Biography
Tall and chiseled actor Joel Gretsch began his acting career in late-'80s romantic melodramas like the soap opera
The Bold and the Beautiful and
Family Album, the TV-movie adaptation of Danielle Steel's book. He followed this with several random television guest-star appearances and a role in the straight-to-video erotic thriller
Kate's Addiction. His feature-film breakthrough came in 2000 with a small role in
Robert Redford's golf drama The Legend of Baggar Vance. By 2002, he got small roles in
Minority Report,
The Emperor's Club, and
Steven Spielberg's Sci Fi channel miniseries
Taken. Gretsch has been married to
William Shatner's daughter, Melanie, since 1999. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide