarKid Joey Richter called Tasty Tests promoting Red Vines, the concept of a running joke during A Very Potter Sequel. During the course of the miniseries, the duo performed a series of experiments to answer one burning question: Red Vines - what the hell can't they do?

Outside of StarKid, he has starred in a Mountain Dew commercial which features Joe Moses, as well as in a feature on an episode of Chicago Fire ("Not Like This") in which he was rescued from a very awkward position involving a certain type of adult swing. He played the Deadliest Man Alive and Dick Big in the Tin Can Bros show Spies Are Forever.

Roles[]

Lord Voldemort in A Very Potter Musical[]

Voldemort

Joe as Lord Voldemort in AVPM

The Voldemort character in StarKid's A Very Potter Musical is probably the only time that Voldemort would be considered attractive. During the first act, he is joined by his partner Quirrell, portrayed by Brian Rosenthal, where the two explore the difficulties of living with a person on the back of one's head. Once Voldemort regains his body at the beginning of the second act, he becomes a nearly unstoppable force. Can the great Harry Potter stop him?

Joe Walker Dick

Joe as Dick in Me And My Dick


Dick in Me And My Dick[]

The part of Dick was originally going to be portrayed by Darren Criss, but due to his commitments to popular television show Eastwick at the time, he was unable to play the part in the stage production. Therefore, Joe took over the part. Though a good part of the show is made up of genitalia jokes, by the end that all takes a back seat to the true meaning of the show: love, life, and self-discovery. He and his fellow StarKids proved that dicks and vaginas are people too.

Umbridge

Joe as Dolores Umbridge in AVPS


Dolores Umbridge in A Very Potter Sequel[]

As the plot of A Very Potter Sequel takes place before the first musical and with Voldemort still in hiding before his first appearance fused to Quirrell (although Voldermort does appear in a quick cameo as the Zac Efron Horcrux poster), Joe instead portrays a very buff and manly Dolores Umbridge with a slew of psychological problems and issues. In A Very Potter Sequel, the Ministry of Magic sends Dolores Umbridge to spy on the students and staff of Hogwarts. A misunderstanding between her and Professor Dumbledore, portrayed by Dylan Saunders, leads to a brief relationship and a narrowly-avoided murder. Can Harry and his friends defeat the Ministry official and bring Dumbledore back to Hogwarts?

Btw, did you get her text? Cause, you didn't text her back...

Joe Walker Commander Up

Joe as Commandant Up in Starship


Commander Up in Starship[]

Commander Up is the commanding officer of the Starship Rangers, an elite fleet of intergalactic soldiers defending the universe from harm. During the robot wars, Up met Taz, portrayed by Lauren Lopez, who quickly proved herself as an asset to their team. Though an incident during wartime left Up with lowered self-confidence, he'll need to get back up to par when another villain threatens the galaxy.


Batman in Holy Musical B@man[]

Batman

As the Dark, Sad, Lonely Knight

Joe delivers a hilarious portrayal of the dark, sad, lonely knight of the beloved DC universe. At the beginning of the play, after the death of the Joker (his nemesis and only friend) Batman is humiliated by a hero from the Metropolis and flees back to the bat cave for a melancholy reflection of the injustices of his life. Alfred, in an attempt to perk up the young hero, buys him a young orphan, and thus Robin is born. When a new candy-themed villain terrorizes Gotham and kidnaps the young ward, Batman will need to make a choice: does he save Robin, the closest thing to family he has? Or does he save Gotham, the city he has sworn to protect?

Achmed

Prince Achmed in Twisted an Untold Story of a Royal Vizier

Prince Achmed in Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier[]

Arguably one of Joe's most well known roles in a Starkid musical next to Voldemort, Umbridge and Batman, Joe plays the duel role of Prince Achmed, a character based on a very minor character from Disney's Aladdin who is also attacked by the princess' tiger, and the first Royal Vizier, an original character in Twisted and Ja'far's predecessor who worships the Sultan and everything he says and does. When the noble Prince Achmed ventures to win the heart of the Princess, he is humiliated when she not only rejects him but sets her pet tiger upon him. After discussing the matter with his troops, he plans a bloody revenge on the kingdom that made him a laughingstock.


Moff Tarkin in Ani

Moff Jeffery Tarkin

Moff Jeffrey Tarkin

Aboard the Death Star, Moff Tarkin is trying to lead his team to the completion of the starbase when Darth Vader "Ani" leaves the base to try and pod race again. Moff Tarkin tries to get Ani to return to the Death Star before the Emperor finds out, but instead finds a deep friendship with Ani and helps him train for the upcoming Boota Eve race.

Ducker in Firebringer[]

Duck is lord

DUCK IS LORD!

Joe shines in the musical Firebringer as the hilariously confused Ducker. Ducker longs to be an important figure in the tribe. He is the interpretor of the Almighty Duck's quacks and the lead singer in the "Duck is Lord" song. Ducker also tries to become the master of fire (and fails, horrendously). What happens to Ducker when he finds out the Almighty Duck is a lie? HE IS LORD DUCK IS LORD HE IS LORD LORD LORD THE DUCK IS LORD!


Additional Facts[]

- Joe Walker completed business school at the University of Michigan. He got his MBA in June, 2019 and graduated as valedictorian.

- Joe has decided to take a break from acting after the 2016 US presidential election.

- The snickers joke in AVPSY was made up by Joe Walker and his fellow castmate Jim Povolo. When Jim bought Joe a snickers bar instead of a PowerBar, Joe was in full makeup as Voldemort and yelled "SNICKERS?!" at the top of his lungs in character.

- Joe has worked on his own screenplay named the Digger and co-wrote the musical Starship with Brian Holden, Nick Lang and Matt Lang.

- Joe put out a fire in a trashcan dressed as Voldemort during a performance of AVPM.

- Joe was so excited on the first day of rehearsal for AVPM that he accidentally threw a fork into the ceiling and broke one of the lights, it took an hour to clean up all the broken glass.

- Joe usually did his own makeup for AVPM and AVPS.

- It took Joe 3 full days to figure out what Voldemort's voice was going to be.

- He was introduced to his now wife Traci after a performance of Holy Musical B@man.

- He proposed to Traci in July 2019 and they eloped on June 15, 2020 (their 8 year anniversary).

- He has a dog. Her name is Garnet. She's really cute. Joe posts her pics on his instagram (@funkwox)

- He can shoot sparkles out of his fingers when he gets really happy.

- He eats protein shakes, falcon eggs and rocks.

- He's just getting along

- Happy as a squirrel as long as he's with Mr Quirrell

- Worships our lord and savior, the duck

- Is a Ravenclaw (said so in Craftversions with Mary Kate Wiles)

- Thinks Hufflepuffs are cool

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