Robert Joy Biography

Fast Facts

• Was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford
• Performed in many theater productions in his native Canada as a member of the Newfoundland Traveling Theatre Company and the comedy troupe CODCO
• Played the part of Peter in a Toronto production of The Diary of Anne Frank (1978) and later reprised the role in the United States when the play moved to New York
• Was cast as the boyfriend of Madonna's character in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
• Composed music for the independent film The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood (1986), a production featuring fellow CODCO alumni that he also costarred in
• Has appeared in two Woody Allen movies: Radio Days (1987) and Shadows and Fog (1992)