Joseph Paul Zimmerman was born on June 10th 1986 in Albuquerque, New
Mexico and his family moved to San Diego when he was a toddler. From a
young age, Joey has shown a keen interest in acting, something he
inherited from his father, and he made his debut aged six in the film
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993). His big break came a year later in 1994 when he played the
youngest son of
Jamie Lee Curtis in psychological thriller
Mother's Boys (1993).
Since then, Joey has enjoyed a steady stream of jobs to notch up his
acting resume. He has played major roles in two TV series: first as
Ulysses Adair in the science-fiction show
Earth 2 (1994) when he was eight
years old then, at the age eleven, he had a regular role in the
children's comedy
Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. (1996) as Eric Kipper. One of his biggest roles to
date is
Treehouse Hostage (1999) in which he starred with
Jim Varney as well as Dylan Piper
in the
Halloweentown (1998) films.
In his spare time, Joey enjoyed fencing and even challenged
Clancy Brown, a
co-star from
Earth 2 (1994) whom he met up with at the 'Earth 2' convention
which was held in 2000, to a fencing duel. He outgrew fencing but has
turned his attentions to writing, and has written a short sketch which
was performed on stage.