---
name: "Joe Abbate"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-abbate"
fi1m_id: "joe-abbate"
imdb_id: "nm1414823"
tmdb_id: 150924
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 February 1960"
died: "27 July 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T20:03:10.071761+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joe Abbate

## Identity

Joe Abbate

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-abbate
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-abbate
- **IMDb ID:** nm1414823
- **TMDB ID:** 150924
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1414823/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150924

Actor. Born 23 February 1960 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. Died 27 July 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 February 1960, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 27 July 2022
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1414823/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150924

## Biography

Joe Abbate (1960–2022) was an American actor from New Jersey. His interest in acting began in childhood with a school production of *The Exodus*, and he later studied the craft with teachers including Richard Scanlon (Stella Adler method), Bob McAndrew and Dan Grimaldi (Lee Strasberg method), and Joe Paradise (Sanford Meisner method).

Abbate appeared in independent films such as *This Thing of Ours* (2002) and *The Immaculate Misconception* (2006), and took small roles in television series including *The Sopranos* (2006) and *Boardwalk Empire* (2013). He is credited as the Taxi Driver in *The Killing of John Lennon* (2006). His voice work includes pedestrian roles in the video game *Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas* (2004).

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Killing of John Lennon* (2007), Fi1m 57, as Taxi Driver — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-of-john-lennon.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Killing of John Lennon* (2007), as Taxi Driver — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-of-john-lennon.md)
- *This Thing of Ours* (2002), as DeGrazio Soldier Outside Warehouse

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