---
name: "Joseph Lee Anderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-lee-anderson"
fi1m_id: "joseph-lee-anderson"
imdb_id: "nm5121352"
tmdb_id: 1853836
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 February 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T00:42:26.581552+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."
---

# Joseph Lee Anderson

## Identity

Joseph Lee Anderson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-lee-anderson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-lee-anderson
- **IMDb ID:** nm5121352
- **TMDB ID:** 1853836
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5121352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1853836

Actor. Born 22 February 1993 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 February 1993, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
- **Active:** 2025–present
- **Also known as:** Joseph Anderson
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5121352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1853836

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Common Side Effects*](https://film.one/tv/common-side-effects.md) (80)

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## Biography

Joseph Lee Anderson is an American actor, writer and director. Born in Kansas City, Kansas, he is based in Los Angeles. He has appeared in guest and recurring roles on series including NCIS, Hawaii Five-0, Timeless, S.W.A.T. and NCIS: Hawaiʻi.

Anderson is known for playing Rocky Johnson in the NBC series Young Rock (2021–2023) and for the voice role of Agent Copano in the animated series Common Side Effects (2025). Film credits include Robert Ross in Harriet (2019), Benji in Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black (2024) and Ryan Stark in Don't Move (2026). He also directed the short film The Jog, which screened at South by Southwest.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Common Side Effects* (2025), Fi1m 80, as Agent Copano (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/common-side-effects.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Don't Move* (2026), as Ryan Stark
- *R.J. Decker* (2026), series, as Terrence Middleton — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/r-j-decker.md)
- *The Misadventures of Vince and Hick* (2025), as Jax
- *Common Side Effects* (2025), series, as Agent Copano (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/common-side-effects.md)
- *Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black* (2024), as Benji
- *MacGruber* (2021), series, as Major Harold Kernst
- *NCIS: Hawaiʻi* (2021), series, as Special Agent Thyme
- *Young Rock* (2021), series, as Rocky Johnson
- *Under My Skin* (2020), as Tallis
- *The 24th* (2020), as Davids
- *Harriet* (2019), as Robert Ross
- *The Jog* (2019), Writer, Producer, Director
- *Belong To Us* (2018), as Lyle
- *Midnighters* (2018), as Officer Campbell
- *The Ballad of Lefty Brown* (2017), as Oak
- *S.W.A.T.* (2017), series, as Tony Larmen
- *It’s All Right, It’s Ok* (2017), as Garrett
- *Still Life* (2017), as Garrett (segment "It’s All Right, It’s OK")
- *Minutes* (2017), as Cory
- *Cory Comes to Christmas* (2017), as Cory
- *Timeless* (2016), series, as Wendell Scott
- *The D Train* (2015), as Hollywood Bar Waiter
- *Jayhawkers* (2014), as Maurice King
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Officer Bennett — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Barney Williams — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *The Bard*, Actor

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