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Biography
Joel Runnels (BIO)
Joel Runnels is an Actor/Comedian who is originally from Dallas, Texas. In high school, he used to act out his favorite movies like Richard Pryor’s Which Way Is Up when he was bored in class. He had his friends rolling, but of course his teachers didn’t even crack a smile. When he was just twenty years old, he performed at Steve Harvey’s Comedy House. The stage manager, an unknown Eykah Badu, asked him his name and if he was a comedian. He replied “Yes. My name is Joel Runnels.” What he didn’t know was that she wrote his name down on the list of performers and that he was going onstage for the very first time and performing in front of Steve Harvey. The move that launched Joel’s career was in 2001 when he was hired by KKDA FM to answer the phones. A year later, he became a member of the Street Team and in 2005, he became an on-air personality on the Skip Murphy and Company Morning Show. K104FM became the number one urban radio station in Dallas, Texas and he signed a contract to make more money than he ever has in his life…legally. In 2003 he flew to Hollywood, California to perform on BET’s Comicview. In May 2009, he moved to Queens,NY. Joel performed at Caroline’s Comedy Club on Broadway as the feature act in July and earlier this month he shot his first Feature Film, The Crab. He is currently working as a comedian and will be in a Dorritos Commercial set to air later this year. He was recently on the Tyra Banks Show… as a Backup Question-Asker. Look for him in the audience. Black shirt, red tie!
